I Just Can't Stop It

Accolades

At the end of 1980, I Just Can't Stop It appeared in numerous lists of the greatest albums of the year: NME ranked it 3rd, Sounds ranked it 13th, The Village Voice ranked it 21nd and OOR ranked it 41st. In 1995, Spin ranked the album at number 94 in their list of the top "100 Alternative Albums". Fast 'n' Bulbous ranked the album at number 283 in their list of "The 500 Best Albums Since 1965". A 2002 poll of KCPR DJs ranked it at number 40 in their list of the "Top 100 Records of the 80s". Les Inrockuptibles included it in their list of "50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll." In a 2013 online poll by Slicing Up Eyeballs, I Just Can't Stop It was voted the 22nd best album of 1980 based on the opinions of 3,360 respondents. Music journalist Simon Reynolds lists it as one of the five most important albums of "2-Tone and the Ska Resurrection" in his 2005 book Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984.

"Mirror in the Bathroom" was ranked at number 3 in the NME "Singles of the Year" list and at number 24 in Sounds' "Singles of the Year" list. In 2003, Q ranked the song at number 517 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever". In 2002, Gary Mulholland included the song in his list This is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock. In 2001, Michaelangelo Matos included it in his list of "The Top 100 Singles of the 80s." In 2006, 97x ranked it at number 186 in their list of "The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time." In 1990, Robert Christgau ranked "Twist and Crawl" at number 10 in his list of the best songs of the 1980s.

Track listing

All songs written by The Beat, unless otherwise noted.

LP Vinyl Release

1. "Mirror in the Bathroom" – 3:10
2. "Hands Off...She's Mine" – 3:01
3. "Two Swords" – 2:19
4. "Twist & Crawl" – 2:35
5. "Rough Rider" (Prince Buster; arranged and adapted by The Beat) – 4:52
6. "Click Click" – 1:28

1. "Big Shot" – 2:34
2. "Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret" – 3:51 ("Whine and Grine" by Prince Buster, "Stand Down Margaret" by The Beat)
3. "Noise in This World" – 2:19
4. "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) – 3:04
5. "Best Friend" – 3:01
6. "Jackpot" (George Agard, Sydney Crooks, Jackie Robinson, The Beat) – 4:19

The song "Rough Rider" was written by Eddy Grant, Dervan Gordon, Lincoln Gordon and Patrick Gordon and first performed by Prince Buster & The All Stars on the 1968 single "Rough Rider".

CD Reissue (This order also on US Vinyl Release)

1. "Mirror in the Bathroom" – 3:10
2. "Hands Off...She's Mine" – 3:01
3. "Two Swords" – 2:19
4. "Twist & Crawl" – 2:35
5. "Tears of a Clown" ♦ (Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder) – 2:39
6. "Rough Rider" (Prince Buster, arranged & adapted by The Beat) – 4:52
7. "Click Click" – 1:28
8. "Ranking Full Stop" ♦ – 2:44
9. "Big Shot" – 2:34
10. "Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret" – 3:51 ("Whine and Grine" by Prince Buster, "Stand Down Margaret" by The Beat)
11. "Noise in This World" – 2:19
12. "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (Shuman, Pomus) – 3:04
13. "Best Friend" – 3:01
14. "Jackpot" (Agard, Crooks, Robinson, The Beat) – 4:19

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