The English Beat - Beat This: The Best of the English Beat
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The English Beat - Beat This: The Best of the English Beat
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The English Beat - Beat This: The Best of the English Beat Specs:
Product NameThe English Beat - Beat This: The Best of the English Beat
ManufacturerSire / Wea
Retail Price $17.98
EAN-130809274073525
EAN-1400809274073525
UPC809274073525
Specifications 
Release Date2001-09-11
FormatAudio CD, CD
Artist(s)The English Beat, English Beat
AlbumLondon/Sire, Beat This: The Best Of The English Beat
Tracks
  1. Mirror In The Bathroom
  2. Best Friend
  3. Hands Off She's Mine
  4. Too Nice To Talk To
  5. Doors Of Your Heart
  6. I Confess
  7. Twist And Crawl
  8. Rankin Full Stop
  9. Drowning
  10. Save It For Later
  11. Sole Salvation
  12. Click Click
  13. Tears Of A Clown
  14. Can't Get Used To Losing You
  15. Stand Down Margaret
Num. of Items1
Record LabelLondon/Sire, Sire / Wea
Genre2 Tone Ska
Deal first added on:19-January-2004
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1 Star Rating  "Great Music, Not a real CD"2009-08-04
- Reviewed By Ringo from Los Angeles, CA USA
This so-called Enhanced CD has software that automatically installs into your computer. Apparently, this is to prevent illicit copying of the music. However, this is a great way to introduce security holes in your OS. It's tough to be an informed consumer when you're not given all the relevant information before you buy. The company I work for prohibits using such CDs in the company computers. So, I had to buy a separate CD player in order to listen to the music at work. This software is the kind of rudeness that's the antithesis of The Beat's music.
 
5 Star Rating  "Awesome"2008-05-04
- Reviewed By Jim from Southern, California
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.
 
5 Star Rating  "BEAT THIS? YOU CAN'T!"2007-12-12
- Reviewed By An Amazon User
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!
 
4 Star Rating  "Commit to the Genre, Dude!!!"2007-03-14
- Reviewed By aswynes
In the 80's, "Save it for Later" was Pete Townshend's favorite song and The Beat were Sting's favorite band -- but the The Beat weren't bombastic or pretentious!

The best praise really came from the Japanese-American ballet dancer I took to see The Beat at Berkeley's Greek Theatre. She said they were "excellent" and later that night realigned my ska-dance weary spine with her massive calves!! (Another attendee was not so lucky: As Bow Wow Wow opened for The Beat, a crazed fan jumped on stage and was tackled by security guards at Annabella's feet! OwwwwOOOHHHHH!!! That deserved another bota bag squirt!!!)

Only 4 stars for two reasons 1) The Beat only had three original albums (and ALL the songs are "best of"). You can get all three for as low as $20. 2) The Beat's two leads - Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger - left the band so they could split new money between the two of them instead of with all six players. The Beat's anti-greed and socialist unity lyrics are forever tainted.

Wakeling and Roger left and formed General Public, whose "All the Rage" was not a massive seller, but was THE party album of 1984-5. (It's been said that only a few people bought Velvet Underground's first album, but everyone who did started a band. Everyone who bought "All the Rage" got freakin' loaded, man!!! OwwwwwOOOOGGGAAACHAKA!!!) The single "Tenderness" has been used in the Weird Science and Clueless films, and in countless drunken "courtship" attempts. General Public's follow up LP "Hand to Mouth" sold weakly, but was great as well.

Two Beat players that were left behind (termed "redundant" in Brit-speak) by Wakeling and Roger's quest for lucre were David Steele and Andy Cox, who drafted singer Roland Gift and formed Fine Young Cannibals. FYC went multi-platinum with "The Raw and the Cooked" (far exceeding General Public's sales) and saturated American airwaves with "She Drives Me Crazy" (make it stop!) and other hits. IMHO, FYC was calculated/perfected chart pop (ALL cooked) that gave the nation a quick sugar rush. Their next album was remixes of the SAME SONGS from "The Raw and the Cooked." At the time, Madonna or Paula Abdul could get away with that -- FYC just overexposed and let us know they were played out.

In short: Party girls and smart chicks dig a lot more songs than are offered on "Beat This." Save your money up and get all three real Beat albums, and then General Public's first, and then get a keg of Guinness and unroll the Twister mat. (And move the precarious vase that's on the mantle).
 
5 Star Rating  "A fine introduction to an underrated band"2007-01-26
- Reviewed By "the mysterious" from Here, there, and everywhere
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.
 
5 Star Rating  "Beat This: The Best of the English Beat"2007-01-10
- Reviewed By James A. Campbell from Milwaukee Wi
If there were one UK band that was a true icon of the 80's, it would definitely be the English Beat. With the upbeat ska sounds that were heavily influenced by the Specials, this album is a must have. The album starts out with "Best Friend" which has a real catchy beat and funky horn section. "Save it for later" is another favorite which appears in the Woody Harrelson movie KingPin. "Mirror in the Bathroom" is on everybodys favorite 80's hits. The cover of "Tears of a Clown" is a masterful ska interpretation of The Smokie Robinson hit. My only gripe is that "Rotating Head" (heard in Ferris Bueller's Day Off when he is running through back yards towards the end) was not included. If you like The Specials, General Public and Fine Young Cannibals, you will love this album.
 
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