Two reissues by Cherry Red, separated by nearly a year, collect the brief but intriguing discography of late-'80s U.K. duo Climie Fisher - including a raft of rare and unreleased bonus material totaling seven discs between them.

The wait is finally over for fans of the group when Climie Fisher's 1987 debut Everything gets a major expansion from the Cherry Pop imprint on March 21. The set features the remastered album and a whopping 51 bonus tracks: versions and remixes of singles "Love Changes (Everything)," "Rise to the Occasion," "I Won't Bleed for You" and "Keeping the Mystery Alive," plus B-sides, unheard demos and six previously unreleased tracks. The set, fully remastered from original tapes in the Universal Music Group vaults, is packaged in a clamshell box with individual disc wallets and a 28-page book featuring full discographical info, rare photos and full album and single credits. It's a perfect companion piece to Cherry Pop's reissue of the group's under-examined sophomore album, 1989's Coming in for the Kill, which was issued last March. That reissue was packaged similarly to the new Everything set, offering the remastered album, remixes, B-sides and demos (14 of which were previously unreleased) across four discs.

Though Climie Fisher may be a less familiar name to all but the most devoted U.K. pop chart-watchers, their collective musical pedigrees, first separately then together, were quite admirable. Rob Fisher, a talented synth player, was known for his lengthy collaboration with fellow Brit Pete Byrne; as students in the University of Bath, they'd first put together the obscure group Neon (best known for also featuring Bath natives Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, who recruited the group's guitarist and drummer, Neil Taylor and Manny Elias, in the live band for their soon-to-be-famous duo Tears for Fears). More notably, they formed the short-lived duo Naked Eyes, who had little chart success in England but were briefly huge in America thanks to a dramatic Top 10 cover of the Bacharach-David standard "Always Something There to Remind Me" and the simmering original "Promises, Promises," which went to No. 11. Climie, meanwhile, was fast emerging in the mid-'80s as a session musician (he helped Scritti Politti program synths on their breakthrough Cupid & Psyche 85) as well as a songwriter (he'd co-write Pat Benatar's "Invincible" with Holly Knight and, with frequent partner Dennis Morgan, penned "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)," a soaring slice of pop-gospel that Aretha Franklin and George Michael took to No. 1 in 1987).

Morgan would, with Climie and Fisher, co-write about half of debut Everything, which split production between two U.K. stalwarts, Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, New Order) and Steve Lillywhite (U2, Simple Minds). Sales of the album were soft until a radically-remixed, hip-hop tinged version of "Rise to the Occasion" created by PWL stalwart Phil Harding hit the U.K. Top 10; a new mix of the swooning soft-rock track "Love Changes (Everything)" in 1988 gave Climie Fisher not only a No. 2 hit in the U.K. but a crossover in America, reaching No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bolstered by Everything's success, the duo largely produced 1989's Coming in for the Kill on their own, collaborating with a murderer's row of session legends (including a co-write by Motown icon Lamont Dozier on the title track) and some production assistance from U.S. soul-pop producer Stewart Levine (Simple Minds, Curiosity Killed the Cat) and Neil Dorfsman (Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Paul McCartney). The results, however, were softer than label EMI had hoped for: only lead single "Love Like a River" was a modest Top 40 hit, and the LP only dented the middle of the charts. The duo would split up shortly thereafter: Fisher collaborated in the '90s with Rick Astley and briefly mounted a planned reunion with Byrne for Naked Eyes before his death in 1999 after a surgery to treat cancer; Climie, meanwhile, became an in-demand, cosmopolitan producer - since 1998, he's produced nearly every studio album by Eric Clapton, and also helmed a pair of successful Motown cover albums for Michael McDonald in the 2000s.

Taken together, these nine(!) discs are a real "rise to the occasion" for '80s British pop enthusiasts - and they can now be pre-ordered or purchased at the links below. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

Everything (Deluxe Edition) (Cherry Pop QCRPOP4BOX245 (U.K.), 2025) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

* previously unreleased
** previously unreleased on CD

Disc 1: Remastered album (originally released as EMI EMC 3538 (U.K.)/Capitol C1-48838 (U.S.), 1988)

1. Love Changes (Everything)
2. Rise to the Occasion
3. I Won't Bleed for You
4. Room to Move
5. Precious Moments
6. Rise to the Occasion (Hip Hop Mix)
7. This is Me
8. Never Let a Chance Go By
9. Bite the Hand That Feeds
10. Break the Silence
11. Keeping the Mystery Alive

Disc 2: Bonus Tracks - Singles, B-Sides, Demos & Previously Unreleased Recordings

1. Love Changes (Everything) (Remix)
2. Rise to the Occasion (7" Version)
3. Far Across the Water
4. Mental Block
5. Nothing But a Feeling
6. Never Close the Show
7. Climbing Up the Ladder
8. Love Changes (Everything) (Demo) *
9. Rise to the Occasion (Demo) *
10. Precious Moments (Demo) *
11. Lifeline *
12. Fighting Talk *
13. Money Makes the Man (Go Crazy) *
14. Love Transmission *
15. Emotional Waves *
16. Unfinished Business *

Tracks 1 and 6 released as EMI U.K. single EM 47, 1988
Tracks 2 and 4 released as EMI U.K. single EM 33, 1987
Track 3 released on "This is Me" U.K. single - EMI 5578, 1987
Track 5 released on "Keeping the Mystery Alive" U.K. single - EMI CLF 1, 1987
Track 7 released on "I Won't Bleed for You" U.K. single - EMI EM 66, 1988

Disc 3: Bonus Tracks - Singles, Remixes, Edits & Alternate Versions

1. Keeping the Mystery Alive (7" Remix) *
2. Rise to the Occasion (7" Edit)
3. Love Changes (Everything) (U.S. Single Edit)
4. Rise to the Occasion (7" Remix)
5. I Won't Bleed for You (Radio Edit) *
6. Rise to the Occasion (Alternate 7" Remix) *
7. This is Me (Extended Version)
8. Keeping the Mystery Alive (Extended Mix)
9. Rise to the Occasion (Extended Mix)
10. Love Changes (Everything) (Love Mix)
11. I Won't Bleed for You (Extended Bleed Mix)
12. Keeping the Mystery Alive (12" Mix) *
13. Mental Block (Full Length Version) **

Track 2 released on EMI U.K. single EM 33, 1987
Track 3 released on Capitol U.S. single B-44137, 1988
Track 4 released on EMI U.K. single EMX 33, 1987
Track 7 released on EMI U.K. 12" single 12EMI 5578, 1987
Track 8 released on EMI U.K. 12" single 12CLF 1, 1987
Tracks 9 and 13 released as EMI U.K. 12" single 12EM 33, 1987
Track 10 released on EMI U.K. 12" single 12EM 15, 1987
Track 11 released on EMI U.K. 12" single 12EM 66, 1988

Disc 4: Bonus Tracks - More Extended Versions & Remixes

1. This is Me (12" Version)
2. Keeping the Mystery Alive (Bruce Forrest 12" Mix) *
3. Rise to the Occasion (Hip Hop Remix)
4. Love Changes (Everything) (House Mix)
5. I Won't Bleed for You (High Velocity Mix) **
6. This is Me ('This is It' Mix)
7. Keeping the Mystery Alive (John Gallen 12" Mix) *
8. Rise to the Occasion (Extended Mix Edit)
9. Love Changes (Everything) (Pop Mix) **
10. I Won't Bleed for You (12" Mix) *
11. Keeping the Mystery Alive (Dealer Mix) *

Track 1 released on Capitol Canadian 12" single C1-75244, 1988
Track 3 released on EMI U.K. 12" single 12EMS 33, 1987
Tracks 4 and 9 released on Capitol U.S. 12" single V-15373, 1988
Track 5 released on EMI U.K. 12" single 12EM 66, 1988
Track 6 released on EMI U.K. 12" single 12EM 58, 1988
Track 8 released on "Love Changes (Everything)" U.K. CD single - EMI EMCD 47, 1988

Disc 5: Bonus Tracks - Even More Extended Versions and Remixes, Dub Mixes & Megamixes

1. Love Changes (Everything) (Extended Mix Edit)
2. I Won't Bleed for You (Nick Gatfield Mix) *
3. Keeping the Mystery Alive (Extended Version) *
4. This is Me (Dub I)
5. Rise to the Occasion (Hip Hop Dub) *
6. Love Changes (Everything) (Dub) *
7. This is Me (Dub I + Claps)
8. I Won't Bleed for You (Dub)
9. This is Me (Dub I + Vocal)
10. I Won't Bleed for You (Bonus Beat Dub) *
11. Everything Megamix **

Track 1 released on EMI U.K. CD single EMCD 47, 1988
Tracks 4, 7 and 9 released on EMI U.K. 12" promo 12EMDJ 58, 1988
Track 8 released on EMI U.K. 12" promo 12EMY 66, 1988
Track 11 released on "Love Like a RIver" U.K. 12" single 12EMX 81, 1988

Coming in for the Kill (Deluxe Edition) (Cherry Pop QCRPOP4BOX246 (U.K.), 2024) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

* previously unreleased
** previously unreleased on CD

Disc 1: Remastered album (originally released as EMI EMC 3565 (U.K.)/Capitol C1-93005 (U.S.), 1989)

1. Facts of Love
2. Fire on the Ocean
3. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way
4. Hold On Through the Night
5. Buried Treasure
6. Power of the Dream World
7. The Best Part of Living is Loving You
8. Coming in for the Kill
9. Don't Mess Around
10. You Keep Coming Back for More

Disc 2: Bonus Tracks - Singles, B-Sides & Demo Recordings

1. Love Like a River (7" Mix) **
2. Facts of Love (7" Version)
3. Fire on the Ocean (7" Mix)
4. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (7" Version)
5. Haunted House
6. Memories (If I Could Relive Your Love)
7. Cold Light of Day
8. Gypsy (Instrumental)
9. Godsend
10. You're Not Alone in This World
11. Rhythm of the World
12. The Way It Should Be
13. You're Not Alone in This World (Demo #1) *
14. You're Not Alone in This World (Demo #2) *

Track 1 from EMI U.K. single EM 81, 1988
Tracks 2 and 7 released as EMI U.K. single EM 103, 1989
Tracks 3 and 9 released as EMI U.K. single EM 112, 1989
Track 4 from EMI U.K. single EM 139, 1990
Track 5 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EM 81, 1988
Track 6 from "Facts of Love" U.K. CD single - EMI EMCD 103, 1989
Track 8 from "Facts of Love" U.K. 12" - EMI 12EM 103, 1989
Track 10 from "Fire on the Ocean" U.K. CD single - EMI EMCD 112, 1989
Tracks 11-12 from "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" U.K. CD single - EMI EMCD 139, 1990

Disc 3: Bonus Tracks - Remixes, Edits, Extended and Alternate Versions & Dubs

1. Love Like a River (7" Mix)
2. Fire on the Ocean (Alternate 7" Version) *
3. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (The Nomad Soul Mix)
4. Power of the Dream World (7" Edit) *
5. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (U.S. 7" Version) *
6. You're Not Alone in This World (Full Length Version) *
7. Love Like a River (Dance Mix)
8. Fire on the Ocean (12" Special Mix)
9. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (12" Version) **
10. Love Like a River (Extended Dance Mix) *
11. Fire on the Ocean (Club Mix) **
12. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (12" Nomad Soul Remix) **
13. Facts of Love (Extended Version)

Track 1 from EMI single EM 81, 1988
Tracks 3 and 12 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EMX 139, 1990
Track 7 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EM 81, 1988
Track 8 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EM 112, 1989
Track 9 from EMI U.K. 12" promo 12EMDJ 139, 1990
Track 11 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EMX 112, 1989
Track 13 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EM 103, 1989

Disc 4: Bonus Tracks - More Remixes, Extended and Alternate Versions, Dubs and Instrumentals

1. Fire on the Ocean (12" Mix) *
2. Love Like a River (Bonus Beats) **
3. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (Bonus Beats) *
4. Love Like a River (Dub Mix) **
5. Facts of Love (Instrumental) *
6. Fire on the Ocean (Club Mix Instrumental) *
7. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (Nomad Soul Instrumental) **
8. Don't Mess Around (Instrumental) *
9. You Keep Coming Back for More (Instrumental) *
10. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way (Instrumental) *
11. Music Factory Megamix **

Tracks 2 and 4 from EMI U.K. 12" promo 12EMDJ 81, 1988
Track 7 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EMX 139, 1990
Track 11 from EMI U.K. 12" 12EM 139, 1990