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  • Artist: The Fixx
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1983
  • Total Time: 41:10
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Reach the Beach is a significant step forward from the Fixx's debut album, Shuttered Room, simply because the band can now craft immediately accessible, incessantly catchy pop/rock melodies. "One Thing Leads to Another" has a big, ringing guitar hook hammered home by the dance beat, while "Saved by Zero" and "The Sign of Fire" are cool, robotic slices of synth pop. Although the rest of the album isn't quite as catchy as those three hits, Reach the Beach remains a pleasant collection of immaculately produced and stylishly danceable new wave. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
One Thing Leads to Another (Lyrics) Alfie Agius, Adam Woods, Jamie West-Oram, Cy Curnin The Fixx (3:19)
The Sign of Fire Adam Woods, Jamie West-Oram, Lou Agiesta, Cy Curnin The Fixx (3:52)
Running (Lyrics) Cy Curnin, Lou Agiesta, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods The Fixx (4:26)
Saved by Zero (Lyrics) Lou Agiesta, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods, Cy Curnin The Fixx (3:40)
Opinions (Lyrics) Cy Curnin, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods, Lou Agiesta The Fixx (4:50)
Reach the Beach Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Adam Woods, Alfie Agius, Jamie West-Oram The Fixx (4:27)
Changing (Lyrics) Cy Curnin, Lou Agiesta, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods The Fixx (3:24)
Liner (Lyrics) Lou Agiesta, Cy Curnin, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods The Fixx (3:39)
Priviledge Cy Curnin, Adam Woods, Jamie West-Oram, Lou Agiesta The Fixx (4:16)
Outside (Lyrics) Adam Woods, Lou Agiesta, Jamie West-Oram, Cy Curnin The Fixx (5:25)

Credits

Rupert Greenall (Keyboards), Alfie Agius (Bass), Jamie West-Oram (Guitar), James West (Guitar), George Underwood (Artwork), Rupert Hine (Producer), Adam Woods (Percussion), Adam Woods (Drums), Cy Curnin (Vocals), Dan K. Brown (Bass)
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For the New Hampshire relay race of the same name, see Reach the Beach Relay.
Reach the Beach
Studio album by The Fixx
Released May 17, 1983 (1983-05-17)
Recorded 1982–1983
Genre New Wave
Length 41:10
Label MCA
Producer Rupert Hine
Professional reviews
The Fixx chronology
Shuttered Room
(1982)		 Reach the Beach
(1983)		 Phantoms
(1984)

Reach the Beach is the second studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released in 1983. The album reached #8 on American charts, their highest to date there. It also contains their most well known and highest charting hit, One Thing Leads to Another, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Track listing

All songs are written by Alfie Agius, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods, except where noted.

  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
  11. "Saved by Zero" [*] – 4:24
  12. "One Thing Leads to Another" [*] – 8:00
  13. "Deeper and Deeper" [*] (Curnin, West-Oram) – 6:31
  14. "Going Overboard" [*] (Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 3:18

* bonus tracks on 2003 CD re-issue

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1983 The Billboard 200 8

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1983 "One Thing Leads to Another" Billboard Hot 100 4
Mainstream Rock 2
Club Play Singles 14
"Saved By Zero" Billboard Hot 100 20
Mainstream Rock 9
1984 "The Sign of Fire" Billboard Hot 100 32
Mainstream Rock 20
"Deeper and Deeper" Mainstream Rock 3
Club Play Singles 47
  • "Deeper and Deeper" originally appeared on the "Streets of Fire" soundtrack but now appears on the reissue of "Reach the Beach"

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