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B-52's "The B-52's"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Music on Vinyl, Europe, 2015, MOVLP1420, 0600753594889, 180g Vinyl, Reissue, Incl. Lyric Sheet Insert

LP (MoFi) - Vinyl, MFSL, US, 2011, MOFI 1-004, 821797100045, 1xLP, 33 RPM, 180g High Definition Vinyl, Remastered, Numbered Limited Edition, Original Master Recording, Gatefold Sleeve w/ static-free Liner

Debut studio album by the Athens, Georgia-based new wave band B-52's, originally released in 1979. 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 such as "Rock Lobster". This quintet of mostly gay, party-loving, college-town dropouts-which included Wilson’s sister Cindy on percussion and vocals, vocalist Fred Schneider, and drummer Keith Strickland-had plenty of time to put together weird party outfits and draw from Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies during jam sessions. They absorbed the lean styles of punk and post-punk-a music of provocation, antagonism, anger-and subverted it with color, American postwar iconography, and a gleeful refusal to be anything but who they were. A classic.

Artist Website: theb52s.com

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Related Artists: Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson

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