This is one of my favorite Fixx recordings.
In general Fixx are something of a guilty pleasure of mine. If I really listen to them critically, I have to admit they're not terribly significant. Yet I do listen to, like, and know well a number of their singles.
If nothing else, it can always be said that they had a distinctive sound (based around guitarist Jamie West-Oram and vocalist Cy Curnin).
Here's "Red Skies" (the redone version)
When I reviewed their Millennium Collection I said that the redo added "nothing to the original...in arrangement or performance," but I've changed my mind. I now feel it's much preferable to the 1982 original.
(the video's not great, but it gives you the idea)
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