I Just Can't Stop It (album)

I Just Can't Stop It
Studio album by The Beat
Released May 1980
Genre Ska
2 tone
New wave
Length 36:24
Label Go Feet
Producer Bob Sargeant
The Beat chronology
I Just Can't Stop It
(1980)		 Wha'ppen?
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau A−[2]
Rolling Stone (positive)[3]
Rolling Stone Album Guide [4]

I Just Can't Stop It is the debut album by UK 2 tone band The Beat. The album was released in 1980 via Go Feet Records in the UK. It was released the same year in the US on I.R.S. Records under the name "The English Beat".

Well received from the start, critics such as Rolling Stone raved that the music was "wild and threatening, sexy and sharp."[3] And Allmusic later said "[it] was a stunning achievement", which has been undiminished by time.[1]

The song "Mirror in the Bathroom" featured in the film Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and in "RocknRolla" (2008). The song "Hands Off...She's Mine" featured in the film 50 First Dates (2004).

Contents

Track Listing

All songs written by The Beat, unless otherwise noted.

LP Vinyl Release

Side One
  1. "Mirror in the Bathroom" – 3:10
  2. "Hands Off...She's Mine" – 3:01
  3. "Two Swords" – 2:19
  4. "Twist & Crawl" – 2:35
  5. "Rough Rider" (Prince Buster, arranged & adapted by The Beat) – 4:52
  6. "Click Click" – 1:28
Side Two
  1. "Big Shot" – 2:34
  2. "Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret" – 3:51
  3. "Noise in This World" – 2:19
  4. "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) – 3:04
  5. "Best Friend" – 3:01
  6. "Jackpot" (George Agard, Sydney Crooks, Jackie Robinson, The Beat) – 4:19

CD Reissue

  1. "Mirror in the Bathroom" – 3:10
  2. "Hands Off...She's Mine" – 3:01
  3. "Two Swords" – 2:19
  4. "Twist & Crawl" – 2:35
  5. "Tears of a Clown" ♦ (Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder) – 2:39
  6. "Rough Rider" (Prince Buster, arranged & adapted by The Beat) – 4:52
  7. "Click Click" – 1:28
  8. "Ranking Full Stop" ♦ – 2:44
  9. "Big Shot" – 2:34
  10. "Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret" – 3:51
  11. "Noise in This World" – 2:19
  12. "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (Shuman, Pomus) – 3:04
  13. "Best Friend" – 3:01
  14. "Jackpot" (Agard, Crooks, Robinson, The Beat) – 4:19

Personnel

The Beat
Technical personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 Billboard 200 142[5]
1980 UK Album Chart 3[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Greene, Jo-Anne. I Just Can't Stop It (album) at Allmusic. Retrieved 12 May 2004.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The English Beat > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1426. Retrieved 4 May 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Rose, Frank (September 4, 1980). "The English Beat I Just Can't Stop It > Album Review". Rolling Stone (325). Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080422234001/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theenglishbeat/albums/album/219758/review/5941384/i_just_cant_stop_it. Retrieved 12 August 2007. 
  4. ^ 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. 
  5. ^ ((( I Just Can't Stop It > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))) at Allmusic. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
The Beat
Dave Wakeling  · Ranking Roger  · Everett Morton  · Saxa  · David Steele  · Andy Cox
Dave Blockhead  · Wesley Magoogan
Studio albums
I Just Can't Stop It  · Wha'ppen?  · Special Beat Service
Compilations
What Is Beat?  · The Beat Goes On  · B.P.M. The Very Best of the Beat  · Beat This! The Best of the Beat  · The Platinum Collection  · You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat
Singles
"Tears of a Clown"  · "Hands Off...She's Mine"  · "Mirror in the Bathroom"  · "Best Friend"  · "Twist & Crawl"  · "Too Nice to Talk To"  · "Drowning"/"All Out To Get You"  · "Doors of Your Heart"  · "Hit It (Auto Erotic)"  · "Save It for Later"  · "Jeanette"  · "I Confess"  · "Can't Get Used to Losing You"  · "Ackee 1-2-3"  · "Mirror in the Bathroom (Remix)"
Videos
Dance Craze  · Video Collection  · Live  · The Beat In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall
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