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Beat Happening

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B0000035EI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #135,611 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short, Sweet, July 16, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this album and listened to it. It didn't take very long, but every minute was used to the limit. Every song is good. I absolutely love the band, the sound. They seem naive and experienced at the same time. They aren't geniuses at playing their instruments, but they are at writing catchy, bittersweet songs about adolesence.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beat happening!, June 6, 2002

By	nuno leal (Portugal) - See all my reviews

I have no personal favourite record from the magnificent Beats but this one is a good start to new listeners. I was introduced to this masterpiece sometime ago by listening to Luna's cover of "Indian Summer". I was then and I'm still now crazy for so called 80' s Twee or Jangle Pop stuff from Pastels to Tallulah Gosh, scottish Postcard Records stuff, early Go-Betweens and so on...Then Beat Happening...How lucky my ears are! Before any new Yo La Tengo yet to come, listen to this magic songs.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beat Happening Have A Lot To Answer For, January 27, 2004

By A Customer

Their minimalistic pop music was revolutionary at its time, but their incessant plugging of the same old ideas has yielded countless incompetant musicians who believe mugging and wearing cute clothes is equivalent to making an artistic statement.

So, thanks for nothing Beat Happening, but thanks a lot for this album which, along with Daniel Johnston's early work, and the Shagg's opus, create the triumverate of beyond basic pop love.

Album: 4 stars.
Beat Happening's impact on music, resulting in lots of pretentious, annoying, entitled white kids dressing up like Doby Gillis: 2 stars.