Beat This!: The Best of The Beat

by The Beat

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 20 November 2000
  • Label: Go-Feet
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:35
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Bob Sargeant, Pomus-Shuman, Henry Cosby, Adrian Boot, Malu Halasa, Smokey Robinson, Les Bradsell, Colin Osbourne, Amp Associates, Stevie Wonder, Cecil Bustamente Campbell

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A 20-track career survey of the English 2 Tone band, drawn from their Go-Feet recordings. It pairs the group's ska revival singles with album cuts, documenting a brief run that fused Jamaican ska rhythms with new wave economy.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, dance, infectious, melodic, political

Tracklist

  1. Mirror In The Bathroom (3:07)
  2. Save It For Later (3:36)
  3. I Confess (4:33)
  4. Tears Of A Clown (2:40)
  5. Whine And Grine / Stand Down Margaret (3:50)
  6. Best Friend (3:01)
  7. Rankin Full Stop (2:48)
  8. Can't Get Used To Losing You (3:02)
  9. Hands Off... She's Mine (3:02)
  10. Twist And Crawl (2:36)
  11. Too Nice To Talk To (3:09)
  12. Doors Of Your Heart (3:47)
  13. Click Click (1:29)
  14. Sole Salvation (3:04)
  15. Drowning (3:51)

Credits

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