Go-Go’s – Beauty And The Beat

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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.

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I.R.S. Records SP 70021 LP, Album, Ind US 1981-07-08

A1. Our Lips Are Sealed 2:45
A2. How Much More 3:03
A3. Tonite 3:33
A4. Lust To Love 4:00
A5. This Town 3:15
B1. We Got The Beat 2:36
B2. Fading Fast 3:32
B3. Automatic 2:34
B4. You Can’t Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep) 3:00
B5. Skidmarks On My Heart 3:13
B6. Can’t Stop The World 3:22

Credits:

Art Direction – Ginger Canzoneri, Mike Doud
Bass, Guitar – Kathy Valentine
Design – Mike Fink
Drums, Percussion – Gina Schock
Illustration [Photo-Illustration] – Cindy Marsh
Lead Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – Charlotte Caffey
Lead Vocals – Belinda Carlisle
Management – Ginger Canzoneri
Mixed By [Assistant, Record Plant] – Gray Russell
Photography By – George DuBose
Producer – Richard Gottehrer
Recorded By [Assistant, Pennylane], Mixed By [Assistant, Pennylane] – John Terelle, Ted Blechta
Recorded By [Assistant, Record Plant] – James A. Ball
Recorded By [Assistant, Sound Mixers] – Darroll Gustamachio, Eric Korte
Recorded By, Mixed By, Producer – Rob Freeman
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Jane Wiedlin
Written-By, Music By – Go-Go’s

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

[l406973] pressing denoted by “I” stamp in runouts.First pressing with peach colored cover background. No barcode.Issued with lyric / credit inner sleeve.Recorded at Pennylane Studio, N.Y.Additional Recording: Record Plant Studio, N.Y. & Sound Mixers Studio, N.Y.Mixed at: Record Plant Studio, N.Y.Copyright & manufacturing info on sleeve, spine, inner sleeve, and labels: 1981 International Record Syndicate, Inc. 1981 I.R.S., Inc. 1981 I.R.S., Inc.1981 I.R.S., Inc.Printed in U.S.A.Manufactured and Distributed by A&M Records, Inc.

 

 

 

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Matrix / Runout O-70021-A
Matrix / Runout 0-70021-B
Matrix / Runout SP070021-A-RCA 1 2 I STERLING D2 F
Matrix / Runout SP07002-B-RCA 1 2 STERLING I A2 E
Matrix / Runout SPO-70021-A-RCA-2 STERLING I B3
Matrix / Runout SPO 70021 B RCA3 STERLING I A6
Matrix / Runout SPO70021-A-RCA-1 2 I 5E STERLING
Matrix / Runout SPO 70021 B RCA 2 3 I STERLING 5 C1
Matrix / Runout SP.O70021-A-RCA1 2 I 5 STERLING
Matrix / Runout SP.O70021-B-RCA1 2 STERLING I A10
Matrix / Runout SP070021-A-RCA1 2 I A4 B STERLING
Matrix / Runout SP070021-B-RCA1 2 STERLING I A2 3

 

 

 

 

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Weight 0,5 kg
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