I Just Cant Stop It

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Rhino recently acquired the worldwide rights to The English Beat’s catalog and is marking the beginning of this exciting partnership with the release of an expanded version of the influential ska group’s 1980 debut, I Just Can’t Stop It. And the record has dated a bit, of course. That's true of most 2 Tone and it's true of most New Wave and Post Punk. The difference, for me, with those latter genres is that I like them. I don't care how dated Post Punk sounds now because it's a style I generally really like. The same goes for (much) New Wave. But with 2 Tone I find the sound very much of a time and that's true of this record. It's not that I dislike it so much as that it recalls a very specific time, one I wasn't alive for, and that is a big part of the appeal. This record has that same vaguely echoy sound that so much 2 Tone and Post Punk has. (Though obviously it's more extreme and prominent in Post Punk.) And in the case of 2 Tone, I'm not sure what it adds to it. Filename C:\Users\mark\Music\Rips\FLAC\The Beat\I Just Can’t Stop It\01 - Mirror In the Bathroom.wav I Just Can't Stop It - Label: '℗ 1980 / Arista Records' and 'Marketed & Distributed by Arista Records' top right / A-Side runout says DIGITAL (A1 / B2) a b c I Just Can't Stop It (CD liner notes). The Beat. Los Angeles: Go-Feet Records/Shout! Factory. 2012. 826663-13177-B1. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Well received from the start, Rolling Stone raved that the music was "wild and threatening, sexy and sharp." [1] AllMusic later wrote it "was a stunning achievement", which has not been diminished by time. [2] CTDB TOCID: pVjYBQLyLeJ7jkWhLwlwrRwemlw-] found, Submit result: pVjYBQLyLeJ7jkWhLwlwrRwemlw- has been confirmed DVD-8 broadcasted on 12th December 1980 and is a film from a live performance at Top Rank Suite, Birmingham.Filename C:\Users\mark\Music\Rips\FLAC\The Beat\I Just Can’t Stop It\08 - Whine & Grine ⁄ Stand Down Margaret.wav Most songs on I Just Can’t Stop It (Edsel EDSG 8016) are group compositions, and all show the stylistic diversity at hand. Today, the album jars for its incisive, dark lyrics (a hallmark shared by Costello) juxtaposed with felicitous melodies, even more ripe for dancing in the extended mixes contained on the bonus discs. Besides the desire to mix “the energy of punk and the groove of dub in a three-minute single,” The Beat made clear its mission statement to embrace the personal as well as the political. It’s those songs emphasizing the latter that give the album much of its primal power. Musically, the band takes a violent approach to the resolutely non-violent “Two Swords” (“I’ve never been one for the punch-ups/But look, I really hate them Nazis/A certain something starts to wind me up/How could I hate them oh so violently?”) and there’s no shying away from the edgy venom of “Twist and Crawl.” The English class system has long been a source of fascination and frustration for writers, artists and musicians, and the Beat made their views clear in “Big Shot” : “Yes, I’ve seen you go to work in your big car/Yes, you’re fat and can afford to be tasteless/You’re a big shot…” Cranna, Ian (29 May – 11 June 1980). "The Beat: I Just Can't Stop It". Smash Hits. Vol.2, no.11. p.30. The DVD has a couple of videos and Top Of The Pops appearances. They were on that show five times in total during this period, the high charting of the singles allowing them two performances apiece for Tears Of A Clown and Hands Off…She’s Mine. The highlight of the video material is a short but sweaty live performance of Hands Off…She’s Mine performed live in the Top Rank Suite venue in Birmingham . This was broadcast on British TV on 12 December 1980 in a programme called Alright Now. There is some before-show banter from the band (“I can’t tune this guitar!”) and an brave attempt at mixing live action and animation ( Roger Rabbit eat your heart out). The gig is billed as “The Beat Starring Dave Wakeling” – “Still Can’t Stop It” – 40th Anniversary Tour”. So because I am not going, I thought I would play “I Just Got Stop It” the first of three albums released by The Beat – It was released in May 1980 on their own Go-Feet Record label. Now up until fairly recently there were 3 different versions of The Beat – The Beat Goes Bang led by Everett Morton who was drummer in the original band, then there was The Beat featuring Ranking Roger – and sadly Roger died last year – I wrote about his solo album “Radical Departures” a while ago and The English Beat Starring Dave Wakeling. The later were who I was going to see tonight – they seem now to be billed as The Beat Starring Dave Wakeling. Anyway, my CD of “I Just Can’t Stop It” is credited to The English Beat. The reason is I got the album on import because inexplicably for a long time it was not available on CD in this country. And in The States, The Beat have always been billed as “The English Beat” to avoid being confused with an American band called….The Beat.

Rhino Entertainment President Mark Pinkus expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership: “I am thrilled to have the incredible opportunity to work with the English Beat catalog. For Rhino to collaborate with such a legendary band is an absolute privilege, as it allows us to immerse ourselves in the timeless magic of their music, share in their creative brilliance, and contribute to the legacy of a group that has inspired generations.”I Just Can't Stop It - Label: '℗ 1980 / Arista Records' and 'Marketed...' top right / runouts without 'DIGITAL' (A4 or A6 / B4) Rose, Frank (4 September 1980). "The English Beat: I Just Can't Stop It". Rolling Stone. No.325. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008 . Retrieved 12 August 2007. However, they're probably at their best when they combine these two strains which they do superbly on the set's biggest hit "Mirror In The Bathroom" with its almost lead bass and eddying guitar-sound, the fun pop-reggae of "Hands Off... She's Mine" complete with Roger's amusing intervention as the girl's dad, the urgent, twisty-crawly "Twist & Crawl" and yet another single, "Best Friend" which is so jangly it could almost have been flown in by the Byrds