Walkabout (The Fixx album)

Walkabout is the fourth studio album by English new wave band The Fixx, released in 1986. The first single, "Secret Separation", spent two weeks atop the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in July 1986 to become the band's second No. 1 single on this chart.

Walkabout
Studio album by
The Fixx
ReleasedMay 1986
RecordedNovember 1985
StudioFarmyard Studios, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England
GenreNew wave
Length48:32
LabelMCA
ProducerRupert Hine
The Fixx chronology
Phantoms
(1984)		 Walkabout
(1986)		 React
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

All songs are written by Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods, except when noted.

  1. "Secret Separation" (Brown, Curnin, Greenall, Jeannette Obstoj, West-Oram, Woods) - 3:51
  2. "Built for the Future" - 4:07
  3. "Treasure It" - 4:38
  4. "Chase the Fire" - 4:27
  5. "Can't Finish" - 4:09
  6. "Walkabout" - 4:35
  7. "One Look Up" - 4:15
  8. "Read Between the Lines" - 3:59
  9. "Sense the Adventure" - 3:42
  10. "Camphor" - 3:53 [with hidden CD track "Peace on Earth (Do What You Can)" - 10:46]

Personnel
Additional personnel

The TKO Horns:

Production
  • Producer: Rupert Hine
  • Recording and Mixing Engineer: Stephen W Tayler

Charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Billboard Top Pop Albums 30
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1986 "Built for the Future" Album Rock Tracks 13
"Secret Separation" Billboard Hot 100 19
Album Rock Tracks 1

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r7334/review
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