Phantoms (The Fixx album)

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Phantoms is the third studio album by the English new wave band the Fixx, released in 1984 by MCA Records.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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).<ref>Album covers by George Underwood https://www.georgeunderwood.com/#/albumcovers/</ref>

Critical reception

Template:Album ratings The Rolling Stone Album Guide considered the album to be "interesting only as a matter of nostalgia."<ref name=RS/>

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Phantoms liner notes.<ref name=linernotes2>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 The Fixx

• Cy Curnin – vocals
• Adam Woods – drums; percussion
• Rupert Greenall – keyboards
• James West-Oram – guitar
• Dan K. Brown – bass

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• Rupert Hine – producer
• Stephen W Tayler, assisted by Andrew Scarth – recorded by, mixing
• George Underwood – cover art

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Canada (RPM)<ref name=":Canada">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	18
Dutch Charts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	41
German Charts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	59
US Billboard 200<ref name=":0">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	19

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	"Are We Ourselves?"	Billboard Hot 100<ref name="hot100">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15
		Top Rock Tracks	1
	"Sunshine in the Shade"	Billboard Hot 100<ref name="hot100" />	69
		Top Rock Tracks	37
1985	"Less Cities, More Moving People"	Billboard Hot 100<ref name="hot100" />	–
		Top Rock Tracks	–
		Club Play Singles	68

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