Beauty And The Beat

Solid

Tjejer!

De la pop efficace et satisfaisante. Je réécouterais avec plaisir

This didn't really grab me.

Soild 80s album

This is a surprisingly fresh listen for me. I never had a problem with the Go-Go’s, but probably never would’ve listened to this album otherwise. There’s some really good new wave pop here, taking influences from surf and 60s pop. Recommend This Town as a good gateway outside the two hits, which are also very good.

This Go-Go’s harder than I expected it to.

Like the energy ⚡ We Got The Beat

Pretty good album. Didn't blow me away.

Listened Before? N Sugary sweet pop mixed with some retro style and new wave. Good album, I enjoyed it a lot. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Our Lips are Sealed

Sucesión de canciones pop/rock con buen estilo y ritmo. Sonido ochentero. Fácil de escuchar.

If you want some 80's pop rock girl band, good place to start.

Debuutalbum van Amerikaanse new-wave band The Go-Go's. Tracklist is volledig origineel en duidelijk beinvloedt door punk-rock acts zoals de Sex Pistols. Geen heel bijzonder album dat iets te snel verveelt, al is de algemene sound wel aardig. leukste nummer: We Got The Beat De hoes van het album was bedoeld om tijdloos te zijn. De gebruikte handdoeken op de foto zijn dezelfde dag nog teruggebracht naar de winkel.

Simply The Best!

2.7.

encore une fois merci glee pour la culture

Fun at the time and holds up today. Respect the drums.

Actually surprised. Enjoyed this one.

Some good songs. Not convinced it’s a great album.

Catchy and some memorable tunes. I like it.

Catchy pop-type stuff. Good to see they weren't a one-trick pony.

The Go-gos built a formula that works. Is it good? Maybe?

Nowadays I’d give it three stars. If I was a teen in the 80’s in the summer and had my sun tan lotion and sun reflector getting my tan on and I was listening to this…I’d give it three stars

Familiar with We Got The Beat and Our Lips Are Sealed, other than that this is new to me. Power-pop-punk. This has a good, fun energy, and there some neat hooks. Wasn’t expecting anything other than straight and fast 4:4 here, so the slower numbers were a nice surprise and a welcome change of pace. Very abrupt ending to the final song. Almost sounds like an error. I enjoyed this but I’m not feeling like I will want to revisit it often. Standouts: Tonite 3.5

Lust for love spoko, reszta średnia

It was OK. I'm glad I listened to it but I probably wouldn't again.

LP

Debating between a 3 or 4. Enjoy the beats but it tends to fade into the background

Hyvää rockia, hyvillä melodioilla ja kitarakuvioilla. Kuullostaa vähän varhaiselta skeittipunkilta vähemmän säröisillä kitaroilla

Not bad! Missing my favorite Go-Go's track, "Vacation," but it's got some great songs regardless. We all know "We Got the Beat." There's a track called "Skidmarks on my Heart" which made me realize that the term "skidmark" probably originally referred to tire marks left by a vehicle, but it has since become something else entirely, something you certainly wouldn't ever want on your heart. Anyway, pretty solid album, nothing too crazy but I enjoyed myself. Favorite tracks: We Got the Beat, Our Lips Are Sealed, This Town. Album art: Is this the band? It seems like all guys, so I don't think so. But it's a spa day for whoever. The title "Beauty and the Beat" would later be co-opted by Justin Bieber for a pretty bland EDM entry, most notable for the Nicki Minaj feature where she calls Selena Gomez "Selener." 3.5/5

a fun and charming album--and not just the actual music, but the album title and cover were cute, too. the go-go's have a lot of pep in their new wave sound. there aren't a ton of sharp edges like in other punk bands of this time, but their fast speed makes up for it. and it was catchy! the choruses were undeniably crafted well. for a band that formed on happenstance, the go-go's seem rather put together while furthering a new sound. this was before the synth of the eighties, and not as punk or new wave as blondie. carlisle's vocals lend themselves to the punk genre. she doesn't come through clearly, and that works for new wave, too. 3.5

Prima album, maar niet echt onmisbaar in deze lijst.

Making it as an all-girl band in any decade is an incredible feat, but especially in the punk genre. Some bands have had success with female lead singers, but an all-girl punk band would seem like a long shot for success. Punk tends to have some rough around the edges, calloused nuance, that would be more typical from men, and The Go-Go's knew that, so they did something different. They decided to have fun, and it worked. They didn't need to have the rough edges or the calloused nuance, and as a punk band, they were already playing against 'the man' by being women. In a way, listeners had to like them, but the The Go-Go's more than earned it with this album. Sadly, replicating their success would be difficult, The Go-Go's were certainly unique and any look at the music landscape would see that they were exceptional.

great beat (lol) lyrics were lacking diverse song content the sound felt very dated i loved the album cover

Probably closer to a "proto pop-punk" than simply a "new wave" record. Just all around fun.

Incredibly average album. Nothing that was exceptionally good or bad, just eleven songs that were moderately fun. Only unusual thing about this band is that it is a full-female group, which doesn't happen very often. The album is a somewhat mix of punk, rock and pop, where the average parts of each genre were thrown into the pot and an average soup (Beauty and the Beat) emerged. On to the next one.

A fun listen with a hit song that made me double take and say "that was them!?"

Yeah it’s fine.I wasn’t really listening intently though so maybe it’s better.

I'm surprised I haven't heard this band before. They're like the Housemartins if they were women. Great indie rock and roll. Wait, Belinda Carlisle is the drummer?! Okay the Housemartins similarity has faded as the album has gone on...a lot more punk rock this second half. Notable Songs - How Much More Tonite Lust To Love Overall pretty good. Surprisingly the more punk side started to wash over me a bit more, a lot more interesting in the first half. 7/10

Fun little album

not impressed

It's not fair to only give it 2 Stars, that's why it geht's 3.

V good 3.5

first listen crispy 80s pop

The album cover is very fitting, because this is a great record to dance to in your bedroom, right after you've taken a shower and while you're holding your hairbrush microphone. Straight up radio-friendly '80s pop that most people will either like, or pretend to like. Beauty and the Beat doesn't do anything particularly remarkably, but it doesn't pretend to do anything but be a fun pop record - and that's the best part about it. Standout tracks are We Got the Beat (unsurprisingly), Lust to Love, and Automatic.

Solid but not my thing. I thought "We Got The Beat" was a 60s song, to be honest.

I was already familiar with this album, not saying it's a masterpiece, but still enjoyed re-listening. 3.5

I liked some of the songs in the album but I do get why they became influential to a lot of pop and rock bands that came after them.

It's a fun album.

More my speed, but not as exciting as I’d hoped for

Our lips our sealed is great, and we got the beat is a ton of fun. Those are the only two songs I recognized. I feel like most of the album felt a little lacking, could have used more varied musical elements. Still a solid pop album

pretty fun girl rock group we got the beat is the song from this album 3.5

Gøy med litt variasjon

Quelques chansons un peu simplistes, mais l'énergie est au rendez-vous!

Edgy pop. OK but not really my bag

Tonite was a banger

Jingly

This was a fun one.

There were some bangers on this one, a lot of the songs sounded very similar though. I liked it.

I listened to this one fairly recently because I watched a documentary on the Go-Gos. It’s a classic album, but would it speak to me as much if I hadn’t watched the doc? Not sure. Also - another one you’d be disappointed to spend £7.99 on a cassette tape to find it was only 35 minutes long!!

So much fun, I feel like an 11 year old again.

So slick and well crafted I thought they couldn’t have formed on their own.

girlboss slay - we DO got the beat and our lips ARE sealed

Wowza girlboss

Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from new wave pop band the Go-Go's. It was a super successful album, being known as a cornerstone of the new wave pop rock music, and during its time it was one of the best performing debut albums. The album reached number 1 on the Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart for six weeks, was certified double platinum, and was ranked second on Billboards year-end Top 100 albums of 1982. "We Got the Beat" is an easily recognizable single from this album because it became such a crazy hit that is still listened to today. Personally, I'm not a fan of pop, but the music on this album was too good to not like.

Very bouncy, rock/pop.Better than expected.

New wave . Pop

I mean besides a few stand out songs this is a pretty generic 80's upbeat pop record. It's no Blondie, but for an all female group that was (apparently) the first not to be managed by a man it's fine for the historical significance. It's alright, good enough for some mindless background music.

Excellent bubblegum pop with fast tight drumming and locked-in bass in every song, but very little else to attract me back again. Very radio lite pop, but driving rhythms. No heaven here, Belinda and nothing stopping me in any rush hour, Jane!

It's all pretty similar, upbeat and poppy. 3.5

This record is certanly a lot of fun and energy, but the all the rest is pretty standard. Still a decent project though.

Rellay good album, but not really for me.

Some songs felt very cure-esque. Londong burning etc

Bops all around

Have't listened to the Go-Gos before but have listened to Belinda before. This albums pretty good, not perfect. But very good. Love the verses of some of the tracks but let down in some of the choruses.

Fun, catchy pop tunes

Je. Ois le style et c’est bon dans son genre. Go go ahah mais pas de grosse reecoute pour moi. 3.10

easy listening i dont hate it, but i'm not in love with it either gets better the longer it goes on, i think i had to settle into their sound a bit before appreciating it

interessante o sonzinho dançante e tal

Un disco entretenido y alegre, más pop-punk que new wave a mi gusto

Super fun, a bit repetitive. Starts really strong and then levels out

Great energy, catchy tunes. The so glee stick out as significantly better than the rest.

I remember listening to the hits in my company car driving around Ottawa when I scored my first job. A few of the other songs are pretty good - I like "This Town." It's interesting that when they decided to form a "punk" band none of them could play instruments.

The first half of this album had some gas tracks that caught me off guard. The second half kind of fell off hard. 80s we’re a powerful time

Good, but not great. Doesn't sound like a band who sprung from friends seeing a Sex Pistols concert! Our lips are sealed and automatic were my favourite tracks, but plenty of others were good too.

Good, not great.

This is a good album to add to the rotation. It has the hits. The albums plays well from start to finish. The songs are not all next level but the band's sound carries it through the weaker songs. In the end, it captures the Go Go's really well which elevates it to rotational status. That bright, energetic burst has been multiple times copied without diminishing the original.

New Wave / Punk isn't really my thing, but I gave this one a shot. I find the instrumentation to be a bit bland for my taste, and nothing about the rest of this album is particularly interesting to me. Otherwise it remains consistent with the sound, so I can give them that I guess.

A couple good ones but not amazing. Average. Would rather just listen to individual songs

a solid new wave album

Genre: New Wave 3/5 One of the happiest sounding records I've listened to from this book in quite some time, the Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat kicks some lady ass, and features one of the most iconic songs of the entire decade: We Got the Beat. A new wave classic, We Got the Beat has transcended age and culture, and has stood the test of time as a true icon in the music world. With its driving rhythm and surf-style guitars, its energy is infectious and its melody is catchy as hell. The rest of the album is just as cute and adorable, but never goes beyond mild enjoyment. Our Lips Are Sealed, the album's opener, is a great little rock track that does a good job of kicking off the album, but unfortunately there aren't very many memorable cuts on the rest of the tracklist. A very easy listen, though, and an album that should be rewarding to any 80's heads out there. Decent.

Pretty good catchy songs with a nice sound. Nothing bad to drag it down but nothing exceptional to move it up to 4

Feels pretty 80's new wave - 3.5 for respect for hollywood punk, but not really my thing. Glad I listened to something I likely would not have though.

Decent pop LP that lives mainly by its refusal to go downtempo at any point in its runtime. The songwriting isn't mindblowing, but each track comes with a guaranteed fun melody and exciting (if somewhat repetitive) vocals that get the job done. Definitely enjoyed this and could see some tracks going onto a high-energy playlist.

Yep, this feels very much set in 1981. :-)

Liked the hea ier stuff like Automatic

Rock ochentero que está bien. Tienen un par de canciones que me agradaron pero nada impresionante como disco. Songs: Automatic, Tonite

Sonido divertido y muy de la época. De eso que tiene algo de punk, algo de ochentero y algo de contraestatario por ser una bola de chicas gritonas y con temáticas muy abiertas.

Ima par pjesama kojima ću se vraćat - > How Much More, Tonite i Can't Stop World. A ostatak je dobar isto, sam mi nije materijal za 4.

3.5 - "Our Lips Are Sealed" is one of those rare songs I'll always listen to until the end when it comes on the radio. This album also has "We Got The Beat", which, as far as 80s pop songs go, ain't half bad. The strength of the Go-Go's lies squarely in their ability to write catchy hook-laden earworms - their sound is decidedly minimal and their song structures relatively simple. While there are a couple of other catchy tracks (e.g. "Skidmarks On My Heart"), much of the rest is pleasant but forgettable.

Punk served lite (and I like it like that). Besides, I always liked the sealed lips song. Now I can add a wonderful album cover to the list.

Pretty good overall, we got the beat still slams.

Pretty okay

Our Lips Are Sealed is brilliant. The rest is ordinary.

Easy to listen to, not a standout for me

It's ok. Some big time hits that would make any 80's compilation and some decent songs that weren't all that memorable.

Vooral pop, met hier en daar een toets new wave. Eens leuk, maar niet meteen mijn smaak

like some bastardised lovechild between the Smiths and the B-52s. two bands i like, but seperately. they're almost on to something, its potentially quite good, but not.

Not my style. Kinda Sleater-Kinney ish.

J'ai eu bien du plaisir à écouter cet album pop bonbon. Malheureusement, après coup, je ne pouvais fredonner une mélodie ou distinguer la plupart des chansons. Le bonbon avait fondu et la saveur s'était dissipée de mes papilles. Ma mémoire gustative n'avait retenu que le 7/4 bien tassé de "This Town", l'enthousiasme général de "We Got The Beat" et quelques guitares désertiques bien placées.

The live versions on the reissue are way more fun than the studio ones. Totally acceptable post-punk that didn't blow me away but was fun to listen to.

Some great songs and some clunkers. Tired of Belinda's voice about half way through the album because a lot of it sounds samey.

Aside from the two major hit singles, this is actually pretty good. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. It's a pretty straight-forward album. Consistent as hell and quite fun to listen to. Not something I'd put on very often, but it's enjoyable.

Automatic är en kanonlåt, en femma. Resten not so much

Not listened to this album before. The 2 big singles are great. The rest is fairly standard fare for it’s time but is fine

Some of the songs kind of blended together for me but all in all a pleasant listen that I would put on again. Favorite song is still Our Lips Are Sealed, and We Got the Beat is great when not overplayed. Other songs I enjoyed were Automatic, You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep), and Can't Stop the World. 3.5

The apostrophe really bugs me. Surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. I lived in Japan when they appeared on the scene so actually missed them first time around, along with a lot of 1981 things. They’ve seeped through to my cultural consciousness over time though. Very poppy and punky, they seem to occupy the same space as The Runaways (Cherry Bomb) and The Bangles, with occasional weird overtones of The Beach Boys. I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to them, but I’ve not felt the urge to skip a track. Some good road trip tunes in there. The drummer is brilliant. Particularly in Can’t Stop The World. High point: Lust to Love.

Pleasant listening, just feels a little included due to what the album represents rather than the actual quality of the music.

Pure, distilled 80s music. Can’t hate on annoyingly catchy dance music. Favs: we got the beat, vacation

Alright

Tegenwoordig heeft iedereen een mening, maar hierover zullen er misschien weinig uitgesproken meningen zijn.

Niet wereldschokkend maar aardig om eens gehoord te hebben. Las dat dr zangeres Belinda Carlisle is. Die was hier nog wat meer punky-new-wave dan in de jaren 80 toen ze solo Circle in the Sand zong.

Interesting - but not a classic - some good songs and quite fun overall

Catchy riffs, good vocals

Energetic. Had never heard any of the songs but the hits that you normally hear on the radio.

Exuberant and fun pop full of pretty enjoyable hooks

okay. I am not a huge fan of rock bands with female leads.

Pop punk - and one of the best of the genre IMO. But ultimately disposable and not vital. Still fun though

Can only imagine the mountains of bullshit they had to deal with being an all girl band in the 80s. Tales of their cocaine use are the stuff legend. Nice album. Lust to Love and Fading Fast were my favs. Full marks for naming a song Skidmarks On My Heart.

Fun album

This album is fun personified.

Decent pop album with a few hits. Short album that’s concise and doesn’t waste space. 5.1/10

Antes había escuchado un par de canciones de este álbum pero nunca lo había escuchado completo y no esta nada mal

We got the beat is a legendary song. Could take or leave the rest.

Solid album chock full of hooks. Album seemed to get a bit darker as it moved forward. Cool to hear some of the new age, Devi-ish undertones. The track I was most familiar with (We Got the Beat) ended up being my least favorite on the album. Really enjoyed Our Lips are Sealed.

¿La banda original de Belinda Carlisle? Primera noticia. 11 canciones y 35 minutos para conocerlas. Me ha gustado, me ha recordado a la guitarra de Johnny Marr algunas veces y a The Pipettes otras. How much more, We got the beat, You can't walk in your sleep y Can't stop the world.

Pop animado. Ni fu ni fa.

Helt fanande

I thought this was OK, like fun but reminded so much of a not quite so good Blondie.

This was fine. Quite enjoyed it. I don't know the band and didn't recognise any of the songs but it sounds like a lot of other stuff from that time/genre

Poptastic

I definitely remember the singles off of this album. It was interesting to give the whole album a listen. "Can't Stop the World" was one of the new introductions to me that I though was pretty good. The track isn't alone. It is a solid album.

Poppy rock, definite shades of The Runaways.

definition of bubble gum pop. Didnt realise that wrote 'are lips are sealed with FB3

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Lots of fun

alright listenable not memorable

the spice girls of the 80's! good poppy tunes.

Bouncy for a Monday

Good Mood Album. (6/10) Favourite Track: We Got the Beat

Realmente bbuen ritmo pero me aburria

alright

Solid 3.25.

Okay, very 80's sounding but very listenable. Pretty forgettable.

It has good beats and songs. Really, watching their documentary lets you appreciate it better in knowing their history. Female bands get bad raps because they are compared to their male counterparts, but the Go-Gos really should get more credits for all they did by going over to Europe (fuckin Europe, that's where people appreciate music). And then when you think about, there were no all female bands doing what they were. It takes fucking guts to get into playing bands, especially the punk scene, and to do it as a woman, fucking more power to them. Is it the greatest album in the world? No, but is it a good album? Yes. And it's their debut album too with successful songs. Not bad at all. I like it.

80s pop/punk/new wave. At points almost sounds like a precursor to CA surf rock.

I've heard "We Got the Beat" before, but the rest of the album was a little bit grittier and a bit darker than I had expected. Solid early pop-punk.

i would give this album a 7/10 if i could. i love it overall and i love the music and singing and it together but it isn’t incredibly fascinating to me, but a 3 is too low and 4 is too high. i’m really conflicted, but nothing completely STUCK out to me which is why it’s a three.

This one was a walk down memory lane. Love the couple of hits that came off this album. The rest was just so-so. Certainly listenable, but not that exciting either.

Love the bass. Wasn’t a fan of the vocals at the first listening but got used to it the second time.

For a long time when this first song ("Our Lips Are Sealed") was released I thought they were singing "Honest I See You..." (I was 10. but still.) Aside from the obvious all-female angle which was kind of a big "novelty" at the time (before ppl realized the music was just...good) it's not really groundbreaking musically and not super-repeatable but it's still just *fun* and catchy. Very melodic sing-along light up-tempo rock. A near guarantee for my generation (80s kids) to get an "oh my god!" if you put this album on with like-aged company. 6/10 3 stars.

Fun album, a little bit quirky, but no great singles I'll be adding to a playlist any time soon

i'd give this a 3.5 if i could.

Not very subtle.

Estranhamente bastante agradável, para o gênero possuí um arranjo musical bastante decente e variado, a voz é agradável no geral um excelente álbum de pop. É contrastante a queda do esforço, empenho e qualidade do pop atual em comparação com este álbum. No geral músicas simples com letras simples mas que funcionam bastante bem. Infelizmente não sou um apreciador do estilo, portanto não é algo que vá voltar a ouvir, contudo, é melhor que a maioria das coisas que passam na rádio hoje em dia. A música we got the beat é péssima. Nota :5/10

Fine. A little overplayed.

They're actually a pretty good pop/rock group. Kinda wrote them off for being a "Girl Group" b/c they were so packaged back when I first heard them in middle school. Certainly a solid 3.

Not go much to say but enjoyed this one. Similar style to Elastica, sort of punk rock stuff but I preferred Elastica. Enjoyed "How Much More", "Tonite" and "Automatic".

Remaster sounds bright and wonderful. The live tracks are god awful though and should not have been included in this release or this 1001 albums project.

They've got the beat! This is pure, concentrated new wave in a bottle, and it's totally good for you maaaaan. It's simple enough: catchy hooks, drums keeping an peppy beat, and everything else to fill out the sound. There isn't anything else to this album; it delivers on the basics and that's all it needs to do. Songs don't stand out too much except for the two singles, but none of the songs are bad either! It's all good, that's pretty much it.

Can't remember it now. Think it was alright.

Punk rock vintage

good album, not many classics or memorable songs but a good album still. feels like [retty much all of the songs are like album fillers but good album fillers without a specific iconic song

Good.

The Go-Go's son una banda de new wave estadounidense, conformada exclusivamente por mujeres y formada en 1978. Hicieron historia como el primer grupo completamente femenino en la música pop que tocaba sus propios instrumentos y escribía sus propias canciones que llegó a las listas de Billboard con un álbum #1. Surgieron a principios de la década de 1980 y su éxito fuera de lo común contribuyó al florecimiento de una era de nuevas bandas y nueva música en los Estados Unidos. Su álbum debut "Beauty and the Beat" es considerado como una piedra angular del "American New Wave". En un inicio únicamente tocaban pop punk y posteriormente se definieron como el sonido distintivo del rock de 1980. Tienen cinco éxitos Top 40.

oooh like these 80's beats. Again, not my fav, but catchy and fun!!!

Actually some great jams. Very b82s, or I guess very GoGos, don't know what came first. Some classics on this album, will listen again when in the mood for 80s pop

At first I thought I wasn't going to make it but I ended up listening from start to finish, really entertaining.

much 80s.

Pretty good. 6/10

Intéressant album de rock féminin! Son clair et honnête, donne le goût de danser

Kinda like a female beatles, but not as ground-breaking.

Another classic

Fun, poppy, little bit samey

Fun beach pop

Pretty decent. I think the standout outside of the hits was Automatic.

Really brought back memories of being a young kid in the 80’s. My Dad had this album in his collection and I specifically remember you can see a nipple on the back of the album 😀

Great 80s jams

Nice to have heard. I only knew one song of the album.

Yep.

Defining Pop punk sound of the 80s.

I don’t like high-pitched 80s girl-band pop. Their’s is probably some of the more tolerable though.

Very upbeat - radio shuffle led in to some other cool 80s music

Good stuff!

Some classic on this, pretty good.

Не знаю, мне просто не понравилось. Довольно посредственно, может, конечно, я просто не дала ему шанса, но может, я закончу его позже

Ehhhh

It was fun. Likely will not revisit though.

Umm… perfectly acceptable

Beauty and the Beat is one of those albums where I can understand the appeal without necessarily enjoying it very much myself. The Go-Go’s have a fun, energetic sound, and there’s no denying that the album has plenty of catchy hooks and a strong sense of personality. “We Got the Beat” and “Our Lips Are Sealed” are especially memorable, and it’s easy to see why the band became such an important part of the early-’80s pop and new wave scene. That said, the album was pretty mediocre for me overall. I never really found myself getting into the bright, polished production or the particular combination of punk, pop, and new wave that defines the record. Some of the songs are enjoyable enough, but as a whole it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. I think part of the problem may simply be that I’m discovering that I don’t particularly enjoy a lot of ’80s music. The production style, vocal sounds, and overall aesthetic of the decade often feel a little too dated for my taste, and Beauty and the Beat definitely falls into that category. Still, I can appreciate what the album represents. The Go-Go’s were a hugely successful all-female band who helped bring a punk-influenced sound into the mainstream, and Beauty and the Beat is an important snapshot of that moment. I just don’t think it’s an album I’ll be coming back to very often.

Definitely remember this from high school. I hated it then, but it is actually better than run of the mill pop. I enjoyed listening to it (it does need to be played loud!). Not sure I would ever put it on…. Favorite song (which I never heard before this): Fading Fast. And of course Our Lips Are Sealed (not such a fan of We Got The Beat).

Inte dåligt, Inte så intressant

Høres ut som et generisk band som spiller på ballet i en high school-film

It's fine. Bubblegum 80's pop rock. Kind of a cliche sound at this point.

Not for me.

The GoGos were more punk than this album would suggest. Sucks this watered down version got all the attention

Lust to love mi je dobra bila. Ostatak albuma dosadan, nisam ni skuzio da je proso

Meh

Pretty standard pop-punk of the era with a couple hits. "Our Lips Are Sealed" was WAY better than the rest of the album

Not a version of New Wave I personally enjoy. Too saccharine for me

Not my thing

Funky upbeat and happy but all song sound kind of the same to me and not really my personal thing

I was kinda dreading this one, but it was better than I expected. I'm not much of a pop listener, but I can see why they had a following in the 80s. I hate the song We Got the Beat though, but enjoy Our Lips Are Sealed a decent amount.

Eh not the biggest fan of this one - a bit annoying

This album is okay. Listening to it felt light and energetic, but also quite similar from track to track. The band stays in a bright, upbeat new wave and pop rock lane the whole way through, and while that gives the record a consistent mood, it also means not much really stands out as the songs go on. There is a clear early 80s American new wave energy here. The vocals are lively, the playing is tight, and the overall feeling is cheerful and straightforward. It works fine as easy listening, but it rarely becomes more than that. The songs share a similar tone and approach, so the album starts to feel a bit samey after a while. The production is clean and polished in the typical early 80s style. Everything is well recorded and radio friendly, with a bright sound that fits the material. It never gets messy or overcomplicated, but it also does not take many risks. Beauty and the Beat is a decent and consistent record. Enjoyable enough in small doses, but not something that left a strong impression overall.

Repetitive

Eh, kinda bland. It sounded tinny and awful, I thought someone messed with my EQ. The hits are fine, but nothing special.

Fairly samey throughout, I think I liked this more than Blondie since that's the closest thing I can compare it to but Blondie had some tracks that really stood out as opposed to this album. Favorite(s): Skidmarks on my heart Least: Tonite 2/5

Disney channel original movie music. The opener, when each instrument comes in, is exactly how a DCOM song sounds when the band gets back together. W: how much more, you can't walk in your sleep L: our lips are sealed, we got the beat 2/5

Idk this just feels very generic pop for the time. Didn’t like many tracks

Au secours … ça s’écoute très facilement et ça saoule aussi très vite… ce rythme … on dirait qu’il nous suit tout le disque. C’est toi que je t’aime… vachement beaucoup !

Un poil redondant lol. Un petit deux étoiles pour “We got the beat”

Fine

Ummm…one iconic song and some fun upbeat pop does not a “must-listen” album make. Good for what it is, but jeepers, this ain’t a masterpiece.

JL : 2, Lust To Love

I did not like this album. Not my vibe at all. It was okay to listen to, but nothing stood out and it wasn't really for me.

Fun songs! But not a lot of replay value for me and did not save one song.

go girls, you sound fun!! but a bit generic... i kinda like how it sounds soundtrack-ish. unfortunely no track left a big impression on me other than recognising "we got the beat" from somewhere (nostalgic).

Not really my thing.

good vibes, but not really my thing

mwa een 2

Historical significance but thin as a record.

Even though the Sex Pistols (and punk rock in general) had nothing to offer musically, the band inspired numerous other musicians to form their own bands. Attending the Sex Pistols’ concert in San Francisco in 1978 was what prompted Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin to pick up an instrument themselves and form a band. Three years later, Belinda Carlisle (vocals) and Jane Wiedlin (rhythm guitar), together with three fellow bandmates (Gina Schock – drums, Kathy Valentine – bass and Charlotte Caffey – lead guitar), released their debut album "Beauty and the Beat" as The Go-Go's, featuring a blend of pop, punk and new wave that was extremely contemporary for its time. Unlike Belinda Carlisle later on as a solo artist, The Go-Go's were less successful in Europe, so I’ve actually only listened to this album for the first time today. And that’s perhaps my problem: the momentum for this kind of music has passed. If you didn’t get to know and love them back then, it remains superficial and sounds just like countless other pop-oriented American new wave bands – perhaps even a touch more commercial than would have been good for it. The historical significance of the Go-Go's is, at least in the US, undisputed, but musically they simply offer well-crafted – and at times merely well-intentioned – new wave pop music.

Not particularly compelling.

Mit ihrem Debütalbum lieferten die fünf US-amerikanischen Musikerinnen der Go-Go's aus Los Angeles einen der prägenden Entwürfe des New Wave: schlank produzierter Power Pop mit Punk-Anklängen im Songwriting. Aufgenommen wurde das Album im New Yorker Pennylane Studio, ergänzt durch zusätzliche Sessions im Record Plant und im Sound Mixers Studio; gemischt wurde ebenfalls im Record Plant. Veröffentlicht wurde „Beauty And The Beat" beim Independent-Label I.R.S. Records, das sich als einziges Label bereit erklärt hatte, die Band unter Vertrag zu nehmen. Produzent Richard Gottehrer nahm dem Bandsound bewusst etwas Tempo und Härte, ohne ihm die Energie zu rauben – ein Kalkül, das die Band anfangs skeptisch aufnahm, das sich im Nachhinein aber als goldrichtig erwies. Songs wie „Our Lips Are Sealed" und „We Got the Beat" verbinden eingängige Melodik mit einer unaufgeregten Lässigkeit, die dem Album seine bis heute frische Wirkung verleiht. Bemerkenswert ist, dass die fünf Musikerinnen ihr Material komplett selbst schrieben und einspielten – zu jener Zeit für eine rein weibliche Band alles andere als selbstverständlich. Kommerziell wurde „Beauty And The Beat" zum Überraschungserfolg und erreichte Platz eins der US-Albumcharts, künstlerisch bleibt es ein Album voller Sonnenlicht und Selbstbewusstsein, dem man die Leichtigkeit nicht als Oberflächlichkeit auslegen sollte. Ein paar der ruhigeren Albumtracks können mit den beiden Hit-Singles zwar nicht ganz mithalten, doch insgesamt bleibt der Gesamteindruck bemerkenswert stimmig. Ein Popalbum, das seine gute Laune nie erzwingt und gerade deshalb bis heute funktioniert.

Skidmarks on my fart

This Town is a good song.

4/10

Not bad, don't see how it's punk but I like a few tracks

Do not think it has held up so well and the songs sound way too poppy at this point in my life. Band needs to be put to rest.

#41 It's not my thing, but not a bad listen either. Pretty standard 80s pop-rock, fun and bouncy but also pretty one-dimensional. A few recognizable radio hits, but nothing that really grabbed my attention. 2.5/5

Our Lips Are Sealed We Got the Beat

Remember the single and liked it but found the rest just average . Bit soundtrack to an American teen movie sort of music .

After an out if order listen a daily offering that disappointed Beauty and the Beat provided a refreshing upbeat. I don’t expect the Go-Go’s to become something to return to regularly ut did add at least Our Lips are Sealed to my never ending favorites playlist

Breezy power pop, pleasant enough.

Second listen to this this year and I slightly preferred it this time around but overall just thought it was a little dull

Pretty dreadful but far better than most of the albums we’ve had by artists I’d never heard an album by previously, just about gets in towards the bottom of the two stars. Tom.

Meh its alright

Fairly route 1 & predictable. Nice enough. Poppy. Awful lyrics. Gave us Belinda Carlisle so props for that, but not anyrhing to write home about. B52's came on right after this album. They did this sorta thing but about 52 times better

OK.. Aber nichts herausragendes dabei

2.5/3

Ble ikke hverken fanget eller imponert. Leste etterhvert at dette er bandet til Berlinda Carlisle. Det er jo litt kult, men meh..

Really, the Go-Go's are on here? It's a fine album I guess and it is still well received. Good for the era and for that kind of music.

Bom, eu gosto de new wave, é um bom disco pra epoca, mas tem coisas no estilo bem melhores que isso que eu ja escutei. Valeu a escuta

Not quite my tempo

This one felt bad to listen to. The music isn't bad, just annoying.

annoyingly 80s

Like it more than I thought I would. Some good tracks but over all a bit too pop musicy for me. Needs to be 2/5 as I probably wouldn’t choose to listen to it again but if it was in I wouldn’t complain about it 2/5 stars pushing for 3

its not bad, just too repetitive

Preppy meh

Pleasant enough

not a fan of this kind of music

Fun. Not amazing, very fun though.

Well... these are songs?

me gustaron dos canciones, pero más el disco de Vacation!

I never knew what Belinda Carlisle did before her solo career. I much prefer this!

punk rock inspired but its women

steady throughout the entire album, but boring

fine

I received my first AM-FM radio Christmas 1980 and We Got The Beat was on Top 40 all the time. Immediate nostalgia on track 1 this morning. The fun mostly stopped soon after. A fun walk down memory lane but not something I’d put on with any kind of frequency. 2/5

60

bland generic rock. singles were okay. nothing added to playlist

Didn´t like it.

Fun and happy, but not quite my thing. Also the album art is creepy lol

A couple of good songs, but mostly not for me.

Nothing particularly noteworthy going on here 2.5*

2.4/5 I was surprised at how much I liked it... Well when I saw what I was going to be listening too I didn't have high hopes, but it was a good album. I knew a couple of songs but it was average in the overall scheme of things. I won't be coming back to it, but it's a decent enough listen.

yeah watevaw

No lo terminé, me aburrió bastante

sounds like a candy store ft kathleen hanna

Girl Album, #fordagirls.

I enjoyed this. It was really quite fun!

Love lust to love!! Also love the guitars on This Town

Opzich best een leuk stijltje, maar het album is erg eentonig.

Girls rule. Wel funny om naar te luisteren maar was er ook wel weer snel klaar mee

There sure are a lot of performative 5* ratings here. We get it. Sickened to learn that New Wave came to America and produced such dreck.

Unfathomably underwhelming. Automatic genuinely caught my ear, that singing solely backed by drums after pauses was very cool, and then everything else faded back into chords and root notes and money beat and words.

Not bad, but so simple and not my style. 2.5

Their sound did not stand out for me, inspite being the first womens rock band that achieved commercial success - it is unclear to me if their sound was unique for the time, or I am desensitized to their sound because much of the pop music of the 80s all sound the same to me today.

Fun, boring, and not something I have any strong feelings on.

Too poppy

Very repetitive. Only liked their popular song.

Is a 2.5

Kjedelig, ikke min type musikk. Men ikke slitsom. to stjerner.

Never heard of this band or album before. I'm guessing that I'm in for something characteristically 80s. Perhaps something synthpoppy given the album cover and colour palette of this album. Let's get into it. I'm surprised this is an American album. The band name and album cover are characteristically British. Anyways. Poppy, female-focused punk, huh? These ladies were ahead of the curb by quite a while. Doesn't mean that this impresses me, sadly. The vocals are adept for this style of music. It's just that the music is very deeply samey. Similar guitar hooks, unvaried performances. It also doesn't help that I'm not into punk music, so many of these tunes failed to register with me. I also couldn't help but compare this album to Le Tigre's self-titled album. The vocal style on both albums are pretty similar to one another, yet Le Tigre is lively, varied and, above all else, fun. Almost the platonic ideal for what this album should be, really. Overall, this passed by without me really noticing, though I can commend this album for being short and concise. Book time. The band apparently had no idea what they were doing when they were starting out. Topped the Billboard chart for six weeks. Genre-blending. Wikipedia reveals that this album had two hit singles, is one of the most commercially successful debut albums ever, has a solid critical reception and has received somewhat of an enduring critical acclaim. I'm a woman respecter, so I'm happy to let this one through. I cosign this inclusion.

This isn’t exactly my cup of tea. Not bad, kinda generic, and certainly not my cup of tea.

hated it so much i changed to phoebe bridgers

Not bad but get pretty generic and same-y halfway through.

I really enjoyed the bass playing but the singles were not enough to overcome the sameness of the rest of the album.

God, I feel like I just left a 90s coming of age movie. Seriously, how many movie soundtracks have We Got the Beat and Our Lips Are Sealed been on in hindsight? I really just cannot get into this album. It's like a dessert so saccharine sweet that it's unpalatable to me. There's just so much bubble gum dripping from every song, and they all blend together for me. Even tracks like Lust To Love and This Town which start promising something fresh seem to revert to more comfortable ranges and tempos by the end of the first verse. The drums specifically sound practically identical to my (admittedly very untrained) ear almost all the way through. There's plenty of albums that aren't for me, but I understand what people see in them. This is not one. I legitimately have no idea how or why this ever got so popular.