Reach the Beach

Reach the Beach
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1983
Recorded1982–1983
StudioFarmyard Studios (Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire)
Genre
Length41:10
LabelMCA
ProducerRupert Hine
The Fixx chronology
Shuttered Room
(1982)
Reach the Beach
(1983)
Phantoms
(1984)
Singles from Reach the Beach
  1. "Saved by Zero"
    Released: April 1983 (UK)
  2. "One Thing Leads to Another"
    Released: August 1983 (US)
  3. "The Sign of Fire"
    Released: November 1983 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Smash Hits3/10

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 and eventually selling two million copies in the United States alone. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. 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).

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.