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06 - Best Friend, good song, yet another chart hit, but just average compared to the rest of the album.
07 - Rankin Full Stop - this is the first song I heard by The Beat many years ago and is a brilliant ska beat. Should bring back lots of memories.
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BEST OF THE BEAT^ THE
A key element of the late-1970s/early-'80s UK ska revival, the English Beat nevertheless
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always had more pop smarts and a wider stylistic palette than compatriots like the Specials and the Selecter. As BEAT THIS! THE BEST OF THE ENGLISH BEAT makes clea...
confused with the other well known German pop programme Beat Club Beat Beat Beat was broadcast out of Frankfurt commencing in 1966. The programme ran to 26 episodes between its launch in 1966 and the final programme in January 1969 all of which are still in the German television archives. The shows were eclectic affairs and included performances by artists as diverse as Eric Burdon and the New Animals The Move Sam and Dave Cat Stevens and Barry Ryan to name just a few. This first compilation is an eclectic one featuring Casey Jones and The Governors Cat Stevens Easybeats Hermans Hermits Chris Farlowe Barry Ryan Brian Auger and the Trinity Ft. Julie Driscoll. Hits include two number one hit singles Chris Farlowe with Out Of Time and Eloise from Barry Ryan. Tracklist: 1. Barry Ryan - Eloise 2. Bryan Auger and the Trinity & Julie Driscoll - Save Me 3. Bryan Auger and The Trinity & Julie Driscoll - Road to Cairo 4. Casey Jones & The Governors - Don't Ha Ha 5. Casey Jones & The Governors - Come On and Dance 6. Cat Stevens - Granny 7. Cat Stevens - Mathew and Son 8. Chris Farlowe - Out of Time 9. Chris Farlowe - Ride on Baby 10. Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today 11. Herman's Hermits - Speed On 12. The Easybeats - Loving Machine 13. The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
the Beat Beat Beat series is a mixed bag featuring two tracks from The Move including the bands second single I Can Hear The Grass Grow. There is the psychedelically tinged My Friend Jack from The Smoke which was banned in the UK. Three tracks from Liverpool band The Searchers including the hits Sweets For My Sweet and Love Potion Number Nine and finally we have two massive hits from the Tremeloes with Silence Is Golden and Here Comes My Baby written by Cat Stevens. 1.The Move - Walk Upon The Water 2.The Move - I Can Hear Grass Grow 3.The Searchers - Love Potion No.9 4.The Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 5.The Searchers - See See Rider 6.The Smoke - My Friend Jack 7.The Tremeloes - Loving You 8.The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden 9.The Tremeloes - Here Comes My Baby
Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney5. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison6. I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher7. All I Really Want To Do - The Byrds8. Look Through Any Window - The Hollies9. Sloop John B - Beach Boys10. Reach Out - The Four Tops11. River Deep Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner12. These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra13. Woman - Peter & Gordon14. Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel15. See Emily Play - Pink Floyd16. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues17. Dedicated To The One I Love - The Mamas & Papas18. Mellow Yellow - Donovan19. Cinderella Rockefella - Esther * Abi Ofarim20. Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac21. A Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin22. When Rock Goes On (Instrumental)
Advantages: Great beats, great lyrics, brilliant songs - all hits Disadvantages: Couple of songs not so hot
...on the album.
06 - Best Friend, good song, yet another chart hit, but just average compared to the rest of the album.
07 - Rankin Full Stop - this is the first song I heard by The Beat many years ago and is a brilliant ska beat. Should bring back lots of memories.
08 - Can't Get used To Losing You - one of their more main stream songs, brilliant love song, amazing how many can be done with ska and not feel wrong, great beat and vocal combo.
09 ... ...average than some of their best stuff, but considering everyone song on the album was a hit...its not bad.
11 - To Nice To Talk To - great song - a reminder how stupid I used to feel as a teenage when faced with someone I had a crush on.
12 - Doors Of Your Heart - my favourite song on the album, great lyrics, vocals and music arrangement, explains why it was a hit. Starts with what feels like a love song, but leads into querying racism, and ends ...
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