Reach The Beach
by The Fixx
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Reach The Beach is ranked as the best album by The Fixx.
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Reach The Beach track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Reach The Beach rankings
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Reach The Beach ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/03/2026 14:19 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2025 12:36 |  doombringer | 2,313 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2024 14:34 |  ExTeaSea | 5,231 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2024 01:59 |  slatsheit | 2,042 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2024 20:24 | matterhornrider | 5,120 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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ChrisPBacon 03/22/2023 16:28 | #295302 | TOP COMMENT
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I like the entire album. It's so good, I'm surprised they didn't continue making great albums.
ExTeaSea 08/21/2018 02:17 | #219928 | TOP COMMENT
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Fantastic album! Some bands sophomore albums aren't as good as their first but man oh man is this one excellent. Shuttered Room is quite the album but Reach the Beach is easily one of the best and most underrated of the 80s.
An outstanding debut album by the Fixx scoring an 81 in my rankings. One thing leads to another is scored as a classic with saved by zero, liner and the title song also scoring high.
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