The Complete Beat - The English Beat
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  • Band members: Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton, Ranking Roger
  • Summary: The five-disc set contains expanded remastered versions of I Just Can't Stop It, Wha'ppen?, and Special Beat Service as well as a disc of the Peel Sessions, remixes, dubs, live tracks from a 1982 Boston concet, and expanded versions of singles by the 2-Tone ska-punk pop band, The Beat (known as The English Beat in North America).… Collapse

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  1. Q Magazine
    Aug 3, 2012
    100
    These lavish Deluxe Editions are fat with rare tracks and live performances on accompanying DVDs - they are all the Beat anyone could ever wish for. [Aug 2012, p.112]
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Jul 20, 2012
    90
    This five-CD box set features the band's three great studio albums, plus terrific bonus tracks and dub versions, and a slew of live recordings in which the Beat unleash their dance-floor fury and their Thatcher-era protest politics.
  3. PopMatters
    Jul 20, 2012
    90
    Despite its girth, Shout! Factory's The Complete Beat isn't really complete....Complete still gives you three Peel Sessions, a mini-concert, and some fine dubs and 12" mixes along with the original albums.
  4. Magnet
    Jul 20, 2012
    80
    Serious fans will appreciate the sessions recorded with John Peel for BBC Radio 1 and the highlights culled from a 1982 performance at Boston's Opera House. [No.89, p.56]
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