| Here We Go Love | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Beat |
| Cover: | The Beat - Here We Go Love.jpg |
| Alt: | A simple cartoon drawing of a woman at a jukebox playing a record, surrounded by musicians and dancers |
| Recorded: | 2015 |
| Studio: | NRG, Los Angeles, California |
| Label: | Here We Go |
| Producer: | Kyle Hoffmann |
| Prev Title: | Bounce |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Public Confidential |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Here We Go Love is a studio album by rock and ska band the Beat credited as the Beat Starring Dave Wakeling, released in the UK on May 25, 2018 and in the US June 15, 2015. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Gwen Ihnat of The A.V. Club scored Here We Go Love a C−, praising some tracks, but continuing that "the rest of the record lacks this much spark, with many tracks running together in a chirpy, insipid ska hodgepodge". Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that the music "doesn't sound all that much like the Beat" as this lacks "the fierce attack" of the Beat's earliest work and sounds more like Wakeling's band General Public. In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette scored this album a 7 out of 10, writing that "the chirpy delivery remains irresistible on tunes such as the title song even as it belies a somewhat jaundiced view of the world" and praising Wakeling's vocals. Writing for PunkNews, Julie River gave Here We Go Love 3 out of 5 stars and she wrote that "it was probably because of the fact that my expectations were so low that I enjoyed the album as much as I did" and continued that the song quality varies across the album. Aaron Badgley of Spill Magazine rated this work an 8 out of 10, noting the mix of rock and ska elements in the music, as well as the diverse lyrical themes, summing up that it is "a great album, and it is wonderful to have Dave Wakeling and The English Beat back".
All songs written by Dave Wakeling, except where noted.
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