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Nude On The Moon: The B-52's Anthology (CD)

By: The B-52's (Artist)

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The B-52's Artist Snapshot:

Eschewing everything but the pursuit of fun, Athens, GA's B-'52s burst onto the New Wave scene in 1979. Their mix of '50s/'60s kitsch and pure pop instincts produced some classic campy tunes ("Rock Lobster," "Private Idaho"). The band's popularity hit new peaks a decade later with the release of COSMIC THING and the huge hits "Love Shack," "Roam," and "Deadbeat Club," showing how fully the group had penetrated the pop-culture landscape.

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DISC 1 for Nude On The Moon: The B-52's Anthology (CD) Album By The B-52's (Artist)
1   52 Girls
2   Dance This Mess Around
3   Rock Lobster
4   Lava
5   Hero Worship
6   Planet Claire
7   Give Me Back My Man
8   Private Idaho
9   Devil In My Car
10   Party Out Of Bounds
11   Strobe Light
12   Quiche Lorraine - (live, 1990)
13   Mesopotamia - (1990 remix)
14   Queen Of Las Vegas - (Mesopotamia Outtake Version)
15   Legal Tender
16   Song For A Future Generation
17   Trism
18   Whammy Kiss - (live, 1989)
 
DISC 2 for Nude On The Moon: The B-52's Anthology (CD) Album By The B-52's (Artist)
1   Summer Of Love
2   Ain't It A Shame - (New Edit)
3   Theme For A Nude Beach - (New Edit)
4   Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland
5   Wig
6   She Brakes For Rainbows
7   Cosmic Thing
8   Deadbeat Club
9   Love Shack
10   Roam
11   Channel Z
12   Junebug
13   Follow Your Bliss
14   Good Stuff
15   Revolution Earth
16   Is That You Mo-Dean? - (Inter-Dimensional mix, New Edit)
17   Debbie
 

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Review

Spin (4/02, p.123) - "...This has all the essentials...The best single argument for a new wave revival..."
Alternative Press (4/02, p.66) - 7 out of 10 - "...The B-52's early work...was a buzzing hybrid of surf riffs, '50s B-movie scores and thrift-shop fashions...innovative guitar twanging and a gloriously cheap Farfisa organ sound..."

Title Note

The B-52's: Kate Pierson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Cindy Wilson (vocals, guitar, bongos, tambourine); Fred Schneider (vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion); Keith Strickland (guitar, sitar, keyboards, bass, background vocals); Ricky Wilson (guitar, keyboards, bass, background vocals).

Additional personnel includes: David Byrne (guitar); David Murray (saxophone); The Uptown Horn (horns); Philippe Saisse (keyboards);

Tracy Wormworth (bass); Charlie Drayton (drums).

Producers include: The B-52's, David Byrne, Tony Mansfield, Don Was, Rhett Davies.

Compilation producers: Bradford Cobb, Gary Stewart.

Engineers include: Robert Ash, Rhett Davies, Butch Jones.

Recorded between 1979 and 1998. Includes liner notes by Michael Azerrad.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Georgia's B-52's came up from the south with a mission to puncture all musical pretension with a highly developed kitsch aesthetic and a savvy sense of fun. They were one of the definitive American new wave bands, and one of the most enjoyable. As shown on this generous two-disc career summary, the band's sound was informed by such pop culture detritus as horror movies, surf music, Las Vegas, and early-'60s dances like the Mashed Potato. Key early tracks such as the absurdist "Rock Lobster" and the evocative, grooving "52 Girls" exemplify the blend of Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson's post-modern girl group chirping and Fred Schneider's oddball declamations, while guitarist Ricky Wilson employed his best Dick Dale riffs to propel things along. The surprising second act in the band's career is represented by such '90s comeback smashes as "Deadbeat Club" and "Love Shack" which retain the spirit of the group's early material but add a new sheen. You couldn't ask for a better thumbnail sketch of the B-52's quirky magic than NUDE ON THE MOON.

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