React (The Fixx album)

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React
The Fixx - React.jpg
Live album by
the Fixx
Released 1987
Recorded1986–1987 in Canada
Genre New wave, rock
Length55:18
Label MCA
Producer Hugh Padgham
The Fixx chronology
Walkabout
(1986)		React
(1987)		 Calm Animals
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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React is the first official live album, and fifth album overall, by British new wave band the Fixx, released in 1987. It was recorded during three concerts in Canada in 1986 in the band's tour in support of their album Walkabout . The album contains three new studio tracks: "Big Wall", "Rules and Schemes", and "Don't Be Scared", which was released as a single. Also included is a re-recorded studio version of "Red Skies".

Contents

Track listing

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

Studio tracks 1-4 recorded and mixed at The Townhouse Studios, London.

Tracks 5,6,8 & 11 recorded at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec 22 October 1986

Tracks 7,9,10,12 & 13 recorded at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario 24 October 1986

  1. "Red Skies" (Charlie Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:33
  2. "Big Wall" – 4:15
  3. "Don't Be Scared" – 5:00
  4. "Rules and Schemes" – 3:43
  5. "Deeper and Deeper" – 4:20
  6. "Stand or Fall" (Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:25
  7. "Built for the Future" – 4:04
  8. "Saved by Zero" (Alfie Agius, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 3:26
  9. "Are We Ourselves?" – 2:44
  10. "One Thing Leads to Another" (Agius, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:11

CD extra tracks:

  1. "Less Cities, More Moving People" – 4:12
  2. "Chase the Fire" – 5:29

CD/Cassette extra track:

  1. "Secret Separation" (Brown, Curnin, Greenall, Jeannette Obstoj, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:56

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart performance for React
Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 110

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Thomas. React at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "The Fixx Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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