The Beat (American band album)

The Beat
Studio album by The Beat
Released	October 1979 (1979-10)
Recorded	June 1979
Studio	United Western (Hollywood) Cherokee (Hollywood)
Genre	Power pop[1]
Length	31:16
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bruce Botnick
The Beat chronology
The Beat (1979) The Kids Are the Same (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Smash Hits	6/10[5]

The Beat is the debut album by American power pop band The Beat, released in 1979 on Columbia Records.

The liner notes give special thanks to the following people: "Eddie Money (without you we wouldn't be here now) and Jerry Pompili, all the people at CBS & B.G.P., Don Ellis, Ken Sasano, The Masque, all the boys at the Parking Lot, David Gales, Bill Graham and Marcy."[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Collins, except where noted.

1. "Rock n Roll Girl" – 2:16
2. "I Don't Fit In" – 2:46
3. "Different Kind of Girl" (Collins, Steven Huff) – 3:23
4. "Don't Wait Up for Me" – 3:02
5. "You Won't Be Happy" – 2:20
6. "Walking Out on Love" – 1:44
7. "Work-a-Day World" – 3:05
8. "U.S.A." (Collins, Peter Case) – 2:12
9. "Let Me into Your Life" (Collins, Eddie Money) – 2:35
10. "Working Too Hard" – 1:57
11. "You and I" – 2:47
12. "Look but Don't Touch" – 3:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[6]

The Beat

• Paul Collins – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Steven Huff – bass, second vocals
• Larry Whitman – lead guitar, third vocals
• Michael Ruiz – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Bruce Botnick – production
• Rik "Aloha" Pekkonen – engineering
• Rodney Lovett – assistant engineering
• Dave Costel – assistant engineering
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios

References

1. Murray, Noel (11 October 2012). "A beginners' guide to the heyday of power-pop, 1972-1986". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 19 December 2024. ...The Beat's first two albums sound a lot fresher and brighter—two of the best of their era and genre [of power pop].
2. Deming, Mark. "The Beat – The Beat / Paul Collins / Paul Collins' Beat". AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Beat: The Beat". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
4. Evans, Paul (September 8, 1994). "The Beat: The Beat". Rolling Stone. No. 690. p. 78.
5. Hepworth, David (April 17–30, 1980). "Paul Collins' Beat". Smash Hits. Vol. 2, no. 8. p. 30.
6. The Beat (liner notes). The Beat. Columbia Records. 1979. JC 36195.

External links

• The Beat at Discogs (list of releases)