Platinum Collection [Import, Original recording remastered]

The Beat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Warner Spec. Mkt. UK
• ASIN: B000BZPRYS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,765 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mirror in the Bathroom

2. Hands Off She's Mine

3. Best Friend

4. Too Nice to Talk To

5. Can't Get Used to Losing You

6. Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret

7. Twist and Crawl

8. I Confess

9. Save It for Later

10. Doors of Your Heart

11. Sole Salvation

12. Drowning

Editorial Reviews

12 tracks from the English Beat's best from the Warner/Elektra music archives, including 'Mirror In The Bathroom', 'Best Friend', 'Hand's Off She's Mine' and 'Too Nice To Talk To'. A Los Angeles-based power pop outfit formed by Paul Collins (ex-Nerves), the Beat recorded its self-titled debut LP after signing to Columbia Records in 1979. Their albums are now seen as classic examples of power pop. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST OF THE BEAT, May 10, 2006

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D. Fenichell (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

This is the perfect compilation from a great English pop/reggae band, and once and for all, the band's name is simply The Beat. (In the USA, another lesser band beat this one to the naming punch, hence the dreadful "English Beat" moniker.) I had the good fortune to catch two live Beat shows, one at Roseland NYC, the other in a club across from Fenway in Boston, and if I had to create my own "greatest of" collection, it would sound a lot like this CD. There is not a bad track on it, and the sequencing is superb. If we can't experience a reunion tour, this will most certainly serve as a great substitute.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slightly Obsessed, August 30, 2010

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Kat (NYC, NY) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

If you have any ounce of "Ska" in you... any ounce of "New Wave with an eyelash hint of punk"... any ounce of "Great Taste"? If you want to have some serious good times listening to an album from beginning to end that screams: Cool, Edgy, Sexy, Fun?... You have got to own this CD.