Beauty And The Beat

I loved this

Done

PLEASANTLY surprised by the Go-Go’s! I was worried this might be a bit too new-wave for my taste, but I really enjoyed the record and listened to it all day. 4 stars instead of 5 because I think it’s a little inconsistent outside of the big songs.

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

This was like the cure but sped up, on a happier tone, and sung by girls. Amazing 5 stars i was surprised to like it this much

I knew the singles (which I like), but the rest of the album is better tbh. I'm not always gonna be in the mood for this, but when I am... I'll know where to go.

I think I've maybe listened to this from start to finish once before, but I'm definitely more familiar with the Go-Go's singles than their whole albums. They're all very talented musicians, and it's mind-blowing that they were breaking so many barriers as late as the 80's. You can really hear the punk influences, and they definitely have that Los Angeles sound to them too. Solid album.

What a coincidence! I just listened to this for the first time just an hour before this was generated to me. Absolutely in love with it. The instrumentals are melodic and punchy, a fusion of New Wave and surf rock with added jangly guitars that just produces an overall optimistic and fun sound, complimented by the pastel colored album cover. As a fan of the Beach Boys, I am obsessed with the harmonic female vocals, especially their punk forward nature. The songs are fast and catchy, with memorable hooks and standout instrumentals, between the rapid drums, space synths, and aforementioned jangly guitars. All songs are great. Wish there were more tracks like their magnum opus "We Got the Beat", and I start to lose attention in the last 3 tracks, but it's a fantastic and quick listen. I'll revisit this often.

Gøy med litt variasjon

Some bangers

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

Edgy pop. OK but not really my bag

A fun album, with some great songs but the hits are hits for a reason they shine much more brightly than the deep album cuts. Not that there is filler just the song quality drops off. 4 stars

Tonite was a banger

our lips are sealed - 7/10 how much more - 7/10 tonite - 5/10 lust to love - 6/10 this town - 5/10 we got the beat - 4/10 fading fast - 4/10 automatic - 4/10 you can’t walk in your sleep - 6/10 skidmarks on my heart - 6/10 can’t stop the world - 6/10

Jingly

This was a fun one.

Pacy and catchy pop, let’s go

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

Some pretty good stuff on here, which was unexpected. My only knowledge of the band are the singles, but there are solid, catchy pop tunes here from top to bottom. Loving the surf rock vibe I places.

I can appreciate that it was groundbreaking but I didn't find the album too strong aside from the two singles. Kind of boring pop rock.

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.

Catchy, upbeat songs that are pretty well written. This album came out at the perfect time for an all-women group to fill a niche that didn't really exist since The Runaways (Heart, Pat Benetar, and Tina Turner notwithstanding). However, it should be noted that the primary reason these songs worked at all is because of outstanding bass lines and strong playing by the bassist.

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

Wowza girlboss

love it! so goood only women

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.

I really don't care for this music style, but I suppose this was a decent version of it.

Allegedly they were fiery punks when they started. You wouldn't know it from this watered down slab of major label corporate New Wave. The aural equivalent of the skinny tie and check jacket that pop bands put on around this time to fit in (looking at you the Cars). Our Lips Are Sealed is a brilliant song (co-written with Terry Hall, perhaps that's why), We Got The Beat less so and the rest forgettable. Belinda Carlisle would go on to dull out the late 80s as a solo star. Yes they were the famously first all-female band to write their own songs, yes that's important. But just not enough going on here.

A fun time for all.

Very bouncy, rock/pop.Better than expected.

New wave . Pop

Surprisingly good. Appreciate that they were a huge pop sensation that wrote all their own songs. 3.5/5

fun - great girl band album

the beat does go-go dum-dum

Great album and full of energy. Really unique sound and great vocals. "Our Lips Are Sealed" is my personal favorite despite the other hits like "We Got The Beat" on the album. Love the album cover too. 8/10.

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.

Absolutely love this band and within it are several excellent and highly underrated performers in this group. Jane Wiedlin comes to mind, just to name one. The tunes are catchy and fun, have more depth to them than meets the eye, and I am very glad to see the album on this list. I always felt that they were overlooked because they are a female group, but I do have hope we’re getting past that silliness and truly hearing what this band did.

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.

Great example of a killer,first record.

Lots of upbeat, cool tunes. Some old surfer vibes. Digging it.

Rellay good album, but not really for me.

Objectively imprecise, subjectively gimmicky, occasionally catchy.

Classic that was new to me. Couple big hits and the song automatic is where the band automatic got their name

This was a fun one. I like the all women vocals. Just too much fun. It's hard to rate. Is it a low 4 star or a high 3. I enjoyed it either way

Some songs felt very cure-esque. Londong burning etc

Ya. So fun.

Fun album, but now seems gimmicky.

fun album.

Surprisingly good!

Bops all around

Man, I love the sound of this. I have seriously underestimated this group. Or maybe just this album. You guys ever listen to Ex Hex? Ex Hex is great, too, but owes a massive debt to the Go Go's. Anyways - Our Lips are Sealed, We Got The Beat, Fading Fast, You Can't Walk in Your Sleep. Even Skidmarks on My Heart, which is a terrible title, still works! And all of this makes me want to hear what they sounded like when they were straight punk. Anyway, enjoyed this one a lot.

Sugary pop meets some punky spikiness. The arrangements seem a little sparse even for the time - it's neither a big nor rounded sound - but the sweet vocals work well atop the wiry guitar work. 'We Got the Beat' rules.

Yeah, this is pretty great! You know it's a good sign when the song an album is most well-known for is one of your least favorites on the record. I had no clue that this band had this other moody, mid-tempo side to them. "This Town" and "Automatic" are the shit. I guess you can't judge a record by its cover? I don't know, I'm still on the fence on the cover. It's either great or terrible and I can't decide. But the music is conclusively solid.

I was ready to write this one off as some singles with fillter, but this is a solid album - it sounds more like REM than I would have ever guessed. Well crafted tunes that definitely hold up over time. The album is well-deserved in its accolades as a "cornerstone of American new wave."

The bass is in your face, the drums are fast, and the guitar lines are hooky. The vocals are distinctive. This is an album genetically engineered to get a high score from me. I like the harmony on Lust To Love. They Got The Beat is still a fun song, even if it was drilled into me from guitar hero. A great album I had fun all the way through.

Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Perfect blend of 80s girl pop and rock.

Trash

Certainly a fun album!

I really like how upbeat this is

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.

Our Lips are Sealed was one we had on 45 with We Got the Beat! I distinctly remember the family dancing to it. So, it was very nice to revisit this album that came out when I was 6! It is even better than I remember it. The sound has actually not only held up, but sounds incredible keeping pace with some of the hottest music. It's still edgy, tight licks, and hot chicks. The guitar on Lust to Love is especially kick@$$.

Though the song 'skidmarks on my heart' conjures juvenile giggling, there's not a bad thing I can say about this one. This album is 40+ years old and still spanks. I love the sound, the vocals and that they're an all female group with some talent. Sure, you say 'The Slits! The Slits!' and I say yeah, but there's that talent thing... While the Slits succeeded by playing with fervor and passion to limited scene audiences, the Go-Go's played with talent, structure with an appeal to a mainstream audience. These ladies inspired a ton of girls (Kathleen Hanna to name one) to be confident players and participants. The Go-Go's played their own instruments, wrote their own songs and, with *Belinda Carlisle's carefree tone, elevated post-punk from the gritty to the sunny. The Go-Go's, and this album, helped bridge a changing punk scene to include the brightness of 1980's Southern California. In a time when the emerging skate scene was a lower extension of the surf scene, the Go-Go's were an upward extension of a gritty anger associated with punk, a new scene was beginning. This album charted new territory eventually becoming the soundtrack for a new generation that included suburbia, girls, fashion and trips to the mall. --- *The original 'B Carlisle' once was a member of the Germs before the Go-Go's, which also means that Pat Smear is a super duper old.

I was really, really pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this. "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got The Beat" have been beaten to death, but fortunately and shockingly they were my least favorite songs on "Beauty and the Beat." The drums and bass really drove most of the songs, in spite of the bubbly and jangly guitars, so maybe they really do have the beat. A little bit more intensity and this would be an excellent album. It's just a tad bit too bouncy and cheerful to reach its full sound potential. But I still really enjoyed it. A couple months ago I came across the term bubblegrunge, at the time being used to refer to (as it was described on r/indiehead) "indie rock bands bringing out modern takes on power pop and pop punk... that tend to mix massive pop melodies with big energy and crunchy and/or fuzzy guitars, with the attitude and angst but rarely outright depressing lyrical content that makes up a lot of the two aforementioned genres." Beach Bunny, The Beths, Charly Bliss, and PUP were used as examples. This album kind of made me think of bubblegrunge, though, and it came with a realization that The Go-Go's likely inspired a lot of bands I like more than I realized. They don't get crunchy or fuzzy enough, and get the attitude part but not much angst. But I think they are still a bit of an inspiration for evolving sounds. According to Spotify, however, bubblegrunge isn't new. "In the mid-1990s, rock critics labeled a type of music 'bubblegrunge' because it was a poppier ("bubblegum") version of grunge, which had dominated the alternative music scene in the early 1990s. Bands like Collective Soul, Bush, Third Eye Blind, and Matchbox Twenty were all part of this genre." Ok, that makes the name fit more than the new stuff I mentioned earlier, but Bush is not that poppy, and Third Eye Blind and Matchbox Twenty kind of suck. You know what, they probably don't suck. As a 90s grunge kid, I looked down on them, but their hits were actually guilty pleasures, and only guilty in some misguided attempt to be a hard rock/grunge purist. But regardless, they are very different bands than modern bubblegrunge. Oh right, The Go-Go's. Not quite bubblegrunge (and not least because it preceded grunge), but certainly instrumental in driving punk in poppier directions. A very pleasant surprise that I will definitely revisit.

This album is yet another example of why the 1001 journey is great. Because the album is great…and I never would have listened to it otherwise. The consistency of the tracks is remarkable. They are high energy, and there isn’t a bad one, nor even a mediocre on IMHO, in the whole lot. I wouldn’t say any individual track is amazing on its own, but 11 very, very good tracks on a row is elite. Belinda Carlisle’s, who I hadn’t known started out in The Go-Gos, vocals are wonderful as are the harmonies with the backup vocalists. The instrumentalists each stand out at various moments throughout the album. However, the bass guitar deserves the most recognition to me. It and the drums are the driving force behind this boot-sole-to-the-chest pop album. I can’t believe this is the first, and still only, all-female band debut album that topped the Billboard where the band wrote all the songs and played all the instruments. There are a couple qualifying categories there, but this fact is still insane to me. That alone has to make this one of the most important female albums of all time. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

No

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

Really sick one. Cool songs and vibe. Dig the surfy guitars on skidmarks

I freaking had so much listening to this. Automatic is a fucking banger. The whole album made me want to go to ethyls.

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

+ Our Lips Our Sealed (4 STARS) -- a classic + How Much More (3 STARS) -- really simple, but decent + Tonite (2.5 STARS) -- too simple and the backing vocals freak me out + Lust to Love (2 STARS) -- Meh + This Town (1 STAR) -- So boring + We've Got the Beat (3.5 STARS) -- At least some energy & catchy + Fading Fast (1 STAR) -- Boring. Sounds like every other song + Automatic (1 STAR) -- Boring and annoying annunciation + You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (3 STARS) -- Good beat + Skidmarks on My Heart (2 STARS) + Can't Stop the World (2 STARS) OVERALL: 2 STARS

Album a little ahead of its time, early alt/new wave vibes like the pixies. Song structures are repeated and only 2 songs stand on their own no surprise its their 2 big songs. Overall lackluster.

Insane hooks, so much fun

Practically flawless. A solid collection of songs with some real standouts.

I mean, yeah it's cheesy and all and I wouldn't say it's "good" but it is fun, and I think that was the point. Just a little below 4 stars but I'll round up.

interessante o sonzinho dançante e tal

Perky punk Our Lips are Sealed and We Got the Beat are bangers Everyone in the band is just jammin hard Automatic is a cool song but feels like it's on the wrong album and slows the album down The ways the vocalists interact sound so cool

Charming but easily forgettable jangle pop. I feel this is another album that is on here because it is historically significant. Its so lightweight. Our Lips are Sealed is a great song but Terry Hall's (he co-wrote it) FB3 version is a lot better. Sorry Go-Gos, 2.

If one wanted to be reductive (and I do, because I'm feeling lazy this morning), one could say that the Go-Go's are the answer to the question "What if the Runaways were nice, wholesome girls?" The Go-Go's straddle the line between new wave and pop rock, and do it with style. "Our Lips Are Sealed" is an undeniable classic, and "We Got the Beat" is arguably the best song they ever recorded. The rest of the tracks were unfamiliar to me, but "Skidmarks on My Heart" caught my ear because of the Dick Dale/Centurians-like guitar riffs. Once again, I find myself wishing I could give half-stars, because three and a half feels right. But I've always loved Belinda Carlisle's voice, and they're a Hall of Fame band, so I'll round up to four.

Always been a fan of the Go-Gos. Some of it is pure bubblegum pop, but there's some solid rock and near punk in there too.

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

I think the voice is not good, but the music is not so bad.

Very good

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

I like girls who rock (..сказала дрю берримор, а я чувствую то же)

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

Fav Tracks: Our Lips Are Sealed, How Much More, Lust To Love, Automatic, You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep), Can't Stop The World

A great 80s time capsule.

This was just a fun bunch of songs. Would recommend and listen to again.

Guess I now have to admit that I liked The Go-Go's back in the day. Had the hots for Jane Weidlin big time. The album aged reasonably well. The hits are still fun and some of the others are also OK. I didn't know that Jane co-wrote Our Lips Are Sealed w the frontman from The Specials.

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.

I really didn’t need to hear this before I die.

Starts out with a bang with Our lips are sealed. We got the beat goes crazy too. I would call this a groovy album you can chill too even though they were going kind of hard. Also i thought the vibes sounded really consistent throughout the whole thing which just makes any album better. Good 7/10

Wasn't crazy about it. A lot of similar New wave-y songs that sounded pretty similar to me. We got the beat is a bop tho

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

Loved it!

Lots of fun. Super bouncy and driving, love the bass and surf-guitar. Think it's a little front-loaded, but not enough to not enjoy. Favorite tracks: "Our Lips Are Sealed", "This Town", "Tonite"

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.

80’s pop meh.

Good, not great.

Generic

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

My first loves. I was 8 when this came out and I was enthralled by not just the their looks but the fun and memorable pop the Go-Go's were making. This was a welcome far cry from Bucks Fizz and their ilk to my young ears

Nice

Proper fun and upbeat pop album

Listening to this album reminds me of my mother. It's one of her faves, and I can totally understand why. "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat" are classics, but if I were to go for some deep cuts--- I'd take "Lust To Love" and "This Town".

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

Great early 80’s girl pop. Love the hits and the rest is good. 3.5 and rounding up - Some good riffs in there!

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.

Szpile w glowie czesc trzecia

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.

“Beauty and the Beat” is buoyant, driving and fun. It might be repetitive in places, but the Go-Go’s still seem to have struck a winning formula making it worth the listen. Most of my favourites here are the peppiest: “Our Lips are Sealed” is a killer opener with notably more keyboard than a lot of the tracks here (foregrounded for commercial appeal, fitting in with the burgeoning new wave movement?) “How Much More” has a great jangly guitar lead and keeps the momentum of the opening up to the tee. Belinda Carlisle’s vocals are one of the winning ingredients across the album: bright and committed, with just the right amount of slurred punkish sneer. There’s a bit of an explosion of revived energy and inspiration at the end of the album after things seem to have settled into their lane. “Can’t Stop the World” is a last kick of adrenaline fuelled pop-rock. Also listen for the drumming in “Skidmarks on my Heart”- there are some great fills in there. There’s also an early 60s throwback guitar solo, and a winning chorus with a full wall of harmonies (bonus points on introducing a new, unrelated chord on the line “you’ve got me in FIFTH”). I also have to shout out “Automatic” for being the black sheep in this set: it’s a refreshing change of pace which moves in a slower, darker direction. The Go-Go’s doing Joy Division their way? I wouldn’t doubt it. On first listen, some of the earlier songs appear to chug along at a similar tempo with little variation in the guitar parts or drum beats. Chord progressions are recycled and lyrics are often general and vague. “Tonite”, “Lust for Love” and “This Town” all run into each other a bit, and don’t match up to the material on either side. Many punk and new-wave bands of the time, of course, made careers out of using one song in many different ways to fill out their albums. That the Go-Go’s did this as a then-rare all-female band (the first to top the Billboard 200 Album Chart) gives weight to their legacy and enduring appeal. They challenged the musical landscape and came out on top.

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

3.5

I loved this when it was new, and it still sounds so good!

I don't have a specific memory of every listening to this album in it entirety before, but I certainly remember when it was on the charts. It is full of great tracks by talented women...and lots of fun!

I have memories of bopping along to this on cassette while driving my mom's car in the summertime, wearing white Keds with no socks. I've definitely always thought of it as pure pop fun. But how great to listen to this with grown-up ears and hear such aggressive musicianship! This band ROCKS! The bass! The drums! These women have SWAGGER! I have a renewed love, admiration, and gratitude for The Go-Go's today.

How much do I love this album?! I bought the cassette in 1983 and it has been one of my favorites ever since. "Our Lips Are Sealed" is one of my all-time favorite songs of the 80's. Every time I listen to it I fall in love with it all over again. "We Got The Beat" is right up there with it. But no one should miss songs like "Lust to Love", "This Town", "Fading Fast", "You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)", "Can't Stop The World." Actually no one should miss listening to this album from beginning to end. It is so satisfying to hear "Lust to Love" after "Tonite" leading into "This Town" and it makes me very happy when I do. The album is great and I never tire of listening to this. I'm so glad to see this album on this list!

Liked the hea ier stuff like Automatic

Wait a minute, WHAT? Are you saying that "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed", two S-tier tracks, are on the same album? That's some amazing shit right there. Though not every track hits hard, the whole thing is enjoyable. Great music for doing anything with purpose, even if it's just washing the dishes. Powerful, brash vocals. You go (go), girls!

A great album or the right album at the right time, that is the question. Nonetheless, the only album written and performed by an all female group to go to number one. Holds up well as tightly written, imminently catchy, well produced pop songs. While it frequently gets categorized as new wave (and often referred to as a cornerstone of the genre), it is more good old fashioned power pop. That is probably responsible for its enduring appeal.

Just a really fun pop album with great songs and catchy lyrics!

These songs are catchy, fun and some of them really rock! While "Our lips are sealed' is a gentle introduction, "How Much More", "Tonite" and "Can't Stop the World" all kick ass. I cant help but feel like Green Day must have been partially inspired by this melodic punk-rock and don't see how Dookie could happen without this album. It defintiely sounds like a product of the 80's and is not exceptionally deep, but I thought it was an enjoyable listen overall.

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.

Best Song: How Much More. I'm a huge fan of upbeat songs with bleak or melancholy lyrics, and this fits that theme perfectly. The use of repetition really amplifies the song here. Worst Song: We've Got The Beat. Despite being clearly the most popular song here, it really just comes off as overly bubblegum in a way that quickly becomes annoying. Overall: There are brief moments here where the music transcends the sterile, saccharine 80s trappings, but ultimately it ends up descending into that sugar pile. An album that is okay to listen to once, but you need to brush your teeth immediately after.

Catchy, enthusiastic, iconic for that time. Listening makes me feel like I'm experiencing a day in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Rollicking good fun. Faves: Our Lips Are Sealed, Lust to Love, You Can't Walk In Your Sleep

Rating: 10/10 Best songs:

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.

What a load of old shit.

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.

This album surprised me. The Go-Go's were never really a thing here in the UK until they all went solo. Consequently I've just had the chance to listen to brand new (to me) prime 80s pop gold. I really enjoyed the whole vibe. There are some great songs to be found here (though Our Lips... will always be Terry Hall's). I sort of feel like I found a rogue present that got lost under the Christmas tree 40 years ago.

4,5

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.

Nah

Would not recommend, 1 decent song and the rest are garbage

Pretty okay

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

I have rarely heard an album oozing 80s as hard as this one. Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of 80s sounds and this album really doesn't have much more to offer than that. Boring to me, didn't finish it.

Easy to listen to, not a standout for me

Quite dull.

I listened to it. I thought 'this is passable new wave pop. Nice texture, the occasional good song. I can't recall a single thing about it now.

I don't like 80s pop

Poppy pops

Langweilig.

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

"Beauty and the Beat" is a historical new wave record, not only because it's celebrated as so, but also because of its importance as the debut of one of the most important and celebrated all female bands of all time. It has a raw fun feeling throughout, adding some pop and punk elements to match Belinda Carlisle high pitched voice with some effective instrumentation. "Our Lips Are Sealed", "This Town" and "We Got the Beat" are songs that shows the power of a band destined to influence a generation to come.

I had only really listened to We Got the Beat. The rest of the album was surprisingly solid. Feels like there were some punk rock influences underneath an otherwise bright sound.

Loved it, very female empowerment. Does feel a little repetitive for an entire album.

They sing good and theosophist are quitte catchy sometimes, but it’s just not something I enjoy listening to so much.

The Go-Go's are one of the original all girl pop punk bands. What a joy to listen to this album in full. I was already across their two main hits in Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got the Beat, but the whole album was full of great songs that really makes you feel like you're a part of their girls club, in the best possible way. Best: Our Lips Are Sealed; We Got the Beat Worst: Skidmarks On My Heart

pretty boring. Jingle jangle. 2

Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin? What is this, some kind of super group? Odd that I’ve not listened to them before. All pretty cool and I’d like to slip it a 5 but nothing that stands out as a massive tune.

Fun and bubbly throughout. There are a lot more telltale signs of their time in the LA punk scene than I recalled. The little semi-tone line ends remind you where they came from before they added that poppier sheen that Jane Weidlin brought in.

decently okay

Wasn’t expecting much but I just love this kind of raw direct music. Nice one

Great album. The hits are two of the very best of the era. However this is NOT an album of filler after the hits are done, in that way it reminds me of The Romantics debut album, both are choc full of fabulous songs from beginning to end. We got the Beat got this 60 year old ass off of his chair dancing around the room like no one was watching. Thankfully no one was except for my dog. 4 🌟

Pretty standard stuff, couple of good hits, not much else.

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.

I'd rather cheese grate my nipples and shoved a corkscrew up my jap's eye than listen to this again. But, then again I do like doing both of those things.

Bread shed

Love it! They got the beat!

I came to know The Go-Go's a few years ago when they reunited and opened some shows for the B-52s and was surprised to find out that they were the first band in which Belinda Carlisle, whom I already knew, was. Although it's impossible to compare their talent, because they are really talented, with the sheer originality of that other Athens band, I can see where the choice comes from. The Go-Go's are an all-girl band from Los Angeles that incorporates the tradition of girl groups into their own blend of punk-new wave. Beauty And The Beat was their debut album. During the years, I heard several versions of the first song, Our Lips Are Sealed, co-written with The Specials) and I still don't know which one is my favourite, as it really is an awesome song. Almost title track, We Got The Beat, is a 50s spy movie soundtrack vs Ramones mashup that works wonders. Skidmarks On My Heart has that space/surf guitar that's always fitting. A little bit of jingle-jangle on How Much More. This Town has that twangy guitar thing over a thrashing riff and lyrics that portray the decadence in LA at the time, really powerful. Fading Fast somehow foreshadows Belinda's solo career. Automatic has a stomp that really sounds automatic.  Beauty And The Beat is probably not a 10/10 for me, but it had an impact at the moment it was released and so many pop elements to enjoy that it is still a vital listening. I will surely come back to this album in the next few days. 

AMAZING. Top notch. Every song was so fun. I was wondering how I knew the words to every single song, but then I remembered that my mom used to play this album for me all the time when I was a kid! Love it.

Contains Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got The Beat and no filler at all. Jane Wiedlin en Belinda Carlisle released excellent solo albums and the other Go-Go's albums are great too, but this album is perfect. Catchy guitar songs, lots of hooks, some kind of new wave blueprint for many 90s alternative rock albums, but what I like most about their music is that -just like the Ramones, Blondie, B-52's - they mix their guitar songs with 60s pop influences, which combined with excellent vocals really makes their music stand out.

pretty good high energy pop stuff

love the drums, harmony. definitely captures a certain moment in time. live cuts on the deluxe version show they are definitely punk.

Really nice and fun sounds

Dirge

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.

Banda bem legal, uma mistura de pop e rock bem interessante.

Listened to on 2/22/22 4.5/5 Favorite songs: our lips are sealed, can’t stop the world, you can’t walk in your sleep If I had a getting read my montage in the 80s, I would absolutely want it to be set to this album. It’s so fun and upbeat and perfect to sing into a brush while teasing your hair

Very fun pop album with some classics (We Got The Beat). Would listen again.

2/23/22 Wish I had this album on a Friday! Such a fun and upbeat listen with two songs I already knew which is always fun! A little too 80s for my daily music taste, but definitely enjoyed it Favorite Song: We Got the Beat

This is a shockingly good album. Some great pop bops (We Got the Beat), but some great darker tunes (Automatic). I feel like with a little modern production this could be an all time album?

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.

Really fun album to listen to! New wave/pop from the 80's with a lot of quality. Was very surprised. Favorite tracks: * Can't Stop The World * Our Lips Are Sealed * You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)

Never gave these lyrics a close listen before. There's more than meets the eye here. Quality rock songs paired with clever lyrics. Great bass playing too. Favorite tracks: You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep), This Town, Our Lips Are Sealed

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

The album title is fantastic. The music: feel-good-rock with a west coast vibe. It succeeds in that respect and is gernerally a very easy listen. The mood and tempo is very similar in most of these songs. Still, it's a worthwhile listen. Highlights: Lust to Love and Fading Fast. 4/5

Yeah they were pretty good. I like the opener.

Great!!!!!

Очень понравился женский рок-ен-ролл. Погружает в атмосферу 80х

This album has aged vwry well. Young, raw energy is still fresh and makes me feel happy and optimistic.

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

Strong Blondie-vibes!

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

Fun one.

Classic new wave pop.

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.

Some promising songs (the town, fading fast) but overall has an immature, underdeveloped sound. Up tempo is a hair too fast, underwhelming vocals aim for edginess but falling short. I can see the relevance of the album but don’t love the delivery.

Really enjoyed nice and upbeat

Very enjoyed this one

cool tunes 4/5

i was impressed, i feel generous, 4 for you!

You know me

CUTE AND FUN BOPS. Look, after a year of mopey boring british new wave, and stomach churning thrash metal, it's really great to hear an album that is nice and fun and cute.

The start of the "girl band" in rock, this album is pure pop/rock joy from start to finish.

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

Meh, all pretty samey.

Nope

Thought this was excellent throughout. Very uplifting.

Insipid 80s pop by numbers.

Alright

Not a full nappy but some skidmarks

-”We Got The Beat” is pretty darn catchy -”Automatic is pretty cool as well, the start-stop bits are notable and the main riff is very psychadelicy. -The alternating bass drum/lyrics and guitar riff bit in the chorus is very nice in “Skidmarks On My Heart.” Also some great drum fills in there. -Overall solid album, not mind-blowing, but very pleasant. The songs have enough energy and enough going on to keep it interesting.

Ok..

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.

Veel van hetzelfde.

This album is just fun. Don't know how anyone wouldn't like it.

ok

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

This was a fun album to listen to. My favourite tracks were Our Lips Are Sealed and Can't Stop The World.

Catchy riffs, good vocals

Un disc de pop com aquest només podria haver sorgit en un període com el de 1978-1982. Abans la producció no hauria estat igual de poderosa, i després hauria quedat massa edulcorat. Les cançons també hi són, però no hi ha cap single que domini el minutatge; és tot plegat un excel.lent disc de pop en el millor sentit del génere. Belinda Carlisle cauria més endavant en les urpes dels 80, malgrat algun que altre gran tema. Però aquí, ella i la banda brillen de forma espectacular

this slaps, especially for the 80s

Great Album, nice to sit back and listen to some more unknown GoGo's songs that isn't just we got the beat.

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

Pretty good, consistently strong tracks. "Our lips are sealed" > "We got the beat". Revolutionary in 1981 I'm sure, though listening in the modern day it sounds a little samey.

we got the beat :D

Like a poppier, bouncier X?

Exuberant and fun pop full of pretty enjoyable hooks

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

Still a real gem and a new wave/pop icon. Maybe a little lightweight to quite attain masterpiece status for me but a strong 4

Digging it. Good vibe, good beats, good pacing. Really solid and would definitely listen to it again.

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

Well this album was quite the bop - quite the toe tapper Noteworthy track: Lust To Love

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

I love the Go-Go's! This album is a perfect slice of nostalgic pop heaven.

This album is fun personified.

Sorprendentemente hueno, guardado. P: 8 T: 4 G: 8

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

4 odlicno, zabavno

Solid album

Really great album! Got two listens within 24 hours, a rare feat. Released in 1981, it's part of a (new) wave of change in pop music. The songwriting is good and the tempo is enjoyably up-beat. Good dish-washing music.

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

not my style

I thought it was good for the era but not one I would rush to put back on.

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.

Great pop rock album, so far I've loved the whole tracklist. Great drummer, catchy tunes.

I like their valley of the go-gos better.vits more punk less new wave

I can see how they are so influential.

Absolutely loved it

its not bad, its not good. pretty boring

¿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.

Engaging and fun music, liked this

Helt fanande

Fun, energetic and musically detailed beneath the poppy surface. I wish I would've listened to this before

eh

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

fun! lorelai!

Poptastic

Good

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.

Un excellent album de la part de ce groupe de gonzesses survoltées. Le titre How Much More a d'ailleurs été choisi comme générique de l'émission Petits plats en équilibre présenté par Laurent Mariotte et accompagne aujourd'hui à merveille les passages très télégéniques de cuisson au four.

Un album qui a particulièrement plu à mon compère roblumière, lui étant je le rapelle président du fan club des groupes de pétasses. 4 mois après les New York Dolls, c'était donc au tour des Go-Go danseuses de faire chavirer le coeur de notre ami, qui s'empressa de se munir de son vernis à ongle pour lancer cet album. Je dois bien lui reconnaitre que cette fois, cet album était excellent.

Great album. Very new wave/ punk sounding. Great songs.

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

We Got the Beat is the least interesting song on this album. I didn't expect it to be so packed with legit tunes. Best track: Our Lips Are Sealed

Great Album - love the Go Go's.

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Lots of fun

Led Zeppelin is beloved for a reason. I think legalization will help resurrect them a little.

An album so great, they never even tried to top it. "Beauty and the Beat" sounds like 1981, yet somehow timeless at the same time. "Our Lips Are Sealed" is a classic opener, letting all 5 members shine and setting you up for everything. And the rest of the album is full of absolute bangers. I'm surprised this didn't have at least 4 more monster singles. The Go-Go's would throw out a few more albums, even have some more hit singles, but their long overdue Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame election is because of this album. Truth be told, there's an argument suggesting Belinda Carlisle had a more successful career than the Go-Go's. I don't necessarily agree with that; Carlisle had more hit singles (including a number 1 in "Heave On Earth"), but I couldn't come up with a title of one of her solo albums to save my life. But this album is still as close to a perfect blend of new-wave meets power-pop as you'll ever hear.

Musicianship, hooks, energy. Perfection

we got the beat

4/5 well that was a surprise! good album! Amazing title pun as well!

Aside from Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got The Beat, I don't think I'm too familiar with the Go-Go's. What a shame, because this album was fun and full of sunshine - with the occasional moment that made my heart ache for some reason. Very very nice.

Vacation still their best song

A crisp packet floating like gossamer in a gentle Spring breeze, but filmed with a faded neon filter and replayed at x3 speed. Yum.

4.5

Too much Belinda :D

alright listenable not memorable

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

Bouncy for a Monday

surprisingly modern, ditzy and clean 🧼

a good pop album

Good poppy rock, they have their sound locked in pretty well. Everyone should be familiar with the singles from this album, overall a good album I probably wouldn't have heard otherwise.