Vh1 Behind the Music: Go-Go's Collection

Vh1 Behind the Music: Go-Go's Collection

"America's sweethearts," Rolling Stone once dubbed the Go-Go's, and it was certainly as true as it could've been in any post-'50s milieu. The surf-tinged New Wavers sold more than 2Â million copies of their 1981 debut, Beauty and the Beat, while carrying on backstage in the grand manner of rock stars with much "dirtier" images. Thus the Behind the Music episode that occasions this 17-cut overview. Highlights of the L.A. quintet's three albums fill the disc, though "Forget That Day," the Talk Show track that precipitated jill-of-all-trades Jane Wiedlin's departure from the group, is intriguingly absent. Whether double-edgedly celebrating romance and the ties of band life (the ringing "Our Lips Are Sealed"), wickedly satirizing post-teen female concerns ("Girl of 100Â Lists"), or affectionately saluting their pop-culture forebears ("Beatnik Beach"), the Go-Go's were one of the era's most pounding and poignant pop outfits. This CD recalls them as they deserve to be remembered: lovingly. --Rickey Wright

Country	USA
Artist	Go-Go's
AudienceRating	NR (Not Rated)
Binding	Audio CD
EAN	0606949061722
Format	Original recording remastered
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Interscope Records
Manufacturer	Interscope Records
NumberOfDiscs	1
NumberOfItems	1
Publisher	Interscope Records
ReleaseDate	2000-05-23
Studio	Interscope Records