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Beat This: The Best of the English Beat
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Track Listing
- Mirror In The Bathroom
- Best Friend
- Hands Off She's Mine
- Too Nice To Talk To
- Doors Of Your Heart
- I Confess
- Twist And Crawl
- Rankin Full Stop
- Drowning
- Save It For Later
- Sole Salvation
- Click Click
- Tears Of A Clown
- Can't Get Used To Losing You
- Stand Down Margaret
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #9019 in Music
- Released on: 2001-09-11
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Enhanced
Customer Reviews
Awesome
Saw them live at a wedding last year. Awesome live and on cd. Their music reminds me of the 80's but the ska and reggae is timeless. Good for any mood.
BEAT THIS? YOU CAN'T!
One of the greatest performers of all time, Dave Wakeling is still packing in the crowds in 2008. A crooner extraordinaire who always gets us on our feet...we just can't help it!
A fine introduction to an underrated band
Kinda funny what happened to the Beat (known as the "English Beat" here in America, though I find that name clunky): their debut, I Just Can't Stop It, was an excellent album with their biggest hit (Mirror in the Bathroom), and assorted other goodies, most of them found here (Best Friend; Hands Off She's Mine; Twist and Crawl; Click Click; Whine and Grind/Stand Down Margaret; Can't Get Used to Losing You; Tears of a Clown, though Two Swords is missed). Then they crashed: Record #2, Wha'ppen? had a few gems (Too Nice to Talk to; Doors of Your Heart; Drowning, featured here: Get a Job and Dreamhouse in NZ are both sadly MIA), but it was uneven and felt like a holding pattern. By album #3 (Special Beat Service), they had all but lost it, going from a premeire punk-ska act to an Adult Contemporary act with a slight Jamaican feel. They managed to wring three good songs out of that mess: I Confess; Sole Salvation and Save it for Later. Wisely, they put those songs here.
Find yourself a copy of this album. It's a great party CD, and I used to listen to it near-religiously. Great music. The Beat were a more authentic Police when it came to mixing reggae and punk, thanks to their brilliant saxman Saxa: that's saying something, since the Police were also an authentic reggae band. Every song on this one's a gem, unlike on some of their studio albums: if you're a casual fan, this is all the Beat you need.
