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1980

by Bill DeVille

September 27, 2025

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I Just Can't Stop It is the debut studio album by the English two-tone band the Beat, released on 23 May 1980[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".
I Just Can't Stop It is the debut studio album by the English two-tone band the Beat, released on 23 May 1980[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".Sire Records

This week on Teenage Kicks, we're going to turn the clock back 45 years to 1980. The year of big hair, shoulder pads, and skinny ties. It was a pretty cool year musically. There were timeless albums from bands like the English Beat, Blondie, Elvis Costello and Talking Heads, among others.

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