NEW/SEALED THE GO-GO'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAT 40TH ANNIVERSARY PINK VINYL 12" LP

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THE GO-GO'S
Title
BEAUTY AND THE BEAT Format
12" Vinyl LP
Condition New/Mint/Original Factory Sealed
Country of manufacture USA
Label
Release Date
I.R.S. Records – B0034269-01
Capitol Records – B0034269-01
October 15, 2021
Info
Exclusive 40th Anniversary Edition of their classic debut LP (there's not a single dud on here!!) with alternate cover art! Pressed on pink vinyl and numbered 0961 on rear of album jacket.

Tracklisting:
A1. Our Lips Are Sealed
A2. How Much More
A3. Tonite
A4. Lust To Love
A5. This Town
B1. We Got The Beat
B2. Fading Fast
B3. Automatic
B4. You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)
B5. Skidmarks On My Heart
B6. Can't Stop The World

Mastered At – Rainbo Records – S-76117
Mastered At – Rainbo Records – S-76118
Copyright © – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lacquer Cut By – CB*
40th Anniversary Edition with alternate cover art.
Barcode (Text): 6 02438 46915 4
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 5099902702711-A S-76117 CB
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 5099902702711-B S-76118 CB
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Bio
Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from Californian new wave band the Go-Go's. Released in 1981 on the I.R.S. Records label, the album reached number one on Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart in March 1982, bolstered by its two big Hot 100 hit singles: "Our Lips Are Sealed" (no. 20) and "We Got the Beat" (no. 2), initially released in 1980, but in a different version. After a long and steady climb, Beauty and the Beat reached number one in the album chart dated March 6, 1982, the week before "We Got the Beat" entered the Top Ten of the Hot 100. The album stayed at the top for six consecutive weeks, and ranked second in Billboard's year-end Top 100 of 1982 (behind the self-titled debut album of Asia). The LP sold in excess of two million copies, and was RIAA-certified double platinum, qualifying it as one of the most successful debut albums of all time. Critically acclaimed, it has been described as one of the "cornerstone albums of American new wave".

The title is a play on the European fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast".

In the late 1970s, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, and Margot Olavarria met while attending punk rock shows in California. The three attended the Sex Pistols' final performance in San Francisco in January 1978, and afterwards were inspired to form their own band. Although none of them actually knew how to play instruments, they quickly learned, and began playing in Hollywood nightclubs under the name the Go-Go's. Carlisle was the singer, Wiedlin played rhythm guitar, Olavarria played bass and the newly added Elissa Bello played drums. A few months later, Charlotte Caffey joined the band as the lead guitarist since she had experience writing music with other groups like the Eyes. The Go-Go's developed a reputation within the Hollywood punk scene and were invited to open for the band Madness on a UK tour. While on tour, the Go-Go's recorded an extended play for Stiff Records.

Tensions between band members resulted in Bello and Olavarria leaving the Go-Go's and they were replaced by drummer Gina Schock and bassist Kathy Valentine. Around this time, the Go-Go's began to move toward a more pop rock-driven sound, influenced by the burgeoning new wave genre. Although their reputation continued to grow, they were unable to attract attention from major record labels. At a special showcase for A&R representatives at the Starwood, the Go-Go's didn’t get a single offer. Carlisle believes this was because record executives were sexist and did not want to sign an all-female band. The only label that expressed interest was the indie label I.R.S. Records. In a 1982 Rolling Stone interview, Valentine said: "IRS was where you went if you couldn't get a deal with a real label." On April 1, 1981, I.R.S. cofounder Miles Copeland III signed the Go-Go's.

In the Go-Go's documentary, Carlisle claimed to have come up with the idea for the album cover, saying she wanted something "timeless" and "incognito." The towels the band used for the shoot were returned to the Macy's they were bought from earlier that day.

Beauty and the Beat was released to reviews that, while positive, were not outstanding, especially in light of its eventual summit of the album charts. Robert Christgau found the album good and wrote "this one's got hooks" in his column in The Village Voice, while Jon Pareles in Rolling Stone called it a "solid, likable debut". The album placed 10th on the annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll in The Village Voice for 1981.

The album has since gained in regard. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Beauty and the Beat "one of the cornerstone albums of new wave" and praised its "catchy hooks and an exuberant sense of fun", while Rolling Stone's Warren Zanes wrote that the band "showed that elemental pop rock & roll remained as viable as ever."

Eric Allen of American Songwriter, reviewing the album's 2011 deluxe edition, wrote that Beauty and the Beat is "one of the 1980s cornerstone albums of American new wave" and "still holds up surprisingly well thirty years later, which is a testament to the energetic spirit captured in this musical Zeitgeist of the 80s"; on the other hand, it is also "a reminder that the Go-Go's were never able to equal or surpass the success of this landmark debut".

NPR Music's Hilary Hughes credited the quintet with perfecting pop-punk's formula through the album. Though she saw that bands like Blondie and the Ramones showed that pop and punk music "[weren't] mortal enemies", she claimed that the Go-Go's showed the "certifiable success" of the two's fusion.

"When I was about seven, I discovered the Go-Go's," said American actress and author Drew Barrymore in an essay published by the magazine V. "I went out and bought their album Beauty and the Beat and, as the vinyl twirled, my whole world changed. I stared at the girls on the cover like they were a gateway to cool. The fact that they were girls made me feel not only invited but more important – like I could be a badass too. I looked over to my Pippi Longstocking poster on the wall and thought, Yes! I like girls who rock!"

In 2003, Beauty and the Beat was ranked number 413 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and it later placed on updates of the list at number 414 (in 2012) and at number 400 (in 2020). The album opener, "Our Lips Are Sealed", has been covered over the years by numerous artists, and remains a staple of 1980s playlists. It has been cited in numerous lists of the greatest songs, including Rolling Stone's 2000 list of the 100 greatest pop songs. "We Got the Beat" was named one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Capitol and I.R.S. released a 30th anniversary deluxe edition of Beauty and the Beat digitally and on CD on May 17, 2011. Disc one features the remastered original album while disc two contains an entire live show, recorded at the Metro Club in Boston on August 20, 1981. Both Vacation (1982) and Talk Show (1984) were previously issued in remastered CD form in 1999.

In 2016, Edsel Records reissued remastered deluxe editions, all with bonus tracks, of the Go-Go's original three releases.

Track listing
Side one
No.    Title    Writer(s)    Length
1.    "Our Lips Are Sealed"    Jane Wiedlin, Terry Hall    2:45
2.    "How Much More"    Charlotte Caffey, Wiedlin    3:06
3.    "Tonite"    Caffey, Wiedlin, Peter Case    3:35
4.    "Lust to Love"    Caffey, Wiedlin    4:04
5.    "This Town"    Caffey, Wiedlin    3:20
Side two
No.    Title    Writer(s)    Length
6.    "We Got the Beat"    Caffey    2:36
7.    "Fading Fast"    Caffey    3:41
8.    "Automatic"    Wiedlin    3:07
9.    "You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)"    Caffey, Wiedlin    2:54
10.    "Skidmarks on My Heart"    Caffey, Belinda Carlisle    3:06
11.    "Can't Stop the World"    Kathy Valentine    3:20

Personnel
Band members
Belinda Carlisle – lead vocals
Charlotte Caffey – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Gina Schock – drums, percussion
Kathy Valentine – bass guitar, guitar backing vocals
Jane Wiedlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on the "Our Lips are Sealed" bridge

Production
Richard Gottehrer – producer
Rob Freeman – producer, engineer, and mixing
James A. Ball – assistant engineer and mixing assistant
Ted Blechta, Darroll Gustamachio, Gray Russell, John Terelle – assistant engineers
Stuart Furusho, David Leonard – mixing assistants
Doug Schwartz – remixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Ginger Canzoneri, Mike Doud, Mick Haggerty, Vartan – art direction
Mike Fink, Mick Haggerty – design
George DuBose, Mick Haggerty, Cindy Marsh – photography
Cindy Marsh – illustrations

- wikipedia