'Beat' was released just eight months after the quartet's recording of 'Discipline' and marked the first occasion where a KC line-up had remained intact for a two-album stretch and the first album by the band to employ a separate producer - Rhett Davies. The album charted upon release in the US and the UK with compositions such a 'Waiting Man', 'Neal and Jack and Me' and 'Heartbeat' becoming firm favourites with fans and concert goers.