Name: Wild Planet
Brand: The B-52's

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

0603497852727

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-01-31

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Lasgo AMS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

The B-52's

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Party out of bounds! Not only is this sentiment one of the B-52's directives on their ceaselessly fun sophomore album, it's one of the record's hit songs, and perfectly summarizes the spirit and intent behind this new-wave classic. Completely up to task in following up their kitschy debut, the B-52's step everything up a notch: songwriting, humour, exaggeration, melodies, hooks, and group interplay. <i>Wild Planet</i> also finds the band embracing stronger psychedelic accents that seamlessly mesh with its lava-lamp colours and textures. What an album. Rollicking, rousing, and riotous, <i>Wild Planet</i> soars on vocal efforts put forth by the delightfully campy chanteuses Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson, whose innocent girly tonalities wonderfully match up with Fred Schneider's effeminate deliveries and manic presentations. While the sheer exuberance and giddy nature of the music tends to make them an afterthought, the trio's harmonies are utterly amazing. Add in Ricky Wilson's propulsive beach-bound guitar riffs, random squealing synthesizers, and a surfeit of danceable rhythms, and you have nothing less than a 1980s masterpiece that, due to its optimistic vibes and buoyant grooves, only gets better with time.

Wild Planet

Music GB