I Just Can't Stop It

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I Just Can't Stop It is the debut studio album by the British two-tone band the Beat, released on 23 May 1980Template:Citation needed by Go-Feet Records in the United Kingdom. It was released the same year in the United States on Sire Records, with the band credited as "The English Beat"; in Australia, it was released on Go-Feet under the band name "The British Beat".

The album was well-received; Rolling Stone raved that the music was "wild and threatening, sexy and sharp,"<ref name=RS1980>Template:Cite magazine</ref> while AllMusic later wrote it "was a stunning achievement" which had not been diminished by time.<ref name=Allmusic/>

The album was reissued on CD in 1990 by I.R.S. Records in the U.S, and in 2012 by Edsel Records in the UK and Shout! Factory in the U.S.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ArtworkEdit

The "Beat Girl" icon seen on the cover and used on the band's merchandising was designed by Birmingham-based cartoonist Hunt Emerson.<ref name="Marco">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical receptionEdit

Template:Music ratings At the end of 1980, I Just Can't Stop It appeared in numerous lists of the best albums of the year: NME ranked it third,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sounds ranked it 13th,Template:CN The Village Voice ranked it 21stTemplate:CN and OOR ranked it 41st.Template:CN In 1995, Spin ranked the album at No. 94 in its list of the "Top 100 Alternative Albums".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Fast 'n' Bulbous ranked the album at number 283 in its list of "The 500 Best Albums Since 1965".<ref>Best Albums Since 1965 | Fast 'n' Bulbous</ref> A 2002 poll of KCPR DJs ranked it at No. 40 in a list of the "Top 100 Records of the 80s".Template:CN Les Inrockuptibles included it in its list of "50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll."Template:CN Music journalist Simon Reynolds lists it as one of the five most important albums of "2-Tone and the Ska Resurrection" in his 2005 book Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 2016, Paste ranked I Just Can't Stop It at No. 48 on its list of the 50 best new wave albums.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

"Mirror in the Bathroom" was ranked at No. 3 in the NME "Singles of the Year" listTemplate:CN and at No. 24 in Sounds' "Singles of the Year" list.Template:CN In 2003, Q ranked the song at No. 517 in its list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".<ref>Q - 1001 best songs ever (2003)</ref> In 2002, Gary Mulholland included the song in his list This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock.Template:CN In 2001, Michaelangelo Matos included it in his list of "The Top 100 Singles of the 80s."Template:CN In 2006, 97x ranked it at No. 186 in its list of "The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time."Template:CN In 1990, Robert Christgau ranked "Twist & Crawl" at No. 10 in his list of the best songs of the 1980s.<ref>Robert Christgau: Decade Personal Best: '80s</ref>

Track listingEdit

Template:Track listing The U.S. release of the album on Sire Records added "Tears of a Clown" and "Ranking Full Stop", originally released as double A-sides of a single on 2 Tone Records in 1979 (TT 6).<ref name="notes"/> These tracks remained on subsequent CD reissues of the album.<ref name="notes"/>

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