Wha'ppen?

Wha'ppen?
Studio album by The Beat
Released	June 1981
Recorded	Roundhouse Studios, London
Genre	Ska, 2 tone, rock
Length	43:21 (CD)
Label	Go Feet (original UK release) Sire (original US release) I.R.S. (US CD reissue) Edsel (2012 UK CD reissue)
Producer	Bob Sargeant
The Beat chronology
I Just Can't Stop It (1980) Wha'ppen? (1981) Special Beat Service (1982)
CD cover
1999 re-release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Wha'ppen? is the second album by the British ska band The Beat (credited on the US release as The English Beat), released in 1981 via Go Feet Records.

Track listing

All songs by The Beat, unless otherwise noted.

Original release

Side One

1. "Doors of Your Heart" (The Beat, Colin Osborne)
2. "All Out to Get You"
3. "Monkey Murders"
4. "I Am Your Flag"
5. "French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)" (Joseph Jefferson)
6. "Drowning"

Side Two

1. "Dream Home in NZ"
2. "Walk Away"
3. "Over and Over"
4. "Cheated"
5. "Get-a-Job"
6. "The Limits We Set"

CD reissue

1. "Doors of Your Heart"
2. "All Out to Get You"
3. "Monkey Murders"
4. "I Am Your Flag"
5. "French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud)"
6. "Drowning"
7. "Dream Home in NZ"
8. "Walk Away"
9. "Over and Over"
10. "Cheated"
11. "Get-a-Job"
12. "The Limits We Set"

Bonus tracks...

1. "Too Nice to Talk To"
2. "Psychedelic Rockers"
3. "Hit It"
4. "Which Side of the Bed...?"

Personnel

The Beat

• Dave Wakeling – guitar, vocals
• Ranking Roger – vocals
• Andy Cox – guitar
• David Steele – bass
• Everett Morton – drums
• Saxa – saxophone

Additional musicians

• Dave "Blockhead" Wright – keyboards
• "Have a Go Bobby" Sargeant – marimba
• Cedric Myton – extra vocals on "Doors of Your Heart"
• Dick – steel drum
• Saltin – trumpet

Technical personnel

• Bob Sargeant – Producer
• Mark Dearnley – Engineer
• Hunt Emerson, The Beat - sleeve design

References

1. Greene, Jo-Ann. Wha'ppen? at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
2. Christgau, Robert. "The English Beat > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
3. Miles, Milo (October 1, 1981). "The English Beat Wha'ppen? > Album Review". Rolling Stone (353). Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
4. Considine, J.D. (2004). "English Beat". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 277–278. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 17 March 2010.