Music

Special Beat Service 1982

ska 40 min 12 tracks I.R.S. Records

Special Beat Service is the third studio album by the English ska band the Beat, released on 1 October 1982 by Go-Feet Records. Like the rest of their material, it was released in the US under the name "the English Beat". It peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 1983 on the strength of two singles, "I Confess" and "Save It for Later," the music videos for which received modest airplay on the fledgling MTV video network.

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Character

Classical in form, spare, warm and grave.

classical in formformally daring
sparerichly built
warmbleak

Tracks

1I Confess4:33
2Jeanette2:49
3Sorry2:33
4Sole Salvation3:07
5Spar Wid Me4:32
6Rotating Head3:26
7Save It for Later3:36
8She’s Going2:11
9Pato and Roger a Go Talk3:21
10Sugar & Stress2:56
11End of the Party3:33
12Ackee 1 2 33:13

12 tracks, 40 minutes.

About the album

Artist: The Beat
Label: I.R.S. Records
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: US

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