Beat Happening (album)

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Beat Happening
BeatHappeningAlbum.jpg
Studio album by
Beat Happening
Released1985
Recorded1983 - 1985
GenreIndie pop, lo-fi
Length19:01 (Original LP)
51:13 (1990 reissue)
LabelK Records
ProducerGreg Sage
Beat Happening chronology
Beat Happening
(1985) 		Jamboree
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars [1]
Sputnikmusic4/5 stars [2]

Beat Happening is the debut album by Beat Happening, released in 1985 through K Records. It was produced by Greg Sage, singer and guitarist for post-punk band Wipers.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Calvin Johnson, Bret Lunsford, and Heather Lewis.

Original 1985 tracklist[]

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Foggy Eyes"2:46
2."Bad Seeds"1:50
3."I Let Him Get to Me"1:32
4."I Spy"1:50
5."Run Down the Stairs"1:55
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."In Love With You Thing"1:11
2."I Love You"2:45
3."Down at the Sea"1:26
4."fourteen"1:44
5."Bad Seeds (live)"2:02
Total length:19:01

Reissues[]

In 1986, the album was reissued with "Our Secret" and "What's Important", the two tracks from Beat Happening's first single. These were placed as the fourth and fifth track, with "fourteen" and "Bad Seeds (live)" pushed to the sixth and seventh place on the same side.[3]

The album has been reissued multiple times since its initial release with slightly altering track listings, sometimes under the title "1983-85". The version with the most comprehensive tracklist is the initial 1990 CD on the Feel Good All Over label, which bears the following track list:[4]

1983-85[]

No.TitleLength
1."Our Secret"2:51
2."What's Important"2:02
3."Down at the Sea"1:26
4."I Love You"2:04
5."fourteen"1:50
6."Run Down the Stairs"2:12
7."Primitives"1:33
8."I Spy"2:00
9."Bad Seeds (live)"2:02
10."Down at the Sea"1:37
11."In My Memory"2:04
12."Honey Pot"1:06
13."The Fall"1:46
14."Youth"1:57
15."Don't Mix the Colors"3:04
16."Foggy Eyes"2:46
17."Bad Seeds"1:50
18."I Let Him Get to Me"1:32
19."I Spy"1:50
20."Run Down the Stairs"1:55
21."Christmas"1:24
22."fourteen"1:44
23."Let's Kiss"2:46
24."1, 2, 3"1:46
25."In Love with You Thing"1:11
26."Look Around"2:45
27."untitled"0:10
Total length:51:13

Notes:

  • 1-4 produced by Greg Sage, Dec. 11, 1983, Young Pioneers' practice room, the old Fire House.
  • 5, 7, 8, 10 recorded Nov. 27, 1983, Ray Apts. number three.
  • 6 live broadcast, Dec. 11, 1983, KAOS-FM.
  • 9 recorded by Rich Jensen, Jan. 1984, 13th Precinct, Portland, Or
  • 11, 12, 14, 15 recorded Spring 1984, Nakameguro, Tokyo, Japan, and 13 recorded April 4, 1984, Takashimadaira, Tokyo, Japan
    • These five tracks were taken from the band's 1984 EP "Three Tea Breakfast"
  • 16-20 produced by Greg Sage, Nov. 1984, YoYo Studio.
    • 16 originally appeared on K Records compilation cassette, "Let's Together"
  • 21 recorded late Fall 1984, Thompson Apts.
  • 22 produced by Patrick Maley, Nov. 1984, the Recital Hall.
  • 23-26 recorded Feb. 13, 1985, Martin Apts. number twelve
    • 23 originally appeared on K Records compilation cassette, "Let's Kiss"
    • 24 originally titled as "One Two Three" and appeared on K Records compilation cassette, "Let's Sea"

Personnel[]

Adapted from original LP liner notes.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic
  2. ^ Jackson, Chris. "Beat Happening (Self-Titled)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Beat Happening - Beat Happening (1986, Vinyl)". Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Beat Happening - 1983-85 (1990, CD)". Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Beat Happening - Beat Happening (1985, Vinyl)". Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

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