Beauty And The Beat

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).

We got the Beat alright, they have their hit and did capture the essence of the early 80's but didn't really stick around to define much else.

Background music to a coming of age Hollywood film. Not bad, not great. Some of the beats throughout were really cool and the voices were super effective throughout at keeping me listening. However I was bored a lot of the time. In the context of how this fits into the music industry would be interesting to me. I can see an album and a group like this being influential and can even hear some of the beats and guitar styles used in a number of more modern songs, like Jimmy Eat World - The Middle. Fun at times, but overall uninspired.

not for me. thankfully it was short.

Eh

If you like the 80s sound, you’ll like this. I don’t, so…

En 1981, le punk, le vrai, celui qui sentait la bière tiède et le cuir moisi, était déjà en train de crever la gueule ouverte à Londres et à New York. À Los Angeles, la scène était encore plus hardcore, plus violente, avec des groupes comme Black Flag ou les Circle Jerks qui jouaient leur haine de la banlieue à 200 à l'heure. C'était un truc de mecs, un truc brutal et sans concession. Et puis, au milieu de ce champ de mines de testostérone, cinq nanas ont débarqué. Elles venaient de ce même milieu punk, mais elles avaient commis le péché ultime : elles savaient écrire des putains de bonnes chansons pop. Et le pire ? Elles souriaient. The Go-Go's, c'était ça, une anomalie, une bouffée d'air frais californien dans une cave londonienne. Quand leur premier album, "Beauty and the Beat", est sorti, et surtout quand le clip de "Our Lips Are Sealed" a commencé à tourner en boucle sur MTV, c'était une petite révolution. Cinq filles, qui jouaient de leurs propres instruments et écrivaient leurs propres morceaux, qui n'étaient pas les marionnettes d'un producteur véreux. Rien que pour ça, historiquement, ce disque est un jalon qui a prouvé à toute une industrie que "girls band" ne voulait pas forcément dire "potiches interchangeables". Et il faut le reconnaître, quarante ans plus tard, l'efficacité de la formule est intacte. Les deux singles qui ouvrent quasiment le disque sont des monuments de power pop. "Our Lips Are Sealed" est une merveille de mélancolie adolescente, avec cette ligne de basse rebondissante et ces guitares surf qui carillonnent comme le soleil sur le Pacifique. "We Got the Beat" est un hymne hédoniste et irrésistible, une invitation à danser qui ferait se trémousser un régiment de la garde républicaine. C'est brillant, c'est frais, c'est le son d'un été éternel. À l'époque, j'étais gamin, et je découvrais ce genre de sons à la télé et ça ne ressemblait à rien de ce que j'écoutais. C'était coloré, fun, et ça avait le goût sucré de l'interdit facile. Des années plus tard, cet album était un classique du rayon "New Wave" ou "80's Pop" mais jamais, au grand jamais, on ne l'aurait classé dans le bac "Punk". Et c'est là la raison de mon 2 sur 5. Car si on gratte le vernis pop ultra-brillant, que reste-t-il de l'attitude punk dont elles se réclamaient ? Pas grand-chose, pour être honnête. C'est du punk pour les bals de promo où la rébellion des Go-Go's se limite à sécher un cours ou à mentir à ses parents. On est à des années-lumière de la rage sociale des Clash ou de la poésie crasseuse des Ramones. Les paroles parlent de mecs, de fêtes, de fringues... C'est charmant, mais c'est terriblement superficiel. Mais le plus gros problème de "Beauty and the Beat", c'est qu'il est construit comme un 45 tours avec une face A monumentale et une face B anecdotique. Une fois que les deux tubes imparables sont passés, le reste de l'album s'écoute sans déplaisir, mais sans surprise non plus. C'est une succession de morceaux de power pop bien ficelés, mais interchangeables, qui suivent tous plus ou moins la même recette. Ça manque de relief, de profondeur, de ce petit grain de folie qui fait qu'un bon album devient un grand album. C'est un disque terriblement attachant, une capsule temporelle parfaite d'une époque d'insouciance et il a un mérite historique immense. Mais dans le cadre de ce projet "1001 albums à écouter avant de mourir", on est en droit d'attendre plus qu'une poignée de singles brillants. On attend une oeuvre cohérente, qui vous transporte, vous bouscule, vous marque au fer rouge. "Beauty and the Beat" vous fait taper du pied pendant dix minutes, puis vous laisse poliment retourner à vos occupations. C'est un excellent EP déguisé en album un peu paresseux. Parfait pour une boum, mais un peu léger pour le Panthéon.

Quite forgettable

Two songs, worth 2/5

The songs are quite plain and rather boring. It has a nice positive energy though. I guess they are in the list for being among the firsts to use this style? 5/10

Kinda unexpectedly punky. Only a few songs that stood out though. High 2.

Eighties pop that does what it does quite well without excelling. Sounds like a group of people working out how to be musicians. Lyrically and musically simple but I guess that's what pop is. It's a two or three

Not much variety, didn't care for it, basic 80's sound

Fun!

Lightweight.

Not feeling it. I know they were a hit when it came out, but it does r have enough octane for me.

Not one I will revisit

Was decent

Not impressed… We got the beat and Our lips are sealed are certified jams but the rest is filler music. Nothing very impressive and their guitar style is annoying. Great bass tone on Our Lips Are Sealed. Very Lorelei Gilmore vibes coming from this group though.

Mag ich nicht so, hab ich aber auch nicht durchgehört

Lamr

Pretty inoffensive early pop punk which kind of defeats the point. Really good vocals though

Two hit singles don't make an album one of the most important of all time. Similar gripe to that horrible Kings if Leon album. At least this album has some groove to it occasionally, though many of the songs sounded identical. 1.5/5 -> 2/5.

Not my cup of tea

Too poppy for me.

2.5 but 2

Does not sound unpleasant, it is cheerful and could be good for parties. Musically it is very simple/ a bit boring though; bog standard pop time measures and chord changes. I wouldn't "listen" to this album, it would be background at best. So, can't give it more than 2* even though it sounds alright (like a million other pop albums).

Catchy and poppy but not really my style.

But blah

Hmmm, I guess it was fine. Not really my thing.

Not as seminal as the reviews would suggest

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

Wished I had more fun with it. Eh

Definitely my least favorite album I’ve checked out so far. I’m trying not to be hyperbolic, but it’s also one of the most boring albums I’ve ever listened to. Just the same shit over and over again, empty songwriting, bland surf rock instrumentals. I think my breaking point was the track “You Can’t Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep)”. As soon as I heard that awful title I broke. 4/10

Rock muy básico de minitas. Bastante choto, poco que rescatar.

Ok

Album de pop promedio, not my thing, pero tiene un par de temas lindos 5/10 TF: This Town/Automatic

Not much to say about this album. Not a fan of new wave or punk, so this one doesn't really land for me. Some of the slower tracks are good, and it makes me wish the album had more of them. Top tracks: Just to Love, Fading Fast

Obviously recognized a couple songs. Overall not terrible, but seemed a bit dated.

Ponderous 80s bubblegum pop dross.

It’s fine? Production sounded good for the early 80s. Music is catchy enough - reminded me of the B-52s and early REM with the guitar sound and the surf inspired solos/flourishes. None of the lyrics really grabbed my attention. Overall, it’s similar to the ABBA album Arrival. It’s not bad, wouldn’t mind if these songs came up on shuffle, but I won’t be searching this one out for repeat listening.

This was fun

Not my jive, has a great beat and a couple iconic songs but overall I don’t think I’d use it for self enjoyment.

Iconic high energy 80s sound. I like the bright, energetic punk vibe but vocals can get a bit annoying. Their hits (Our Lips are Sealed, We've Got the Beat) are good, but I've heard them so many times in movies, on the radio, and on every 1980s playlist that they've become a bit stale. Did like Automatic and You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep). "Can't stop the world, so why let it stop you" 2/5

boring punk

1. our lipz are zealed - 1 2. houu much more - 1 3. tonight - 1.5 4. luzt to love - 1.5 5. thiz touun - 1 6. uue got the beat - 1.5 7. fading fazt - 1.5 8. automatic - 1 9. you cant uualk - 0 10. zkidmarkz - 1 11. ztop the uuorld - 0

Fun girl band out of the 90’s. Made it big with a couple of good songs.

Absolutely not my style

This wasn’t bad but Im not that into the go gos.

Like a middle aged music critic I found myself nostalgic for guitar driven pop music. All the songs are kind of the same and various degrees of catchiness. Our lips are sealed holds up

A pretty homogeneous new wave album with some frankly ridiculous lyrics. It is quite fun though, not too bad at all, just if you’ve heard We’ve Got the Beat you’ve basically heard the whole thing

meh again

meh

Not my jam

2/5. A whole album of songs that sounds like we got the beat is too much for me.

Le debut album de ce groupe de new wave. Le vibe est pas plate, mais pas assez pour m'accrocher plus qu'il faut.

A couple of fun songs from the way back machine. The remainder is nothing to write home about and sounds very dated.

ok .... Better than expected but there is better music from this time period. 2.5 for the hits .......

Cute, kind of catchy, didn't grab me

Beauty And The Beat by the go-go’s is a pop album with good moments but can become incredibly boring. the influence of this album in modern pop is clear and this band set the way for female pop stars but the album has little memorable moments. the opening song is the best of the album by far and is also the most popular. the album overall is very forgettable despite its influence

Very pop-y good album but just not my genre

This album has a fun, punk, teenager feel. While this is not really my style, I liked the drums and occasionally riff through the album. I did not love the style of singing, however. I felt it sounded whiny and a little too high pitched. It was still a fun listen though, and would be an album I would recommend for a dance or a party with an 80s theme.

Ik wil echt graag lange reviews geven, maar dit album pakt me niet vast. Ik heb geen zin om te blijven luisteren dus al snel glijdt het naar de achtergrond. Jammer

This album reminded me of a later female group from the USSR, Kombinatsiya. It seems to me that they were inspired by Go Go's. Overall, the album is fun, fresh, light, but I didn't really like the sound quality and performance.

Didn’t really care for. It’s fine but not for me.

I guess this was pretty fun but it feels very throwaway. Won’t be revisiting.

Not my jam

Were already have Beatles.

Very 80s. Nothing offensive, but not really rocking my boat. Moments of almost pop punk sounds, but they don't push enough into it.

belanglos

Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: XTC - Statue of Liberty Squeeze - Another Nail in my Heart R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe Modern English - I Melt With You The English Beat - End of the Party

22/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 1981 cookie-cutter pop. Life's too short to waste time on this.

Really not a new wave guy

Ни ту ни тамо 4/10

It was alright. Pretty basic pop album and probably only made the list because of Our Lips are Sealed which is definitely iconic so I will give it that.

A girl band. Yay.

"We got the beat" slaps, everything else is skippable

OK, not my thing so didn't like very much.

Decent. 2/5

Sorry, don't get it.

Mehh

Had to deduct a star for Skidmarks on my Heart

Meh

Eleven songs roll by at a break neck pace, but without many standouts. Our Lips Are Sealed is great, We Got the Beat is well known, but what else here is memorable? None of it is bad, it’s all well executed new wave bubblegum pop punk, but if those two songs weren’t on this album what else would we talk about?

don't have much to say - decent album but nothing special to my ears. 2/5. Listed 2x.

Cute songs, but nothing really special about this album.

Bof bof, ça faisait très pop rock générique

Nope. Felt weird listening to that at my age

Forgettable, cookie cutter, boring.

I thought some was real nice and some was pretty boring and repetitive

Not for me.

THIS IS REAAAALL RADIO MUSIC https://i.imgur.com/bdNo99O.png

Viisaus... uudelleenkuuntelua... objektia..

Fine

I guess it was different in their hey-day being an all girl rock band, but it sounds a bit dated now.

How feminist of me

Not special

sorta annoying

Got bored, samey.

Super simple music. Not really my thing either

This felt like I was listening to Josie and the Pussycats. Kinda fun for a driving-in-the-sun day but would never listen to this album intentionally again

They really 'beat' you over the head with the repetitiveness of these melodies. 2 advils out of 5 💊 💊

It's pop from back in the 80s. Way better than the commercial pop songs now, but still have lost my interest already I'm afraid.

I'm all for girls rock band sounding fresh, even naïve at times. It's a nice change of pace compared to the usual rock male circus. That said, and exactly like I expect this for bands only having guys in their ranks, I need a minimum of, well... *substance* in an album--either lyrically or melodically. And if not, at least I want something that's intense, even if only a little. Or something genuinely fun and/or thrilling. Alas, apart from a couple of tracks like "This Town", *Beauty And The Beat* is none of those things. Every time you think a song is gonna reach a certain level of genuine excitement, it actually lets you down. Some of those songs sound like a subpar version of REM, without the stellar arrangements or the romantic choruses. Others, like "The Beat", clearly foretell Bikini Kill/Kathleen Hannah's riot grrrrrl odyssey (The Go-Go's were clearly an inspiration for her). But without a healthy amount of true punk rock in the proceedings, *Beauty And The Beat* mostly sounds cheesy and shallow now--like a cheesier version of Blondie, if you will. Hannah would probably disagree here, but hell, where's the true energy in all this? Make no mistake, the record is competently played and produced, and it has a few nice guitar licks (as in "Skidmarks On My Heart" or "Can't Stop The World"). But most of the *songs* are oh-so boring... There's been many essential albums made by girl rock bands since the eighties--bands such as The Breeders, Bikini Kill, Elastica, L7, Sleater-Kinney, Wet Leg, Porridge Radio... Unfortunately, most of them are overlooked in Dimery's list. And this is not the inclusion of this old and clearly dated LP that's gonna make up for such blatant mistakes here... Number of albums left to review: 648 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 177 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 97 (including this one)

Blaah, nyt tiedän mistä Icona Pop on saanut vaikutteensa.

Ihan perus-ok-hömppä-rokkialbumi. Sounds vaikuttais saaneen näiltä vaikutteita? Ei mitään mullistavaa kuitenkaan

Fun pop punk?? Not so sure

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 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.

+ 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.

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.

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

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

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

Generic

Nah

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

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.

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.

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

pretty boring. Jingle jangle. 2

Bread shed

Dirge

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.

Nope

Insipid 80s pop by numbers.

Not a full nappy but some skidmarks

Ok..

Veel van hetzelfde.

ok

not my style

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

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

its not bad, its not good. pretty boring

eh

Too much Belinda :D

Passable and hooky

It's meh. Not for me.

Decent vocals and production, bass was enjoyable.

It didn't really stick in my mind. There's a couple of fun songs on it, and you can definitely hear the progenitors of punk and riot grrrl on this, but hearing it for the first time this year it doesn't sound that special.

Very 80s girl band sounding. Not that great though. I like certain bits that sound a bit like old school punk beats (similar beat to The Clash and similar bands) 2/5

I can't say I will remember it in a few days.

Nope, inte så bra. Kände igen en låt men det va från lemonade mouth tror jag såååå aa nääe. 2/5

Girl group New Wave. Best Tracks: How Much More, Tonite, We Got The Beat

Plano

Catchy pop, but pretty lightweight.

It was alright, nothing more. **

Ik vind dit totaal niet bijzonder

I don’t know, I didn’t need that much GoGos in one sitting

I really wanted to like it - I love the opener but the rest of the album becomes a bit of a chore. You can appreciate how they opened the door but its just a bit to girl band at times.

Not bad, just not really my style

I'm a real slut for this kind of girl pop/rock music.... but this was just ok to me. The singles are worth listening to and the rest feels like generic 80s filler.

Almost as if the Friends theme song was on repeat for 11 tracks in a row. Giving strong Glitter Boys vibes. Would dance to this music by spinning in circles while jumping up and down quickly. Title song sounds like a mash up of We Are The Kids in America, Green Day, and the movie Grease. Would make good music for dramatic soap opera montages or driving scenes in the movie Clueless. This album is not the song by Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj, nor is it similar in any way.

So many tracks I've never heard. Not a big fan of their up-beat jangly songs, which is what I always associated them with. But Fading Fast and Automatic in particular are great. Can hear the influence they likely had on Veruca Salt, Elastica, etc. Tough call, can I split this into two separate albums and rate separately?

Rated using my new system: Production: 11/20 Songwriting: 9/20 Innovation: 6/20 Presence of pure bangers: 5/20 Emotional response: 5/20 =36 Between 20 and 40 is a 2.

5/10 alright lady punk, not for me.

2.3

I listened tl about half of it, not my favorite cup of tea

Energisk new wave 80 pop, udelukkende kvinder

Oh good, some new wave. It's been a few days. Fucking hell. Like this is kinda ok, there's nothing wrong with it, but it really is unremarkable, and why is there so fucking much of it on this list?!?!?! It ain't RIGHT, damn it. 2/5.

No no’s.

No just no

Sounds like manufactured pop to me. None of it interesting & some of it awful.

For how close it is to a genre I enjoy hearing it really doesn't do it for me which is upsetting. It might just be that so many more modern projects have perfected this sound which may be why its fallen short for me. Like really short

I almost gave it two stars, because I know it was a whole thing in 81, but I just really fucking hate this and couldn’t listen to the whole album. I get it, it’s catchy, it’s female “punk” that is also pop, the harmonies work... but I just really fucking hate it and something about the timber in the vocals just puts me off. Sometimes music surprises me by how fresh it can sound after decades and decades, but this just sounds like a relic of the early 80s in the worst way possible.

Album cover ass. One of them look like a relative so thanks for that I guess a little weird.

Not for me pop shite

Boring as hell

Getting this album on my birthday ruined my day.

Ich dachte Kim Wilde wäre schlimm. Aber da kannte ich diese Band noch nicht.

Struggled to get through it. Not a bad album as such, just a very plain sound with nothing worth watching out for. Probably not going to go back to this album, although didn't hate the album, wouldn't mind if someone else is playing it.

The instruments sound very shallow. The songs all sound similar. Not a fan.

Dont like it

Good but samey

Very upbeat, I don't think that's really my style. I get a very "80's high school girl" vibe from it. That being said, I can understand why people would like it

puta mierda

Nope

I like their famous track but the rest is SO banal oh my GOODNESS couldn't get past Lust To Love.

Kind of music that rather annoys me

Not my type of music.

Not my vibe after a couple songs. They all started to sound the same.

Poppy rubbish.

Nej.. alt for 80’er punk poppet i irriterende tempo

Struggled through this. Reminded my of a reporter friend in the early 90s, a guy who was all about this band. Never got that.

1/2

Very upbeat but too monotonous for me. I’d compare it to a discount ABBA.

Not really my taste in music, felt very bland.

More like skid marks from my shart.

It was hard for me to start this album. It’s a bit too loud for my taste. If I heard it by chance on the radio, I wouldn’t skip it it’s cool, it’s nice, but not something I’d listen to on a regular day.

Nooo, I didn't like it because it reminds me of ABBA a little.

Tão insignificante que nem vale a pena sequer falar mal. Um disco sem propósito e esquecível.

blah, all the songs sound like the same. This is not my thing in any way.

I just could not make myself listen to it

My ears are ring-ing

not for me.

Lame

no

Shit Sandwich

Boring, hard to listen to. Why would anyone need to hear this before they die!?

Nein! Mag ich nicht! Klingt alles gleich!

Every song sounds the same. It's cool for the first half but drags bad in the second. 4.5/10

Not for me

Bleh

So middle of the road that it deserves nothing. A waste of time.

elevator music

Ganz nett aber keine Erleuchtung.

Didn't like, boring

Never was my kind of music

meh,

nothing standout just some poppy rock i’m not gelling with

I find my mind blanking on what to wit about this album. It really didn't do anything for me. There was a couple songs I recognized on it.

Bubblegum 80’s pop of no interest to me at all. Only good thing is that The Go-Go’s included Jane Wiedlin who went on to record a great single Rush Hour which is one of my top guilty pleasures. None of the tracks on this album resemble or come anywhere near that. 1/5 27/12/24

Absolutna strata czasu i złodziej miejsca na bardziej wartościowy album na tej liście. Choć ma chwytliwe radio-friendly utwory, takie jak "We Got the Beat" czy "Tonite", reszta materiału wypada przeciętnie i działa to bardzo słabo jako album. Struktura piosenek jest prostacka, a tekstowo wypada tak, że jestem w stanie uwierzyć, że Go-Go's miały dostęp do ChatuGPT w 1981. Zespół, który wywodzi się z punkowej sceny, ma zero pierdolnięcia przez sterylną produkcję muzyczną, co odbiera autentyczności całemu brzmieniu. Muzyczny odpowiednik lalki "Punk-rock Barbie". Wokal Belindy Carlisle jest mało dynamiczny, co dodatkowo osłabia jakikolwiek potencjał emocjonalny utworów. Na tle innych zespołów z tego okresu, takich jak Blondie czy The Pretenders, Go-Go’s wypadają słabo, nie wnosząc nic nowatorskiego. Album wydaje się bardziej komercyjnym produktem niż prawdziwą ekspresją artystyczną. W sumie idealnie pasuje do amerykańskich malls, gdzie królował. Ocena: Mocne 1, bo śmiechłem po zobaczeniu tytułu "Skidmarks on my heart"

1/5. this town was ok. but every song sounded kinda the same.

not for me

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Awful jangly guitar pop with little to no variety across the tracks.

Best Song: This Town Hits: Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got The Beat Worst Song: Skidmarks On My Heart I'm not sure if I like this album or any less than Belinda Carlisle's solo work. Her voice is annoying and while Our Lips Are Sealed and This Town are not terrible, we Got the Beat is the album's big hit and it is horrible. It's mind boggling that this made the list. It feels more like they had to find a way to put in an "all-girl" rock band than this being a deserving entry. I also realized while listening to it that I like New Wave less than Psychedelic rock. Every backing track of every New Wave song sounds like every song on this album.

Quite nice pop but not very inspiring and vocals with a thin voice

unlistenable bubblegum trite. a body composed seemingly as a vehicle to justify the perfectly sandwiched we got the beat, which itself is washed out by the soulless homogeneity of each song.

Here we go go again.

Bit of a struggle. Sacked of half way

Eh. Even we got the beat isn't a song I really like. Vacation is a good one but it's not on this album. The lead singer actually reminds of Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney. I know this is a subjective review as there is nothing on face value wrong with the band but the songs are just kind of boring to me. I'm sure they're a fun show/good band but not my favorite new wave band.

I needed this after crosby stills and nash - fun pop light antidote. fun candy floss. some fun but nothing stunning - nice to hear Belinda Carlisles voice on a few.... how is this essential listening. to document the pop of the era, the first big girl band in a while? does that mean Bananarama will be here too?