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Phantoms by The Fixx
Phantoms is an album by The Fixx, released in 1984. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Are We Ourselves”, on 4 lists with a best position of #354.
Phantoms, the Fixx's third album, came out on MCA in America on 14 August 1984 and in Britain a few weeks later, with Rupert Hine producing the London band. It's cool, tense new wave, all taut guitar, glassy keyboards and a voice that sounds like it's reading the news from somewhere slightly in the future.
"Are We Ourselves?" was the breakout, a jittery, catchy question mark of a song that sat at number one on the album rock chart for several weeks and got a push from a much-played MTV video. "Less Cities, More Moving People" digs into the same anxious, modern groove. George Underwood, who had drawn the sleeve for Reach the Beach, did the cover art again, and he'd go on illustrating Fixx records for years to come.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Phantoms on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are We Ourselves | 4 | #354 | – | 1988–2003 | |
| 2 | Less Cities, More Moving People | 3 | #14 | – | 1984–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.