Beauty And The Beat

Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got the Beat: phenomenal 80's tunes. The rest of the album was...um...mediocre 80's tunes?

The sound of a certain time period in my life

Little buzz of pop joy here. Opening track - Alex the Seal - is familiar and a pretty good tune. This was fun - nothing too serious but liked the vibe.

This was fun. A solid '80s album.

Interesting album, very 80’s reminds me of Blondie in terms of their vocals. Not likely to listen to it again.

Fun album

The hits are great; the rest is fine.

Very fun album, but yet again nothing very interesting

Pas mal pour un album punk d'un groupe tout féminin, me rappelle un peu les Pixies dans leurs albums les plus propres. Ne réécouterais pas en entier mais certains morceaux oui

Fun!

Really good album

Actually liked everything other than their 2 most popular songs.

Went into this wondering how much it would have in common with the classic Loona yyxy EP, beauty&thebeat - and I don't know, I think there's some kind of weird sunny girl pop vibe that they both have?? Anyway this was good, I'd never heard any of it before which is odd in a way because it fits in so well with a lot of the kind of music I listen to all the time. I guess sometimes you just miss stuff! I'm gonna say 3 but I really mean 3.5.

First time hearing. Lots of fun. Held together as an album. Good pop.

Definitely more of a new wave fan than punk fan, but I like where these songs sit, drifting back and forth between the two. There's a lot of fun to be had here, even apart from the astronomical hits that we all heard a million times, "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got The Beat". "Skidmarks On My Heart" is a bop, as the kids say. We've always needed to hear from the women in the world and it's been great to have this coming into our ears for the last 44 years.

Kommer seg halvveis uti

Up there with the best of the punk/new wave explosion of the 70s/80s.

This album is sooo upbeat and happy. I loved it. My knowledge of The Go-Go's was very limited but this is so fun. The bassist and drummer are both FANTASTIC. Blew me away. "You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" kept making me think of "Walk Like an Egyptian" lolol. "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got The Beat" are huge hits I loved. Actual 3.5. Liked Songs: "Our Lips Are Sealed" , "How Much More" , "Lust To Love" , "We Got The Beat" , "Fading Fast" , "You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" , "Can't Stop The World"

Fun and catchy

☀︎j’aime pas tant sa voix pis ça sonne tout pareil ☀︎quand même une bonne vibe

Poppy, hooky, upbeat album. Makes me question why Belinda Carlisle left to go solo? From what I can tell she did exactly the same sort of stuff when she left. Maybe it was just greed? On reflection if she'd stayed with the Go Go's I think they would have been huge. Much better than her solo career. (I may be being simplistic here... they probably all fucking hated each other) 3½

This was fun, if a bit fleeting

Rock, Pop, 1981 -> 3

Classic rock-chicks!!!!

Pas l'album rock du siècle, ni même de la décennie, ni même de l'année, ni même du mois. Peut-être du jour, mais c'est déjà pas si mal.

Sounds like early 2000s indie, surprisingly from the 80s

Catchy, light,frothy, fun

lust to love and automatic were my favs

Our lips are sealed - It is alright, a bit catchy. 6.5/10 How much more - Really do not like the vocals, even tho I use to like a bit fussy vocals. 5/10 Tonite - Annoys me that it is spelled incorrectely. 6.5/10 Lust to love - This is the best one so far. 7/10 This town - Same as ''how much more''. 5.5/10 We got the beat - If every song was like this one, the album would actually be decent. 6.5/10 SPEED ROUND!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fading fast - 6/10 Automatic - 8/10 You can't walk in your sleep - 6/10 Skidmarks on my heart - 6.5/10 Can't stop the world - 7/10 Thank god that is over.

Interesting that this was the 2nd best selling album of 1982 after...Asia. The era of the 80's superstars had not really begun. Pleasant stuff. Belinda Carlisle forever.

The debut album from The Go-Go's, this thing is full of catchy melodies and solid, steady rock songs. Its a fun album. There are songs about life, love, and kicking ass. The guitar parts are pretty notable on this album; I really liked the guitar riff on "Lust to Love," and there's a nice slower solo on "This Town," for examples. Anyone who hasn't lived under a rock knows "We Got The Beat" and maybe because I played it so many times in one of the Rock Band games it's kind of lost its luster for me, but its easy to see why that one was a hit single. It holds up. My standouts are "Our Lips Are Sealed" - it's so damn catchy - "Automatic" - loved the stop and go style - and "You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" - such a catchy jam, although rhyming sleep with sleep so much is sending me. This is a pretty solid album. A few of the songs don't really do a whole lot for me, but its still a fun listen through as a whole.

New wave e helt ok

Kind of interesting but it wasn't strong enough for me to want to listen to on my own

I love Our Lips Are Sealed and was hoping the album would be great but the rest of the tracks didn't stand out as much as I hoped. 3.5

Came into this one knowing one song, came out of it enjoying a lot of them. We Got The Beat surprisingly was not my clear favorite on here, which was a pleasant surprise.

“We Got the Beat” by the Go-Gos First album I don’t recognize, though I do know “We Got the Beat.” Love the album cover, feels very Rococo? Or at least sunbleached. Looking forward to some ‘80s. 1 Bit of an overexposed mix, but I like the sunny guitars. Oh, totally recognize the hook! Catchy as hell. Wish the bassline was a little less plucky. Always thought they were saying “I love Lucille” lol. Pre-chorus is perfect too, love that they interrupt choruses to come back to it. Great song! 2 Wow, dreamy! Love these guitars, good layers super well mixed. A lot warmer than the first track. I think I need to drive in a covetable with long hair to this album. 3 Still fun, and I like the chorus— but the verses are pretty forgettable, and the crash cymbal pisses me off something fierce, it’s way too frequent and flat. 4 Bass line’s great, but lyrics are pretty corny. One thing I’ll say though is that these are pop songs that don’t overstay their welcome, which I appreciate— they still feel complete and whole but are succinct all the same. 5 Okay so I think the vocals are still great, but the limited range is pretty obvious when listening to an album. There’s songs seems like they’d shine brighter as singles, but sequentially they feel pretty samey. I do not care about “This town,” I’m afraid. Guitar solo was pretty weak. Like how the drums are mixed, bass is still really good, meh overall though. 6 Oh yeah this song is iconic for a reason— the bass and keys play off of each other in a really cool way, her range really stretches in a fun way (love the offer register growl) and the drums propel everything forward. Phenomenal song, no notes. 7 But like, see how much less this tried to be its own thing than the previous song? Super forgettable. 8 Oh ok love this, love the tempo change and creepy crawly bass and drums and she says every syllable in “automatic,” and that one time where she pauses for a totally silent moment Newfie saying it again— it’s super fun and distinct and I appreciate the change of pace. I even think the fade-out works pretty well to end the song, despite my predisposition to dislike the choice! Yay 9 It’s fine, I like the guitar getting a little surfier. One of the better songs from this formula they gave but still kinda forgettable. I just wish they’d yell something, or have a weird lyric or solo, or something that marks this as different! 10 “They say get a mechanic / I say get a shrink” is a crazy good line on a song comparing love to a race. The lyrics on this do what I was talking about with the previous song, it feels like it has its own personality way more because of the goofy car and heart lyrics, and there are less general abstractions like “towns” and “nights” and “worlds.” 11 Feels like the tone of a closer, so that’s good—but just forgettable again. Bass lines hood, drums and guitar are formulaic, vocals are fine but nondescript besides her distinct timbre, which wears thin over an album. Really wish more songs stretched her vocal capabilities like “We Got the Beat” or even “Automatic” did. It’s good collection of ‘80s pop songs that I would say is a weak album as a whole, but the highs are high.

Not my usual beat but I would enjoy in a girl summer vibe.

Fun but a bit mediocre imo

It was entirely fine. I can’t find any criticisms. I wasn’t very excited about it though.

Nice album, but not something I'll keep in mind.

Pop punk fun, especially the singles. Lips and The Beat are both absolute classics. Some others here are a bit more throwaway, but overall this is happy stomp through bouncy intelligent 80s pop.

Our Lips Are Sealed is a half decent way to go about starting your recording career. The rest of the album was pleasant, if a little plodding.

Pretty good, if a bit samey. Just a bit of punkiness in there.

pleasant

Maybe at one point I would’ve found this cool but the project has made me more critical 3/5

I wouldn't mind if any of these songs came on the radio, but the album is a little too poppy for me to really get into.

It’s not the richest sound ever but this is a fine pop record

I only knew the radio staple Our Lips Are Sealed going into this. By today's standards this is fairly plain, but I was thinking it would have been fairly groundbreaking back in 81. Then I looked at albums released in 81 and I'm not so sure about that. Overall this is a solid album, but I wouldn't say it's amazing.

Undeniably fun. The two hits from this album continue to hold up.

Groupe inconnu. En fait non, j'avais déjà entendu "Our Lips Are Sealed" il y a trèèès longtemps. Le groupe fait un pop/rock dynamique, avec une basse bien en avant, mais qui manque un peu de variété côté guitare (sons clairs uniquement, un peu de saturation aurait pu amener quelque chose en plus). L'album est entrainant, j'ai apprécié cette première écoute. Il ne rejoindra cependant pas ma collection (peu de morceaux vraiment mémorables, sauf ... le premier !). =>3/5

Couple of bangas, has aged very well. Vacation and Our Lips Are Sealed are very good.

Sahara Hotnight-ish

Hits

Cool

We got da beat

3

Uuuuuh, moving on I guess? Decent, but nothing spectacular ⭐⭐⭐

Sometimes an album just needs to be fun!

Solid album, nothing that really stands out as exceptional though. Just good rock. Favorite track was we got the beat

3/5

Süß All women Punk ging schon hart

Funny. On Tonite as on ma y other tracks on this little gem ,if you close your eyes and lose the vocals its motnsomvery far away from, say REMs Murmur. It's a proper jangly guitar pop album amd deserves to be considered in that se space if it ain't already I think sometimes because its girls it gets put in a different bracket.

Never cared for pop music, starting with the early eighties stuff, I think. That said, after listening to the whole album, they rock harder than I expected. Still too poppy for my taste. However, an important album in the history of music.

Better than I remember. Not sure I listens to the album before. Actually liked the other songs better than the hits.

Riktig gøyal nyveiv popråkk med engasjerende melodier. En god del fengende sanger. All musikken høres prikk lik ut, men jeg koste meg gjennom albumet for det om. Gruppen har ikke noen særlig særegne kvaliteter. Sonisk sett så tar de litt vel mye fra andre langt mer spennende nyveiv grupper.

a peppy and fun start to the morning, helped by the fact i knew one (1) of their songs

Very fun listen. It complemented the warmest day of the year so far very nicely.

Love me girl bands. Was distracted when listening to them but the guitars went hard.

I thought I'd like it more than I did. It was okay but no real stand out songs for me.

Decent enough 80s album, though it does sound rather dated now. 3/5

Terribly mid I'm afraid :( a few standout singles and the rest kinda just gets left in the dust, I'll have to listen to Vacation sometime soon and give them a second chance!! 2.5/5

Not sure what I was expecting from this album, but this was definitely not it. It's much more of a punk album than it is a pop album. I'm old enough to recognize the singles, but not old enough to have ever listened to the album in full. Overall it was a fairly enjoyable listening experience.

I listened to it all the way through and enjoyed my time with it. It's an easy listening album and if it was ever on, I wouldn't complain about but wouldn't go out of my way to put it on.

3 første kvindelig rockband hvor alle spillede på instrumenter hver især hvor fe ramte 1 Billboard. New wave glose med en smule punk energy. Inspirerede paramore bl.a..

Wow, this takes me back to my college years! As fun and infectious as I remember it!

Best way to define it is Wrigley's Power Pop Soiled Wig Punk. Enjoyed it - probably be quite forgettable though.

Groundbreaking for its time, but a little lackluster now. There are some bops and interesting musicianship, particularly on Automatic.

Good angsty power pop, new wave female rock.

fun, familliar inoffensive. Not bad but it seems like every track sounds familiar.

Fun!

Screams, and ladies. rock and kind of Blondie but for my taste...

Tonite // Lust To Love // This Town // 2.5/5

I don’t like the nasally vocals that were so popular in this era. Decently fun, nonetheless.

It’s one of those albums where it’s fun to listen but forget about after

Interesting . Two great singles. Probably a little too poppy?

3.5 start album with some 5 star tracks

Fun listen

Can't knock the pun used for the album name, and the album itself was an easy enough listen, but felt a bit bland and by the end I couldn't really remember anything significant, it all just melted into one. A middle of the road 3 stars for me.

The opening song is the best on the album, I prefer the Fun Boy Three cover. I can hear their influences on loads of female led bands like The Long Blondes, Echobelly, The Breeders, Bikini Kill and Sleeper. This is quite similar to The B-52’s first couple of albums. Bubbly, shimmery new wave pop. It's a bit samey, but a pretty fun listen.

Trallvänligt men inte mer än så. Lyfter inte. Känner mig måttligt engagerad.

För mig är det här så mycket trea det kan bli. Inget fel på hantverket och man gungar med hyfsat i låtarna, som puttrar på med samma struktur och ”formulaiska” uttryck genom hela skivan. Det är något som saknas för att lyfta det till nästa nivå, inte ens hitsen tycker jag sticker ut särskilt mycket. Solid trea som sagt.

Better than I expected!

Fun

5/10 - The main singer's vocals are kind of annoying in my opinion. The songs themself kind of blended together but they were alright.

I don’t think this holds up. But at least it was relatively short

Sounds like the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtrack but without guitar distortion.

Somewhere between good and great. This album feels 80s in a good way. It falls into some of the 80s tropes of being repetitive and tonally samey but they own the sound and they do some fun stuff with it. Lust to Love particularly stood out to me as a little grittier that I think was the highlight. It leaned more on the edgier side and I wish I got more of that. Still though it's a solid album that I'm not the biggest fan of the genre.

One can easily see how this put them on the map. Our Lips are Sealed and We Got the Beat are all timers. The rest is kind of one note and filler.

Just a decent pop album. 3 stars

Serviceable and efficient pop music. It's from '81 so it's from pretty early on in new wave's life cycle, which is probably why it's here. It's fine! None of it really stuck with me which is a pretty big problem with music like this. If it's not catchy, then what is it?

I don't hate this but I also don't have any desire to listen to it again. It's fun, it's been copied, it's consistent, but while it's bouncy, it lacks a certain kind of energy that I think would improve a lot of new wave stuff.

Yeah it’s ok. 3.

Solid 80s pop

Fun high energy new wave that emphasizes the drums banging out the Bo Diddley beat, guitars borrowing style and sounds from surf rock, and a direct popping bass bouncing along, all in support of sing songy vocals. Mostly it's bright and poppy but a few cool moments when it's a bit darker and more post-punk. Favorites: automatic, skid marks on my heart, our lips are sealed

This album is great! It's got a couple of bangers, and generally has a great energy to it. Strong 3/5.

(insert classic 3 star review here)

This was the first album I listened to twice. Not necessarily because it was that great, but because I didn't realise it had looped. It was good enough for me to not wait for it to be over, but samey enough for me not to realise. I think it was probably pretty unique at its time, but hearing it now it just felt perfectly decent.

Very 80s, but not necessarily in a bad way. "This Town" has a fun vibe. Ditto "You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)."

3/4 idk

Fun and bouncy easy to listen and dance to

Super fun. Good beat. Ha ha. Really enjoyed it. Couple weird tracks. Guess that’s why it’s new wave.

Lovely 80s tune with some critical smashes.

They found a sound and they stuck with it. Our Lips Are Sealed is a classic, the rest had more or less the same ambience.

Flirty, bouncy, and so much fun. More all-girl rock groups, please!

Say “thank you”, every surf rock band

A great example of 80s new wave This Town is one of my favorite tracks along with You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep). With the 2 singles We Got the Beat and Our Lips Are Sealed, a solid album.

This was a bit of fun, but nothing really moving for me. Now I understand the Bieber reference tho

it was okay, standard 80s pop album

solid album, not my fav genre but appreciate the era of music, we got the beat was my fav song

Quite enjoyed it. Liked Fading Fast and Automatic

Upbeat and fun

Fun with with an all ladies group, don't get that very often unfortunately! I think this was a pretty decent album. 'Our Lips Are Sealed' was my favourite song of the album, it had a nice groove to it. I also enjoyed 'How Much More' and 'Fading Fast'. I can see this being quite fun to dance to at a party or something as it had quite much energy. The runtime of 35 minutes was just perfect before it started getting tiresome. Wish more albums could keep it down in that area, it makes it much more digestable in a sitting. Strong 3!

I don't know. It faded into the background a bit. Nothing really gripped me

Super fun pop, flew by and I enjoyed the whole time. No complaints

3+ Stars (9/15)

A delightful collection of dumb songs with one exception; Our Lips Are Sealed is actually legit. From there its just dumb and dumber which renders a complete mystery the fact that We Got The Beat is so damned fun to listen to. Try doing something like that AI!

Some awesome punk with some banger tracks, but also filled with lots of really forgettable tracks. I was teetering toward a 4 but "Skidmarks on my Heart" was so bad I can only give it a 3

Καποια catchy κομματια, ωραια vocals και hooks. Αλλα οκ συνολικα οχι κατι ιδιαιτερο ή ενδιαφερον

Other than the nostalgia factor, there's not much here.

Meh.

250/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

Great Energy! But not much variation in the production or the voice.

Might have been really avant garde when it came out but now it sounds dated. Instrumentals are nice though

Pretty fun actually

As per usual with me I'm not the biggest in power pop/pop rock stuff that this album leans into but the points where it goes for more obvious new wave stuff as well as the strong melodies that they have it just makes it a good time. It's the kind of bright new wave thing that I can get behind for a change

Pop agradable. Prefiero a Blondie

Our Lips are Sealed and We Got the Beat are great singles. Unfortunately stretched across whole album it got a little tiring even though its only 35mins- not sure if it was pitch of vocals - but certainly best in small doses for me.

I’m quite partial to some 80s cheese

Not bad at all. Simpsons: No

i maybe would have ranked this album higher if i got it on a day where i wasn’t in an abysmal mood. its okay. our lips are sealed is iconic though fav songs: our lips are sealed, skidmarks on my heart

Pop animado. Ni fu ni fa.

Perfectly fine album. Belongs on this list but I only come back to it occasionally.

Beyond the hits this album was just alright. I just couldn't get into this one. Respect for the more poppy but still a bit punky music. I bet this music would have been quite good at a club show live. As for recorded music, it's just alright.

Very poppy side of new wave. Not a bad album, I just think it’s pretty generic sounding to my ears at least. For its time, it may have been considered more innovative, but I’m not sure as it’s before my time. Fun, but generic is how I’d describe it.

I liked this, nice melodies and fun production, but nothing really stood out. My favourite was How Much More, pair that with Rusholme Ruffians as a great interpolation of Marie's the name. 3/3.5

Nice.

fun album.

Fun pop.

I felt like it should be bland and basic but girls won me over with their energy. You go girl!

Not bad! Muzyka i teksty niezbyt wyrafinowane, ale catchy, dobrze mi się słuchało, spoko poprock wpadający w new wave. Fav energy boosters: Lust for Love This town You can't walk in your sleep Skidmarks on my heart Playful & glamorous, rozumiem, czemu dziewczyny odniosły sukces w swoim czasie :> Pop też trza umić robić, a przez te oczy zielone Belindy Carlisle nieco oszalałem ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Bleh. The album is fine, but I'll have forgotten about it tomorrow.

Enjoyed this album

p473. 1981. 3 stars. Prototype Bangles, but without the harmonies. Outside of the singles, there's a lot of filler. Credit for opening the door for every other girl band writing their own material that followed.

Power pop

5/10… new wave / pop

My only memory of the Go Gos was Our Lips Are Sealed so I was expecting a light weight poppy album. This is a surprise! It's like 'the Ronettes sing the Ramones with 80s jangles' - girls with harmony singing punkish 80s tunes. Not at all what I expected. Skidmarks on My Heart is gold. Worth a few listens, although overall I found the very 80sness of the sound is hard to get past to really enjoy it fully.

They def deserve 3 stars for creating a sound of the age. Still not stuff I'd play to make me feel good

It was fine

Extra star for the pun.

It was okay. But nothing fancy. I'll might give it an another chance...

Listening to this feels like getting beaten up by cheerleaders with tambourines.

Run of the mill 80s pop punk. 3.1/5

Quite cool, not a massive fan of punk style but it was soft enough ! So I would put a 3.75/5 !

Fun, light, punky - the prawn cocktail crisps of music

hahah funny name sehr cute gitarre STIMM NERVIG s lied isch scho fertig lol finds bia jz cool aber halt nöd meh iwie ok s isch iwie echt nüt mega krasses, hna jz kei schlechti ziit gha aber ja bö

I didn't have the band on my radar. I may have heard of them, but I'm no longer aware of it. I wasn't familiar with the song "We Got the Beat" either. I found the album quite funny. The best thing about it was that it reminded me of B'52. But I prefer listening to the B'52, which is even more fun. 3/5

Finally, something I have a light bias against: power pop. As a genre I find most of the classics tedious, with exceptions like My Sharona, 867-5309 and anything The Police made in the 1970s being a bit rare. Outside of Big Star and Supergrass, I can't think of many bands in the genre that hover towards my musical preferences. Enter the Go-Go's, a band I am pleasantly surprised to learn is not a one hit wonder *and* has a bolded album! Also known for kick-starting the solo career of Belinda Carlisle, who was shortly drummer for hardcore punk band Germs and made the dream pop classic Circle in the Sand. A career of opposites. Musically this record's hard to dislike. It has a jangling rumble to it that's reminiscent of the Athens indie scene (R E.M., B-52s, Love Tractor). Of course the closest point of comparison for me is the Bangles, but this feels significantly more organic and carefree than their prime records. If there's a criticism I can levy against it, it just lacks a lot of staying power. The songs start to blend together and outside of We Got the Beat (extremely overplayed but fairly distinct), I can't see what makes this better than other new wave records at the time. Maybe a taste difference. A welcome step out of my comfort zone, even though I'm sure I'll never listen to it again. 6/10

Legendary and influential

Fun pop

A couple of great pop songs, but was disappointed in the rest of the album.

One of the first albums I bought. High energy, new wave... The band faded away quickly, and their history is probably better than the music left behind, but there are a couple absolute gems on this album.

Quite nice a bit middle of the road

Fine 80's album.

It was pretty decent but not my style and can’t see myself revisiting

This is fine, a little boring and repetitive. More enjoyable to me than the new wave 80s pop. Probably actually 2.5 but I’ll round up

Enjoyable album to listen to around California. Fun and familiar songs but outside of the singles, not the greatest songs

Fun listen for drive in CA. does sound a bit dated which hurts its replay-ability, but a good example of nu-wave and has the hits to back it up.

Meh

Fun

This does feel like an album that was only included because they were girls that "made it" since it's not really extraordinary in any other way besides that. Not bad though.

80s, pure 80s. It's poppy, boppy and fun. This is music I'd love to listen to while out drinking at one of my favorite dive bars, and I likely have heard this record before in such a setting. The vocals are captivating and beautiful. The music and beat keep me entranced and vibing the whole time. Good tunes.

Good album back in the day. Not so crazy about it now.

Fun

Not really what I’d listen to day-to-day but is a classic from the 80s. Other than we got the best favorite song was probably Lust To Love.

Decent None of the songs stood out to me but I like how the album maintains a consistent sound throughout its run time

They were the original girl power band.

I found this a perfectly reasonable 80's fun pop album. Couple of good singles, nice energy and skipped along well.

The funboythree version of Our Lips are Sealed is so much better than the one on this album, not even close Liked it more on first listen. Second it got less interesting. 3

27/09/24 An average listen.

favs: lust to love, our lips are sealed

Good. Very nice

The pop elements are a bit sugary for my taste and the nods to punk somehow weaken the overall package causing it all to fall a bit flat for me.

A couple of killer singles - filled with sunshine

I have heard of this band, but never listened to any of their music. I do know this first track. Pretty cool. I dig it.

Nothing memorable for me. Their vocals kind of annoyed me but the instrumentals were great.

Although I never particularly enjoyed their music, I really respect The Go-Go's. They were a group of women in a male dominated industry. And they beat their asses.

This has nice energy, it’s melodic and happy enough but I find that these songs kinda pass me by. “Our Lips Are Sealed” is awesome and there are good songs to be found but it doesn’t completely win me over. I prefer some of Belinda’s solo work. Highlight: “Our Lips Are Sealed” 3.5 stars.

3.5

Har ikke noe spesiell mening om det

Fun stuff! A little samey, but the hits are hits for a reason Faves: We Got the Beat, Our Lips are Sealed

The two singles are great. I suspect they didn't break through in the UK only because of a lack of marketing power.

Meh

The Go-Go's are one of the more fun girl-pop post punk bands. This is a fun album.

Oh! We got the beat!- Overall, its a "Classic 80's album" to me, someone born in '96. The sound, the vibe, and flow are all very fitting.

Good album, I don't think it's going to bring me back though

Didn't expect to like this as much as I did. Still not my favourite thing; I was just expecting to dislike it.

Strong blondie vibes, theb took me down an elvis constellation rabbit hole so happy with that. Skidmarks on my heart was the highlight

New wave surfer girl pop. All the songs sound similar but that’s probably because they only used a few chords. It’s a fun simple album and produced a couple classic hits. Probably not as noteworthy as people seem to think it is.

Not so bad, nothing really exceptional for me.

power pop/surf rock/punk pop from the 80s. Funpop. We got the beat How much more Our lips are sealed

This is great - very catchy and fun

Canny enough. Decent new wave record, if a bit on the light side. Some great tracks (Automatic, Skidmarks on my Heart) surrounded by some decent if forgettable tracks. B52s do this a loooot better. Decent enough but can’t see me rushing back

Cyndi lauper-esque power pop, like Cyndi I thought most of the songs were good but the go-gos were a bit more samey. Definitely has that 80s singing style that can either work really well or get on my nerves and both were true at various points. This was mostly good but with enough flaws to hold it back. 3.5 but closer to a 3.

Lot’s of catchy stuff but nothing to rock my world.

Very fun and bouncy throughout!

lots of fun!! never really registered this band in my brain but knew a bunch of tracks

Good for what it is. Not mind-blowing.

There are a few hits here, but the album is average.

Classic 80s

This is a really really awesome album. Two killer tracks with ‘Our Lips are Sealed’ and the obvious classic ‘We Got the Bear’. The rest of the songs hold up for such a fun sound. Definitely glad I listened to it.

Upbeat and catchy, so no complaints here. We Got the Beat is obviously a classic, but nothing really stuck out as amazing (or terrible) other than that. A lot of the songs sounded pretty similar, but still distinguishable.

A really fun and breezy album that reminds me of the songs they played in gym class in middle school. The combination of new wave and surf rock is a lot of fun to listen to.

Speravo davvero mi parlasse di più perché ci sono così poche donne nella lista, ma ahimè. Comunque mi fa troppo ridere che la loro descrizione su spotify sia "saranno anche state donne ma si drogavano tanto quanto i rocker uomini"

I've never really been a fan of The Go-Go's and their brand of rock music. But, they were a solid group nonetheless. I appreciate the musicianship and the passion coming through their music but it's just not for me.

Acceptable 80s album. Not my favorite but not terrible.

Mid

I've giving it three stars because I see the vision and I love that it's an all female band. I think I should check out some of their pre-album work, which is reportedly more punk than this. I don't think I'm a huge new-wave fan. It's just a little boring to listen to, in my opinion.

Favorite Track: Fading Fast

Pop Pop Pop! How lovely - fun New Wave nugget!

This was a fun listen. I definitely knew a couple of these and enjoyed revisiting them and hearing what the rest of the album sounds like. Definitely one of the things labelled New Wave that I have liked the most. Still falls to the 3 star level for me, but can get to why it's a higher ranked one for anyone. It's still just not quite my genre, but more albums like this might start to win me over more.

A bunch of great 80's pop songs 3

The Beauty And The Beat is the sound of sunshine. There is a brightness to it that I don’t believe a group of men could produce. Carlisle’s vocals are great and the guitar is clean and bright, for lack of a better word 7.1/10

Girl rock at its finest. They sound a bit punk, but I'll take the New Wave sticker.

Albumi #2, 29.07.2024 Belinda Carlisle on vanha tuttu, mutta The Go-Go’s on jäänyt vähemmälle kuuntelulle. Debyyttialbumi heijastelee hienosti ajan henkeä ja siinä on selkeästi punk-aikakauden jälkiä. Toisaalta nykypäivään peilaten esim vahvoihin melodioihin nojaava Best Coast on tyylillisesti paljon velkaa The Go-Go’sille. Silti se ehdoton huippukohta levyltä jää kuitenkin löytymättä. ”Beauty and the Beat” menee lokeroon ”Ei mikään erikoinen, mutta pitää tietää”.

Awesome girl pop rock album

Easy listen

one good song, eleven times over. it is a banger tbf

Pysyy hienosti konstailemattomana läpi levyn eikä aleta huutamaankaan efektiksi. Hienoa! Hyvät melodiat, hokemat ja stemmat riittävät, sen he tietävät. Viihdyin hyvin ja kiinnostuin.

Bändi lisää riittävän vivahteen omaksuttuun melodisuuteen. Our Lips Are Sealed -sinkun tyyppinen sointumaailma ei ole koskaan purrut minuun, mutta esimerkiksi Tonitea on vaikea ohittaa. Plussaa ensireaktion horjuttamisesta.

Didn’t mind this at all!

Quite a solid album

Catchy, breezy, but ultimately a little unremarkable for me. Other all female bands of yonder have done it better

Memory of the Go-go’s was 80’s girlgroup pop but there’s is a bit of edge. A very minimal amount of edge but less offensive than the pop of the 90’s onward. Fits the bill so I’d add a 3.5 if possible.

Definitely solid. I'm some ways very good. It can't quite get to a 4 for me, but it's close. Wish I could give a 3.5.

3.5

It was okay. 80's all female pop punk/punk rock. Not bad but i did not feel attached to it.

Super fun album. I've heard the hits before but never the whole album. Great vibe and brings back memories of my sisters when I was a little kid.

As much as I’ve heard the singles from this album I don’t think I’ve really listened to the album. I got what I was expecting to hear until I got to Lust To Love. There’s some really cool melodic choices on that one and it has a lot of early Cure vibes. Feels like the album shifts there and I’m happy with the shift it makes. I love the simplicity of this record, short and sweet, made for a fun listen but I don’t think it’ll be one that I revisit frequently. A solid 3.5 for me.

I kinda just played this one in the background. Standard 80's music here. I like their opening track, as it is a familiar hit. Honestly, I was too busy with work to really soak it in. I'll need to give it proper attention later.

Upbeat power pop with tinges of new wave, punk, post-punk, bubble gum, and surf. A trailblazing all-girl group that was probably the template for all those fictional '80s girl bands of my youth - - Barbie and the Rockers, Jem and the Holograms, etc. Never veering too far into the sex, drugs, and rock and roll realm like, say, The Runaways, the vibe is mostly sunny and outgoing. Reminds me a bit of Blondie, although I much prefer Blondie. At times the sound somehow felt a little thin.

I liked this one. Never heard one of their albums before. Just a good straightforward album with straightforward songs. I liked the melodies and how some of the songs had a bit of Dick Dale surf guitar sounds going. It was like a combination of do wop, pop and punk in a way. Strangely enough I can hear some similarities to Green Day. Maybe Green Day was influenced by the Go Go's.

decent jangly new wave shit

A fun but one-note pop album. I knew two of the songs, which are good. The rest of the album is fine. Automatic was a nice change of sound for the album. Standouts: Our Lips Are Sealed, How Much More, and Automatic.

flavourful but repetitive. good listen nonetheless.

Brings back good memories right from the start. Loved hearing "Our Lips Are Sealed" but no other highlights for me. Too early 80's with no substance: the same thing over and over.

Catchy Pop Songs.

It was better with better headphones; on lesser phones the sopranos and the drums and the clipped wording all got kind of punchy. I appreciated this album, but I probably wouldn't get it from the Columbia Records and Tapes Club.

I respect this more than I did when it first came out but I'm still not a fan.

Fun at times but also quite forgettable

++: We Got the Beat +: Our Lips Are Sealed, How Much More, Tonite, Lust to Love, This Town, Fading Fast, Automatic, You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep), Skidmarks on My Heart, Can't Stop The World 7,6/10

Upbeat, peppy songs, good for background when concentrating, but not the kind of music I’d typically listen to.

It has some classics on it.

Fun. Not sure about this being post-punk. But it's pretty good.

Oh. So that's where the soundtrack from every movie I grew up with came from.

we got the beeeeaaaattttt 58/100

I had only heard the two hits and didn’t know much about this band at all but I think this album is pretty solid. I didn't know they were punk rockers who slowed their songs down to record them or that one of them played Joan of Arc in “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” I think they are a little derivative of Blondie but a ton of things obviously copied them so it’s hard to fault them for that. Good album.

I forgor

its decent i suppose. not a fan of we got the beat but the album is fine overall. strong 5/10

Some good songs

Favourite track: Lust to Love.

Glitzy, fun 80s pop. Played this while cooking dinner, was great for kitchen dancing energy.

Which takes most of the time to think up a commentary for another average album.

Jimmy neutron ahh music (and I say that meaning high praise)

Upbeat average 80s pop

My cousin used to sing “we got the beat” poorly and that’s all I could hear and I’m sorry

Some real catchy stuff, but for the most part it's elementary and repetitive.

Good 80's pop.

Blondie lite? Catchy, nice synths and bass. Nice start! Yeah this is cool. Kinda punk influenced pop (but not pop punk?) Now sounds less like Debbie et al. Reminds me of like... another girl another planet? Ramones? Joy division a tiny bit? This town is great. Nice riff and rhythm. Automatic is a bit slow but I like the build and spook. Finishes with something a little standard, but nice overall. Feels like I should have rated steely dan lower and this is a more solid 3 out of 5!

There's the hits, and not much else

Burbujeante

Fun album Standout songs: This Town Automatic We got the beat

Points for being a pretty unique genre (surf-glam?) Unfortunately if you've heard the two hits you've heard the whole album

Our Lips Are Sealed How Much More Tonite We Got the Beat Upbeat catchy lines. This whole album puts me in a good mood. It’s kind of hard to describe. Their voices and the melody’s of the music just fill the room with a summer feel good vibe.

Pop normalito

Þetta var mjög fín plata þótt ég muni merkja hana sem meðalplötu. Það er líklegast bara af því að hún er það gleymanleg að ég mun aldrei setja hana aftur á nema að andinn komi skyndilega yfir mig og ég muni eftir þeim. Það var sem sagt ekkert að þessu annað en að ég mun gleyma þeim fljótt.

Meh

Our lips are sealed because a nuclear eat worm in my head for three days after listening to this album. I couldn't get to sleep because it just kept repeating in my head. I'll give it a 3

At first very syrupy sweet, but has a harder edge that creeps through. I kid you not, there is a lot of similarity between some of these songs and The Offspring, Green Day, and Nirvana in chords and melody, which took me by surprise.

"widely considered the most successful all-female rock band of all time" - strong for them, although it makes one consider the disparities in the constitutions of successful rock bands. Nonetheless we recognize their groundbreaking initiative.

Exceeded my expectations. Definitively 80s

Een simpel, fun pop-rock album. Het is een beetje jammer dat deze meteen na het Blondie album komt, ik denk dat ik m anders meer had gewaardeerd. Nu vind ik het nog steeds een vermakelijk album, maar niet heel veel meer dan dat. Het is leuk, het is vermakelijk, de muziek is vrolijk en er staan een paar hits op. Gewoon een lekker album, het hoeft niet altijd heel veel meer te zijn! FAVO: Our lips are sealed, Lust to love, We got the beat, Fading Fast

ti trasporta direttamente nel magico mondo degli anni 80 e vabbè le vibes dance mi gasano troppo

Ok, carino, dai. Le girls mi stanno simpatiche.

Speravo davvero mi parlasse di più perché ci sono così poche donne nella lista, ma ahimè. Comunque mi fa troppo ridere che la loro descrizione su spotify sia “saranno anche state donne ma si drogavano tanto quanto i rocker uomini”

I don't know why, but this album feels like summer

I love Cecile. Fun, poppy new wave.

This was good, I liked it. More than just one hit.

It’s upbeat and fun! It kinda sounds like how Phoebe Buffay thinks she sounds like. I don’t think I’d listen to this unprompted.

Up beat, fun

Nice and jangly and 80s. Loved the drums! I’ve only ever listened to their singles so it was good to learn their music is solid beyond those.