Beauty and the Beat

Beauty and the Beat
Album cover
Album by The Go-Go's
Released July 1981
Recorded ???
Genre New Wave
Length 32 min 17 sec
Record label IRS
Producers Rob Freeman,
Richard Gottehrer
Professional reviews
AMG 4.5/5 link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB5F10D1CAEE52B0DD64373E8BE4A262285E36&uid=SUB030411051236&sql=10:nyez97r7krjt~T1)
The Go-Go's Chronology
Beauty and the Beat
(1981)
Vacation
(1982)

Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from Californian pop punk all-women band The Go-Go's. Released in 1981 (see 1981 in music), the album was preceded by the single "We Got the Beat", which became a massive club hit in Europe and, later, the United States. When the album was finally released, it topped the Billboard Music Charts for six weeks, and sold in excess of two millions copies, making it one of the biggest surprise hit albums of all time.

The title is a play on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, retold in numerous formats.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Terry Hall, Wiedlin) - 2:45
  2. "How Much More" (Caffey, Wiedlin) - 3:06
  3. "Tonite" - 3:35
  4. "Lust to Love" (Caffey, Wiedlin) - 4:04
  5. "This Town" (Caffey, Wiedlin) - 3:20
  6. "We Got the Beat" (Caffey) - 2:32
  7. "Fading Fast" (Caffey) - 3:41
  8. "Automatic" (Wiedlin) - 3:07
  9. "You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" - 2:54
  10. "Skidmarks on My Heart" (Caffey, Carlisle) - 3:06
  11. "Can't Stop the World" (Valentine) - 3:20

Personnel

Production

  • Producers: Rob Freeman, Richard Gottehrer
  • Engineers: Rob Freeman, Thom Panunzio
  • Assistant engineers: James A. Ball, Ted Blechta, Darroll Gustamachio, Gray Russell, John Terelle
  • Mixing: Rob Freeman, Thom Panunzio
  • Mixing assistants: James A. Ball, Stuart Furusho, David Leonard
  • Remixing: Doug Schwartz
  • Mastering: Greg Calbi
  • Art direction: Ginger Canzoneri, Mike Doud, Mick Haggerty, Vartan
  • Design: Mike Fink, Mick Haggerty
  • Photography: George DuBose, Mick Haggerty, Cindy Marsh
  • Illustrations: Cindy Marsh

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1982 Pop Albums 1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "We Got The Beat" Club Play Singles 35
1981 "Our Lips Are Sealed" Club Play Singles 10
1981 "Our Lips Are Sealed" Mainstream Rock 15
1981 "Our Lips Are Sealed" Pop Singles 20
1982 "We Got The Beat" Mainstream Rock 7
1982 "We Got The Beat" Pop Singles 2
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