{{for|the New Hampshire relay race of the same name|Reach the Beach Relay}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Reach the Beach | type = Studio album | artist = the Fixx | cover = The Fixx - Reach the Beach.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = {{Start date|1983|05|13|df=y}} | recorded = 1982–1983 | studio = Farmyard (Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire) | genre = * New wave * art rock | length = {{duration|m=41|s=10}} | label = MCA | producer = Rupert Hine | prev_title = Shuttered Room | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = Phantoms | next_year = 1984 | misc = {{Singles | name = Reach the Beach | type = studio | single1 = Saved by Zero | single1date = {{Start date|1983|04|15|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54993753859/in/album-72177720331005136 |magazine=NME |issn= 0028-6362 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Magazines Ltd |volume=32 |issue=14 |date=9 April 1983 |page=32 |title=Record News |access-date=14 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/42977035704/in/album-72157699147624044 |magazine=Record Mirror |issn=0144-5804 |location=London, UK |publisher=Spotlight Productions Ltd |volume=30 |issue=16 |date=April 16, 1983 |page=9 |title=Turn on - Tours |access-date=14 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref> | single2 = One Thing Leads to Another | single2date = {{Start date|1983|08|18|df=y}} (US)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |last=Hip-O Records |authorlink=Hip-O Records |title=Ultimate Collection |others=the Fixx |year=1999 |page=8 |publisher=Hip-O |type=CD booklet |id=088 112 117 2 |location=US}}</ref> | single3 = The Sign of Fire | single3date = {{Start date|1983|11|23|df=y}} (US)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |last=Hip-O Records |authorlink=Hip-O Records |title=Ultimate Collection |others=the Fixx |year=1999 |page=8 |publisher=Hip-O |type=CD booklet |id=088 112 117 2 |location=US}}</ref> }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Reach the Beach |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/reach-the-beach-mw0000020423 |accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Smash Hits'' | rev2Score = 3/10<ref name="SHReview">{{cite magazine|last=Steels|first=Deborah|authorlink=|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/8606465111/in/album-72157633135419304/|title=Review: The Fixx — Reach the Beach|magazine=Smash Hits|date=12 May 1983|access-date=13 February 2022|volume=5|number=10|page=35|location=Peterborough|publisher=EMAP National Publications, Ltd.|via=World Radio History|issn=0260-3004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214142956/https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/8606465111/in/album-72157633135419304/|archive-date=14 February 2022|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''Reach the Beach''''' is the second studio album by the English new wave band the Fixx, released by MCA Records in May 1983. It was the group's most successful studio album, reaching No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-fixx/chart-history/tlp/|title=The Fixx Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> and eventually selling two million copies in the United States alone. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.<ref name="riaa">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=fixx#search_section|title=US Certifications > The Fixx|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref> 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).<ref>Album covers by George Underwood https://www.georgeunderwood.com/#/albumcovers/</ref>
''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.<ref name="hot100" />
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Alfie Agius, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods, except where noted | headline = Side one | title1 = One Thing Leads to Another | length1 = 3:19 | title2 = The Sign of Fire | length2 = 3:52 | title3 = Running | length3 = 4:26 | title4 = Saved by Zero | length4 = 3:40 | title5 = Opinions | length5 = 4:50 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title6 = Reach the Beach | length6 = 4:27 | title7 = Changing | length7 = 3:24 | title8 = Liner | length8 = 3:39 | title9 = Privilege | length9 = 4:16 | title10 = Outside | length10 = 5:25 | total_length = 41:10 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2003 CD bonus tracks | title11 = Saved by Zero | note11 = Extended Version | length11 = 4:24 | title12 = One Thing Leads to Another | note12 = Extended Version | length12 = 8:00 | title13 = Deeper and Deeper | writer13 = {{hlist|Curnin|West-Oram}} | note13 = Long Version | length13 = 6:31 | title14 = Going Overboard | length14 = 3:18 | writer14 = {{hlist|Curnin|Greenall|West-Oram|Woods}} }}
==Personnel== Credits are adapted from the ''Reach the Beach'' liner notes.<ref name=linernotes2>{{cite AV media notes|last=MCA Records|authorlink=MCA Records|title=Reach the Beach|others=the Fixx|year=1983|publisher=MCA Records|type=CD booklet}}</ref>
{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Musicians''' * Cy Curnin – vocals * Rupert Greenall – keyboards * Jamie West-Oram – guitar * Adam Woods – percussion; drums * Alfie Agius – bass on "One Thing Leads to Another", "Saved by Zero" and "Liner" * 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 band's next studio album, ''Phantoms'' (1984).
{{col-2}} '''Production and artwork''' * Rupert Hine – producer * Stephen W Tayler – engineer; mixing * George Underwood – front cover painting * Trevor Toms – photography * The Cream Group (Design Company from Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – mechanical artwork {{col-end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1983) !Peak<br />position |- |Australia Kent Music Report<ref name=":Aus">{{Cite web|url=http://www.austchartbook.com.au/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2016|title=Australian Chart Book|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|68 |- |Canada ''RPM''<ref name=":Canada">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=the+fixx&|title=The Fixx|website=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|8 |- |Dutch Charts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&cat2=s&search=the+fixx|title=Dutch Album Charts|website=dutchcharts|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|38 |- |UK Official Charts<ref name=":UK">{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19552/fixx/|title=Fixx|website=Official Charts|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|91 |- |US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name=":0" /> |align="center"|8 |}
'''Singles''' {| class="wikitable" !Year !Single !Chart !Position |- |rowspan="5"|1983 |rowspan="3"|"One Thing Leads to Another" |''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="hot100">{{cite web|title=The Fixx – Billboard Hot 100 Chart history {{!}} Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/407023/fixx/chart|website=www.billboard.com|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|4 |- |Top Rock Tracks |align="center"|2 |- |Club Play Singles |align="center"|14 |- |rowspan="2"|"Saved by Zero" |''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="hot100"/> |align="center"|20 |- |Top Rock Tracks |align="center"|9 |- |rowspan="2"|1984 |rowspan="2"|"The Sign of Fire" |''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="hot100"/> |align="center"|32 |- |Top Rock Tracks |align="center"|20 |- |}
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==External links== * {{Discogs master|70128}}
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Category:The Fixx albums Category:1983 albums Category:Albums produced by Rupert Hine Category:MCA Records albums