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Greatest is a 1990 compilation album by the rock group The Go-Gos from California, United States. The record, which represents the first best-of album by the Go-Gos, includes most of the hits and stand-out tracks from the bands first three studio albums, 1981 Beauty and the Beat, 1982 Vacation, and 1984 Talk Show, only omitting three minor hit singles, Hes So Strange, This Old Feeling and Yes or No.

Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from Californian new wave band the Go-Gos. Released in 1981 on the I.R.S. Records label, the album was preceded by the single and signature song We Got the Beat, which became a club hit in Europe and, later, the United States. Critically acclaimed, it has been described as one of the cornerstone albums of American new wave.