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Beats International – Let Them Eat Bingo (VG/VG+) – LP, UK 1990
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Let Them Eat Bingo is an LP by Beats International from 1990 released on the Go! Beat label.
About this album
Let Them Eat Bingo is a sharp, inventive debut that turned Beats International’s sample-heavy club ideas into a crossover statement. Led by Norman Cook, the group fused breakbeat, dub, acid house and reggae into a restless collage that sounded both playful and pointed. Released in 1990, the album is best known for the UK No. 1 single Dub Be Good to Me, whose bassline-driven reworking of Soul II Soul and the Clash helped define early-90s sample culture. Elsewhere, the record mixes political bite, bass pressure and dancefloor invention, making it one of the era’s most distinctive British electronic albums.
Genre: Electronic
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Beats InternationalLabel: Go! Beat – 842 196-1Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: UKReleased: 1990Genre: ElectronicA1 Burundi Blues
A2 Dub Be Good To Me
A3 Before I Grow Too Old
A4 The Ragged Trousered Percussionists
A5 For Spacious Lies
A6 Blame It On The Bassline
B1 Won'T Talk About It
B2 Dance To The Drummer'S Beat
B3 Babies Makin' Babies (Stoop Rap)
B4 The Whole World'S Down On Me
B5 Tribute To King Tubby