Beauty & the Beat

Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from Californian pop punk all-women band The Go-Go's. Released in 1981 (see 1981 in music), the album was preceded by the single "We Got the Beat", which became a massive club hit in Europe and, later, the United States. When the album was finally released, it topped the Billboard Music Charts for six weeks, and sold in excess of two millions copies, making it one of the biggest surprise hit albums of all time.

The title is a play on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, retold in numerous formats.

Track listing

"Our Lips Are Sealed" (Terry Hall, Wiedlin) - 2:45"How Much More" (Caffey, Wiedlin) - 3:06"Tonite" - 3:35"Lust to Love" (Caffey, Wiedlin) - 4:04"This Town" (Caffey, Wiedlin) - 3:20"We Got the Beat" (Caffey) - 2:32"Fading Fast" (Caffey) - 3:41"Automatic" (Wiedlin) - 3:07"You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)" - 2:54"Skidmarks on My Heart" (Caffey, Carlisle) - 3:06"Can't Stop the World" (Valentine) - 3:20