The Complete Beat

The Complete Beat
The Complete Beat
Box set by The English Beat
Released	10 July 2012
Recorded	1979–1982
Genre	Ska; 2 tone; new wave; dub;
Length	294:14
Label	Shout! Factory
Producer	Bob Sargeant; Mike Hedges; The Beat;
The English Beat chronology

Released10 July 2012

Recorded1979–1982

Genre

Length294:14

The Complete Beat is a 5-CD box set by British ska/new wave band The Beat (known as The English Beat in the US) released on 10 July 2012 only in the US and Canada.^[1] The box set contains The Beat's three studio albums remastered and two CDs of bonus content: the first contains extended and dub versions, and the second contains all the tracks from their three Peel Sessions and several tracks live from the Boston Opera House.^[2]

The studio albums are the US release versions, as "Tears of a Clown", "Ranking Full Stop", "Too Nice to Talk To" and "Hit It" weren't included on the original UK releases of their respective albums. Also, both Wha'ppen and Special Beat Service CDs include bonus tracks.

On the same day of release, Shout! Factory also released the single-CD compilation album Keep The Beat: The Very Best of The English Beat and a live album, Live at the US Festival, '82 & '83.^[3]^[4]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	90/100^[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Austin Chronicle	^[6]
Blurt	8/10^[7]
Goldmine	^[8]
Los Angeles Times	^[9]
Paste	9.1/10^[10]
Punknews	^[11]
Rolling Stone	^[12]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mirror in the Bathroom"		3:08
2.	"Hands Off...She's Mine"		2:59
3.	"Two Swords"		2:18
4.	"Twist & Crawl"	The English Beat, Les Bradsell	2:34
5.	"Tears of a Clown"	Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder	2:39
6.	"Rough Rider"	Eddy Grant, Patrick Grant, Dervan Gordon, Lincoln Gordon	4:52
7.	"Click Click"		1:27
8.	"Ranking Full Stop"		2:47
9.	"Big Shot"		2:32
10.	"Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret"	Prince Buster, The English Beat	3:46
11.	"Noise in This World"		2:15
12.	"Can't Get Used to Losing You"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	3:05
13.	"Best Friend"		3:03
14.	"Jackpot"	George Agard, Sydney Crooks, Jackie Robinson	4:17

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Nice to Talk To"		3:07
2.	"Doors of Your Heart"	The English Beat, Colin Osborne	3:46
3.	"All Out to Get You"		2:45
4.	"Monkey Murders"		3:09
5.	"I Am Your Flag"		2:53
6.	"French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)"	Joseph Jefferson	3:28
7.	"Drowning"		3:52
8.	"Dream House in NZ"		3:11
9.	"Walk Away"		3:11
10.	"Over and Over"		2:40
11.	"Cheated"		3:28
12.	"Get-a-Job"		3:10
13.	"The Limits We Set"		4:15
14.	"Psychedelic Rockers"		3:52
15.	"Hit It"		3:02
16.	"Which Side of the Bed?"		4:11

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Confess"		4:30
2.	"Jeanette"		2:47
3.	"Sorry"		2:32
4.	"Sole Salvation"		3:05
5.	"Spar Wid Me"		4:30
6.	"Rotating Head"		3:24
7.	"Save It for Later"		3:33
8.	"She's Going"		2:09
9.	"Pato and Roger a Go Talk" (sung by Pato and Roger)	The English Beat, Pato Benson	3:19
10.	"Sugar & Stress"		2:55
11.	"End of the Party"		3:29
12.	"Ackee 1 2 3"		3:11
13.	"What's Your Best Thing"		3:47
14.	"March of the Swivel Heads"		3:31
15.	"Cool Entertainer" (sung by Roger Wakeling)		3:32
16.	"A Go Talk" (Tappy Luppy Dub) (sung by Pato and Roger)	The English Beat, Pato Benson	8:38

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hands Off...She's Mine" (Extended)		4:35
2.	"Twist & Crawl" (Extended)	The English Beat, Les Bradsell	5:00
3.	"Stand Down Margaret" (Dub)		3:32
4.	"Too Nice to Talk To" (Dubweiser)		4:58
5.	"Psychedelic Rockers" (Dubweiser)		5:30
6.	"Doors of Your Heart" (Extended)	The English Beat, Colin Osborne	5:50
7.	"Drowning" (Dub)		5:13
8.	"Hit It" (Extended)		6:29
9.	"Which Side of the Bed?" (Extended)		7:27
10.	"Save It for Later" (Extended)		4:53
11.	"What's Your Best Thing" (Dub)		3:49
12.	"Cool Entertainer" (Extended) (sung by Ranking Roger)		5:50
13.	"Jeanette"		4:08
14.	"March of the Swivel Heads" (Extended)		5:14
15.	"I Confess" (Dave Allen Remix)		5:45

The Complete Beat

Track listing

References

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tears of a Clown" (Peel Session – November 5, 1979)	Cosby, Robinson, Wonder	2:53
2.	"Ranking Full Stop" (Peel Session – November 5, 1979)		3:02
3.	"Click Click" (Peel Session – November 5, 1979)		1:30
4.	"Mirror in the Bathroom" (Peel Session – November 5, 1979)		2:24
5.	"Big Shot" (Peel Session – November 5, 1979)		1:53
6.	"Too Nice to Talk To" (Peel Session – September 22, 1980)		4:10
7.	"Psychedelic Rockers" (Peel Session – September 22, 1980)		4:19
8.	"Monkey Murders" (Peel Session – September 22, 1980)		3:12
9.	"Walk Away" (Peel Session – September 22, 1980)		3:13
10.	"Spar Wid Me" (Peel Session – March 29, 1982)		3:47
11.	"End of the Party" (Peel Session – March 29, 1982)		3:01
12.	"She's Going" (Peel Session – March 29, 1982)		2:06
13.	"Save It for Later" (Peel Session – March 29, 1982)		3:09
14.	"Sole Salvation" (Peel Session – March 29, 1982)		2:43
15.	"Pato and Roger a Go Talk" (Peel Session – March 29, 1982)	The English Beat, Pato Benson	4:03
16.	"Best Friend" (Opera House, Boston – November 19, 1982)		2:59
17.	"Tears of a Clown" (Opera House, Boston – November 19, 1982)	Cosby, Robinson, Wonder	3:34
18.	"Twist & Crawl" (Opera House, Boston – November 19, 1982)	The English Beat, Les Bradsell	2:44
19.	"Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret" (Opera House, Boston – November 19, 1982)		6:45

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Andy Cox Everett Morton Ranking Roger Saxa David Steele Dave Wakeling
Studio albums	I Just Can't Stop It Wha'ppen? Special Beat Service Here We Go Love
Compilations	What Is Beat? B.P.M.: The Very Best of the Beat Beat This! The Best of the Beat
Box sets	The Complete Beat
Singles	"Tears of a Clown" "Hands Off...She's Mine" "Mirror in the Bathroom" "Best Friend" "Stand Down Margaret" "Too Nice to Talk To" "Drowning" "Save It for Later" "I Confess" "Can't Get Used to Losing You"
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