Here We Go Love is a studio album by rock and ska band the Beat credited as the Beat Starring Dave Wakeling, released in the UK on May 25, 2018 and in the US June 15, 2015.[5] It has received positive reviews from critics.
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| Released | May 25, 2018[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2015[2] | |||
| Studio | NRG, Los Angeles, California[3] | |||
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| Length | 57:19 | |||
| Label | Here We Go | |||
| Producer | Kyle Hoffmann | |||
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| Singles from Here We Go Love | ||||
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“It seemed like an easy idea in the beginning, but then you start thinking, ‘How much do you make it sound like a Beat record—or what people imagine Beat records sound like? How much will it sound like the first record, the second record, or the third record, because they all seemed to me to sound quite different.”
—Guitarist and vocalist Dave Wakeling on determining the sound of Here We Go Love.[5]
Reception
editGwen Ihnat of The A.V. Club scored Here We Go Love a C−, praising some tracks, but continuing that "the rest of the record lacks this much spark, with many tracks running together in a chirpy, insipid ska hodgepodge".[6] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that the music "doesn't sound all that much like the Beat" as this lacks "the fierce attack" of the Beat's earliest work and sounds more like Wakeling's band General Public.[7] In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette scored this album a 7 out of 10, writing that "the chirpy delivery remains irresistible on tunes such as the title song even as it belies a somewhat jaundiced view of the world" and praising Wakeling's vocals.[8] Writing for PunkNews, Julie River gave Here We Go Love 3 out of 5 stars and she wrote that "it was probably because of the fact that my expectations were so low that I enjoyed the album as much as I did" and continued that the song quality varies across the album.[9] Aaron Badgley of Spill Magazine rated this work an 8 out of 10, noting the mix of rock and ska elements in the music, as well as the diverse lyrical themes, summing up that it is "a great album, and it is wonderful to have Dave Wakeling and The English Beat back".[4]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Dave Wakeling, except where noted.
- "How Can You Stand There?" – 4:05
- "The One and the Only" – 4:22
- "Redemption Time" (Kiran Shahani, Rick Torres, and Wakeling) – 5:11
- "If Killing Worked" – 4:57
- "Here We Go Love" – 3:32
- "Never Die" – 4:42
- "The Love You Give" – 3:29
- "You Really Oughtta Know" – 4:19
- "You're Stuck" – 2:25
- "Every Time You Told Me" (Shahani, Torres, and Wakeling) – 5:47
- "Dem Call It Ska" (Wayne Lothian and Wakeling) – 3:48
- "Drive Her Away" – 3:50
- "Be There for You" – 6:59
Personnel
editMusicians
- Roddy 'Radiation' Byers – electric guitar
- Tony Chin – electric guitar
- Andy Cox – garden shears
- Drew Erickson – organ, horn and string arrangement
- Antonee First Class – toasting
- Isaiah Gage – cello
- Rich Hinman – pedal steel guitar
- Raynier Jacildo – keyboards
- Native Wayne Jobson – electric guitar
- Jelani Jones – background vocals
- Nate Laguzza – drums, percussion
- Thomas Lea – viola
- Danny T. Levin – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, euphonium
- Nate Light – bass guitar
- Luis Maldonado – electric guitar
- David Moyer – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, piccolo, recorder, bass clarinet
- Durga McBroom – background vocals
- Perry Morris – percussion
- Everett Morton – congas
- Jared Palazzollo – guitar
- Michael Railton – piano, organ, accordion, synthesizers
- Roger Rivas – organ
- Jon Sosin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Deborah Troiano – background vocals
- Dave Wakeling – electric guitar, lead vocals
- Eli Wakeling – background vocals
- Josef Wakeling – background vocals
- Kevin Williams – background vocals
- Leah Zeger – violin
Technical personnel
- Jay Baumgardner – mixing
- Hunt Emerson – artwork
- Kyle Hoffmann – audio engineering, production
- Ted Jensen – audio mastering
Charts
edit| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] | 39 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] | 10 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] | 17 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "The Beat starring Dave Wakeling to release new LP via Absolute". The Independent Music Insider. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Partridge, Kenneth (August 27, 2015). "Remembering the Real Lessons of 2 Tone Ska". The Pitch. Pitchfork Media. Condé Nast. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Badgley, Aaron (May 12, 2018). "HERE WE GO LOVE – A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE WAKELING OF THE ENGLISH BEAT". Features. Spill Magazine. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ a b Badgley, Aaron (June 15, 2018). "THE ENGLISH BEAT STARRING DAVE WAKELING – HERE WE GO LOVE". Album Reviews. Spill Magazine. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ a b Partridge, Kenneth (May 23, 2018). "The English Beat Talk First New Album In 36 Years & Feeling Like 'Ska-stradamus'". Rock. Billboard. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Ihnat, Gwen (June 15, 2018). "Melody's Echo Chamber, Rolling Blackouts CF, and more albums to know about this week". Music. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Here We Go Love – The English Beat". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Collette, Doug (June 15, 2018). "The English Beat Starring Dave Wakeling Return With 'Here We Go Love' - First New Album In 36 Years". Album Reviews. Glide Magazine. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ River, Julie (June 19, 2018). "The English Beat – Here We Go Love". Reviews. PunkNews. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "The English Beat Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
External links
edit- Here We Go Love at Discogs (list of releases)
- Here We Go Love at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- The Beat set on World Cafe
