Phantom living...........
This is PHANTOM LIVING!
The Fixx and I, we go way back. They are as indelibly etched in the sounds of my childhood as Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry", the "Chess" soundtrack, and Pete Townshend song "Gonna Get You" (which may not be the title, but is to me). These were all records my dad played when I was growing up, fond memories from the living room of the first place I truly remember living. The Phantoms record was well worn, and I remember just the mood of that set of songs, sort of pondering and mysterious.
I've always loved the Fixx because they were great at setting a mood, and that began with their first release, "Shuttered Room", which included "Red Skies", sort of a hostile-takeover, danger-is-coming song. As time went by, they still made some interesting albums. 2003's Want That Life had "You Don't Have To Prove Yourself", which was an uptempo, let's all get along shuffle, and Elemental before that had "Happy Landings", a touching song about recovery.
I wish I could say that Beautiful Friction was a masterpiece, that it took me back to their glory days or had a highlight song, but though I didn't dislike too many of the songs, it just didn't grab me as I hoped it would. There are songs where the lyrics just aren't interesting, and songs where instead of letting a nice groove or instrumental go, singer Cy Curnin interjects inane words. It's not all negative, though- now I might just find Phantoms to listen to though it won't be the same since it's not on vinyl)
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