Reach the Beach
Reach the Beach is the second studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released on 15 May 1983. It was the group's most successful album, reaching #8 on the Billboard album chart and eventually selling two million copies in the United States alone. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Likewise it was certified platinum in Canada in November 1983.
Reach the Beach contains their best-known and highest charting single, "One Thing Leads to Another", which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Track listing
2003 CD bonus tracksPersonnel
;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 next album, Phantoms.
- Rupert Hine – producer
- Stephen W Tayler – engineer, mixing
- George Underwood – front cover painting
- Trevor Toms - photography
- the Cream Group - mechanical artwork
Charts
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1983 | "One Thing Leads to Another" | Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| 1983 | "One Thing Leads to Another" | Top Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1983 | "One Thing Leads to Another" | Club Play Singles | 14 |
| 1983 | "Saved by Zero" | Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
| 1983 | "Saved by Zero" | Top Rock Tracks | 9 |
| 1984 | "The Sign of Fire" | Billboard Hot 100 | 32 |
| 1984 | "The Sign of Fire" | Top Rock Tracks | 20 |