GO-GO's LP Beauty And The Beat PINK VINYL 30th Anniversary Edition New SEALED
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THE GO-G0S
LP
Beauty And The Beat
PINK VINYL
30th Anniversay Edition
The Go-Go's: Charlotte Caffey (vocals, guitar,
keyboards); Jane Weidlin (vocals, guitar); Belinda
Carlisle (vocals); Kathy Valentine (guitar, bass);
Gina Schock (drums, percussion).Recorded at
Pennylane Studio, New York, New York. It's not quite
right to say that the Go-Go's' 1981 debut, Beauty
and the Beat, is where new wave caught hold in the
U.S., but it's not quite wrong, either. Prior to this,
there had certainly been new wave hits -- Blondie
had been reaching the Top Ten for two years
running -- but the Go-Go's ushered in the era of big,
bright stylish pop, spending six weeks at the top of
the U.S. charts and generating two singles that
defined the era: the cool groove of "Our Lips Are
Sealed" and the exuberant "We Got the Beat." So
big were these two hits that they sometimes
suggested that Beauty and the Beat was a hits-and-
filler record, an impression escalated by the boost
the Go-Go's received from the just-launched MTV,
yet that's hardly the case. Beauty and the Beat is
sharp, clever, and catchy, explicitly drawing from
the well of pre-Beatles `60s pop -- girl group
harmonies, to be sure, but surf-rock echoes
throughout -- but filtering it through the nervy
energy of punk. With the assistance of Rob
Freeman, producer Richard Gottehrer -- a veteran of
the Strangeloves ("I Want Candy") who also wrote
the girl group standard "My Boyfriend's Back" –
sanded down the band's rougher edges, keeping the
emphasis on the hooks and harmonies but giving
the Go-Go's enough kick and jangle that at times the
group resembles nothing less than early R.E.M.,
particularly on "How Much More" and "Tonite." But
this isn't Murmur; there is nothing murky about
Beauty and the Beat at all -- this is infectiously
cheerful pop, so hooky it's sometimes easy to
overlook how well-written these tunes are, but it's
the sturdiness of the songs that makes Beauty and
the Beat a new wave classic.
Item on screen is the actual item
(NOT a stock photo).
TRACKS:
1. Our Lips Are Sealed
2. How Much More
3. Tonite
4. Lust To Love
5. This Town
6. We Got the Beat
7. Fading Fast
8. Automatic
9. You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)
10. Skidmarks On My Heart
11. Can't Stop the World
Condition - MINT / UNPLAYED (SEALED)
Date - 2014
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