Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)

Beauty and the Beat
Studio album by
the Go-Go's
ReleasedJuly 14, 1981 (1981-07-14)
Recorded1981
StudioPenny Lane, Record Plant and Sound Mixers, New York City
Genre
Length35:34
LabelI.R.S.
Producer
The Go-Go's chronology
Beauty and the Beat
(1981) 		Vacation
(1982)
Singles from Beauty and the Beat
  1. "We Got the Beat" / "How Much More"
    Released: May 1981
  2. "Our Lips Are Sealed" / "Surfing and Spying"
    Released: July 1981
  3. "Automatic" / "Tonite"
    Released: February 1982

Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from California new wave band the Go-Go's. Released July 14, 1981[2] on the I.R.S. Records label, the album reached number one on Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart in March 1982, bolstered by its two big Hot 100 hit singles: "Our Lips Are Sealed" (no. 20) and "We Got the Beat" (no. 2), released in 1980, but in a different version. After a long and steady climb, Beauty and the Beat reached number one in the album chart dated March 6, 1982, the week before "We Got the Beat" entered the Top Ten of the Hot 100. The album stayed at the top for six consecutive weeks,[3] and ranked second in Billboard's year-end Top 100 of 1982 (behind the self-titled debut album of Asia). The album sold in excess of two million copies, and was RIAA-certified double platinum,[4] qualifying it as one of the most successful debut albums of all time. Critically acclaimed, it has been described as one of the "cornerstone albums of American new wave".[5]

The title is a play on the European fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast".

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Beauty and the Beat – The Go-Go's". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Rudman, Kal, ed. (June 26, 1981). "Advertisement" (PDF). FMBQ Album Report. Cherry Hill, NJ, USA: 13. OCLC 857904873. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2023. LP "Beauty and the Beat" SP 70021 ships July 14{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Beauty and the Beat Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database – search for "Go Go's"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference songwriter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).