Shuttered Room

{{about|the album|the film|The Shuttered Room|the short story|The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Shuttered Room | type = studio | artist = the Fixx | cover = The Fixx - Shuttered Room.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1982|05|14|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1982/Record-Business-1982-05-10-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Business |issn=0144-0691 |location=London, UK |publisher=Record Business Publications Ltd. |volume=5 |issue=6 |date=May 10, 1982 |page=4 |title=News - Merchandising |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50355965101/in/album-72157716019978163 |magazine=Record Mirror |issn=0144-5804 |location=London, UK |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd. |volume=29 |issue=19 |date=May 8, 1982 |page=8 |title=Newsbeat - They do shoot horses |quote=... their first album, 'The Shuttered Room', due out on May 14 ... |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54764961409/in/album-72177720328828874|magazine=New Musical Express |issn=0028-6362 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Magazines |volume=31 |issue=20 |date=15 May 1982 |page=42 |title=Record News |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref> | recorded = 1981–1982 | studio = | genre = Synth pop<ref name=AM/> | length = 38:45 | label = MCA | producer = Rupert Hine | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Reach the Beach | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Singles | name = Shuttered Room | type = studio | single1 = Lost Planes | single1date = {{Start date|1981|04|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1981/Record-Business-1981-04-13.pdf |magazine=Record Business |issn=0144-0691 |location=London, UK |publisher=Record Business Publications Ltd. |volume=4 |issue=4 |date=April 13, 1981 |page=16 |title=New Singles |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1981/Music-Week-1981-04-18.pdf |magazine=Music & Video Week |issn=0144-5782 |location=London, UK |publisher=Morgan Grampian Publications/Music Week Ltd. |volume= |issue= |date=April 18, 1981 |page=40 |title=New Singles |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> | single2 = Some People | single2date = {{Start date|1982|01|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1982/Record-Business-1982-01-18-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Business |issn=0144-0691 |location=London, UK |publisher=Record Business Publications Ltd. |volume=4 |issue=42 |date=January 18, 1982 |page=18 |title=New Singles |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50301540808/in/album-72157715832537322 |magazine=Record Mirror |issn=0144-5804 |location=London, UK |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd. |volume=29 |issue=4 |date=January 23, 1982 |page=23 |title=Turn On - Releases |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref> | single3 = Stand or Fall | single3date = {{Start date|1982|03|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54750928972/in/album-72177720328669956 |magazine=New Musical Express |issn=0028-6362 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Magazines |volume=31 |issue=12 |date=20 March 1982 |page=31 |title=Tour News - Dolly Mixture, The Fixx On The Trail |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1982/Record-Business-1982-03-22-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Business |issn=0144-0691 |location=London, UK |publisher=Record Business Publications Ltd. |volume=4 |issue=51 |date=March 22, 1982 |page=18 |title=New Singles |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50304824213/in/album-72157715839906916 |magazine=Record Mirror |issn=0144-5804 |location=London, UK |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd. |volume=29 |issue=13 |date=March 27, 1982 |page=26 |title=Turn On - Tours |access-date=6 January 2026|via=Flickr}}</ref> | single4 = Red Skies | single4date = {{Start date|1982|06|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54828473432/in/album-72177720329442928 |magazine=New Musical Express |issn=0028-6362 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Magazines |volume=31 |issue=23 |date=5 June 1982 |page=36 |title=Record News |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1982/Record-Business-1982-06-07-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Business |issn=0144-0691 |location=London, UK |publisher=Record Business Publications Ltd. |volume=5 |issue=9 |date=June 7, 1982 |page=18 |title=New Singles |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/80s/82/Melody-Maker-1982-06-12.pdf |magazine=Melody Maker |issn=0025-9012 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Magazines Ltd. |volume=57 |issue=24 |date=June 12, 1982 |page=4 |title=Linx shoot the moon in June |access-date=6 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=AM>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7331}}</ref> }} '''''Shuttered Room''''' is the debut studio album by the British band the Fixx, released by MCA Records in the UK on 14 May 1982, followed by a US release in August 1982.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1982/BB-1982-08-21.pdf |magazine=Billboard |issn=0006-2510 |location=New York, US |publisher=Billboard Publications Inc. |volume=94 |issue=33 |date=August 21, 1982 |page=16 |title=New LP/Tape Releases |access-date=22 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>

It contains the group's debut single (in the United States), "Stand or Fall", which hit the Top 10 of Billboard's Album Rock Tracks as well as No. 79 on the Hot 100. Its follow-up US single was "Red Skies". Both songs were aided by popular MTV music videos.

==Track listing== ''Shuttered Room'' has been released in a number of different configurations. Though the front cover artwork remains consistent across the releases, the tracks, track order, and even the credits can vary from release to release.

===Original UK track listing (MCA Records FX 1001)=== The UK version differs from the US (and later CD) release in a number of respects, including the fact that all the songs are credited to Curnin/West-Oram/Woods/Greenall/Barrett, with lyrics attributed to Cy Curnin only.

;Side 1 #"Some People" – 3:01 #"Stand or Fall" – 4:00 #"Cameras in Paris" – 3:52 #"Shuttered Room" – 2:47 #"The Fool" – 5:21

;Side 2 #"Lost Planes" – 3:23 #"I Live" – 4:53 #"Sinking Island" – 3:16 #"Time in a Glass" – 3:32 #"Red Skies" – 4:20

===US track listing=== On the US LP and subsequent CD version, "Sinking Island" and "Time in a Glass" are replaced by "I Found You" and "The Strain", both of which were previously released as UK B-side tracks (of the "Some People" and "Stand or Fall" singles, respectively), and the track order is resequenced. All songs are credited as being written by Charlie Barrett, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, and Jamie West-Oram, except where noted.

;Side 1 #"I Found You" – 3:38 #"Some People" – 3:00 #"Stand or Fall" – 4:00 #"The Strain" (Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Adam Woods) – 3:33 #"Red Skies" – 4:19

;Side 2 #"Lost Planes" – 3:20 #"Cameras in Paris" – 3:57 #"I Live" (Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:52 #"Shuttered Room" (Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 2:46 #"The Fool" – 5:20

A reissued CD version added two tracks, (including "Sinking Island", although this is the 'Special Extended Dance Mix' originally released as the B-side on the "Red Skies" 12" single, and a 1994 remix of "Stand or Fall"): #"Sinking Island" [*] (Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:33 #"Stand or Fall" (Extended Mix) [*] (Barrett, Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 4:48

===1996 European CD reissue (Repertoire REP 4598-WY)=== The 1996 European CD compiles all the tracks from the various issues onto one CD.

#"Sinking Island" (Special Extended Dance Mix) – 4:32 #"I Found You" – 3:38 #"Some People" – 3:00 #"Stand or Fall" – 4:00 #"Red Skies" – 4:20 #"Lost Planes" – 3:20 #"Cameras in Paris" – 3:57 #"I Live" – 4:53 #"Shuttered Room" – 2:46 #"The Fool" – 5:21 #"Time in a Glass" – 3:27 #"The Strain" – 3:33 #"Stand or Fall" (Extended Mix) – 4:52

==Personnel== *Cy Curnin – vocals *Adam Woods – percussion, drums *Rupert Greenall – keyboards *Jamie West-Oram – guitar *Charlie Barrett – bass

'''Production''' *Producer: Rupert Hine *Engineer: Stephen W Tayler *Remastering: David Bard *Sequencing: David Bard *Design: Chris Parker *Photography: Chris Parker *Repackaging: Ken Davis

==Charts== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (1982–83) !Peak position |- |The ''Billboard'' 200 |align="center"|133 |- |Australia Kent Music Report |align="center"|77<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=113}}</ref> |- |}

'''Singles''' – ''Billboard'' (United States) {| class="wikitable" width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1982 |align="left"|"Stand or Fall" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock |align="left"|7 |- |align="left"|1982 |align="left"|"Stand or Fall" |align="left"|''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="left"|76 |- |align="left"|1983 |align="left"|"Red Skies" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock |align="left"|13 |- |align="left"|1983 |align="left"|"Red Skies" |align="left"|''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="left"|101 |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:The Fixx albums Category:1982 debut albums Category:Albums produced by Rupert Hine Category:MCA Records albums