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''Beauty and the Beat'' is the debut album from Californian new wave band The Go-Go's. Released in 1981 on the IRS Records label, the album was preceded by the single and signature song "We Got the Beat", which became a massive club hit in Europe and, later, the United States. When the album was eventually released, it steadily climbed the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, ultimately peaking at number one, where it remained for six consecutive weeks. The LP sold in excess of two million copies and reached double platinum status,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 RIAA Searchable Database - search for "Go Go's" )〕 making it one of the most successful debut albums of all time. Critically acclaimed, it has been described as one of the "cornerstone albums of American new wave". The title is a play on the European fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast". == Reception == ''Beauty and the Beat'' was released to reviews that while positive were not outstanding, especially in light of its eventual summit of the album charts. Robert Christgau found the album good and wrote "this one's got hooks" in his column in ''The Village Voice''.〔 while Jon Pareles in ''Rolling Stone'' called it a "solid, likable debut".〔 The album placed 10th on the annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll in ''The Village Voice'' for 1981. The album has since gained in regard. Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "one of the cornerstone albums of new wave" and praising its "catchy hooks and an exuberant sense of fun" on AllMusic.〔 Eric Allen of ''American Songwriter'', reviewing the 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition in 2011, wrote that ''Beauty and the Beat'' is "one of the 1980s cornerstone albums of American new wave" and the "album still holds up surprisingly well thirty years later, which is a testament to the energetic spirit captured in this musical Zeitgeist of the 80s"; on the other hand, it is also "a reminder that the Go-Go’s were never able to equal or surpass the success of this landmark debut".〔 "When I was about seven, I discovered the Go-Go's", said American actress and author Drew Barrymore in an interview to the magazine ''V''. "I went out and bought their album ''Beauty and the Beat'' and, as the vinyl twirled, my whole world changed. I stared at the girls on the cover like they were a gateway to cool. The fact that they were girls made me feel not only invited but more important – like I could be a badass too. I looked over to my Pippi Longstocking poster on the wall and thought, Yes! I like girls who rock!"〔V, 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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