Reach the Beach

Reach the Beach
Studio album by The Fixx
Released	May 17, 1983 (1983-05-17)
Recorded	1982–1983, Farmyard Studios
Genre	New Wave, Rock, Classic rock
Length	41:10
Label	MCA
Producer	Rupert Hine
The Fixx chronology
Shuttered Room (1982) Reach the Beach (1983) Phantoms (1984)

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Reach the Beach is the platinum-plus 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.

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

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

Personnel

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

with:

• Alfie Agius - bass on "One Thing Leads To Another" and "Saved By Zero"
• 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 next album, Phantoms.

Production

• Producer: Rupert Hine
• Engineered & Mixed By Stephen W Tayler
• Artwork: George Underwood
• Note: Hine would go on to an illustrious production career after this album was released. He would produce for Tina Turner in 1984 and 1986 (including backing by The Fixx on "Better Be Good to Me" and "I Might Have Been Queen"), and would co-produce Rush's Presto in 1989 and Roll The Bones in 1991, with Tayler on recording and mix duties of both albums. Hine would eventually produce the debut album for Duncan Sheik in 1996.

Charts

Singles