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The Fixx - Walkabout

By 1986 The Fixx had been on a creative run that would be the envy of a lot of bands. Like a lot of people I jumped on the bandwagon when the band released what is arguably their most well known album Reach the Beach . This was just a stating point, and in short order I had gone and picked up their debut, and then kept up with the band through 1991's Ink . The best song the band ever did was the long version of "Deeper and Deeper" and while it was available on the Streets of Fire Soundtrack it was a much shorter and far less satisfying version. It should have been in Phantoms on its entirety - sigh. By the time Walkabout came out the musical landscape was all over the place. It truly was the best of times, the sheer number of classic songs and albums from this year is sort of mind boggling. It's against this backdrop The Fixx joined the fray. I remember the first time I heard "Secret Separation" and was totally blown away. It was, and still is amazing. If t...