Reach the Beach by The Fixx

Reach the Beach, the Fixx's second album, came out on MCA in May 1983, and it's new wave in a tailored suit: cool, taut and a little paranoid. Rupert Hine produced it, keeping everything crisp and spacious so the nervy guitar figures and chilly synths can circle each other like strangers on a train platform.

"One Thing Leads to Another" was the hook that snagged America, climbing to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining the band's biggest single, and "Saved by Zero" followed it onto the radio with a hazier, more hypnotic pull. The album itself reached No. 8 on the Billboard chart and sold two million copies in the US alone, which makes it the most successful studio record the London band ever made. George Underwood supplied the cover art, the start of a long run of him illustrating Fixx sleeves.

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