Wha'ppen?

Wha'ppen?
Studio album by The Beat
Released June 1981
Recorded Roundhouse Studios, London
Genre Ska, 2 tone, rock
Length 43:21 (CD)
Label Go Feet (original UK release)
Sire (original US release)
I.R.S. (US CD reissue)
Edsel (2012 UK CD reissue)
Producer Bob Sargeant
The Beat chronology
I Just Can't Stop It
(1980)		 Wha'ppen?
(1981)		 Special Beat Service
(1982)
CD cover
1999 re-release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Wha'ppen? is the second album by the British ska band The Beat (credited on the US release as The English Beat), released in 1981 via Go Feet Records.

Track listing

All songs by the Beat, unless otherwise noted.

Original release

Side One
  1. "Doors of Your Heart" (The Beat, Colin Osborne)
  2. "All Out to Get You"
  3. "Monkey Murders"
  4. "I Am Your Flag"
  5. "French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)" (Joseph Jefferson)
  6. "Drowning"
Side Two
  1. "Dream Home in NZ"
  2. "Walk Away"
  3. "Over and Over"
  4. "Cheated"
  5. "Get-a-Job"
  6. "The Limits We Set"

CD reissue

  1. "Too Nice to Talk To" ♦
  2. "Doors of Your Heart"
  3. "All Out to Get You"
  4. "Monkey Murders"
  5. "I Am Your Flag"
  6. "French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)"
  7. "Drowning"
  8. "Dream Home in NZ"
  9. "Walk Away"
  10. "Over and Over"
  11. "Cheated"
  12. "Get-a-Job"
  13. "The Limits We Set"
♦ non-album single A-side

Bonus tracks (some editions):

  1. "Psychedelic Rockers"
  2. "Hit It"
  3. "Which Side of the Bed...?"

Personnel

The Beat
Additional musicians
Technical personnel

Reception

Wha'ppen? was ranked at #4 among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1981 by NME.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Greene, Jo-Ann. Wha'ppen? at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The English Beat > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  3. ↑ Miles, Milo (October 1, 1981). "The English Beat Wha'ppen? > Album Review". Rolling Stone (353). Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  4. ↑ Considine, J.D. (2004). "English Beat". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 277–278. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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