| What Is Beat? – The Best of The Beat | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | June 1983 | |||
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| Length | 44:54 | |||
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| Producer | Bob Sargeant | |||
| The Beat chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| Omaha World-Herald | [4] |
What Is Beat? – The Best of The Beat is a greatest hits album by the ska band the Beat released in 1983. The original vinyl release included an additional "free album" of extended remixes entitled Frebe.[5] Several songs had previously only been released as singles and B-sides. These include "Too Nice to Talk To", "March of the Swivelheads" and "Psychedelic Rockers". In the UK these also include the A-side "Tears of a Clown" and "Ranking Full Stop". "March of the Swivelheads" later appeared in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The song accompanies the film's climax. The question of the album's title was answered on the back of the original sleeve, "This is Beat!!"
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Beat: What Is Bear". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Beat". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
- ^ Catlin, Roger (18 December 1983). "Latest English Beat Album Is Like a Collection of Hits". newsbank.com. Omaha World Herald. p. 14.
- ^ liner notes