Beat Rhythm News

Beat Rhythm News is the sole studio album by English post-punk band Essential Logic, released in December 1979 by record label Rough Trade. It reached number 11 in the UK Indie chart.[1]

Beat Rhythm News
Studio album by
Essential Logic
ReleasedDecember 1979
StudioFoel Studios
GenrePost-punk
LabelRough Trade
ProducerHugh Jones, Lora Logic
Essential Logic chronology
Beat Rhythm News
(1979)		 Fanfare in the Garden
(2003)

Critical reception

AllMusic called it "a stunning record that remains a benchmark of the punk era".[2]

PopMatters ranked it as 34th in their "The 50 Best Post-Punk Albums Ever" list published in 2017 and republished in 2020. [3]

Track listing
Side A
  1. "Quality Crayon Wax OK"
  2. "The Order Form"
  3. "Shabby Abbott"
  4. "World Friction"
Side B
  1. "Wake Up"
  2. "Albert"
  3. "Alkaline Loaf in the Area"
  4. "Collecting Dust"
  5. "Popcorn Boy (Waddle Ya Do?)"

References
  1. "Indie Hits "E"". Web.archive.org. 2001-04-09. Archived from the original on April 9, 2001. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. Dougan, John. "Beat Rhythm News - Essential Logic: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. Fitzgerald, Colin. "The 50 Best Post-Punk Albums Ever: Part 2, The B-52's to Magazine". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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