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Love Shack
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Bit patchy
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no
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The B-52’s were one of the American bands who exploded onto the scene at the time of the new wave emerging in England, but they owed little to the sound of London. They had their own distinctive sound and visual style and harked bak to the 1950’s.
After a lot of cult success in the late 70’s, with the massive Rock Lobster single amongst others, they re-emerged (at least in the UK) ten years later with the blast of dance music that was Love Shack, one of the most popular tracks of the late 80’s and this was the stand-out track on their 1989 album, Cosmic Thing.
By now the outfit was a four piece, with Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland and Cindy Wilson and producing duties were shared between Nile Rogers (formerly of Chic) and Don Was (of the enigmatic duo Was Not Was). This was the Athens band at their good time best, partying on but still based on their original sound.
It’s probably worth getting the album for Love Shack alone and I don’t know anyone who hasn’t a soft spot for the track.
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