Guitar Beat | ||||
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Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | April 1981, Woodcottage, Goring-On-Thames | |||
Genre | Surf rock, avant-garde | |||
Label | PVC/ Passport | |||
Producer | Martin Rushent | |||
The Raybeats chronology | ||||
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Guitar Beat is the debut album by the neo-surf band the Raybeats. It was released in 1981 and produced by Martin Rushent. The album features ten original instrumentals, plus a Jan and Dean cover.
In tongue-in-cheek fashion, the original LP sleeve characterized the first side as the "listless, spotty & wasteful side" and the second as the "brave, clean & reverent side". The record sleeve also featured on the front a hand-colored photo of the band by photographer Laura Levine.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Trouser Press | favourable [2] |
AllMusic called it "a magnificent, echo-drenched set of concise and atmospheric riff-driven tunes that in a better world would have turned up as the soundtrack for a James Bond movie directed by David Lynch." [1]
All compositions by Pat Irwin, Jody Harris, Don Christensen and George Scott III except as indicated.
Guitar Beat | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | April 1981, Woodcottage, Goring-On-Thames | |||
Genre | Surf rock, avant-garde | |||
Label | PVC/ Passport | |||
Producer | Martin Rushent | |||
The Raybeats chronology | ||||
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Guitar Beat is the debut album by the neo-surf band the Raybeats. It was released in 1981 and produced by Martin Rushent. The album features ten original instrumentals, plus a Jan and Dean cover.
In tongue-in-cheek fashion, the original LP sleeve characterized the first side as the "listless, spotty & wasteful side" and the second as the "brave, clean & reverent side". The record sleeve also featured on the front a hand-colored photo of the band by photographer Laura Levine.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Trouser Press | favourable [2] |
AllMusic called it "a magnificent, echo-drenched set of concise and atmospheric riff-driven tunes that in a better world would have turned up as the soundtrack for a James Bond movie directed by David Lynch." [1]
All compositions by Pat Irwin, Jody Harris, Don Christensen and George Scott III except as indicated.