| Beat Boy | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Visage |
| Cover: | Visage-Beat-Boy.jpg |
| Released: | 26 October 1984[1] |
| Recorded: | 1982–1983 |
| Studio: | Trident Studios, London |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 40:33 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Visage |
| Chronology: | Visage studio album |
| Prev Title: | Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Hearts and Knives |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
Beat Boy is the third studio album by the British synth-pop band Visage. It was recorded at Trident Studios between 1982 and 1983 and released on Polydor Records in October 1984 (delayed by contractual problems the band were having at that time). Reaching No. 79 on the UK album chart, the album was poorly received by critics and would be the band's last studio album for almost thirty years.
The album was recorded and released after lead singer Steve Strange decided to make Visage a live band instead of being solely a studio-based project, a decision that left him working only with drummer Rusty Egan and a trio of newer musicians. Billy Currie (the Ultravox keyboardist who had been part of Visage for their first two albums) left the band soon after recording commenced, though co-wrote and played on the track "Only The Good Die Young". Keyboardist Dave Formula, who co-wrote two tracks, also departed the band during this time.
Beat Boy was released on 26 October 1984 on vinyl and cassette by Polydor Records. The cassette version of the album featured remixes of the album's original tracks, with a total running time of over 50 minutes. This included an extra track, the instrumental "Reprise" (a reprise of the track "Questions").
Beat Boy was eventually released on CD for the first time in February 2009 by Cherry Red Records, and featured the same track list as the original vinyl album with four extra tracks (see below). The remixed version of the album (as featured on the original cassette) was released by Rubellan Remasters on CD in 2022.