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The Beat

ska, 2 tone

Busiest years

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Swipe sideways for the whole career.Hover a year to see what came out, click it to browse that year. Zoom in to pull a busy stretch apart.

Per yearReleases per year

19801 thing · the busiest year; click any year above to look elsewhere

I Just Can’t Stop It

May 1, 1980

Click anything in the lanes or on the shelf to see it up close.

On record

1979–2025

47 years, 31 releases, 2 events

Busiest year

1980

4 things happened

Release season

November

4 of 21 releases with a known month

Longest album gap

34.2 years

1982 → 2016