Reach the Beach

Infobox Album |
Name = Reach the Beach
Type = Album
Artist = The Fixx


Released = May 5, 1983
Recorded = 1982–1983
Genre = New Wave
Length = 41:10
Label = MCA
Producer = Rupert Hine
Reviews =
*Allmusic:Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:76nsa9tgb23a~T1 link]
Last album = "Shuttered Room
(1982)
This album = Reach the Beach
(1983)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

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

#"One Thing Leads to Another" – 3:19
#"The Sign of Fire" – 3:52
#"Running" – 4:26
#"Saved by Zero" – 3:40
#"Opinions" – 4:50
#"Reach the Beach" – 4:27
#"Changing" – 3:24
#"Liner" – 3:39
#"Privilege" – 4:16
#"Outside" – 5:25
#"Saved by Zero" [*] – 4:24
#"One Thing Leads to Another" [*] – 8:00
#"Deeper and Deeper" [*] (Curnin, West-Oram) – 6:31
#"Going Overboard" [*] (Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram, Woods) – 3:18

* bonus tracks on 2003 CD re-issue

Personnel

*Alfie Agius - bass (part of recording sessions)
*Dan K. Brown - bass (rest of recording sessions and touring)
*Cy Curnin - vocals
*Rupert Greenall - keyboard
*Jamie West-Oram - guitar
*Adam Woods - percussion, drums

Production

*Producer: Rupert Hine
*Artwork: George Underwood

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)
* "Deeper and Deeper" originally appeared on the "Streets of Fire" soundtrack but now appears on the reissue of "Reach the Beach"