Beauty And The Beat

Really catchy songwriting and punchy arrangements. The first 'pop punk' album?

Some New Wave! I liked that it had some different textures to it. It didn't feel like the same idea over and over. There is some prog rock-ish stuff, some folk-ish stuff. The back half is really nice. I enjoyed "Automatic" in particular. Its nice and short. A 3!

Pretty cool, I think I'll listen to it again soon

Much more B-52s than I had been expecting, though in re-listening to We Got The Beat (maybe for the first full time? I'm not sure) I totally should have been expecting that

Surprisingly loved the beat

Good getting ready for girls night album, bur other than that it’s quite generic

It's 3.5

I think it's fair to say that I know far more about the Go Go's unruly behaviour than I do their music since I'm not American and it didnt get much UK radio.play at the time. I'm quite looking forward to listening.. Starting off with a Terry Hall tune (love him to bits), I think i prefer the Fun Boy 3 version, but its still a good track and a fine opener. Track 2 sounds like the mighty HMHB. I like this. So does track 3.... Track 4 ditto Track 5, yup more of the same. I.listened to this whilst at work and let it wash over me, I've never been good at focusing on lyrics (its all about the music for me) so not really sure what the songs are about. Musically it all sounds a bit samey, although familiar f(or the reason provided above,) it's nice enough, but wouldnt have said it was smsomething that I NEEDED to hear before I died, even though I now have I could have played drums in this band if i wasnt 7 at the time of recording and had tits. Update, it was a Terry Hall co-write....credit to the other writer, (whoever they were i couldn't be bothered to remeber)

I’m on a roll, another album I enjoyed. The only song I knew was the opener (albeit the Fun Boy Three version), and whilst the Go Go’s version was decent I actually preferred the more punky 80s pop material present throughout the album, particularly How Much More and This Town. The only gripe really was it was a bit samey after a while but when the songs are enjoyable you don’t mind too much that it’s the same. Was it a classic? Not really. Did it put a smile on my face? Yes. I’m going to plump for a decent 3.5/5

Really fun 80's pop rock. The high energy on this album is infectious.

Honestly not a bad record at all. The Go-Go’s have really mastered their style of synthy, energetic pop rock songs, and overall the whole album just tends to go by without much fluff. A nice fun, new-wave album that is both nice and upbeat and joyous.

Divertido pero tampoco me ha apasionado.

3 1/2 Stars: For a group of women who just learned instruments and formed a band, this is a pretty solid debut. The writing is good about the typical labors of love. The hits are the standouts here. The rest of tracks have a certain medium tempo filler vibe and aren't necessarily memorable.

Fun and punchy but doesn't really hold attention.

Their punctuation is dreadful but the songs are fun – bouncy and upbeat with a punkish frisson – and I always like to hear some women rock out (especially on this damn list). For such a short album, it feels a bit drawn out, maybe because the songs are quite similar.

Sounds like Spice Girls for adults on first impression! Jolly enough and a couple of known hits but nothing mind-blowing. Prefer Belinda Carlisle as a solo artist.

No time for long review -enjoyed... good fun!

fun!

Actually enjoying this more than I expected.

It went by really quick, and it didn't annoy me once. Solid spin, but nothing that stood out to me as amazing.

Iconic and set the scene for a decade.

Svak 3. For sukkersøtt

Ikke noe Justin Bieber+Nicki Minaj selvfølgelig, men fortsatt ganske bra. Sterk 3er

Didn't really like the first half of the album, but the second half is pretty decent.

A great album and now held up as an important piece of work. At the time I thought it was ok but derivative. The single was great though. The big song is Our Lips are Sealed. This is still one of the great songs.

not that bad actually Would I listen again: not really Deserves to be on this list: yeah 3.0

fun

Good

Album has much more of an edge than I was expecting (because I had only ever heard We Got the Beat and Vacation) and it's really cool. Big fan of This Town, Lust to Love, and who am I kidding, We Got the Beat rocks. Kinda drags in the second half.

Fun songs, but I was disappointed that the rest of the songs didn’t reach the heights of the two famous singles.

poppy but not super interesting

Si.

Respect the punk stylings of the gogos you can tell they’re using every tool in their toolkit. It makes for some transcendent pop but gets samey

Starts with a big hit and gets a bit boring later

This album was huge when I was a kid, the two giant hits, "Our Lips Are Sealed" & "We Got The Beat" were on the radio and MTV non-stop. I can say I've never listened to it all the way through so this is new to me. I always wondered what they would have been like in the clubs before they got signed, a bit more punky and edgy, I assume. Someone polished them up and made them (a little too) family friendly. "Tonite" is a great 80's song, layered and polished, with a hook and an upbeat new wave sound. "This Town" was a minor hit, it's got a good guitar melody but pretty average. The two giant hits, have 91M listens ("Lips") and 112M listens ("Beat"), so they're still getting played by the next generation. This was one of the first all-girl bands to see major success as not just singers but musicians. There's good vocal work, nice guitar licks, steady drum/base lines, they weren't a joke like so many boy bands that came after them. I respect this album and the impact it had at the time - it was groundbreaking, it had the hits, has staying power & is likeable. 3.5 stars.

Nice, and easy to listen but forgettable. Played it 3 times and can't remember it

Has a nice section of 3 or 4 songs in the middle. More pop than punk but not bad.

Nice girl band with a punk kind of poppy twist. It's fun to listen, but does it actually deserve a spot in a 1001 best albums list?

Bastante guapo

Eeeh … our lips are sealed is awesome, idk! It’s nice, I like them, idk if i need to hear it, still I like it.

These deep tracks actually slap. How much more, lust to love (which has a dope staccato guitar riff), etc.

Good in places. You can hear what individual members would go on to a little too.

This was pretty fun and I would like to apologise to the Go-Go's for thinking that Justin Bieber invented "beauty and the beat" 😩

Nice fun listen

Repetitive

I found this one surprisingly listenable. There are some interesting instrumental parts I wouldn't have expected, ranging from almost punk-ish palm mutes to surfy-psychedelic stuff. Not my favorite, but I dreaded this one before I checked it out.

Good album but to me sounded a bit repetetive but i love the chorus on most songs! Her voice is also cool!

so cute

More new wave

First listen. This is alright. Nothing exciting. The singles are very popular.

Fun songs. Nothing too deep about it

This was aloooooota fun, love that punk/new wave California guitar sound. And the band name alone is fantastic, let alone the album name - good fun stuff wish I was in a band that was good and fun. 3.8/5.0 Best Song: How Much More

From the original version of My Lips Are Sealed, to We Got The Best. These bitchers are legends and It did not know their name.

Imy sister was in the Columbia record club and we had this one on cassette!!

Fav: Lust to Love L: Automatic 3 How much more (of this list) can I take before I go crazy? At the end of Skidmarks On My Heart they sing "I'm driving in risk" but I kept hearing "I'm dominant race" and I was like what am I listening to. Anyway, this album frustrated me. Almost every song needed something more, more shape, more speed and energy or more emotion. Like if these songs were like 20% more interesting in some way or another this would be an amazing album. It's still good though. Album cover: 4 I think its color palette and take on the basic these are the band members is good. Album title: 1.5 A cappella group name type of title in a bad way. They do have We Got The Beat as a song in there though so not quite a complete throwaway album title.

Du punk criard de girlz. Est-ce que Sleater-Kinney se serait inspiré de ça? Ma culture punk n'est pas assez calée. Ça m'a semblé avoir l'énergie d'un groupe de synth-pop des 80s, mais guitar-driven. Pas totalement mauvais, mais pas vraiment mon genre non plus.

Like a glass of distilled water at room temperature.

Decent album. A teeny bop vibe

Fun girl rock to skate to. We got the beat will always be awesome. Too monotone for a higher rating, but solid and enjoyable

A good slice of power pop. Enjoyable if unspectacular.

Generic pop. Love the fact that they’re trailblazing women though!

I like it. Tracks like tonite, fading fast, lust to love, the town got me tapping toes and bopping my head. I love the pause in automatic. This album has a lotta drums i like it. I would rate it a 6. Love the vibes. Present karens would be bopping their heads to this. Ig it's prime white girl music. Fading fast had a sad tone to it which I liked. Overall a good album no complaints

Not bad at all. 3 Stars

fun but forgettable for me

Some of these Go-Go hard, but overall I'd consider this average.

7,50/10 Muy buen album, muy alegre y divertido. Me fusto bastante, muy linda voz y pega muy bien con la instrumental

i hate that i cant put half stars

Gotta be in contention for the most feminine album we’ve had so far This is a pretty fun one. Hadn’t really heard of them (though I’ve heard Heaven is a Place on Earth a million times and that’s the lead singer), but I think that very obvious feminine spin on what was previously an extremely male dominated industry is pretty cool. We Got the Beat is probably my pick on this one, just a catchy song. Vocals and instruments are more than passable I’m starting to realize I’m not super crazy about the 80s pop sound. There’s something that feels really shallow and unexciting if you didn’t grow up in that era. Nothing that this band does particularly wrong, but just more of a symptom of the years This is apparently the only album ever that reached #1 while being written and played by an all female band, so thats a pretty cool piece of history. Nothing personal about the album, but the genre is kinda tough for me to really enjoy

Great album. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.

Good, clean, 80s Indie pop rock fun.

zvuci kao ex yu pop rock, samo nije toliko dobro. 6.5/10

Mmmm... Ok? Not much to say. The sound isn't that bad, but the overall feeling for me was: another day in the office. Just another album I won't listen again. 2,5/5.

Fun, I can see where new wave was getting its started. Love women in rock. Definitely sounds so 80s. Can’t really stand their voices though

its like ok i like that one song in 7/8 funkay but generally dont love the vocals

better than i expect from 80s pop sounded a bit sugababes tbh

IDK tonite is hitting pretty well. Fun, vibey, low friction album. No complaints, but nothing to write home about.

I, of course, knew Our Lips Are Sealed & We Got the Beat. I didn't know any other songs on here. It was fine. I don't dislike the Go-Gos.

3/5 Favorite Song: You Can't Walk In Your Sleep

1 album wonders. Pretty solid girl-rock/pop. Problem is the "We got the beat" earworm i've dealt with since I listened to it last week.

Pleasantly surprised by this album! I only knew their hits, which are a bit too pop for my liking, but a lot of this album rocks!

A pretty good album, i liked Tonite and We Got The Beat the most.

Listened to this while on a short lil digestion walk and was actually pleasantly surprised with the quality of work on this album. It has a really nice vibe to it and the early 80's vibe is quite prevalent throughout the whole project. Although it may not be a technical masterpiece or a boundary-pushing album for it's time I still found it to be rather enjoyable. 68/100.

Quisiera destacar la banda detrás del álbum, compuesta solamente por mujeres y manejada también por una que, para la época, podría ser la primera o de las primeras según indican las fuentes. Su sonido no es destructivo como las bandas posteriores de la misma naturaleza lo fueron, pero sí existe esa energía que busca romper el molde. Es un buen álbum, ligero de escucha, como para dejarlo puesto mientras realizas actividades intelectuales o físicas intensas.

Mostly moderate girl pop mixed with a couple super hits. Like 9x3 + 2x5. 27+ 10=37. 37÷11= 3.3

🙂

fun and engaging. i was quite surprised that this sound was still in the 90s, an it's an easy and enjoyable listen

it's fine. catchy. oh so 80s.

Standout: "This Town"

Okay, the elephant in the room... that unnecessary apostrophe. Makes me livid 🤬 Other than that, this is a decent album full of "bops", as young people seem to say. Not entirely sure what a "bop" is, but I think the word probably applies here. I believe the Go-Gos were big in America, but barely registered in the UK despite a big money push from their record company. We were all dressed in grey raincoats listening to Echo and the Bunnymen and Joy Division and reading Dostoyevsky at that point in time, so simple boppy tunes didn't break through our collective consciousness. Sounds good now though.

Energistä meininkiä, mutta vähän tuntuu että keksitty hyvä renkutus ja sitä vähän muokattu ja tehty levyllinen :)

Ihan pirteää menoa!

Ihan pirteetä poppista.

straight up forgot to rate this album and I just realised it. Omg its just more fucking 80's new wave. The singing is annoying and all the song spunds the same. Its just another 80's new wave album idk. Its very very close to a 2.

I didn't know what to expect here. Perhaps the proper way to word my previous sentence was that I had the wrong expectations going in. I expected a shallow-sounding pop but I was more than happy to find instrumental depth that mixes genres tastefully. The delivery is also pretty good and the runtime is practically perfect. Most of all, the album is consistent. Some songs do sound familiar and the lyrics are mostly one-dimensional but they serve the purpose of the record. I even found out that my two favorite songs aren't even the most famous ones. I liked "Tonite" and "Fading Fast".

Fun but not crazy about it, 6/10

, I appreciate fun a lot, but it does sound like a pretty generic 80s album She sings really well though 3/5

pisem dnevnik i slusam ovo jer ne nebitno ali ne i neslusljivo

Good new wave/pop album but I’m not sure I will go back to it

the all-female green day. fun, but, like green day, not my style :)

Nostalgic, most of the songs were unfamiliar, but I enjoyed the pop.

7/10 That was fun. No bad tracks here either. Highlights: Our Lips Are Sealed Fading Fast You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep) Automatic

This album was pretty fun. I don't know if it's the most important album of the 1980s to listen to - you can listen to the hits and have a good sense of this album - but it was a solid listen nonetheless. All the songs were pretty fun, nothing surprising, and nothing I'd cut. I will leave these comments, but also add that I read the Wikipedia entry for this album: this helped define the new-wave genre and demonstrated that punk and pop can go together (though i like this a lot more than the pop-punk of my youth ::shudder::). So historically, an important album. As someone who was born after this album came out, I just accepted the Go-gos as a "band of the 80s" rather than a band who helped shape what we think of as the music of the 80s. So that's cool!

I want to have a word with whoever thought "Skidmarks on my Heart" would be a good song title Fave track: Our Lips are Sealed

Fine. Cool album cover. 3/5

Second time for this one. Have to say I am impressed with the often menacing melodies embedded in the otherwise uber bubblegum poppiness of it all. I can see why they had their moment. But honestly, I think they’re better left in the crate. Someone could take some great samples from these songs. But listening to them all as a “work?” - Meh 3 Boolean: False

Reminds me of diners with jukeboxes even though it’s from the 80s

a bit too pop like for me, but will be great for like a retro girls night or smth

fun but pretty repetitive

It is a pretty solid album with a an overall good consistency in the songs and it has an enjoyable vibe and for some had some nostalgic tones. I enjoyed it more than i expected to be fair it was a pleasant suprise.

day 2 i enjoyed the vibrancy of this album, which served as nice background noise while i went about my evening routine. not a bad listen, though its beginning (specifically, the first two songs) is a comparative weak point to the rest of the track list. ♡: "lust to love"

Cool band with a recognisable hit on this album. My wife was singing along. Not sure I'd listen to more of them.

Better than I thought it was going to be

Solid album, nothing really blows me away. 6.5/10. Sounds like a stereotypical 80s album

たぶんこのアルバムを聴くのは初めてだけれど、ヒットした最初の曲は知っていた。 この曲以外の曲も全て丁寧に作られていて、好感が持てる。 おそらくは今の世代にも通じるのではないだろうか。 当時も少し懐かしく感じるアレンジやキャッチーなフックにメランコリックな曲も最後まで飽きさせない。 あっけらかんとした所が魅力的ですね。

Fun!

Meh

New wave grupe, turejo punk elements, bet production stengėsi kad to nesijaustu. Nesigailiu, kad klausiau, bet tikriau nebeklausysiu viso vėl.

It was an okay pop album. Belinda Carlisle’s voice is a little bit tedious after a few songs.

I like it a lot, but there's not that many stand out songs. I really like "We got the beat" and "Fading Fast". Automatic ia pretty cool and seems to be underrated when looking at the stream numbers. There's just no wow factor of the album, its all a bit mid

Pretty fun pop-rock sound. Listened to it twice through and it does start to get a bit grating after the second listen but it's catchy in parts and full of positive energy.

Just solid tunes here.

Mira justo comencé la misión de cocinar un pastel de choclo cuando lo escuche y la verdad me facilito mucho la situación. Por que te podrás preguntar, porque me subió el animo, me dio la alegría/ energía necesaria. Ya no recuerdo mucho mas nada.

Estuvo entretee de escuchar, me gustó. Me gustó mucho Automatic, efectivamente se escuchaba automatica. La guarde en mi galería.

Nothing revelatory but enjoyable 80s pop, Lust to Love best song

I knew the songs on this album that everybody knows, but this is the first time I’ve ever listened to an entire album by the Go-Go’s. I thought it was fine. Inoffensive. Honestly, at times I forgot it was playing.

Exactly what you expect from a new wave album. Light and fun, but still inspired by that punk rock energy.

Very 80s

never rly thought im gonna like it but pretty good, joyful, happy

Pretty cool album, very powerful and unique sound. We Got The Beat and Fading Fast were my favorites. 6.1/10

Very good bubblegum pop. I may bring it out again at parties or road trips, but it didn't change my life. 6/10

Highlights: Our Lips Are Sealed, How Much More, Lust To Love, We Got the Beat, Fading Fast, Skidmarks On My Heart A famous new wave classic that I never got around to. Btw, I didn't know Carlisle was in a band before her solo career. Now I can't unhear it. Overall I got the impression that the singles got waaaay more care than the rest of the record. I don't know, the record isn't bad, but it was a bit of a bore. Didn't like it all that much.

Not particularly interesting but fun enough. RYM: N Saved a song: N

That was quite fun and catchy

I liked this album a lot more than I thought I would. I really appreciated "You Can't Walk in Your Sleep" and "Can't Stop the World" which were new songs to me.

3.5/5 new wave girl group got the beat

Wajbujemy w spa. Tańczę w saunie

No niby buja

Miło buja, ale po jakimś czasie robi się monotonne. Można posłuchać, ale do sprzątania weszłoby lepiej niż do klikania w komputer.

Fajny basik, fajne chórki, ciekawy blend surf rocka z brzmieniem lat 80. Ostatecznie trochę zbyt powtarzalny

Kinda fun

Nice Definitely my sort of thing. Nice pop songs in the 80s college radio style I really like. Will listen to again at some point. Favourite track: our lips are sealed

A fun garage/jangle/kinda surfy rock album. 3.5/5.

Surprisingly enjoyable

Can’t shake the feeling as we go through this list that new wave was a tragic mistake. Very catchy, but something about the sound is starting to grate on me For some reason can’t hear the Belinda Carlisle who sang Heaven Is A Place On Earth here

Too sweet for me bar Fading Fast

A decent album by an all female punk rock band. However it doesn't provide as much of a kick as other bands like blondie or the pretenders do.

A nice little slice of jangly, poppy new wave that was much better than I was envisaging when it came up. The layered female vocals pop up quite a lot more recently so I imagine they all reference this.

More creative of a band than I ever gave them credit for being. So much more than We Got The Beat and Our Lips are Sealed. Automatic is my jam!

Fun, iconic. Some bangers that will get stuck in your head.

Classic ‘80s new-wave with a classic sound.

Some real hits on this one.

Wel leuk

yes, good, idk

i like this 80s pop 3/5

We got the beat is the best song on here by far. I didn't dislike it, but it was so samey, and flip flopped between their punk roots and the poppy stuff kind of a lot. It was fine though.

Our lips are sealed - 4 How much more - 3 Tonite - 3 Lust to love - 3 This town - 4 We got the beat - 4 Fading fast - 3 Automatic - 3 You can't walk in your sleep (if you can't sleep) - 3 Skidmarks on my heart - 3 Can't stop the world - 3

Tää oli ihan letkeää ja pirteää poppia. Mikään biisi ei noussut yli muiden.

Fun 3/5

This is totally acceptable music.

I love that a record as scrappy and fun as this was the second best selling album of 1982. But a good deal of it belongs firmly in 1982.

This was an easy listen. I won't come back to it but I had no trouble getting through it and even gave it a second listen. Didn't dramatically change any feelings I have about the Go Go's, or this flavor of harmless (almost to a fault) new wave/pop.

Cool Jangle album. Jeg nød den gode energi, men albummet føles en smule frontloaded. Har ikke så meget mere at sige til albummet. Det var bare godt at høre, men ikke noget banebrydende. Vidste ikke at Belinda Carlisle havde været i et band. Standouts: Our Lips Are Sealed, How Much More, Lust To Love, This Town

Enjoyed this - good, breezy album that was new to me. I was slow to realise that it was Belinda Carlisle on lead vocals!

Not bad. Upbeat fun. Bit samey. Generous 3

Meh standard pop music. Was alright Sounds like something I’d hear on vice city driving around

GIRL POWER! Update: wOooOOOOWWW! I was pleasantly surprised. I legit saved like four songs from this album!

As I was listening to this I was thinking about how the go-go's are so firmly in their lane. Are they just in the lane or did the create the lane?

Sommerlett og poppete jenterock. Ikke det verste i verden, men mangler en skikkelig x-faktor. We Got The Beat er god.

Kind of fun and poppy and I guess they are quite unimportant group, positive fun energy and attitude but not too many killer tunes.

Overall, this album does stand the test of time! Belinda Carlisle's vocals are raw, powerful, and uncontrolled but not in the bad way. I had a low level of anxiety while listening because I kept wondering, "Is her voice going to give out?" but, it added to the listening experience as it kept me intrigued and focused. The melodies are very catchy, the band was phenomenal, and supported Belinda exceedingly well. Now for the negatives: lyrically, the album is very surface level and when it tried to delve deeper, it was very trite and predictable, especially on "skid marks on my heart". One major issue I had while listening was the individuality of the songs or rather the lack of it. Every song was very sonically and generically similar, always living in this pop-rock world, steady drums, strumming electric guitar, talk-singing, growing pre-chorus that explodes into a catchy chorus. Don't get me wrong, it sounds good but I would've loved to see a wider range of sounds explored on this album especially considering how well this band could sound with a little more creativity. A track shout-out for me is "Automatic", its very different from the rest of the album, its a lot quieter and inward than the rest of the album. The guitar strumming is haunting and the pause at the end of the chorus is perfection!

This is cute 80’s pop

Nisam imala pojma da je neko snimio Our Lips Are Sealed prije Fun Boy 3! Ovo je album koji ima dosta zanimljivih elemenata, nimalo kao prosječni new-wave album, ali na njihovu žalost ja više volim prosječni new-wave. Belindin glas mi ne štima, osim u Circle in the Sand konkretno. Nisam ni znala da je ona negdje bila prije toga. Svašta danas saznajem.

7.5 / 10

Classic 80s sound

Fun girl-pop with some memorable hits. I prefer a band like the B-52's though, as they have a similar sound but the Go-Go's just lack a bit of the edge that makes the 52's so interesting.

gillade!!!

Nice pop.

A great pop-rock, new wave album that epitomizes the time in which it was produced, which also happens to be when I was a teen, so there is also a nostalgic element to it. My musical tastes have grown, or changed, as I’ve grown old, so I haven’t listened to the Go-Go’s for many years. Another fun listen! Sometimes the best part of this project is being reminded of things we once loved.

Overall fun listen! Maybe more like a 3.5 but we don’t have half ratings

Nothing too crazy, just a good album to rock out to. Skidmarks On My Heart is an excellent song title. Solid! Standouts: Our Lips Are Sealed • This Town • Skidmarks On My Heart

The drumming on this album is absolutely nuts. Instant classic that unfortunately not a lot of people are aware of outside of We Got the Beat, which imo is the worst song on here.

Too 80s pop for me

A couple really high highs among a sea of meh

super torn on this one. It’s kind of amateurish, with a lot of early days metaphor songs, weak rhymes, simple structures. I kind of want to give this a two like I would any other album that isn’t *bad* but needs more work or more polish. It’s also pretty catchy. The drums and bass are a lot of fun and there are some specific vocal flourishes that make me want to rate this a (low) four. It’s still more of a stepping stone to similar bands I like better but there are specific things about it I love. so it’s probably getting a three? But there are good arguments in either direction and a three feels like giving up.

One of the better New Wave records I listened so far. Fav tracks: Fading Fast, Our Lips Are Sealed & You Can't Walk in Your Sleep

really fun!

Нихуя Белинда где начинала, не знал

80’s Rock ⭐️Our Lips Are Sealed

Got some bangers.

positive energetic album, very 80s teen movie vibes

Good

It's catchy, but I don't really see myself coming back to it much.

Fun, exuberant, little punk, little pop, cool record.

Very fun. I love how the band on this one doesn't take themselves seriously and are focused simply on having fun, it works well with the poppier side of new wave and punk that this album is drenched in. Probably favourite element of the album is the backing/harmony vocals are very well, not often for me the backing/harmony vocals are best element (I believe they're done specifically the best in the songs "Lust to Love" and This Town.") Highlight Song/s: "Lust to Love"

It's aight but not particularly exciting

ovo mi nije uopće loše bilo, premda malo generično. kvalitetom jako dosljedno, sve su pjesme onako dobre. na trenutke mi dođe kao neka veselija inačice suzi i benšiza, možda podsjeća i na throwing muses. budući da sam kasnije, ohoho sati nakon što sam ga inicijalno preslušao, odlučio još malo slušat, dajem četvorku. valjda ću još slušat EDIT: kasnija slušanja narušila su mi dojam, ovo je čista trojka

Well first things first, they lose a point for the apostrophe. This was ok

cute! on the first listen the record felt quite flat but got more fun on the second [NEVER LISTENED BEFORE]

Girls singing pink

It's fine. Will revisit.

Favorite track(s): How Much More, Lust to Love

Really fun album, even if it's a bit bland. The energy is great and the songs are catchy. It's a good dose of power pop. Not to mention it's an all-girl album in an era where that was rare (and it unfortunately still is). Add in that this was the band's debut and it becomes even more impressive. Putting all those details together makes it a clear candidate for this list. Even so, I didn't really love it. It felt a little lacking in depth and substance, instead relying on its hooks to keep you engaged. As a result, there were a lot of songs on here that didn't really do a lot for me even though I liked them well enough. I enjoyed the listen without really thinking it was something much better than good. Overall: 2.9/5

Bitta fun but also a bit annoying

This is fun. Unchallenging fun.

Sleater Kinney in the 80s? OK, no, but this is closer than you might expect. If I had to guess when this was released, I'd guess the 90s before I guessed 1981. I suppose there's a through-line from the Ramones to this, as both are punchy and a bit fierce while also kind of being pop music at their heart. But this feels much closer to what punk music turned into. "Tonite" has a riff that's reminiscent of melodic hardcore; if you sped it up it would sound like a Bad Religion song. While it feels very ahead of its time, I do think it either needed more variety or bigger hooks to really succeed. The songs all short and fast verse-chorus-verse songs with no surprises. The group vocals are a nice touch, but the lyrics are nothing special. A really interesting album chronologically, but it doesn't quite come together for me.

Just fun, very eighties. Not mine.

The album cover is just gorgeous

As is typical of this era of New Wave, it's just a bit too tinny and sparse. Solid tunes on there though

Kinda fun, upbeat and catchy. Songs sound similar. Girl band!

Quite Blondie-esque, with a bit of Surfersound and a bit more punk-y.

*1981. *Starts off really strong with "Our Lips are Sealed." *We Got The Beat is the only other song I know. *This is fine in small doses, but it's just a lot of the same thing - very poppy girl group. *Fading Fast and Skidmarks on My Heart are some of the few exceptions - they had a little bit of grit to them, in a good way. RATING - 6/10

classic jr high record. more nostalgic for me than necessary - not an album I've carried with me over the years.

Brit pop girls

The Go-Go’s are a great pop 80s band, and the record has lots of energy. Not an album I’ll go back to often, but was enjoyable to start my day.

And a half. Enjoyed.

Enjoyed this. catchy and fun

That was nice.

Not what I was expecting. But good. Wouldn’t call it “punk”. High 3.

1981 - fronted by Belinda Carlisle, evolving to new wave pop by way of the punk scene. All-female band the Go-Go’s dropped this solid new wave punk freshman record with songs like Tonite among their more well known song along singles

Saw them in a small club in San Pedro ( I think) and was unimpressed. Except for being women, there was nothing that made them stand out musically from their peers. Typical peppy pop from that time and place.

its fine, idk i just dont rly like new wave music tbh

This is good pop. I like good pop, probably more than most. But it's not a great album. I'm going to be a little generous in my rating because it was really refreshing to hear a girl group on fine form in amongst all the male driven serious stuff we get on this app.

A fine collection of New Wave, pop-rock tracks with a distinctly ’80s flair. There are a couple of standout tracks, presumably the singles, but nothing truly spectacular.

Uhhhh unimpressive ??

very fun and sing along esk, nice drums and guitar is pretty groovy too, vocals are inherently high but not over ther top, pretty good listen :)

leuk!!ze kunnen goed zingen maar niet per se mijn stijl

Catchy, i like. Never heard before this but it was better than expected. Not really life changing or anything very special but I liked it and would definitely listen again. Would give this like 3,5/5.

Not my jam

Pretty fun album, can definitely see the punk origins even if I wouldn't consider it punk.

I've never heard of these before, or any of their hits. I don't think they were anywhere near as big in the UK as in the US. There's some nice songs in here, but it's all very light and fluffy and forgettable though. It starts to feel quite samey by the end of it and I did find myself getting a bit bored, which isn't great at just 35 minutes. It's not wowing me, but it's also pretty accessible and easy listening. A thoroughly 3/5 album.

Fun, light, pop album.

Candy pop. So fun. There are times when this music is appropriate and fun but couldn't listen to it often. Clever pop compositions, lyrics and fun vocals.

Definitely outside my comfort zone. Vocals weren’t my fav ever but it was solid rock/pop. I liked “Lust to Love” and “This Town”

This was a pleasant surprise! I never would have listened to this album and while it feels a bit monochrome, it's much better than I expected. How Much More, You Can't Walk In Your Sleep, and Skidmarks On My Heart are quite catchy, but the stand out for me was Tonite. It's a bit more raw feeling than the other tracks, and that chorus! I can see myself coming back to this track.

A fun listen with two massive hits: We Got The Beat, and Our Lips Are Sealed. Automatic is a track that surprised me with its more dramatic theme and associated rhythmic change. Top tracks: We Got The Beat, Our Lips Are Sealed, Automatic

Pretty good

Fun and upbeat album, some decent songs but nothing that sticks out and makes me want to repeat listen straight away

Just ok

i wanted to like it a lot more than i did but was just very unremarkable to me

Some classic hits and a few other good tracks.

Some great pop songs on here. Love the arrangements. Drums sound great. I feel like this is what I wanted from that Blondie album. Solid 3.5

oh i'm sure everyone's (except me scout and marlon) gonna give this a 2. godforbid the pop songs fucking Pop. could use some variety though. 80s fleetwood gets away with it because they have 3 vocalists (among other reasons). 3.4-4.2. this album probably would've meant a lot to me as a post studio 54 pre basquiat nyc young hoe™️.

Pretty funky, optimistic, and easy listening. But too shallow to be a real contender

I'm surprised I didn't like the overall album more.

Fun, quick listen. The singles are great.

Fun debut album!

I Got the Beat and especially Our Lips Are Sealed are so, so good. The rest of the album is good enough, but just didn’t grab me like those two tracks.

Solid, easy, upbeat listening, and I like Belinda.

Um… no idea? That surprises me. Let’s see… Oh, I could have died without hearing this. But then I found out my husband did a talent show in junior high where he and his friends did something with We Got the Beat. He got to “play” the drummer. That’s worth 3 stars right there. And I gave ABBA 3 stars, so it’s only fair.

Suena muy a película/musical de los 80'. Sin duda algo que escucharían mis padres, aunque no es mi estilo y no me termina de encantar siento que es algo que no me molesta escuchar.

Escuche el disco mientras estudiaba y estuvo bueno, pero no me quedo con ninguna canción para volver a escuchar. 2,5

Muy de su época

Post-punk 80’s pop that was a surprisingly good listen - better than I expected. Could probably listen to more of their catalog.

Bueno, para empezar, es un disco altamente pionero, donde el sonido juega el rol más importante en crear la atmósfera que el disco propone. Es un disco con melodías muy bailables y disfrutables. Se sienten confortables y no tienen una complejidad muy grande a la hora de escuchar; se sienten cotidianas. Pareciera que este álbum fue hecho para ser el soundtrack de una romcom o algo por el estilo. Percibo una vibra a The Cranberries y The Las, bandas posteriores cuyo sonido tiene una notoria influencia de esta banda. En general, el álbum se me hizo un poco lineal. No sentí una dinámica constante entre canciones y hay una estructura similar entre ellas. Sin embargo, en su totalidad, funciona muy bien a la hora de crear una atmósfera divertida y bailable. Voy a destacar, por sobre todas las cosas, el hecho de que este álbum sea pionero en liderar rankings globales con una banda pura y exclusivamente femenina. Con una industria dominada por el rol masculino, este álbum viene a romper con los estereotipos. Las letras tienen un guiño a las experiencias de jóvenes y adolescentes mujeres, situaciones que no se solían hablar en canciones, convirtiéndolas en un ícono en el mundo musical de la época. Realmente revolucionaron la música de la época en todo sentido. Personalmente, este álbum lo esperé con muchas expectativas, ya que quería escuchar un álbum pop de mujeres; sin embargo, se me hizo poco dinámico. En mi experiencia como oyente, funciona muy bien como música de fondo o para situaciones específicas. No me terminó de asombrar por completo, pero lo que significó este álbum en la cultura no lo puedo dejar de lado. Soy una persona a la cual el impacto de las cosas, el trasfondo y el significado le suman mucho a sus gustos. No puedo pasar por alto que este grupo de mujeres allanaron el camino hacia lo que hoy escuchamos como pop. Realmente pude ponerme en lugar y contexto mientras lo escuchaba y conecté y entendí lo importante e icónico que fue para la época. Aunque no fue de mis favoritos, puedo entender al cien por ciento por qué es considerado icónico. En conclusión, las Go-Go corrieron para que las nuevas pop girls puedan caminar, besos.

Not something I would have chosen to listen to but I enjoyed it. Good new wave/pop rock

so much fun, very consistent catchy harmonies

Good pop-rock album. Clearly worth a listen. Energetic, enjoyable. I particularly liked "Automatic" (probably my favourite), "Our Lips are Sealed", "This Town", "We Got the Beat", or "Fading Fast". It's in the range between 3 and 4 stars.

Good, like it

Uuuh 3-4

Enjoyable punky new wave. Songwriting is tight but suffers from a rather thin production; I can hear the bass guitar fine and that kick drum is definitely there, but the version i'm listening to has like no low end in it's mix. "We Got the Beat" is a classic single, and I've used it as guitar and bass practice many times over. 7.5/10.

Kind of samey but it's a good sound so I don't mind all that much. We Got The Beat and Our Lips Are Sealed are the singles, I assume, and they're definitely the most focused tracks on the album.

No tengo mucho que decir. Me gustaron casi todas las canciones. Aunque no es mi generación Disney, no puedo evitar pensar en la versión de las hermanas Duff con Our Lips Are Sealed.

Non troppo il mio stile di musica, da le vibes di country club/estate al lido nella casa dei nonni, sembra un gruppo degli anni Ottanta che cerca di fare musica anni 60. Le prime tre canzoni sono noiose, Lust to Love mi piace, quelle dopo sono orecchiabili ma non memorabili.

No conocía a la banda pero me terminó gustando el disco. Sobre todo al saber que fue la banda de los inicios de Belinda Carlise. Rock de los 80´s efectivo y pegadizo, con algo de proto punk rock. Lindo descubrimiento.

Keeps the beat and keeps it short and sweet

no me gustó

It was what I was expecting but also better than I was expecting. The album builds momentum, it was a fun weekend listen.

Good

I liked it but it want necessarily my vibe but overall good

3.5

Don’t know if this is a UK vs US thing, but the Go Gos just never really caught on over here. I know Our Lips Are Sealed, but it’s the Fun Boy Three version that I heard first and for me it’s way better than the Go Gos shiny pop version. The rest of the album just washed over me. Bit samey tbh. Not bad, but not entirely sure what all the fuss is about. 3.

Fun pop album

Decent listen.

Great album

i really enjoyed a lot from this. vibes are immaculate i gave it a 75/100 its just missing out on 4 stars

Pretty catchy album, though some of the songs felt like they ran for too long, even for a shorter runtime. Definitely very poppy but there’s some edge to it which I enjoyed. Our Lips are Sealed and We Got the Beat are classics so those were great listening to.

It's fun, catchy and simple. Would I go out of my way to listen to it? Probably not, but it's not bad music. 2.5/5 Might listen again

Nothing offensive to my musical senses, a little pop, a little punk, a little experimentation. Okay

Not bad, everyone loves we got the beat

No es de mis favoritos, me sentí cómo adolescente de esa época escuchando este tipo de punk, hubieron muy pocas las canciones que me gustaron, siento que este si fue más repetitivo. No se si sería algo que volvería a escuchar. 2.5

I really liked the album to start. A fun, fresh sound. I’m sure at the time it was even more unique. But as the album went on I found myself getting a little weary of the sound. A lot of the songs have a similar tempo, production style, and sound. Still think it’s pretty good, and deserves somewhere between 3 and 4.

Not bad, Not great. Upbeat and somewhat catchy. 2.5/5

Really thin production, detracts from the songs quite a bit. Still a few decent pop songs

Very engaging, fun album!

Not “important” because people say it is, but because it still works immediately. Artistically, very strong within its lane. Historically, bigger than people sometimes admit.

Playful

Klasika

soo good

Finally a girly band on this list. The GoGos are really fun and were a great start to my Saturday. Upbeat and breezy and starts with a straight up banger.

Starts out very energetic, peaks at we got the beat, but after that feels like it is losing the energy. In the end it is still enjoyable but feels a bit tired. Still a very much enjoyable record.

yuuuuusssss

When Belinda Carlisle (and indeed Jane Wieldin) had late 80s mainstream success I was unaware of their status as US new wave stars in the Go Gos. The success of this album was almost entirely stateside though the Fun Boy three's hit single 'Our lips are sealed' (about Terry Hall's alleged affair with Jane Wiedlin) was by far the key track from this debut album. To my ears it's an all female self contained unit trying their best to emulate Blondie. An important act, usurped by the Bangles five years later but their solo members were to easily outstrip their initial influential work.

This album was in a similar style to several others we've heard so far, but this might be one example of a band that improved on the style of music produced from bands like the Ramones. I like the singer because she sings in tune, and I liked the vocal harmonies as well. The album had a unique amount of harmonic interest given the style, and there was a nice variety of chord progressions, which reminded me of Alvvays.

Another one where I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. Goes back to my youth, of course. I definitely liked (and still like) some of their songs. On this album, of 11 songs, I'd say I like maybe 4? The other 7 (or so) weren't terrible, but were kind of forgettable, and also, I think, sound a bit dated. Not in a terribly bad way, but enough that it fails the 'would I like to hear it again some time soon?' test. Speaking of which, I only listened to this album once (though I've heard it before); the 4 that I liked are the 2 hits, "Our Lips are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat," plus "This Town" and "How Much More." But, of the 4, the clear standout (to me) is "Our Lips are Sealed," which (not coincidentally - that it's the standout, I mean) was co-written by the great, and undersung 80s hero, Terry Hall, who was a leader of The Specials, and later Fun Boy Three, and The Colourfield (all worth checking out - especially The Specials -- and I hope he/they show/s up in the 1001 somewhere). Oh, yeah, I still need to rate this one. Another 3 stars for me, I guess. But those 4 songs are carrying most of the weight. (Might've been tempted to say 2.5, but 2 definitely feels a bit too harsh, for me.)

such a relief to hear female vocals I like the use of minor chords, especially on the chorus of "Tonite" "We Got The Beat" is ingrained in my memory for some reason. I probably heard it in a movie or TV show decent overall

Il genere è carino, ma non c'è nessuna canzone interessante.

Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got the Beat are iconic. Very fun and upbeat album.

Songs added to my Liked songs: This Town Fading Fast Automatic You Can't Walk In Your Sleep Thought the second half of the album was stronger than the first x

Fun, but a little too 80’s

No esta mal. Me gusta como quedan los coros y algunas canciones estan buenas.