Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)
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| Released | July 14, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Penny Lane, Record Plant and Sound Mixers, New York City | |||
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| Length | 35:34 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
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Beauty and the Beat is the debut album by American rock band the Go-Go's. It was released on July 14, 1981 by the I.R.S. Records label.
Bolstered by its two Hot 100 hit singles "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat", Beauty and the Beat reached number one on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in March 1982, and eventually ranked second on Billboard's 1982 year-end albums chart. The album sold in excess of two million copies, and was RIAA-certified double platinum, qualifying it as 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 music.
The title is a play on the European fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast".