Phantoms (The Fixx album) explained

Phantoms
Type:Studio album
Artist:the Fixx
Cover:The Fixx - Phantoms.jpg
Released:14 August 1984 (US)[1]
3 September 1984 (UK)[2]
Recorded:1984
Studio:Farmyard Studios (Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire)
Genre:New wave
Label:MCA
Producer:
Prev Title:Reach the Beach
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Walkabout
Next Year:1986

Phantoms is the third studio album by the English new wave band the Fixx, released in 1984 by MCA Records.[3]

It contains the American hit "Are We Ourselves?", which reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1984. The song hit No. 1 on Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart, staying at the summit for several weeks. It was also assisted by a popular MTV music video. The album's cover art was provided by George Underwood, who had also provided artwork for the band's previous album, Reach the Beach (1983), and went on to illustrate future Fixx releases including Calm Animals (1989) and Beautiful Friction (2012).[4]

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide considered the album to be "interesting only as a matter of nostalgia."

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Phantoms liner notes.[5] The Fixx

Production and artwork

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Canada (RPM)[6] 18
Dutch Charts[7] 41
German Charts[8] 59
US Billboard 200[9] 19

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1984"Are We Ourselves?"Billboard Hot 100[10] 15
Top Rock Tracks1
"Sunshine in the Shade"Billboard Hot 10069
Top Rock Tracks37
1985"Less Cities, More Moving People"Billboard Hot 100
Top Rock Tracks
Club Play Singles68

Notes and References

  1. News: Radio Highlights . The Indianapolis Star . Aug 14, 1984 . 15.
  2. Web site: Music Week. 15.
  3. Web site: The Fixx Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine . AllMusic . 7 June 2023.
  4. Album covers by George Underwood https://www.georgeunderwood.com/#/albumcovers/
  5. Phantoms. the Fixx. 1984. MCA Records. CD booklet.
  6. Web site: The Fixx. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013 . 15 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Dutch Album Charts. dutchcharts. 15 May 2019.
  8. Web site: The Fixx. 16 May 2019.
  9. The Fixx Chart History. billboard. 14 May 2019.
  10. Web site: The Fixx – Billboard Hot 100 Chart history Billboard. www.billboard.com. 14 December 2016.