The Fixx: Reach The Beach (Expanded Edition) CD Track Listing
The Fixx
Reach The Beach (Expanded Edition) (2003)
c 2003 MCA records.\nOriginally Released as MCA 39001, May 4, 1983\nStandard CD Edition Released \nRemastered, Expanded Edition Released February 11, 2003\n\nTrack 11 issued on the MCA promotional single L33-1128, Aug. 8, 1983\nTrack 12 issued on the MCA promtional single L33-1109 May 9, 1983\nTrack 13 issued as the b-dide of "Are We Ourselves?," MCA 52444, Aug. 6, 1984. Also appeared in the original motion picture soundtrack "Streets of Fire."\nTrack 14 was issued as the b-side of "Saved By Zero," MCA 52213, May 12, 1983.\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Reach the Beach is a significant step forward from the Fixx's debut album Shuttered Room simply because the band can now craft immediately accessible, incessantly catchy pop/rock melodies. "One Thing Leads to Another" has a big, ringing guitar hook hammered home by the dance beat, while "Saved by Zero" and "The Sign of Fire" are cool, robotic slices of synth-pop. Although the rest of the album isn't quite as catchy as those three hits, Reach the Beach remains a pleasant collection of immaculately produced and stylishly danceable new wave. [The 2003 reissue includes four bonus tracks.] -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nQuirky keyboards, quirky new-navey hooks, quirky showman of a lead singer (the yelp-throated Cy Curnin)--in its mid-'80s heyday, few bands captured the fleeting tenor of the chart times better than the Fixx. A poor man's Duran Duran, the group was perfect for the nascent rock-video age, perfect for the just-got-its-wings MTV, and it worked its datestamped shtick well into the '90s. But the Fixx's defining album/moment had already occurred in '83, with the breakthrough "One Thing Leads to Another" smash, from a fairly solid sophomore album, Reach the Beach. Although critics today might pan the record as fey and mawkish, it won headline concert billing for an otherwise unknown London outfit. --Tom Lanham \n\nCMJ New Music Report Exclusive Review\nA strong, satisfying follow-up to 1982's AOR smash Shuttered Room. While it can't boast a classic like "Stand Or Fall," Rush The hash is more consistent than its predecessor and it gets betterwith each listen. On their second LP, The Fixx once again shines through as the "thinking person's rock band"-eerie New World lyrical visions and multi-textured sounds propel Cy Cumin's vocals straight into your heart and mind. Expect big things from The Fixx. Favorites: "Opinions," "Saved By Zero," "Privilege" and "Outside." \n
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: Music
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: music songs tracks rock Rock
- The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another (03:19)
- The Fixx - The Sign Of Fire (03:52)
- The Fixx - Running (04:26)
- The Fixx - Saved By Zero (03:40)
- The Fixx - Opinions (04:47)
- The Fixx - Reach The Beach (04:27)
- The Fixx - Changing (03:24)
- The Fixx - Liner (03:38)
- The Fixx - Privilege (04:15)
- The Fixx - Outside (05:26)
- The Fixx - Saved By Zero (Extended Version) (04:24)
- The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another (Extended Version) (08:00)
- The Fixx - Deeper And Deeper (Long Version) (06:31)
- The Fixx - Going Overboard (B-Side Of 'Are We Ourselves') (03:18)
