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You Just Can't Beat It (The Best Of The Beat) (CD)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for You Just Can't Beat It (The Best Of The Beat) (CD) Album By The Beat (Artist)
1   Tears Of A Clown  
2   Ranking Full Stop  
3   Hands Off She's Mine  
4   Twist And Crawl  
5   Mirror In The Bathroom  
6   Jackpot  
7   Stand Down Margaret  
8   Best Friend  
9   Too Nice To Talk  
10   Rough Rider  
11   Click Click  
12   Big Shot  
13   Two Swords  
14   Noise In This World  
15   All Out To Get You  
16   French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)  
17   Drowning  
18   Dream Home I New Zealand  
19   Limits We Set  
 
DISC 2 for You Just Can't Beat It (The Best Of The Beat) (CD) Album By The Beat (Artist)
1   Doors Of Your Heart  
2   Save It For Later  
3   Sole Salvation  
4   Can't Get Used To Losing You  
5   Get A Job  
6   Walk Away  
7   Over And Over  
8   Cheated  
9   Ackee 123  
10   Monkey Murders  
11   Jeanette  
12   I Confess  
13   Spar Wid Me  
14   Sorry  
15   She's Going  
16   Pato And Roger A Go Talk  
17   Sugar And Stress  
18   End Of The Party  
 

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Review

Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "As well as demonstrating a huge pop sensibility on songs such as the haunting, narcissistic, nightmare of 'Mirror In The Bathroom, there was strong political comment such as the no-nonsense 'Stand Down Margaret.'"

Review

Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "As well as demonstrating a huge pop sensibility on songs such as the haunting, narcissistic, nightmare of 'Mirror In The Bathroom, there was strong political comment such as the no-nonsense 'Stand Down Margaret.'"

Title Note

Liner Note Authors: Dave Wakeling; Rhoda Dakar.

The Beat (aka the English Beat) existed in its original form for less than five years in the late 1970s and early '80s, long enough to release three albums (I Just Can't Stop It, Wha'ppen?, and Special Beat Service) and some one-off singles. So, a two-hour, 37-track, two-CD set like the discount-priced U.K. retrospective You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat covers most of the group's recordings, with only a handful of tracks (not including remixes and live versions) left out. The most significant omission is the British single "Hit It," which only got to number 70 in the charts. The big hits are all here in a roughly chronological sequencing that gives the listener a sense of the band's development from its ska revival beginnings to more of a dub/reggae style and finally something like a mainstream soul/R&B approach including keyboards. Throughout, lead singer Dave Wakeling sings huskily over the infectiously danceable rhythms, complemented by the toasting of Ranking Roger. By the end, the group doesn't sound remotely spent, but further musical developments had to be handled by Wakeling and Ranking Roger in General Public on the one hand and guitarist Andy Cox and bassist Dave Steele with Fine Young Cannibals on the other. (In her enthusiastic if sketchy liner notes, Rhoda Dakar reveals that Wakeling leads a version of the English Beat in the U.S., while Ranking Roger has the New English Beat in the U.K.) ~ William Ruhlmann

The Beat (aka the English Beat) existed in its original form for less than five years in the late 1970s and early '80s, long enough to release three albums (I Just Can't Stop It, Wha'ppen?, and Special Beat Service) and some one-off singles. So, a two-hour, 37-track, two-CD set like the discount-priced U.K. retrospective You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat covers most of the group's recordings, with only a handful of tracks (not including remixes and live versions) left out. The most significant omission is the British single "Hit It," which only got to number 70 in the charts. The big hits are all here in a roughly chronological sequencing that gives the listener a sense of the band's development from its ska revival beginnings to more of a dub/reggae style and finally something like a mainstream soul/R&B approach including keyboards. Throughout, lead singer Dave Wakeling sings huskily over the infectiously danceable rhythms, complemented by the toasting of Ranking Roger. By the end, the group doesn't sound remotely spent, but further musical developments had to be handled by Wakeling and Ranking Roger in General Public on the one hand and guitarist Andy Cox and bassist Dave Steele with Fine Young Cannibals on the other. (In her enthusiastic if sketchy liner notes, Rhoda Dakar reveals that Wakeling leads a version of the English Beat in the U.S., while Ranking Roger has the New English Beat in the U.K.). [The CD was also released with 37 tracks.] ~ William Ruhlmann

Album Description

The Beat (aka the English Beat) existed in its original form for less than five years in the late 1970s and early '80s, long enough to release three albums (I Just Can't Stop It, Wha'ppen?, and Special Beat Service) and some one-off singles. So, a two-hour, 37-track, two-CD set like the discount-priced U.K. retrospective You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat covers most of the group's recordings, with only a handful of tracks (not including remixes and live versions) left out. The most significant omission is the British single "Hit It," which only got to number 70 in the charts. The big hits are all here in a roughly chronological sequencing that gives the listener a sense of the band's development from its ska revival beginnings to more of a dub/reggae style and finally something like a mainstream soul/R&B approach including keyboards. Throughout, lead singer Dave Wakeling sings huskily over the infectiously danceable rhythms, complemented by the toasting of Ranking Roger. By the end, the group doesn't sound remotely spent, but further musical developments had to be handled by Wakeling and Ranking Roger in General Public on the one hand and guitarist Andy Cox and bassist Dave Steele with Fine Young Cannibals on the other. (In her enthusiastic if sketchy liner notes, Rhoda Dakar reveals that Wakeling leads a version of the English Beat in the U.S., while Ranking Roger has the New English Beat in the U.K.) ~ William Ruhlmann

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