? The B-52's S/T Debut Album ? Rare 1979 Warner Bros. Records Vinyl LP w/Insert
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The B-52's Studio album by the B-52's Released July 6, 1979 Recorded 1978–1979 Studio Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas Genre
- New wave
- post-punk
- dance-rock
(1979) Wild Planet
(1980) Singles from The B-52's
- "Rock Lobster"
Released: April 1978 - "Planet Claire"
Released: July 6, 1979 - "Dance This Mess Around"
Released: 1979
The B-52's is the debut album by the Athens, Georgia-based new wave band the B-52's. The kitschy lyrics and mood, and the hook-laden harmonies helped establish a fanbase for the band, who went on to release several chart-topping singles. The album cover was designed by Tony Wright (credited as Sue Ab Surd).
The B-52's peaked at number 59 on the Billboard 200, and "Rock Lobster" reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2003, the television network VH1 named The B-52's the 99th greatest album of all time. Shortly before his death, John Lennon said he enjoyed the album. In his 1995 book, The Alternative Music Almanac, Alan Cross placed the album ninth on the list of 10 Classic Alternative Albums. In 2020, the album was ranked number 198 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Christgau's Record Guide A Encyclopedia of Popular Music Music Story Pitchfork 9.0/10 Rolling Stone The Rolling Stone Album Guide Select 4/5 Slant Magazine Spin Alternative Record Guide 10/10Critical reception for The B-52's was generally favorable; critics praised the album's kitschy lyrics and party atmosphere. In his "Consumer Guide" column for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau remarked on his fondness "for the pop junk they recycle—with love and panache," while also noting that he was "more delighted with their rhythms, which show off their Georgia roots by adapting the innovations of early funk (a decade late, just like the Stones and Chicago blues) to an endlessly danceable forcebeat format."
In a retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "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." Rolling Stone writer Pat Blashill concluded that "On The B-52's, the best little dance band from Athens proved that rock & roll still matters if it's about sex and hair and moving your body. Even if you have to shake-bake shake-bake it like a Shy Tuna." Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani stated that "(l)ike any over-the-top act, the B-52's wears thin, but the band successfully positioned themselves as pop-culture icons—not unlike the musical antiquities they emulated." The B-52's was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 152 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, maintaining the ranking in the 2012 update and dropping it to number 198 in the 2020 reboot of the list.
Track listing
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length 1. "Planet Claire"- Fred Schneider
- Keith Strickland
- Henry Mancini[22]
- Kate Pierson
- Schneider
- Ricky Wilson
- Jeremy Ayers
- Cindy Wilson
- Pierson
- R. Wilson
- Schneider
- Strickland
- Pierson
- C. Wilson
- C. Wilson
- Pierson
- Schneider
- R. Wilson
- Schneider
- C. Wilson
- Pierson
- Schneider
- R. Wilson
- Schneider
- Strickland
- Pierson
- C. Wilson
- C. Wilson
- Pierson
- Schneider
- R. Wilson
- Schneider
- Strickland
- Pierson
- C. Wilson
- C. Wilson
- Pierson
- Schneider
- R. Wilson
- Robert Waldrop
- R. Wilson
- Schneider
- Strickland
- Pierson
- C. Wilson
- Pierson
- Schneider
- C. Wilson
- Pierson
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