Phantoms (The Fixx album)

Phantoms
Studio album by
the Fixx
Released14 August 1984 (US)[1]
3 September 1984 (UK)[2]
Recorded1984
StudioFarmyard Studios (Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire)
GenreNew wave
Length41:52
LabelMCA
Producer
The Fixx chronology
Reach the Beach
(1983) 		Phantoms
(1984) 		Walkabout
(1986)
Singles from Phantoms
  1. "Are We Ourselves?"
    Released: August 1984
  2. "Sunshine in the Shade"
    Released: 1984
  3. "Less Cities, More Moving People"
    Released: 1984
  4. "I Will"
    Released: 1984

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 Billboard's 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]

  1. ^ "Radio Highlights". The Indianapolis Star. 14 August 1984. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 15.
  3. ^ "The Fixx Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ Album covers by George Underwood https://www.georgeunderwood.com/#/albumcovers/