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The B-52’s – The B-52’s (Vinyl)
Music On Vinyl (1979 / This Pressing 2015)

5.00 out of 5 based on 1 customer rating
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$55.00

Brand New ~ Sealed! The Classic B-52’s Album Pressed On 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl. Includes Insert. Features “Planet Claire”, “Dance This Mess Around” & “Rock Lobster”.

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SKU: MOVLP1420 Category: Pop Tag: The B52's
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Brand New ~ Sealed! The Classic B-52’s Album Pressed On 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl. Includes Insert. 

The B-52’s is the debut album by the Athens, Georgia-based new wave band. They went on to release several chart-topping singles. The album cover was designed by Tony Wright. Produced by Chris Blackwell, The B-52’s peaked at number 59 on the Billboard 200, and “Rock Lobster” reached number 56 on the Hot 100.

Their style of jerky, angular funk is a lot of fun and very danceable. “Planet Claire”, “Dance This Mess Around” & “Rock Lobster” are great songs. The B-52’s adoration of camp culture wasn’t simply affectation, it was a world view capable of turning out brilliant pop singles and, in turn, influencing mainstream pop culture.

Side 1:
Planet Claire
52 Girls
Dance This Mess Around
Rock Lobster

Side 2:
Lava
There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)
Hero Worship
6060-842
Downtown

Key words: The B52’s – B52s – B-52s – B52-s – B5-2s

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Origin

Europe

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NEW

Format

LP

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1 review for The B-52’s – The B-52’s (Vinyl)
Music On Vinyl (1979 / This Pressing 2015)

  1. geoffofdunnlirium@hotmail.com
    5 out of 5

    AMG – July 31, 2015

    The B-52's isn't simply an historic artifact -- it's a hell of a good time! Even in the weird, quirky world of new wave and post-punk in the late '70s, the B-52's' eponymous debut stood out as an original. Unabashed kitsch mavens at a time when their peers were either vulgar or stylish, the Athens quintet celebrated all the silliest aspects of pre-Beatles pop culture -- bad hairdos, sci-fi nightmares, dance crazes, pastels, and anything else that sprung into their minds -- to a skewed fusion of pop, surf, avant-garde, amateurish punk, and white funk. On paper, it sounds like a cerebral exercise, but it played like a party. The jerky, angular funk was irresistibly danceable, winning over listeners dubious of Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson's high-pitched, shrill close harmonies and Fred Schneider's campy, flamboyant vocalizing, pitched halfway between singing and speaking. It's all great fun, but it wouldn't have resonated throughout the years if the group hadn't written such incredibly infectious, memorable tunes as "Planet Claire," "Dance This Mess Around," and, of course, their signature tune, "Rock Lobster." These songs illustrated that the B-52's' adoration of camp culture wasn't simply affectation -- it was a world view capable of turning out brilliant pop singles and, in turn, influencing mainstream pop culture. It's difficult to imagine the endless kitschy retro fads of the '80s and '90s without the B-52's pointing the way, but The B-52's isn't simply an historic artifact -- it's a hell of a good time.

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