Beyond the Pale (Fiona album)

Beyond the Pale is the second studio album by American rock singer and actress Fiona. It was originally released in 1986 through Atlantic Records on vinyl and cassette only; a CD edition was reissued in 2004 through Wounded Bird Records, followed by a remaster in 2014 through Rock Candy Records.

Beyond the Pale
Studio album by Fiona
Released	1986 (1986)
Genre	Pop rock hard rock
Length	39:49
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Beau Hill
Fiona chronology
Fiona (1985) Beyond the Pale (1986) Heart Like a Gun (1989)
Singles from Beyond the Pale
"Living in a Boy's World" Released: 1986 "Hopelessly Love You" Released: 1986

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Andrew Hamlin awarded Beyond the Pale 2.5 stars out of 5, describing it as "'80s pop, [with] gated drums, and synthesizer stabs punctuated with '80s metal guitar."^[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tragedy"	Donnie Kisselbach Fiona Flanagan Beau Hill Marty Druckman Kip Winger	4:15
2.	"Hopelessly Love You"	Michael Stewart Dan Williams	4:22
3.	"Living in a Boy's World"	Ina Wolfe Peter Wolfe	3:40
4.	"Thunder & Lightning"	Chi Coltrane	3:41
5.	"Tender Is the Heart"	Simon Climie Billy Steinberg	3:37

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Running Out of Night"	Marc Blatte Flanagan Bob Halligan Jr.	3:54
7.	"In My Blood"	Hill Sandy Stewart Winger	4:10
8.	"He's on My Side"	Ernie Gold Flanagan	4:30
9.	"You Better Wait"	James House Rick Neighbor	3:37
10.	"Keeper of the Flame"	Flanagan Kisselbach	4:03
Total length:			39:49

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Beyond the Pale liner notes.^[2]

• Fiona – lead vocals
• Bobby Messano – guitar (tracks 1, 9, 10)
• Mike Slamer – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5–9)
• Reb Beach – guitar (tracks 2–4, 7, 10)
• Nile Rodgers – guitar (track 2)
• Beau Hill – keyboards; keyboard bass; drum programming (track 3); percussion (tracks 1, 3, 8); horn programming; horn arrangement; backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9); producer
• Benjy King – keyboard (track 10)
• Joe Franco – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8–10)
• David Rosenberg – drums (tracks 2, 5, 7); drum programming (tracks 3, 10); percussion (tracks 3, 8, 10)
• Donnie Kisselbach – bass
• Harlem Katzenjammer Horns – horns
• Kip Winger – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9)
• Stephen Benben – backing vocals (track 1); engineering
• Louis Merlino – backing vocals (tracks 4–6)
• Sandy Stewart – backing vocals (track 7)
• Ted Jensen – mastering