BEAUTY & THE BEAT

BEAUTY & THE BEAThe Go Go's: Charlotte Caffey (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Jane Weidlin (vocals, guitar); Belinda Carlisle (vocals); Kathy Valentine (guitar, bass); Gina Schock (drums, percussion). Recorded at Pennylane Studio, New York, New York. It's not quite right to say that the Go Go's' 1981 debut, Beauty and the Beat, is where new wave caught hold in the U. S., but it's not quite wrong, either. Prior to this, there had certainly been new wave hits Blondie had

the band's best album

The abiding humanity of latter-day Callahan is highlighted by dark plumes of caustic wit upending standards of our everyday life and the songs that celebrate it: the job

all the while working as a mechanic

Sleeve unsealed but in excellent condition

The record features a guest vocal from musician and friend

But this time around

was really the beginning of me figuring out my way into the jazz music in the film

she reminds us that beauty and terror can exist in the same place

but didn't make the final cut

With more elaborate production

In A Never To Be Repeated Cherry Red Pressing

the band would gradually shift to a more electronic sound over the course of the next year