When they emerged in 1979 with their dayglo colours and two-foot high beehive hairdos, the ... more
B-52s looked like a mondo trash B-movie and they had music to match. This compilation includes a generous helping of tracks from their classic eponymous debut; f...
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When they emerged in 1979 with their dayglo colours and two-foot high beehive hairdos, the ... more
B-52s looked like a mondo trash B-movie and they had music to match. This compilation includes a generous helping of tracks fromtheir classic eponymous debut; from the funky rhythmic rush of "Planet Claire" to the effervescent surf garage and piercing girl vocals of "Rock Lobster" and "6060-842". Tracks from later albums such as 1982'sMesopotamia, however, show them hitting a creative dip. "Loveland" and "Nip It In The Bud", for instance, are low-key and less vibrant than their early material. Not surprising, considering that their guitarist Ricky Wilson was to die of an AIDS-related illness in 1985. By the late 1980s they'd recovered enough to release upbeat songs like "Wig" and "Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland", which, admirably enough, managed to sound like pastiche of pastiche. A mixed bag, but still a blast.--Lucy O'Brien
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Advantages: Better than Bouncing Off Satellites. Boppy and updeat. Disadvantages: Nothing new in this album, same silly lyrics and plastic sounding tracks. Irritating at best.
Fans of The B-52s will probably really like this album, much better than Bouncing Off the Satellites. Although I still really like this band. This album is a return their earlier style (before Ricky Wilson died).
I will admit that their sound is a tiny bit more updated in this album but it still isnt really anything special in my opinion. I will say that it is very up-beat and boppy (which is something fans probably really like about this band). But I have to say that I found the electric synthesizer 'twangy' sound really annoying and a constant back ground reiteration of the lyrics is also really irritating. Although I think that Cindy Wilson's vocals can be really lovely at times, in some of the songs they are a bit whiny and aggravating.
The lyrics are not much more developed than the hay-day of Love Shack (a tune I actually ...
Advantages: Quirky, fun, odd, danceable, bizarre... Disadvantages: It's unlike 'Love Shack'... probably not for your average pop fan...
to like because the weirdness seems too studied and less natural, and it a bit disappointing that the album closes on a lower note after being consistently great. Still, for novelty value alone, and for seeing just what a bunch of new wave weirdo's can do with a shimmery pop classic, it's worth a listen.
All in all, a fine album. Something this weird should belong in everybody's record collection. The B-52's would stay around on the alternative scene for a while, before returning in 1990 with the massive party anthem 'Love Shack', a song so soaked into the public consciousness that it is hard to acknowledge that it's singers were once a small punk band singing about red snappers snappin' and a girl from PlanetClaire. Get this today, invite your coolest friends and throw a party.
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Advantages: Some good stuff Disadvantages: Losing their way
A second B-52?s album, Wild Planet, was released in September 1980, and proved to be a major disappointment; only the occasional track like Quiche Lorraine recalled the verve of its predecessor and, at the end of 1981, the B-52?s balloon began to deflate.
The band still consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals), Kate Pierson (keyboards and vocals), Cindy Wilson (vocals), Ricky Wilson (guitar) and Keith Strickland (drums), but the spark that had been there previously seemed to have gone - they just weren?t cooking in the way that they had when they first emerged. It was sad, and they were not to recover their form for years to come. However, they will be remembered for their music which was a bizarre and intriguing blend of styles, a subtle but stirring mixture of the Ronettes, Captain Beefheart?s Magic Band and Cuban drum music, while ...
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Product details
Title
Planet Claire
Performer
B-52's (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
New Wave
Release Date
08/1995
Recomended Retail Price
5.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1995
Label / Distributor
Spectrum / Universal Music
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
731455121025
Catalogue Number
5512102
Additional notes
Album Notes
The B-52s: Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards); Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson (vocals); Ricky Wilson (guitar); Keith Strickland (drums). Recorded between 1979 & 1986. Includes liner notes by Mark Brennan.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Planet Claire
2.
Rock Lobster
3.
Lava
4.
Downtown
5.
6060 842
6.
52 Girls
7.
Give Me Back My Man
8.
Strobe Light
9.
Dirty Back Road
10.
Loveland
11.
Nip It In The Bud
12.
Future Generation
13.
Wig
14.
Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland
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