Phantoms (The Fixx album)

Phantoms
Studio album by The Fixx
Released August 1984
Recorded 1984
Genre New wave
Length 41:52
Label MCA
Producer Rupert Hine, The Fixx
The Fixx chronology

Reach the Beach
(1983)
Phantoms
(1984)
Walkabout
(1986)
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Phantoms is the third studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released in 1984. It contains the American hit "Are We Ourselves?", which reached No. 15 on the U.S. pop chart and No. 1 on the U.S. rock chart, staying at the summit for two weeks.

Track listing

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

  1. "Lose Face" – 3:03
  2. "Less Cities, More Moving People" – 3:53
  3. "Sunshine in the Shade" (Brown, Curnin, R. Greenall, P. Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 2:26
  4. "Woman on a Train" (Brown, Curnin, Greenall, Jeannette Obstoj, West-Oram, Woods) – 3:56
  5. "Wish" – 4:08
  6. "Lost in Battle Overseas" – 4:10
  7. "Question" – 3:26
  8. "In Suspense" – 3:45
  9. "Facing the Wind" – 3:20
  10. "Are We Ourselves?" – 2:27
  11. "I Will" – 3:54
  12. "Phantom Living" – 3:50

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Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1984 The Billboard 200 19

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1984 "Are We Ourselves?" Billboard Hot 100 15
1984 "Are We Ourselves?" Mainstream Rock 1
1984 "Sunshine in the Shade" Mainstream Rock 37
1984 "Sunshine in the Shade" Billboard Hot 100 69