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Reach the Beach
Studio album by
the Fixx
ReleasedMay 1983 (1983-05)
Recorded1982–1983
StudioFarmyard Studios (Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire)
Genre
  • New wave
  • art rock
Length41:10
LabelMCA
ProducerRupert Hine
The Fixx chronology
Shuttered Room
(1982)
Reach the Beach
(1983)
Phantoms
(1984)
Singles from Reach the Beach
  1. "Saved by Zero"
    Released: April 1983 (UK); 12 May 1983 (US)
  2. "One Thing Leads to Another"
    Released: 18 August 1983
  3. "The Sign of Fire"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicReach the BeachReach the BeachReach the BeachReach the BeachReach the Beach[1]
Smash Hits3/10[2]

Reach the Beach is the second studio album by English new wave band the Fixx, released in May 1983 by MCA Records. It was the group's most successful studio album, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard albums chart[3] and eventually selling two million copies in the United States alone. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[4] It was certified platinum in Canada in November 1983. The album's cover art was provided by George Underwood, who went on to illustrate future Fixx releases including Phantoms (1984), Calm Animals (1989), and Beautiful Friction (2012).[5]

Reach the Beach contains their best-known and highest charting single, "One Thing Leads to Another", which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]

  1. ^ "Reach the Beach". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ Steels, Deborah (12 May 1983). "Review: The Fixx — Reach the Beach". Smash Hits. Vol. 5, no. 10. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 35. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2022 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "The Fixx Chart History". billboard. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ "US Certifications > The Fixx". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  5. ^ Album covers by George Underwood https://www.georgeunderwood.com/#/albumcovers/
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference hot100 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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