''Ink'' is the sixth studio album by British new wave band

the Fixx The Fixx are a rock band from London, England, founded in 1979. The band's hits include "One Thing Leads to Another", "Saved by Zero", "Are We Ourselves?", and "Secret Separation", each of which charted in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, ...

, released in 1991. The single, "How Much Is Enough?", reached No. 11 on the ''Billboard''

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chart and No. 10 on the

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chart.

Track listing

All lyrics written by

Cy Curnin Cyril John Curnin (born 12 December 1957, Wimbledon, England) is a singer/songwriter and musician and is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, the Fixx. As a songwriter, he has co-written over a dozen songs that have appeared on the ' ...

except where noted; all music composed by Curnin, West-Oram, Woods, Greenall and Brown except where noted. #"All Is Fair" #"How Much Is Enough?" (Music: Curnin/West-Oram/Woods/Greenall/Brown/Hall/ Cutler) #"No One Has to Cry" (Music: Curnin/West-Oram/Woods/Greenall/Brown/Cutler) #"Crucified" (Music: Curnin/West-Oram/Woods/Greenall/Brown/Cutler) #"Falling in Love" (Lyrics: Champlin, Music:Gaitsch/Champlin) #"Shut It Out" #"Still Around" #"All the Best Things" (Music: Curnin/West-Oram/Woods/Greenall/Brown/Sturkin/Rogers) #"Yesterday, Today" (Lyrics: Woods, Music: Curnin/West-Oram/Woods/Greenall/Brown) #"One Jungle" (Lyrics:

Jeannette Obstoj Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj (5 June 194926 March 2015) was a British lyricist, video-maker, music video director, poet and graphic artist. She is best known for her work as a lyricist, usually working in collaboration with musician Rupert Hine. ...

) #"Climb the Hill" (Lyrics: Woods) #"Make No Plans" (Music: Curnin/West-Oram/Woods/Greenall/Brown/ Termini) #"Ships Are Safe In Harbour" * bonus track on Japan CD issue

Personnel

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Adam Woods -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, vocals on "Climb the Hill" *Rupert Greenall -

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

*Jamie West-Oram -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Dan K. Brown -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

Additional personnel *Rusty Anderson - guitar *Steven MacKinnon - keyboards *

Richard Termini Richard Joseph Vincent Termini (born June 20, 1956, Brooklyn, New York) is an American educator, platinum record award winning musician, composer, film director, writer and photographer. As a musician Termini played synthesizers and keyboards ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

Production

*Producers: Scott Cutler, Bruce Gaitsch, Rupert Hine, William Wittman *Executive producer: Randy Nicklaus *Engineers: John Agnello, Bruce Gaitsch, Rupert Hine, Dennis McCay, Stephen W. Tayler *Assistant engineers: Matt Howe, Fred Kelly, Ed Korengo, Duane Sexton *Mixing: John Agnello, Matt Howe *Mastering: Steve Hall *Drum programming: Steve Dubin *Production coordination: Steve Barri, Randy Nicklaus, Mark Sullivan

Charts

Singles

References

{{Authority control The Fixx albums 1991 albums Albums produced by Rupert Hine MCA Records albums