Wha'ppen?
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| Wha'ppen? | ||||
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| Studio album by The Beat | ||||
| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Roundhouse Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Ska, rock | |||
| Length | 43:21 (CD) | |||
| Label | Go Feet | |||
| Producer | Bob Sargeant | |||
| The Beat chronology | ||||
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1999 re-release
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | A[2] |
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| Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Wha'ppen? is the second album by the British ska band The Beat (credited on the US release as The English Beat), released in 1981 via Go Feet Records.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs by The Beat, unless otherwise noted.
[edit] Original release
- Side One
- "Doors of Your Heart" (The Beat, Colin Osborne)
- "All Out to Get You"
- "Monkey Murders"
- "I Am Your Flag"
- "French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)" (J. Jefferson)
- "Drowning"
- Side Two
- "Dream Home in NZ"
- "Walk Away"
- "Over and Over"
- "Cheated"
- "Get-a-Job"
- "The Limits We Set"
[edit] CD reissue
- "Too Nice to Talk To"
- "Doors of Your Heart"
- "All Out to Get You"
- "Monkey Murders"
- "I Am Your Flag"
- "French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)"
- "Drowning"
- "Dream Home in NZ"
- "Walk Away"
- "Over and Over"
- "Cheated"
- "Get-a-Job"
- "The Limits We Set"
[edit] Personnel
- The Beat
- Dave Wakeling – guitar, vocals
- Ranking Roger – vocals
- Andy Cox – guitar
- David Steele – bass
- Everett Morton – drums
- Saxa – saxophone
- Additional musicians
- Blockhead – keyboards
- "Have a Go Bobby" Sargeant – marimba
- Cedric Myton – extra vocals on "Doors of Your Heart"
- Dick – steel drum
- Saltin – trumpet
[edit] References
- ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. Wha'ppen? at Allmusic. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "The English Beat > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1426. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
- ^ Miles, Milo (October 1, 1981). "The English Beat Wha'ppen? > Album Review". Rolling Stone (353). Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081205210214/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theenglishbeat/albums/album/239235/review/5944339/whappen. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- ^ Considine, J.D. (2004). "English Beat". In Brackett, Nathan with Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 277–278. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&lpg=PA86&dq=rolling%20stone%20english%20beat&pg=PA277#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
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