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I Just Can't Stop It
1980 studio album by the Beat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I Just Can't Stop It is the debut studio album by the British two-tone band the Beat, released on 23 May 1980[citation needed] by Go-Feet Records in the United Kingdom. It was released the same year in the United States on Sire Records, with the band credited as "The English Beat"; in Australia, it was released on Go-Feet under the band name "The British Beat".
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The album was well-received; Rolling Stone raved that the music was "wild and threatening, sexy and sharp,"[1] while AllMusic later wrote it "was a stunning achievement" which had not been diminished by time.[2]
The album was reissued on CD in 1990 by I.R.S. Records in the U.S, and in 2012 by Edsel Records in the UK and Shout! Factory in the U.S.[3]
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Artwork
The "Beat Girl" icon seen on the cover and used on the band's merchandising was designed by Birmingham-based cartoonist Hunt Emerson.[4]
Critical reception
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At the end of 1980, I Just Can't Stop It appeared in numerous lists of the best albums of the year: NME ranked it third,[13] Sounds ranked it 13th,[citation needed] The Village Voice ranked it 21st[citation needed] and OOR ranked it 41st.[citation needed] In 1995, Spin ranked the album at No. 94 in its list of the "Top 100 Alternative Albums".[14] Fast 'n' Bulbous ranked the album at number 283 in its list of "The 500 Best Albums Since 1965".[15] A 2002 poll of KCPR DJs ranked it at No. 40 in a list of the "Top 100 Records of the 80s".[citation needed] Les Inrockuptibles included it in its list of "50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll."[citation needed] Music journalist Simon Reynolds lists it as one of the five most important albums of "2-Tone and the Ska Resurrection" in his 2005 book Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984.[16] In 2016, Paste ranked I Just Can't Stop It at No. 48 on its list of the 50 best new wave albums.[17]
"Mirror in the Bathroom" was ranked at No. 3 in the NME "Singles of the Year" list[citation needed] and at No. 24 in Sounds' "Singles of the Year" list.[citation needed] In 2003, Q ranked the song at No. 517 in its list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".[18] In 2002, Gary Mulholland included the song in his list This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock.[citation needed] In 2001, Michaelangelo Matos included it in his list of "The Top 100 Singles of the 80s."[citation needed] In 2006, 97x ranked it at No. 186 in its list of "The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time."[citation needed] In 1990, Robert Christgau ranked "Twist & Crawl" at No. 10 in his list of the best songs of the 1980s.[19]
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Track listing
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All tracks are written by The Beat (as per ASCAP: Roger Charlery, Andy Cox, Everett Morton, David Steele and Dave Wakeling),[20] except where noted. Note that despite the group author credits on the label, Saxa is not listed as a co-author of any song according to ASCAP.
The U.S. release of the album on Sire Records added "Tears of a Clown" and "Ranking Full Stop", originally released as double A-sides of a single on 2 Tone Records in 1979 (TT 6).[20] These tracks remained on subsequent CD reissues of the album.[20]
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Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[21]
The Beat
- Dave Wakeling – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Ranking Roger – toasting, vocals
- Andy Cox – lead guitar
- David Steele – bass guitar
- Everett Morton – drums
- Saxa – saxophone
Production and artwork
- Bob Sargeant – production
- Alvin Clark – engineering
- Mark Dearnley – engineering
- Mike Dunne – engineering
- Trevor Hallesy – engineering
- Nick Rogers – engineering
- Hunt Emerson – artwork
"Thanks to: John Peel, the Specials, Selecter, A/W Hunt Emerson"
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