Track Listing
DISC 1:
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 - (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 - (1989)
DISC 2:
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
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | David Byrne, David Murray, Philippe Saisse, The Uptown Horns | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
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.
Editorial Reviews
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...
Alternative Press (04/01/2002)
...This has all the essentials...The best single argument for a new wave revival...
Spin (04/01/2002)
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