The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1981) [Hi-Res]

It’s not quite right to say that the Go-Go’s' 1981 debut, Beauty and the Beat, is where new wave caught hold in the U.S., but it’s not quite wrong, either. Prior to this, there had certainly been new wave hits -- Blondie had been reaching the Top Ten for two years running -- but the Go-Go’s ushered in the era of big, bright stylish pop, spending six weeks at the top of the U.S. charts and generating two singles that defined the era: the cool groove of “Our Lips Are Sealed” and the exuberant “We Got the Beat.” So big were these two hits that they sometimes suggested that Beauty and the Beat was a hits-and-filler record, an impression escalated by the boost the Go-Go’s received from the just-launched MTV, yet that’s hardly the case. Beauty and the Beat is sharp, clever, and catchy,...

Tracklist:
1 01. The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (02:46)
1 02. The Go-Go's - How Much More (03:04)
1 03. The Go-Go's - Tonite (03:34)
1 04. The Go-Go's - Lust To Love (04:05)
1 05. The Go-Go's - This Town (03:21)
1 06. The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat (02:39)
1 07. The Go-Go's - Fading Fast (03:40)
1 08. The Go-Go's - Automatic (03:07)
1 09. The Go-Go's - You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep) (02:53)
1 10. The Go-Go's - Skidmarks On My Heart (03:06)
1 11. The Go-Go's - Can't Stop The World (03:20)
2 12. The Go-Go's - Skidmarks On My Heart (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:00)
2 13. The Go-Go's - How Much More (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (02:55)
2 14. The Go-Go's - Tonite (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:45)
2 15. The Go-Go's - Fading Fast (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:19)
2 16. The Go-Go's - London Boys (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (02:31)
2 17. The Go-Go's - Cool Jerk (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:20)
2 18. The Go-Go's - Automatic (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (02:41)
2 19. The Go-Go's - Lust To Love (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:47)
2 20. The Go-Go's - Can't Stop The World (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (04:05)
2 21. The Go-Go's - This Town (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (02:03)
2 22. The Go-Go's - You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep) (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:13)
2 23. The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:17)
2 24. The Go-Go's - Let's Have A Party (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (01:25)
2 25. The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:05)
2 26. The Go-Go's - Surfing And Spying/Beatnik Beach (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (04:10)
2 27. The Go-Go's - Remember (Walking In The Sand) (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:17)
2 28. The Go-Go's - Vacation (Live At Metro Club, Boston, 1981) (03:06)