Beauty And The Beat

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.

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.

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).

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.

4/10

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I’ve heard enough

Not really memorable

not my type of music at all but it’s good

Another pretty mid album. Again not a big fan of the singing. A couple of songs I liked but they weren’t too good either. Just an average/slightly below average album. 4/10

The basis of all pop-punk albums. Same key, same bpm, same same same.

also not really my thing but willing to give a second listen

fun different

solid but nothing special for me

has not aged very well - 2.6* rounded down. Inoffensive but lacking interest

meh

Not bad, just not my thing

Talvez uma década inteira de cultura pop invocando uma pseudo nostalgia dos anos 80 (maldito seja Stranger Things) tenha me insensibilizado contra esse som específico de bandas oitentistas

inoffensive, very 80s, but pretty uninspiring to me. shame really as i want to support these slay queens and they sound like they’re having a great time

Pretty generic, one-note, 80's power pop. Not offensive, just boring. Forgot I was even listening many times. Standout Tracks: Our Lips Are Sealed

I heard enough of it already in the 80's but decided to listen to it again. A couple of the songs are OK. I don't care for the the album as a whole though.

Didn't need to hear this one before I die. Album did nothing to move me. Very stale, flat, didn't go anywhere. "We got the beat" is the only catchy tune on here, and it's just catchy. No groove, no hooks, 2 stars, the one hit saved it from being a 1 star.

A couple of great tracks, like the opener, but overall very one-paced and not overly invigorating.

Not bad, but mostly just good for feeling 80s vibes.

This band is like the 80’s incarnate. Not really sure what their place is in the 21st century if at all.

not for me at all.

no notes

After Phil Spector's Christmas wall of sound I was hoping for some a little more chill, but this album was extremely shout-y. Maybe I just wasn't in the right state of mind for it, but I was relieved when it ended.

#220/1001. I have my doubts as why this album is on the list. Oh well, We Got the Beat is already on my 80s playlist, no need to add anything else.

meh

Meh

So, I’ve always viewed this band as one of the many one-hit wonders. Nothing I’ve heard here changes my perspective. That one hit became an anthem for a truly classic flick, and it is of course on this album. The rest, is rather pedestrian from my point of view.

This albums excels when it stops focusing on crusty ass men.

This record is decent at best. There's nothing really memorable here. Favourite Track(s): Automatic Least Favourite Track(s): Our Lips Are Sealed, Fading Fast, This Town, Can't Stop The World

Plucky, ear wormy bubble gum pop that is mostly forgettable. Top tracks: “Our Lips are Sealed,” “We Got the Beat”

Always had a passing respect for the Go-Go’s although if I drill down enough, that’s about punk rock integrity and well, that’s not what this is. Which can be a foolish idea, depending on who is wielding it. Anyhow, I could use a bit more melancholy or angst here, less rah-rah new wave let’s just have a good time at the dance sensibilities. But it’s not bad...

Fun! Listening to a whole album really puts what I wrongly considered to be just gimmicky songs (Our Lips are Sealed, We Got The Beat) into context. A good morning walk album.

on dirait la musique d’adolescent dans les années 80, au début j’me suis dit belek y’a un truc et enfait non ct naze. Ça m’a fait penser à du surf et c’est dommage je suis pas adepte du surf.

Vite insupportable les voix trop aigu

It was okay. I knew We Got The Beat

Wasn't for me.

Honestly, disappointing. One-single album that establishes the band's sound but doesn't yet really allow them to shine.

Bouncy, fun, upbeat. Musically simplistic and with all the lyrical depth of a puddle. It struggles into a 3. Oh, sod it. It became more tedious the further I got through it . 2/5.

Liked "Our Lips are Sealed", "Lust to Love", and "We Got the Beat". Didn't feel much like a cohesive album though.

War mir unterm Strich gefühlt zu repetitiv. Band- und Albumtitel gefallen mir aber außerordentlich.

A fun vibe to help start a dreary winter day and get me through emailing. Our Lips Are Sealed - never actually listened to this song before when it wasn't in the soundtrack of a movie. I like it! It's boppy and unfussy. Kinda dynamically flat though (I have a working theory about this) Its the vibe of the time, but How Much More reminds me a little bit of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet (Kids In The Hall theme song lol). Lust To Love - this sounds like it could almost be an AFI song from Sing The Sorrow This Town - sick guitar riff We Got The Beat - same thing here as Lips Are Sealed. Automatic - the band is kinda having a tough time staying together here until the drums come in. They do it, but barely haha. I don't particularly like this song, but that big pause/reverse back in near the end was cool You Can't Walk - lil bo diddley rhythm here. Verses are really cool but the choruses sucks Interesting decision to end the record with a super quick reversed cymbal. I started off having a decent time, but I don't feel much substance here. I'm sure there's cultural significance of an all-girl band even just existing in the early 80's. The whole record is just very one-note, very samey, very safe and middle of the road. Maybe it's the production style. Those 2 huge hits paid for everyones entire livelihoods and that's great.

The mix of new wave and surf is just not really my jam, but the album is fun! I hate the first thing I thought of hearing 'Our Lips are Sealed' was the old Gillette Venus ad from when we were kids. I swear it played non-stop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOToMeTI6eY To think this cool girl new wave band ended up being co-opted to sell pink-tax razors kinda sucks - fuck the patriarchy! The era of just a 3-second reverb on everything lmao. A lot of the backing vocals are really dope. Crazy that apparently they saw the sex pistols last show and decided to learn instruments and start a band. Love a {friend-group before band} situation. Shout out to them. Favs: This Town, Automatic

More manufactured sounding than I remember

More or less kinda just generic 80's pop

Many tracks on this album are pretty grating. They remind me of Bananarama. I'm not a fan of the signing and the pop instrumentals are not interesting. There are some rock-influenced tracks that are, in my opinion, much stronger ("Lust to Love", "Fading Fast", "Can't Stop the World"). Those have an edge and creativity that I don't see in most of this album.

Nervig.

Not to my liking.

Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber did it better. 2/5

did not particularly enjoyed it. maybe i was in a foul mood

I can understand the appeal: catchy pop/punk songs, glossy production, tight instruments, harmonizing vocals. Definitely some feel good tunes with an 80s summer vibe. That said, I felt it was underwhelming and generic pop music. I didn’t hate it, but likely won’t listen again. 2.5

Meh not my type of music

very fun and 70s!

Always odd when a band is described as at all related to punk and then it just sounds like generic pop. 2.5 maybe? I was close to giving it a 3 but all songs are a blur.

At the end I was absolutely tired of her voice. It's a 1,5

it was ok not really my thing

Easy going , light hearted. Sunny beach vibe. Lätt att lyssna på men aning tråkigt. Sångrösten och genre ej min smak. + automatic (bäst instrumentalt)

Is this on the IRS record label? Times were tough all around for the Go-Go’s. Which one is beauty and which one is the beat? Wasn’t that also a title for some horrible 2010s pop single? Nicki Minaj or something. Who cares. Look. It’s early, I’m too fat to move and that has produced a concoction of misery that can only be mended by 80’s girly pop. I will apply my face mask thusly. Our Lips Are Sealed - The hit right out of the gate. It’s fine enough. Sweet melody. I’m less miserable, so that’s a start. How Much More - How much more music can we endure? Over 750 albums? Oh. This one started off as a jaunty little heartbroken pop tune and devolved into repetitive tripe. Sad. Tonite - The second coolest and raddest way to spell the boring “tonight.” 2Nite is of course the coolest way. Come on. This is giving me like soft skate punk energy. You can hear Rise Against in this. If that bothers you, well, please consider that I don’t know anything, BUT, I’m also right all the time. Lust to Love - She’s detailing how she used to capture and kill people. It’s a gritty diary of a female serial killer in desperate attempt to be caught. All she wants is to stop, but the monstrous society that created her just puts it on the radio for their enjoyment. The cycle continues. This Town - Unless it’s about Pugwash, can we drop this whole “this ol’ town” type of song? We Got the Beat - They’ve indeed, got the beat. Which beat you might ask? The mediocre radio song beat. Fading Fast - This is more of the same. I don’t care about it, but it’s more of the same. Automatic - This song actually has a cool kind of energy to it. The slowed down vibe works in this situation. A little meh, but what hasn’t been? You Can’t Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep) - You can’t read between the lines, if you can’t read. We’re inching ever closer to metalcore song titles from the late 2000s. It nears with each passing album. Skidmarks on my Heart - Gross. Unless we’re talking about the tire thing? We are. Don’t know why my mind went to shit. Well. The consequences of microplastics. This is a dumb song loaded to the gills with racing puns. Can’t Stop the World - Try me. I can stop this album. Well, I can’t, because of the completionism gene that controls me, but at least it’s over. This was fine. Middle of the road pop that had a punk edge. I’m sure it was very influential and an important crossover for the time, but in 2025, I’ve heard better pop, and I’ve heard far far better punk. Obviously. This would fit on a Disney skateboarding game soundtrack, which isn’t the worst thing I’ve said or will say about a record. Grating at times, kind of fun at others, this right here is your true C album. Use it as a benchmark. I hope I don’t get audited by the IRS. Considering I’m Canadian, I’m not even sure how that would work. I probably should do my part for the North American dream and pay more taxes in service of furnishing a dystopian billionaires paradise. God bless the American way. Now Go-Go Away. 2-2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Our Lips are Sealed, Automatic

captures the 80's girl rock so perfectly

5/10

Boring

- tight vocal harmonies and some nice bass parts that keep the energy high all the way to the end of the album, which was fun - it's occurring to me that I don't regularly listen to a single band or group that consists of all women (and likely never would have listened to this one all the way through, had it not been for this project) - just a #woke thought: the dudes of daft punk wore masks to avoid having their personal identities distract from the music they were making, but it's kind of the opposite situation here: gender is the mask girl groups have historically not been able to shed when it comes to being recognized for musical innovation. in the same way scar-jo or anne hathaway can't seem to do an interview without someone asking about their diets or outfits on set while their male costars don't receive the same questions, all-female groups will always have to dodge gender being part of the conversation and perhaps even explicitly counter the assumption that their gender must be a large part of their identity as musicians or a theme in their projects (which may certainly be true for some female musicians, but not all) - in other words, some girls sitting down to make some cool tunes together may not be actively trying to make a feminist statement or serve as a vocal mouthpiece for women's rights etc., but they may still be viewed that way by others and judged for it (perhaps both positively and negatively) as a result - but given all this (+ my own experiences I bring to the table as a listener), the album was objectively a little silly. "You Can't Walk In Your Sleep If You're Asleep," "Lust to Love," and the song about skidmarks on your heart -- which I know is in reference to cars, but still -- didn't stand out in any meaningful way to me. it was mildly fun, but that was the extent of my experience - I gave NPR's online writeup on the band ("How The Go-Go's Perfected Pop-Punk," August 2020) half a read to see what I might be missing, and it really illustrated how important context (or lack thereof) is to a band's legacy: to me, this is an album that still resides solidly under the umbrella of 80s pop, but the group formed in the heart of LA's punk scene. "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed" have been in so many girl- or kid-focused movies and productions over the years (hello, Jimmy Neutron movie) that it influenced my perception of the group as being entirely pop, even though I definitely recognize the punk influence now

Whatever. 1.5/5

This was alright.

Charging forward, dense female harmonies, powerful girl group energy. Bit of a driving 60's instrumental feel in the bass, drums, and electric movement. Infused with light rage and definite power. "We Got the Beat"

Pretty sure this is my first 2, which I feel bad about as it's a great fun album from the 80's. A lot of radio friendly pop hits. I just don't see this album that influential and if we are to have a grading curve of any sort I can't give all 4's and 5's

My friend Aug writes pun-laden comic pieces full of music references. Van Halen and Kiss mostly. American stuff. I usually keep up, but not with a piece called We Got the Beet. I grasped the root vegetable, not the pop song. Never heard of it. Aug was shocked. Perhaps it never made it over here. (I just checked and it didn’t.) I only knew Our Lips Are Sealed via Fun Boy Three, which remains the better version. Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s co-wrote it with Terry Hall during a fleeting tour romance. Both bands recorded it. The British rendering is lusher, gloomier, more apt to the subject. The Go-Go’s take is lighter, frothier, determinedly Californian. Inexplicable really, as though the affair itself had no real tangible effect. That distinction seems to frame the whole record. American new wave here is all cheerful affect. But it is less well-crafted than the Cars, less arch than the Waitresses, less shiny than the Bangles. Harmonies nod to the retro, but without the B-52s’ bravado. Even the eccentricities feel half-hearted: This Town could pass for Wall of Voodoo, but only if they toned themselves down. On How Much More they sing “tonight” until you’re weary, then title the next track Tonite as if one repetition weren’t enough. It is pop by rote, like a salad assembled from pre-chopped bits. The Go-Go’s are all surface, all bounce, all beat. Aug would say they had the beet, though I’d add it was more garnish than substance. (I also know nothing about salad, so don't concern yourself too much about that last line). 2 This is pleasant enough. There are some neat twists on procedure in these numbers and everything is done very slick. I can’t disapprove of anything, I just can’t remember anything either. It’s like lemonade that is all fizz and no flavour. Where’s the lemons? 1.5/5

So relentlessly cheerful. It was extremely tiresome. I probably would have loved this if I was 15 in 1981, but now it just really grated on my nerves. Fading Fast and Automatic were pretty good. We’ve Got the Beat and Our Lips are Sealed were fine, of course. But no breaks from the gals being gals having fun up-beat-ing-ness.

ну есть и есть

Its okey

Go go's were a "girl band" in the time when there really weren't that many bands with only women playing all instruments. Quite mediocre punk pop, but you have to give some respect for trailblazers like this group.

New Wave has always been a bit of strange genre for me, as it just sounds like pop music with mildly punk-pop influenced sound. I get that for journalists it's important to differentiate for the listener, but these labels have just grabbed so hard! Belinda Carlyles voice is very recognizable and I might have to listen to the first album a bit too since they apparently sounded a lot harsher, but other than that, I've had enough of The Go-Go's.

Eh

De nuevo, otra americanada mas, me apetece ponerme em huelga quien coño ha hecho esta lista? Un 4 porque tienen dos o tres que se salen un poco de la misma guitarra todo el rato

2-3

Good rythm but thats it. I enjoyed some of the songs but its not my style of music I wouldnt listen to it again 4/10

Loved the first song and you can't walk in your sleep but other than that, not my fave

Pure 80s pop. I find the singing annoying though and while the songs can be pleasant, they don't really stick.

Sugar pop from not my favorite era or my favorite vocalist. We got the beat’s vocals always bothered me and it didn’t help essentially copy and pasting it 11 times

Bit bland. Needs some seasoning.

A couple hits but mostly filler… nothing memorable

Mukavaa tyttöenergiaa bändin muodossa. Jotain proto-punkkia tämä kai on?

*Beast

Had potential, but too poppy for my liking.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Bright and energetic, but not enough to hold my interest. I got through the whole album though. Good for what it is, but can’t see me revisiting it.

Not really a Go-Go's guy

2/5 - everyone’s 5 star reviews have surprised me, as this is simplistic and quite boring. I really wanted to like this as I’m having a bit of a new wave phase at the moment, and I have been in love with Kim Wilde’s debut album for years, so I know I am capable of liking music like this, but this album was far off the mark for me. This Town reminded me a lot of Our Town by Kim Wilde… Standout tracks: - Our Lips Are Sealed: 3.5/5 (Hilary and Hailey Duff did a cover of this and I prefer that version 😭) - Skidmarks On My Heart 3.5/5

Startlingly jangly and grating, but the hits are the hits

Decent but not something I can get into really

no kuul, aber chli langwiilig.. chli es schlechters abba

Just didn’t do it for me

Sure this was influential. But just was so bored throughout

It is very much about the singles here. They are great. Our lips are sealed is a true classic. The whole album is average though

Sure? As someone who wore out a Go-Go’s Greatest Hits cassette in the 90s, I’m here for this, but other than the novelty of the all-girl band, it’s just an ok album surrounded by a hit song. I get that 1001 albums has to be a long list, but does that mean that every Taylor Swift album makes it? Or Radiohead? Or The Rolling Stones?

“Can we listen to the Talking Heads?” “We have new wave at home” New wave at home: Highlights: Fading Fast Automatic

Nope

Had fun with it. Got Janice up and dancing around.

meh

Poppy, early punky, girl rock. I know this was trend setting and popular when it came out, and it has been a common anthem since for girly power, but I'm neither a girl nor really into crack jack pop. If I wanted to listen to something similar to this I would probably just listen to Cindy Lauper as she's way more complex musically and has deeper lyrics.

Sorry these seemingly nice ladies. I took one listen and had to cut it off. “We got the beat,” is a classic and I will acknowledge that but I will not be returning. Thank you for your service

Light, sweet and fluffy like cotton candy. One step removed from bubble gum music of the 60s and 70s.

Another boring new wave album that at least is an all girl group I'm a fan of that but a lot of these songs just kind of sound the same little to no variation 5/10 Favourite: None Least Favourite: This Town

So-so album.

Boring

Very 80s the non singles didn’t stand up to the quality of the hits

Nieee

A bit generic eighties...

A record that feels like a mix between a new-age album and a pop rock album, but does neither particularly well. It’s super unremarkable fare.

Meh

This lightweight album is not rough enough to be punk and not weird enough to be avant-garde, but instead takes an overly-safe middle path. Aside from "Our Lips Are Sealed" (better done by Fun Boy Three), there's not much to get excited about here.

Not my favorite type of music, fun and easy listening though.

The vocal performances are a little all over the place, but it does make me want to take an aerobics class. Mission accomplished I suppose. Standout track is: “Tonite”

This was a nice enough listening experience, but couldn't imagine myself listening to it again. I can see why they've had such an impact on the genre, but to be honest, I'd prefer listening to Belinda's solo material. Highlight is We Got The Beat (which could have done with one last chorus in my honest opinion), and Skidmarks On My Heart... because... it's called Skidmarks On My Heart.

Nahh

very 80s very dated. It alright

gut gibt es spotify und bandbios. die sängerin der go-go’s war belinda carlisle - kennt man?! gefällig, dann aber zu gefällig und fast nicht mehr auszuhalten - ist ja auch mal gut.

So gerne ich früher New Wave hatte, so alt und einfach erscheint es mir heute.

It was beautiful in parts but repetitive. Enjoyed the post punk/ new synth vibes but not a project I see myself visiting often down the future road.

Did not like it

the 2 singles are genuinely good and catchy. unfortunately, that’s where the positives end for this album. just wasn’t a fan of the album cuts

God I hate pop.

3/10 I was happy to give this boppy, candy-floss album a mindless 6/10. As the cover suggests, it's exactly the sort of thing you'd listen to whilst getting ready for a night on the town with your mates. ... That was until I heard "You can't walk in your sleep." with the earth-shattering lyrics: "... That sleep is one thing you can't buy/You can't walk in your sleep/ if you can sleep/ you can't talk on your sleep/ if you can sleep." Seriously, that is assault against songwriting, and words in general.

Not my thing!

Way too airy & twee for my liking. I get it - they were the first all female band to have success who played their own instruments & write their own songs. But where’s the bite? It’s still just bland, easy listening. Nothing special.

fun new-wave pop. not essential , but glad i heard it. 2.5

Initially, I thought “We Got The Beat” was one of the cringiest songs from the new wave era, so I wasn’t exactly thrilled to dive into this album. I went in with a bit of a bull-headed attitude. But once I put my guard down, I started to appreciate it for what it was. As I progressed through the tracks, I found that the music had more credibility and a raw edge than I had anticipated. All in all, it turned out to be a pretty decent album.

This is possibly the most bland pop I’ve ever listened to. None of the songs stood out and it sounds like something you’d maybe put in the background of a birthday party while you’re not paying attention to the music at all. They didn’t do anything especially bad in the album but also nothing actually good. So there’s that.

Mid af. Really boring, nothing interesting, or standoutish.

Rimligt att det var fart i ett gäng med det namnet. Introt ”Our Lips Are Sealed” är ett perfekt exempel på att sätta tonen för ett albumsound. Omvänd kronologi men de registreras hos mig som Rock-Rebecca&Fiona, snarlik energi och röst. Flera låtar hör hemma på actionrullar, ex. ”We Got The Beat”, ”Automatic”. Trots det kan de inte få mig att digga punkrock.

I'm just not here for them. Some of the songs in the middle are nice enough, but I don't see myself listening to this album again.

All sounded very much like background music you’d get sort of semi faded out in an old 90s chick flick. Wasn’t shit though and easy to sway side to side to

As upbeat as monotonous

forglemmelig

fun girly pop album, not much substance

This is nice. It's post punk where you can still hear the punk. Energetic and melodic. Very anthemic. It's good fun music. The lead guitar is very post punk sounding, and the lead vocals are great. I can't say that I get why this album is on this list though. I mean, if somebody told me they really like Mission of Burma and the Buzzcocks and want something similar I might let them have a listen to this. It's far from a must listen though, it's just nice and cool. That's what I call two stars.

Uhh, this is fine? Kinda unremarkable 80s pop vibes. I’m guessing it was added to the list because it started the 80s sound or something historic. Nothing wrong with this album, but I find it pretty forgettable. Though I guess I always like albums less on a first listen.

Some of this album was surprisingly good with some very strong poppy songs even outside of the ones everyone knows. Unfortunately it's bogged down by a lot of dead weight and legitimately bad songs. I wanted to give this three stars but I can't quite get there.

Correcto

..

Solid Soft Rock Album, nothing special

Meh... other than the two singles, I hadn't heard any of these songs before... and based on those two singles, I had always (correctly) assumed I didn't really need to, either... If I were a young girl hearing this for the first time in 1981, it probably would have hit harder... but I'm not, and it isn't, so it doesn't...

I think I might have enjoyed this at the time but it just can’t compete with the wealth of music available nowadays

The classic Our Lips Our Sealed can't save this mediocre bubble gum pop. Personally, I like the Fun Boy Three version of Our Lips Are Sealed better. It's interesting that the song was co-written by Jane Wiedlin and Terry Hall of The Specials (and FB3).