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551:, as the lyrics of both albums were created when several band members would propose lyrics, and after passing these lyrics around the group, the whole band decided on what to retain and reject. As the band's musical influences were disparate, the band wrote the music in a more complex fashion, where, "s a consequence, through playing an embryonic song over and over, 'everybody sort of jostles for position' until upon a satisfying arrangement." Bruce Dancis of
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456:, hotel music! Obviously they’d been on the road too long, that’s what we thought. We thought they’ve been on the road too long cause this is the kind of music we hear in them hotels when we tour round America – everywhere! But it still had a message and that was really successful for them. And maybe it was more successful for them because they challenged to change."
355:, though its singles were the least commercially successful the band had released up to that point. Fans' reaction to the album was mixed, with some finding the band to have "mellowed out," though the album gave the band a larger American audience than before. Critics were generally favourable towards the album, with praise given to the musicianship and lyricism.
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516:. During this period, the band read letters from their fan club, one of which was from an American woman who told the band she attempted to use their music in fitness lessons but found it too fast. Roger noted: "It was a lovely written letter so we decided to tone it down a bit in the way that The Beat became what we call '
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shared these sentiments, finding the loping music, effervescent sax and playful mixing of vocalists to "almost obscure the songs' depressing views of personal and social troubles," something they felt was "not out of character" for the band." Ranking Roger noted: "The music was happy, the lyrics sad.
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The band found it difficult to write lyrics while on tour, so they each bought a notepad, jotted down ideas, kept them for several days and then passed them onto other band members, who then wrote their own ideas onto the sheet. This communal fashion of writing songs was not unlike their approach to
883:, at the time their-joint lowest placing, whereas "Doors of Your Heart" was released as the second and final single in June with "Get-a-Job" on the B-side, only reaching No. 33 on the chart. In the United States, where the band was known as the English Beat, the album was their final on
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in 1983: "I enjoy crossing cultures. It's a general trend now, but I feel like I've been doing it a few years. Basically the 2-Tone explosion was the first significant musical trend to take that direction. Mind you, for me this has come probably from working with the Beat, especially
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Miles felt the "bracing fervor" of the music turns the lyrically bleak songs into "sharp exhortations to dance all over one's troubles," with "Drowning" being an "eerie variation" in regards to its gliding and dipping, breezy beat and "suicide-is-sensuous fable" lyrics.
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and felt that the music is "linked to, not fettered by, ska, and their messages are delivered (again) with a degree of lightheartedness. Singers and players are darting and fluid, and this welcome effort thumbs its nose at sophomore slump."
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Christgau, opening song "Doors of Your Heart" is a "unity rocker" where "love means eros and agape simultaneously, and Wakeling finds that dread blocks the way to both, and Roger advises him to stop his fighting." In the song's
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released a new, CD version of the album in the UK digitally remastered from the original masters by
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rated the album four stars out of five and noted how the band " their sound over a whole album, realise their strengths (most notably the individuality of each performer) and, in general, settle down." He felt that while
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hits at the same time and that’s the main emphasis. So we did 'Doors of your Heart' and 'Monkey
Murders' and along with a few others and that was the kind of style for that album in the end."
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popular music," complimenting the bands' two-tone style as "a true melding of the interracial musical spirit that has produced so much of the greatest music of the past two decades —
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music, while keeping reggae at its core. The fast pace of the band's previous work is also exchanged for a slower, mid-tempo pace. Accompanying the music is the
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English Beat: truly complex love-and-jealousy tales, politics that are more keenly defined." He said that, alongside
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and the Beat. Exemplifying the lighthearted side of the band, the back cover of the album shows snapshots of the band in sunny weather.
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said that: "Although not out of character for the group, it's the only one of their three albums that isn't essential listening." In
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groove. One critic described "Cheated" as being in a "bellicose dub" style." "Get-a-Job" is a pop song with influences from
484:. Ranking Roger noted: "What you listen to on your bus could dictate what your next album sounds like." The band's idea for
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that the Beat chose to "emphasise the reggae element" of their sound with
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3106:Waller, Paul (31 July 2013).
2836:"The English Beat: Wha'ppen?"
2716:"The English Beat: Wha'ppen?"
2619:. Jefferson, North Carolina:
2536:"Can Beatmania Ban the Bomb?"
2506:. 2 July 2013. Archived from
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2013:Credits are adapted from the
1464:Black Music & Jazz Review
1331:Among retrospective reviews,
1241:Spin Alternative Record Guide
1191:The Rolling Stone Album Guide
1065:Encyclopedia of Popular Music
814:, while "Get-a-Job" concerns
591:, who owned the band's label
4031:Can't Get Used to Losing You
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3078:Hart, Ron (23 August 2012).
2794:Isler, Scott; Robbins, Era.
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3459:The Illustrated London News
3420:. In Buckley, Peter (ed.).
3318:(1995). "English Beat". In
3203:Cooper, Mark (9 May 1981).
3029:. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
1998:"Which Side of the Bed...?"
1753:" (non-album single A-side)
1391:The Illustrated London News
1321:Kid Creole and the Coconuts
444:(1980). He felt that while
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2128:, the Beat – sleeve design
2086:"Have a Go Bobby" Sargeant
2079:Dave "Blockhead" Wright –
1304:the Butterfield Blues Band
937:, the band found that the
875:. It was a success in the
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1347:was favourable, calling
1280:alongside the Specials'
1053:Christgau's Record Guide
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446:the first Specials album
385:. They were part of the
3580:Radiohead's OK Computer
3577:Griffiths, Dai (2004).
3422:The Rough Guide to Rock
3322:; Marks, Craig (eds.).
2912:"Marked by ska forever"
2621:McFarland & Company
2119:Bob Sargeant – producer
1378:The Rough Guide to Rock
820:Dominican Creole French
707:Dominican Creole French
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662:The album incorporates
254:Released: 10 April 1981
3982:Mirror in the Bathroom
3975:Hands Off...She's Mine
2941:Swenson, John (1981).
810:'s dominance over the
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1767:"Doors of Your Heart"
1524:"Doors of Your Heart"
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260:"Doors of Your Heart"
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3879:I Just Can't Stop It
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3625:. Vol. 6. 1983.
3418:"The (English) Beat"
3180:The Great Rock Bible
2623:. pp. 122–123.
2617:Ska: An Oral History
2162:New Zealand Albums (
2074:Additional musicians
1790:"All Out to Get You"
1547:"All Out to Get You"
1448:I Just Can't Stop It
1443:Special Beat Service
1337:The Great Rock Bible
1264:I Just Can't Stop It
1103:The Great Rock Bible
997:Professional ratings
915:I Just Can't Stop It
855:Ska: An Oral History
641:I Just Can't Stop It
563:I Just Can't Stop It
549:I Just Can't Stop It
428:I Just Can't Stop It
416:I Just Can't Stop It
305:I Just Can't Stop It
189:Special Beat Service
171:I Just Can't Stop It
54:8 May 1981
4102:Sire Records albums
4003:Too Nice to Talk To
3996:Stand Down Margaret
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3428:. pp. 71–72.
3206:"The Beat Goes On"
3108:"Beat – Interview"
2879:(1 October 2012).
2728:on 5 December 2008
2510:on 14 January 2018
2343:"The English Beat"
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774:1981 England riots
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478:West African music
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3950:The Complete Beat
3556:The Village Voice
3547:Christgau, Robert
3527:. 1 February 1982
3524:The Village Voice
3482:. 10 October 2016
3173:Strong, Martin C.
3155:978-0-85712-595-8
3112:Penny Black Music
2832:Christgau, Robert
2341:Woodstra, Chris.
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4064:
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4057:
4051:
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4046:
4045:
4043:
4039:
4032:
4028:
4025:
4021:
4018:
4014:
4011:
4007:
4004:
4000:
3997:
3993:
3990:
3986:
3983:
3979:
3976:
3972:
3969:
3965:
3964:
3962:
3958:
3952:
3951:
3947:
3946:
3944:
3940:
3934:
3933:
3929:
3927:
3926:
3922:
3920:
3919:
3918:What Is Beat?
3915:
3914:
3912:
3908:
3902:
3901:
3897:
3895:
3894:
3890:
3888:
3887:
3883:
3881:
3880:
3876:
3875:
3873:
3871:Studio albums
3869:
3863:
3862:
3861:Dave Wakeling
3858:
3856:
3855:
3851:
3849:
3846:
3844:
3843:
3842:Ranking Roger
3839:
3837:
3834:
3832:
3831:
3827:
3826:
3823:
3819:
3812:
3807:
3805:
3800:
3798:
3793:
3792:
3789:
3782:
3778:
3777:
3776:Wha'ppen?
3773:
3772:
3762:
3758:
3754:
3750:
3746:
3742:
3730:
3726:
3720:
3713:
3708:
3701:
3696:
3688:
3686:0-646-11917-6
3682:
3678:
3674:
3668:
3660:
3654:
3646:
3642:
3638:
3632:
3624:
3623:
3615:
3600:
3598:0-8264-1663-2
3594:
3590:
3586:
3582:
3581:
3573:
3558:
3557:
3552:
3548:
3542:
3526:
3525:
3520:
3514:
3506:
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3497:
3481:
3480:
3475:
3469:
3461:
3460:
3452:
3437:
3431:
3427:
3423:
3419:
3412:
3397:
3393:
3389:
3383:
3375:
3364:
3363:
3357:
3349:
3341:
3339:0-679-75574-8
3335:
3331:
3330:Vintage Books
3327:
3326:
3321:
3317:
3311:
3303:
3302:
3294:
3279:
3277:0-7432-0169-8
3273:
3269:
3265:
3261:
3260:
3255:
3251:
3247:
3243:
3237:
3235:
3226:
3214:
3213:
3212:Record Mirror
3207:
3199:
3197:
3181:
3177:
3174:
3168:
3166:
3157:
3151:
3147:
3146:Omnibus Press
3143:
3142:
3137:
3136:Larkin, Colin
3131:
3129:
3113:
3109:
3102:
3087:
3086:
3081:
3074:
3066:
3060:
3052:
3048:
3044:
3038:
3036:
3028:
3027:
3022:
3020:
3013:
3011:
2994:
2993:
2988:
2981:
2974:
2970:
2965:
2963:
2954:
2952:9780933328099
2948:
2944:
2937:
2935:
2919:
2918:
2913:
2906:
2904:
2902:
2886:
2882:
2878:
2872:
2857:
2855:0-679-73015-X
2851:
2847:
2843:
2842:
2837:
2833:
2827:
2825:
2823:
2821:
2819:
2803:
2802:
2801:Trouser Press
2797:
2790:
2788:
2786:
2784:
2782:
2766:
2765:
2760:
2756:
2755:Stubbs, David
2750:
2748:
2746:
2744:
2727:
2723:
2722:
2721:Rolling Stone
2717:
2710:
2708:
2706:
2704:
2702:
2700:
2698:
2696:
2694:
2692:
2690:
2674:
2670:
2663:
2661:
2659:
2657:
2655:
2653:
2651:
2649:
2647:
2645:
2643:
2641:
2632:
2626:
2622:
2618:
2611:
2609:
2607:
2605:
2603:
2601:
2592:
2586:
2578:
2574:
2570:
2564:
2562:
2560:
2543:
2542:
2537:
2530:
2528:
2526:
2509:
2505:
2501:
2495:
2493:
2491:
2489:
2473:
2472:
2467:
2460:
2458:
2456:
2454:
2452:
2450:
2448:
2446:
2444:
2428:
2424:
2417:
2401:
2397:
2391:
2376:
2375:
2370:
2363:
2348:
2344:
2337:
2329:
2317:
2316:
2315:Record Mirror
2311:
2305:
2289:
2288:
2280:
2274:
2270:
2259:
2253:
2249:
2246:
2243:
2238:
2234:
2229:Certification
2224:
2207:
2205:
2199:
2192:
2188:
2184:
2177:
2172:
2165:
2160:
2156:
2153:
2148:
2140:Chart (1981)
2138:
2127:
2124:
2121:
2118:
2117:
2116:
2115:
2109:
2105:
2103:
2099:
2096:
2093:
2091:
2087:
2084:
2082:
2078:
2077:
2076:
2075:
2069:
2065:
2063:
2059:
2057:
2053:
2050:
2047:
2044:
2041:
2040:Ranking Roger
2038:
2036:
2032:
2028:
2027:Dave Wakeling
2025:
2024:
2023:
2022:
2018:
2017:liner notes.
2016:
2000:
1997:
1993:
1989:
1986:
1982:
1978:
1975:
1971:
1958:
1945:
1942:Total length:
1939:
1935:
1932:
1929:
1925:
1921:
1918:
1915:
1911:
1907:
1904:
1901:
1897:
1893:
1890:
1887:
1883:
1879:
1876:
1873:
1869:
1865:
1862:
1859:
1855:
1851:
1848:
1845:
1841:
1837:
1834:
1831:
1827:
1823:
1820:
1817:
1813:
1809:
1806:
1803:
1799:
1795:
1792:
1789:
1785:
1781:
1776:Colin Osborne
1775:
1772:
1771:
1769:
1766:
1762:
1758:
1755:
1752:
1748:
1744:
1728:
1710:
1707:Total length:
1704:
1700:
1697:
1693:
1689:
1686:
1682:
1678:
1675:
1671:
1667:
1664:
1660:
1656:
1653:
1649:
1645:
1642:
1638:
1625:
1612:
1609:
1606:
1602:
1598:
1594:
1591:
1588:
1584:
1580:
1577:
1574:
1570:
1566:
1563:
1560:
1556:
1552:
1549:
1546:
1542:
1538:
1533:Colin Osborne
1532:
1529:
1528:
1526:
1523:
1519:
1503:
1491:
1486:Track listing
1483:
1481:
1477:
1476:
1471:
1466:
1465:
1460:
1455:
1453:
1449:
1445:
1444:
1439:
1435:
1431:
1430:Philip Selway
1427:
1423:
1419:
1418:
1413:
1409:
1408:
1403:
1402:
1397:
1393:
1392:
1382:
1380:
1379:
1374:
1373:
1372:Trouser Press
1368:
1367:
1362:
1358:
1354:
1350:
1346:
1342:
1338:
1334:
1329:
1326:
1322:
1318:
1314:
1313:
1312:Rolling Stone
1307:
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1297:
1293:
1289:
1285:
1284:
1279:
1275:
1274:
1269:
1265:
1260:
1259:
1258:Record Mirror
1254:
1245:
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1242:
1238:
1237:
1233:
1231:
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1226:
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1195:
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1192:
1188:
1187:
1157:
1155:
1154:
1153:Rolling Stone
1150:
1149:
1119:
1117:
1116:
1115:Record Mirror
1112:
1111:
1107:
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1100:
1099:
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1062:
1061:
1057:
1055:
1054:
1050:
1049:
1019:
1017:
1014:
1013:
1005:
1002:Review scores
1000:
989:
987:
983:
979:
975:
974:
969:
965:
964:Edsel Records
961:
956:
952:
947:
944:
940:
936:
932:
931:Spanish music
928:
924:
920:
916:
912:
907:
905:
903:
898:
894:
890:
887:. To promote
886:
882:
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852:
848:
844:
834:
831:
830:
829:Trouser Press
823:
821:
817:
813:
812:British media
809:
805:
801:
797:
791:
789:
785:
781:
780:
779:Rolling Stone
775:
771:
767:
763:
754:
752:
748:
744:
740:
736:
732:
728:
724:
720:
716:
715:Cadence-lypso
712:
708:
704:
700:
695:
693:
689:
685:
681:
677:
673:
669:
665:
656:
652:
650:
646:
642:
638:
637:Chinese music
634:
633:African music
630:
626:
622:
608:
606:
602:
598:
594:
590:
586:
582:
578:
574:
570:
566:
564:
560:
556:
555:
550:
543:
541:
540:Ranking Roger
534:
529:
527:
523:
520:', where the
519:
515:
511:
501:
499:
495:
491:
487:
483:
479:
474:
470:
466:
462:
457:
455:
451:
450:More Specials
447:
443:
442:
441:More Specials
437:
433:
432:Ranking Roger
429:
424:
422:
418:
417:
412:
408:
404:
400:
396:
392:
388:
384:
383:Dave Wakeling
380:
379:Ranking Roger
376:
366:
364:
360:
359:
354:
350:
345:
343:
339:
335:
331:
327:
323:
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297:
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257:
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244:
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218:
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191:
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172:
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159:
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149:
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105:
101:
96:
93:
91:
88:
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81:
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71:
68:
64:
53:
49:
45:
40:
36:
32:
27:
22:
16:
4047:
3948:
3930:
3923:
3916:
3910:Compilations
3898:
3891:
3885:
3884:
3877:
3859:
3854:David Steele
3852:
3847:
3840:
3835:
3828:
3774:
3760:
3756:
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3732:. Retrieved
3719:
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3602:. Retrieved
3587:. New York:
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3477:
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3439:. Retrieved
3426:Rough Guides
3421:
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3399:. Retrieved
3382:
3372:– via
3366:. Retrieved
3360:
3348:
3328:. New York:
3324:
3316:Hermes, Will
3310:
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3281:. Retrieved
3258:
3223:– via
3217:. Retrieved
3215:. p. 16
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2844:. New York:
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2726:the original
2719:
2676:. Retrieved
2616:
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2546:. Retrieved
2541:Mother Jones
2539:
2512:. Retrieved
2508:the original
2475:. Retrieved
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2336:
2326:– via
2320:. Retrieved
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2292:. Retrieved
2285:
2279:"New Albums"
2273:
2255:
2203:
2126:Hunt Emerson
2113:
2112:
2095:Cedric Myton
2073:
2072:
2052:David Steele
2020:
2019:
2014:
2012:
1725:1999 reissue
1489:
1473:
1469:
1462:
1459:Creole music
1456:
1451:
1447:
1441:
1437:
1415:
1411:
1405:
1399:
1395:
1389:
1388:
1376:
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1316:
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1271:
1267:
1263:
1256:
1252:
1251:
1239:
1227:
1189:
1151:
1113:
1101:
1063:
1051:
982:reel-to-reel
977:
971:
967:
948:
919:The Specials
914:
910:
908:
901:
897:campus radio
888:
885:Sire Records
868:
867:
863:Hunt Emerson
854:
850:
846:
842:
840:
827:
824:
816:unemployment
804:Cedric Myton
796:reggae toast
792:
777:
761:
760:
743:Motown Sound
739:Gang of Four
713:which mixes
696:
666:percussion,
661:
640:
624:
620:
619:
580:
568:
567:
562:
558:
554:Mother Jones
552:
548:
545:
536:
532:
513:
507:
493:
489:
485:
481:
458:
449:
439:
436:the Specials
427:
425:
414:
372:
356:
348:
346:
342:Bob Sargeant
317:
303:
300:Sire Records
284:studio album
278:
277:
276:
235:
187:
179:
178:
169:
151:Bob Sargeant
39:Studio album
15:
4097:1981 albums
4066:Discography
4049:Dance Craze
3989:Best Friend
3673:Kent, David
3266:. pp.
2861:18 December
2764:The Quietus
2732:26 December
1916:"Get-a-Job"
1874:"Walk Away"
1719:CD reissues
1687:"Get-a-Job"
1654:"Walk Away"
1480:Afghanistan
1401:Sandinista!
1300:Miles Davis
1296:Little Feat
788:nationalism
672:Third World
611:Composition
601:Saint Kitts
467:bands like
286:by British
4086:Categories
3604:14 January
3562:14 January
3531:14 January
3486:2 November
3441:14 January
3435:1843531054
3424:. London:
3401:14 January
3388:Dye, David
3368:14 January
3301:Smash Hits
3262:. London:
3219:14 January
3185:14 January
3176:"The Beat"
3117:14 January
3091:14 January
3085:PopMatters
2999:14 January
2923:14 January
2890:14 January
2807:14 January
2770:14 January
2678:14 January
2548:14 January
2514:14 January
2504:Fred Perry
2477:14 January
2432:14 January
2406:14 January
2380:14 January
2352:14 January
2322:8 February
2287:Music Week
2266:References
2102:steel drum
1846:"Drowning"
1461:. He told
1283:Ghost Town
1229:Smash Hits
935:California
747:steel band
452:"was like
421:rocksteady
326:steel band
236:Wha'ppen?
160:chronology
58:1981-05-08
4024:I Confess
3886:Wha'ppen?
3759:Wha'ppen
3639:(liner).
3637:Wha'ppen?
3504:Hot Press
3456:"Music".
3396:NPR Music
3045:(liner).
3043:Wha'ppen?
3026:Billboard
3019:Billboard
2992:Billboard
2571:(liner).
2569:Wha'ppen?
2374:Pitchfork
2204:Billboard
2187:UK Albums
2145:position
2106:Saltin –
2081:keyboards
2068:saxophone
2015:Wha'ppen?
2009:Personnel
1902:"Cheated"
1738:Writer(s)
1676:"Cheated"
1513:Writer(s)
1452:Wha'ppen?
1438:Wha'ppen?
1434:Radiohead
1417:Hot Press
1412:Wha'ppen?
1396:Wha'ppen?
1357:NPR Music
1353:David Dye
1349:Wha'ppen?
1341:Wha'ppen?
1335:wrote in
1325:Wha'ppen?
1317:Wha'ppen?
1278:Wha'ppen?
1276:reviewed
1268:Wha'ppen?
1253:Wha'ppen?
978:Wha'ppen?
968:Wha'ppen?
949:In 1987,
911:Wha'ppen?
902:Billboard
889:Wha'ppen?
869:Wha'ppen?
851:Wha'ppen?
843:Misdemean
770:NPR Music
762:Wha'ppen?
699:dub music
680:worldbeat
668:steelpans
645:punk rock
625:Wha'ppen?
621:Wha'ppen?
581:Wha'ppen?
569:Wha'ppen?
559:Wha'ppen?
514:Wha'ppen?
494:Wha'ppen?
490:Wha'ppen?
486:Wha'ppen?
482:Wha'ppen?
469:the Clash
465:punk rock
399:punk rock
349:Wha'ppen?
318:Wha'ppen?
314:punk rock
279:Wha'ppen?
180:Wha'ppen?
95:worldbeat
24:Wha'ppen?
4010:Drowning
3942:Box sets
3830:Andy Cox
3818:The Beat
3734:13 March
3675:(1993).
3641:The Beat
3362:Musician
3283:17 March
3256:(eds.).
3244:(2004).
3047:The Beat
2877:Ward, Ed
2834:(1990).
2673:AllMusic
2573:The Beat
2427:AllMusic
2347:AllMusic
2048:– guitar
2046:Andy Cox
2042:– vocals
2021:The Beat
1987:"Hit It"
1773:The Beat
1622:Side two
1605:Drowning
1530:The Beat
1500:Side one
1470:Wha'ppen
1345:AllMusic
1273:Musician
1016:AllMusic
800:falsetto
784:jingoism
735:art rock
727:Drowning
723:AllMusic
719:Afrobeat
711:Gramacks
692:marimbas
688:trumpets
664:Afrobeat
649:one drop
547:writing
524:and the
522:rim shot
518:one-drop
387:two-tone
292:the Beat
249:Drowning
206:CD cover
158:The Beat
146:Producer
90:two-tone
72:(London)
51:Released
44:the Beat
41: by
3960:Singles
3781:Discogs
3749:Select
3741:Select
3268:277–278
2250:60,000
2247:Silver
2235:/sales
2226:Region
2108:trumpet
2100:Dick –
2090:marimba
2066:Saxa –
1436:listed
1410:ranked
1294:/Volt,
939:surfers
766:Ed Ward
684:riddims
498:surfers
322:African
232:Singles
193:(1982)
184:(1981)
175:(1980)
132:Go-Feet
56: (
4041:Videos
3755:
3751:Silver
3747:
3743:albums
3683:
3595:
3432:
3336:
3274:
3152:
2949:
2852:
2627:
2328:Flickr
2310:"News"
2294:22 May
2133:Charts
2035:vocals
2031:guitar
1968:Length
1933:
1919:
1905:
1891:
1877:
1863:
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