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Released
  
15 May 1983

Studio
  
Farmyard Studios

Reach the Beach (1983)
  
Phantoms (1984)

Release date
  
15 May 1983

Producer
  
Rupert Hine

Recorded
  
1982–1983

Length
  
41:10

Artist
  
The Fixx

Label
  
MCA Records

Genres
  
New wave, Pop rock

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Similar
  
The Fixx albums, New wave albums

Reach the Beach is the second studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released in 1983. It was the group's most successful album, reaching #8 on the American Billboard albums chart and eventually selling two million US copies. It also contains their most well known and highest charting single, "One Thing Leads to Another", which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went on be certified Platinum.

Contents

Fixx reach the beach


Track listing

All songs written by Alfie Agius, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods, except where noted.
Published by EMI-Colgems Music Ltd.

  1. "One Thing Leads to Another" – 3:19
  2. "The Sign of Fire" – 3:52
  3. "Running" – 4:26
  4. "Saved by Zero" – 3:40
  5. "Opinions" – 4:50
  6. "Reach the Beach" – 4:27
  7. "Changing" – 3:24
  8. "Liner" – 3:39
  9. "Privilege" – 4:16
  10. "Outside" – 5:25

2003 CD bonus tracks

  1. "Saved by Zero" (Extended Version) – 4:24
  2. "One Thing Leads to Another" (Extended Version) – 8:00
  3. "Deeper and Deeper" (Long Version) (Curnin, West-Oram) – 6:31
  4. "Going Overboard" (Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 3:18*

Note

  • This song was originally available only on the vinyl 45RPM B-side to "Saved by Zero."

    • Personnel

  • Cy Curnin – vocals
  • Rupert Greenall – keyboards
  • Jamie West-Oram – guitar
  • Adam Woods – percussion, drums

    • Additional musicians

  • Alfie Agius – bass on "One Thing Leads To Another" and "Saved By Zero"
  • Dan K. Brown – bass on "The Sign Of Fire"

    • Note

  • Agius left The Fixx partway through the recording sessions, and is not listed as an official group member in the album credits. Brown played bass on one track, and on the subsequent tour; he would be promoted to full group-member status as of the next album, Phantoms.

    • Production

  • Rupert Hine – producer
  • Stephen W Tayler – engineer, mixing
  • George Underwood – artwork

    • Charts

    Singles

    Songs

    1One Thing Leads to Another3:18
    2The Sign of Fire3:51
    3Running4:26

    References

    Reach the Beach Wikipedia
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