"Original album + live I Just Can't Stop It is the debut studio album by British ska band the Beat, released on 23 May 1980 by Go-Feet Records in the United Kingdom. It was released the same year in the United States on Sire Records under the band name "The English Beat". In Australia, it was released on Go-Feet under the band name "The British Beat". Well received from the start, publications such as Rolling Stone raved that the music was "wild and threatening, sexy and sharp." AllMusic later said it "was a stunning achievement", which has not been diminished by time."

Incredible debut record from 1980. The Beat emerged from Birmingham in a whirl of ska, reggae, pop and punk rock. Thought-provoking lyrics and infectious, danceable rhythms propelled by the pure energy of performance. They went on to make other great records but this remains the perfect encapsulation of their early sound.

By Adam