React (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = React
Type = Live album
Artist = The Fixx


Released = 1987
Recorded = 1986-1987 in Canada
Genre = New Wave
Progressive rock
Length = 55:18
Label = MCA
Producer = Hugh Padgham
Reviews =
*Allmusic:Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nx7ibk596akc~T1 link]
Last album = "Walkabout
(1986)
This album = React
(1987)
Next album = "Calm Animals
(1988)

"React" is the first official live album, and fifth overall, by British new wave band The Fixx, released in 1987. It was recorded during two concerts in Canada in 1986 in the band's tour in support of their album "Walkabout". The album contains three new studio tracks recorded in the following year, which are a rerecorded version of "Red Skies", "Big Wall", and "Don't Be Scared", which was released as a single.

Track listing

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

#"Red Skies" (Carlton "Carlie" Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:33
#"Big Wall" – 4:15
#"Don't Be Scared" – 5:00
#"Rules and Schemes" – 3:43
#"Deeper and Deeper" – 4:20
#"Stand or Fall" (Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:25
#"Built for the Future" – 4:04
#"Saved by Zero" (Alfie Agius, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 3:26
#"Are We Ourselves?" – 2:44
#"One Thing Leads to Another" (Agius, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:11
#"Less Cities, More Moving People" – 4:12
#"Chase the Fire" – 5:29
#"Secret Separation" (Brown, Curnin, Greenall, Jeannette Obstoj, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:56

Personnel

*Dan K. Brown - bass, backing vocals
*Cy Curnin - lead vocals
*Rupert Greenall - keyboards, backing vocals
*Jamie West-Oram - guitar, backing vocals
*Adam Woods - drums

Additional personnel
*Steve Gregory - saxophone
*Jeff Scantlebury - percussion, saxophone

Production

*Producer: Hugh Padgham
*Engineers: Guillame Bengle, Scott Litt, Doug McClenet, Hugh Padgham
*Mixing: Hugh Padgham
*Mastering: Bob Ludwig
*Art direction: Michael Ross
*Design: Michael Ross
*Photography: Peter Mountain

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)