Beyond the Pale (Fiona album)

Beyond the Pale
Studio album by Fiona
Released	1986 (1986)
Genre	Pop rock hard rock
Length	39:49
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Beau Hill
Fiona chronology
Fiona (1985) Beyond the Pale (1986) Heart Like a Gun (1989)
Singles from Beyond the Pale
"Living in a Boy's World" Released: 1986 "Hopelessly Love You" Released: 1986

Beyond the Pale is the second studio album by American rock singer and actress Fiona. It was originally released in 1986 through Atlantic Records on vinyl and cassette only; a CD edition was reissued in 2004 through Wounded Bird Records, followed by a remaster in 2014 through Rock Candy Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Andrew Hamlin awarded Beyond the Pale 2.5 stars out of 5, describing it as "'80s pop, [with] gated drums, and synthesizer stabs punctuated with '80s metal guitar." ^[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tragedy"	Donnie Kisselbach Fiona Flanagan Beau Hill Marty Druckman Kip Winger	4:15
2.	"Hopelessly Love You"	Michael Stewart Dan Williams	4:22
3.	"Living in a Boy's World"	Ina Wolfe Peter Wolfe	3:40
4.	"Thunder & Lightning"	Chi Coltrane	3:41
5.	"Tender Is the Heart"	Simon Climie Billy Steinberg	3:37

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Running Out of Night"	Marc Blatte Flanagan Bob Halligan Jr.	3:54
7.	"In My Blood"	Hill Sandy Stewart Winger	4:10
8.	"He's on My Side"	Ernie Gold Flanagan	4:30
9.	"You Better Wait"	James House Rick Neigher	3:37
10.	"Keeper of the Flame"	Flanagan Kisselbach	4:03
Total length:			39:49

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Beyond the Pale liner notes. ^[2]

• Fiona – lead vocals
• Bobby Messano – guitar (tracks 1, 9, 10)
• Mike Slamer – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5–9)
• Reb Beach – guitar (tracks 2–4, 7, 10)
• Nile Rodgers – guitar (track 2)
• Beau Hill – keyboards; keyboard bass; drum programming (track 3); percussion (tracks 1, 3, 8); horn programming; horn arrangement; backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9); producer
• Benjy King – keyboard (track 10)
• Joe Franco – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8–10)
• David Rosenberg – drums (tracks 2, 5, 7); drum programming (tracks 3, 10); percussion (tracks 3, 8, 10)
• Donnie Kisselbach – bass
• Harlem Katzenjammer Horns – horns
• Kip Winger – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9)
• Stephen Benben – backing vocals (track 1); engineering
• Louis Merlino – backing vocals (tracks 4–6)
• Sandy Stewart – backing vocals (track 7)
• Ted Jensen – mastering

References

1. Hamlin, Andrew. "Beyond the Pale - Fiona". AllMusic . RhythmOne. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
2. Beyond the Pale (CD booklet). Fiona. Atlantic Records. 1986.

External links

• Beyond the Pale at Discogs (list of releases)