Reach the Beach
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Reach the Beach is the second studio album by the 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[1] and eventually selling two million copies in the United States alone. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[2] 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).[3]
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.[4]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits are adapted from the Reach the Beach liner notes.[5]
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Musicians
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).
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Charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| Australia Kent Music Report[6] | 68 |
| Canada RPM[7] | 8 |
| Dutch Charts[8] | 38 |
| UK Official Charts[9] | 91 |
| US Billboard 200[1] | 8 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1983 | "One Thing Leads to Another" | Billboard Hot 100[4] | 4 |
| Top Rock Tracks | 2 | ||
| Club Play Singles | 14 | ||
| "Saved by Zero" | Billboard Hot 100[4] | 20 | |
| Top Rock Tracks | 9 | ||
| 1984 | "The Sign of Fire" | Billboard Hot 100[4] | 32 |
| Top Rock Tracks | 20 |
References
External links
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