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The English Beat
The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat and Australia as The British Beat) are a 2 Tone ska revival band founded in England in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock, and their lyrics deal with themes of love, unity and sociopolitical topics.
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Live at the Roundhouse [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Ranking Full Stop | |
Too Nice to Talk To | |
Best Friend | |
Tears of a Clown | |
Doors of Your Heart | |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | |
Mirror in the Bathroom |
Hard to Beat: Best of the Beat [2017]
Live in London [2016]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Nice to Talk To | 4:01 |
Doors of Your Heart | 5:07 |
Best Friend | 3:09 |
Tears of a Clown | 3:23 |
Spar Wid Me | 4:33 |
Save It for Later | 5:23 |
Jackpot | 8:59 |
Completely Under the Covers [2015]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:28 |
The Best of 2 Tone [Rhino] [2014]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:49 |
100 Hits: 80s Chartbusters [2013]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:09 |
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:09 |
Ska Explosion [Rhino] [2013]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Mirror In the Bathroom | 3:04 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:48 |
Special Beat Service/The Dub Album [2013]
100 Hits: 70s Classics [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Tears Of a Clown | 2:42 |
Keep the Beat: The Very Best of the English Beat [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror In the Bathroom | 3:09 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:46 |
Save It For Later | 3:34 |
Twist & Crawl | 2:35 |
The Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Best Friend | 3:03 |
I Confess | 4:31 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:47 |
Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:46 |
Get-a-Job | 3:11 |
Jeanette | 2:47 |
Too Nice To Talk To | 3:07 |
Can't Get Used To Losing You | 3:05 |
Sole Salvation | 3:05 |
Hand's Off…She's Mine | 3:00 |
Hands Off...She's Mine | 2:59 |
End of the Party | 3:29 |
Live! At the US Festival [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Twist & Crawl | 2:52 |
I Confess | 3:33 |
Doors of Your Heart | 4:18 |
Sugar & Stress | 3:13 |
Two Swords | 2:20 |
Hands Off...She's Mine | 2:43 |
Save It for Later | 3:50 |
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:39 |
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:26 |
Jeanette | 2:52 |
Spar Wid Me | 3:45 |
Tears of a Clown | 3:43 |
Ackee 1 2 3 | 2:54 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:57 |
Jackpot | 5:53 |
Live! at the US Festival: September 3, 1982 & May 28, 1983 [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
September 3, 1982: Doors of Your Heart | 4:17 |
May 28, 1983: Ackee 1 2 3 | 2:53 |
May 28, 1983: Doors of Your Heart |
The Complete Beat [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:08 |
Hands Off...She's Mine | 2:59 |
Two Swords | 2:18 |
Twist & Crawl | 2:34 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Rough Rider | 4:52 |
Click Click | 1:27 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
Big Shot | 2:32 |
Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:46 |
Noise in This World | 2:15 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:05 |
Best Friend | 3:03 |
Jackpot | 4:17 |
Too Nice to Talk | 3:07 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:46 |
All Out to Get You | 2:45 |
Monkey Murders | 3:09 |
I Am Your Flag | 2:53 |
Drowning | 3:52 |
Walk Away | 3:11 |
Over and Over | 2:40 |
Cheated | 3:28 |
Get-a-Job | 3:10 |
The Limits We Set | 4:15 |
I Confess | 4:30 |
Jeanette | 2:47 |
Sorry | 2:32 |
Sole Salvation | 3:05 |
Spar wid Me | 4:30 |
Rotating Head | 3:24 |
Save It for Later | 3:33 |
She's Going | 2:09 |
Pato and Roger a Go Talk | 3:19 |
Sugar & Stress | 2:55 |
End of the Party | 3:29 |
Ackee 1 2 3 | 3:11 |
March of the Swivel Heads [*] | 3:31 |
Doors of Your Heart [Extended] [*][Version] | 5:50 |
Ranking Full Stop [Peel Sessions] [Live][*] | 3:02 |
Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret [Peel Sessions] [Live][*] | 6:45 |
100 Hits: 80s Rewind [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:08 |
Best Friend | 2:55 |
100 Hits: Punk & New Wave [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
100 Hits: Super 70s [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:50 |
3/60: The Eighties [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Nice To Talk To | 3:08 |
70s Summer Party [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:48 |
80's Mixtape [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:02 |
Awesome '80s [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror In The Bathroom | 3:09 |
BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions 1977-1979: Movement [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 3:03 |
Massive Hits! Seventies [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:52 |
Massive Hits: Reggae And Ska [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Tears Of A Clown | 2:39 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:48 |
Hot Tub Time Machine [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2010]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:34 |
Naïve Waves, Vol. 1: New Wave / Post Punk – 1977-1981 [2010]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror In the Bathroom |
Sunshine Reggae Hits [2010]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
The Ultimate Reggae & Ska Hits [2010]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears Of A Clown | 2:40 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:49 |
The Ultimate Seventies Hits [2010]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears Of A Clown | 2:40 |
100 Essential Tracks: 80s [2009]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:07 |
Original Hits: 70s [2009]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Tears of a Clown | 2:40 |
Smash Hits 1980 [2009]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom |
Smash Hits 1983 [2009]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:00 |
Ashes to Ashes, Series 1 [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Doors of Your Heart | 3:46 |
Legendary Decades [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
Legendary Seventies [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:42 |
One Step Beyond: The Unstoppable Rhythm Of Reggae & Ska [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Rock N Rolla [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:08 |
Rocknrolla: Original Soundtrack [OST] [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:09 |
Summer Reggae [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
The Edge of the 70's [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:06 |
This Is 1979 [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
Top of the Pops Collection [43 CD] [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears Of A Clown |
You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat [37 Tracks] [2008]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:43 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:50 |
Hands off She's Mine | 3:02 |
Twist and Crawl | 2:37 |
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:10 |
Jackpot | 4:21 |
Stand Down Margaret | 3:52 |
Best Friend | 3:03 |
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:09 |
Rough Rider | 4:54 |
Click Click | 1:30 |
Big Shot | 2:34 |
Two Swords | 2:21 |
Noise in This World | 2:19 |
All out to Get You | 2:47 |
Drowning | 3:53 |
The Limits We Set | 4:17 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:49 |
Save It for Later | 3:36 |
Sole Salvation | 3:06 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:03 |
Get a Job | 3:13 |
Walk Away | 3:13 |
Over and Over | 2:40 |
Cheated | 3:30 |
Ackee 1-2-3 | 3:15 |
Monkey Murders | 3:13 |
Jeanette | 2:48 |
I Confess | 4:34 |
Spar Wid Me | 4:33 |
Sorry | 2:35 |
She's Going | 2:12 |
Pato and Roger a Go Talk | 3:21 |
Sugar and Stress | 2:58 |
End of the Party | 3:31 |
100 Hits: 80s [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror In the Bathroom | 3:09 |
Hands Off She's Mine | |
Hands Off... She's Mine | 2:58 |
Mama's Boy [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hands Off She's Mine | 2:58 |
Pure: 70s [EMI] [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:50 |
Top of the Pops 1979 [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:40 |
The Greatest 80's Hits of All Time [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:08 |
The History Boys [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 2:59 |
The Platinum Collection [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:07 |
Hands Off She's Mine | 2:58 |
Best Friend | 2:59 |
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:07 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 2:59 |
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:47 |
Twist and Crawl | 2:35 |
I Confess | 4:30 |
Save It for Later | 3:33 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:46 |
Sole Salvation | 3:04 |
Drowning | 3:50 |
Best of 1978 & 1979 [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
Going Underground: Teenage Kicks, Vol. 2 [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:38 |
Hollywood Cool [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom [From Grosse Pointe Blank] | 3:06 |
I Love Music 1975-1979: No More Heroes [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
I Want My New Wave [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:32 |
In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Doors of Your Heart [DVD] | |
Tears of a Clown [DVD] | |
Get a Job [DVD] |
Into the 80s [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:21 |
Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:09 |
Reggae Steady Ska [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown |
Teenage Kicks [Sanctuary] [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:07 |
Best of the Beat [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:11 |
Best Friend | 3:01 |
Hands off...She's Mine | 3:02 |
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:09 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:47 |
I Confess | 4:33 |
Twist and Crawl | 2:36 |
Rankin' Full Stop | 2:48 |
Drowning | 3:51 |
Save It for Later | 3:36 |
Sole Salvation | 3:04 |
Click Click | 1:29 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:40 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:04 |
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:52 |
Favorite 70's [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown |
Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:06 |
One Step Beyond [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:05 |
Hands Off...She's Mine | 2:59 |
Back to Mine [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 2:28 |
Large [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:01 |
Badmeaningood 2 [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 2:59 |
Rude Boy Revival [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:08 |
Alterno-Daze [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom |
Complete Collection [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:42 |
Above and Beyond: The Second Wave of Ska [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
Beat This! The Best of the Beat [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:07 |
Save It for Later | 3:35 |
I Confess | 4:32 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:50 |
Best Friend | 3:01 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:48 |
Rankin Full Stop | 2:48 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:01 |
Hands Off She's Mine | 3:02 |
Twist and Crawl | 2:35 |
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:08 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:47 |
Click Click | 1:28 |
Sole Salvation | 3:04 |
Drowning | 3:50 |
Greatest Hits of the 70's [Disky Box] [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:42 |
Modern Rock: Lost Hits of the Early '80s [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Confess |
Party Time [SPG] [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:00 |
VH1: The Best of Where Are They Now [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:36 |
British Ska [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:42 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:50 |
Wow That Was the 70's [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
2-Tone: A Look at Ska Retro 80's, Vol. 3 [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:07 |
Ska: The Second Wave [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
The Best Ska Album in the World Ever [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:49 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
Definitive New Wave Hits [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:36 |
Grosse Pointe Blank [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirrow in the Bathroom | 3:09 |
No. 1 Ska Album [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:50 |
B.P.M.: The Very Best of Beat [1996]
Kingpin [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:35 |
Party Time, Vol. 2: Ultimate Party Album [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:00 |
Alterno-Daze: Origin of the Species -- 2000 BC To ? [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:10 |
Flashback Cafe, Vol. 2 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:25 |
Into the Eighties [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Can't Get Used to Losing You |
Ranking and Skanking: The Best of Punky Reggae [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
Sedated in the Eighties, Vol. 3 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:37 |
Sounds of the Eighties: The Rolling Stone Collection, 1982-1983 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Confess | 4:33 |
Best Reggae Album in the World...Ever!, Pt. 2 [Virgin #1] [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:41 |
Best Reggae Album in the World...Ever!, Pt. 2 [Virgin #2] [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown |
Inna Reggae Stylee: Classic Songs in a Reggae Groove [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:40 |
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80's, Vol. 9 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:38 |
On the Charts: I.R.S. Records 1979-1994 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Save It for Later | 3:34 |
Reggae: Classics Songs in a Reggae Groove [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown |
Sedated in the Eighties, Vol. 2 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Confess [*] | 4:35 |
Ultimate Reggae Party Album [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown |
You Can't Hurry Love: The Motown Covers Album [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:42 |
The Two Tone Compilation: A Checkered Past [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
The Beat Goes On [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:06 |
Best Friend | 2:59 |
Hands Off She's Mine | 3:00 |
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:08 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:46 |
I Confess | 4:31 |
Twist and Crawl | 2:35 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
Drowning | 3:51 |
Save It for Later | 3:34 |
Sole Salvation | 3:04 |
Click Click | 1:30 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:38 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:01 |
Stand Down Margaret | 3:39 |
The Beat Goes On [IRS] [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:10 |
Stand Down Margaret (Dub) | 3:30 |
Doors of Your Heart (12" Version) | 5:48 |
I Confess | 4:38 |
Save It for Later | 3:39 |
The Indie Scene 1979: The Story of British Independent Music [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown |
These People Are Nuts [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:48 |
Dance Craze [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ranking Full Stop [Live] | 2:47 |
The Best of Music & Rhythm [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:06 |
This Are Two Tone [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tears of a Clown | 2:42 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
What Is Beat? [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:07 |
Twist and Crawl | 2:33 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:23 |
Doors of Your Heart | 2:59 |
Save It for Later | 4:54 |
Best Friend | 3:02 |
I Confess | 5:45 |
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:05 |
Get a Job | |
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 6:40 |
Life in the European Theater [1982]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Am Your Flag |
Save It for Later [1982]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Best Friend (Live, Previously Unreleased) | |
Doors of Your Heart (12" Mix) | |
Save It For Later |
Special Beat Service [1982]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Confess | 4:34 |
Jeanette | 2:47 |
Sorry | 2:33 |
Sole Salvation | 3:05 |
Spar wid Me | 4:32 |
Rotating Head | 3:24 |
Save It for Later | 3:34 |
She's Going | 2:10 |
Pato and Roger a Go Talk | 3:20 |
Sugar and Stress | 2:57 |
Sugar & Stress | 2:56 |
End of the Party | 3:32 |
Ackee 123 | 3:12 |
Ackee 1 2 3 | 3:12 |
March of the Swivel Heads [Bonus Track] | 3:31 |
March of the Swivel Heads [*] | 3:31 |
Special Beat Service [Deluxe Edition] [1982]
Wha'ppen? [1981]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Nice to Talk To | 3:08 |
Too Nice to Talk | 3:07 |
Doors of Your Heart | 3:47 |
All Out to Get You | 2:46 |
Monkey Murders | 3:13 |
I Am Your Flag | 2:55 |
Drowning | 3:53 |
Walk Away | 3:13 |
Over and Over | 2:41 |
Cheated | 3:30 |
Get-a-Job | 3:11 |
The Limits We Set | 4:16 |
Wha'ppen? [Deluxe Edition] [1981]
I Just Can't Stop It [1980]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror in the Bathroom | 3:10 |
Hands Off She's Mine | 3:01 |
Hand's Off...She's Mine | 3:00 |
Hands Off...She's Mine | 2:59 |
Two Swords | 2:19 |
Twist and Crawl | 2:35 |
Twist & Crawl | 2:35 |
Rough Rider | 4:53 |
The Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Tears of a Clown | 2:39 |
Click Click | 1:28 |
Big Shot | 2:34 |
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:51 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
Noise in This World | 2:19 |
Can't Get Used to Losing You | 3:05 |
Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret | 3:46 |
Best Friend | 3:03 |
Jackpot | 4:19 |
I Just Can't Stop It [Deluxe Edition] [1980]
100 Hits: Dad
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mirror In the Bathroom | 3:08 |
Can't Get Used To Losing You | 3:03 |
25 Years Of Chrysalis Music
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Jackpot |
Tears of a Clown
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Tears of a Clown | 2:40 |
Ranking Full Stop | 2:47 |
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