Reach the Beach is the second studio album by the English new wave band the Fixx, released by MCA Records in May 1983. It was the group's most successful studio album, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard albums chart and eventually selling two million copies in the United States alone. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. 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).Album covers by George Underwood https://www.georgeunderwood.com/#/albumcovers/
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.
Track listing
Personnel Credits are adapted from the Reach the Beach liner notes.
Musicians Cy Curnin – vocals Rupert Greenall – keyboards Jamie West-Oram – guitar Adam Woods – percussion; drums Alfie Agius – bass on "One Thing Leads to Another", "Saved by Zero" and "Liner" Dan K. Brown – bass on "The Sign of Fire"
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 band's next studio album, Phantoms (1984).
Production and artwork Rupert Hine – producer Stephen W Tayler – engineer; mixing George Underwood – front cover painting Trevor Toms – photography The Cream Group (Design Company from Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – mechanical artwork
Charts Chart (1983)PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report68Canada RPM8Dutch Charts38UK Official Charts91US Billboard 2008
Singles YearSingleChartPosition1983"One Thing Leads to Another"Billboard Hot 1004Top Rock Tracks2Club Play Singles14"Saved by Zero"Billboard Hot 10020Top Rock Tracks91984"The Sign of Fire"Billboard Hot 10032Top Rock Tracks20
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