The Big Beat (Machinations album)

The Big Beat is a remix album by Australian synthpop band Machinations. The album is a collection of 12" mixes and was released in May 1986 on White Label Records a subsidiary of Mushroom Records. The album peaked at number 83 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Track listing[edit]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Closer Step" (Extended Mix)	Fred Loneragan, Nick Swan, Tim Doyle, Tony Starr	6:29
2.	"No Say in It" (Mendeleson's Played Mix)	Fred Loneragan, Nick Swan, Tim Doyle, Tony Starr	7:18
3.	"Execution of Love" (Extended Mix)	Fred Loneragan, Nick Swan, Tim Doyle, Tony Starr	4:45
4.	"Pressure Sway" (Extended Mix)	Fred Loneragan, Nick Swan, Tim Doyle, Tony Starr	4:58

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Heart's On Fire" (Extended Mix)	Fred Loneragan, Nick Swan, Tim Doyle, Tony Starr	10:22
2.	"Jumping the Gap" (Extended Mix)	Fred Loneragan, Henry Downes, Nick Swan, Tim Doyle, Tony Starr	4:56
3.	"You Got Me Going Again" (Extended Mix)	Fred Loneragan, Nick Swan, Tim Doyle, Tony Starr	8:08

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	83

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 186. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

v t e Machinations
Studio albums	Esteem (1983) Big Music (1985) Uptown (1988)
Compilations	The Big Beat (1986)
Singles	"Average Inadequacy" "Pressure Sway" "Jumping the Gap" "No Say in It" "My Heart's On Fire" "You Got Me Going Again" "Do to You" "Intimacy" "Cars and Planes"