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Following the botched collaboration with David Byrne on Mesopotamia, the B-52's decided to craft their fourth album as a return to the pop-culture funk explosion of their debut. Smartly, they decided to not simply replicate the skewed Southern funk of that album, choosing to update their signature sound with drum machines and new wave synths. As a result, it now sounds a little forced and dated, but the best moments -- "Legal Tender," "Whammy Kiss," "Butterbean," "Song for a Future Generation" -- rank as B-52's classics, and the entire record is certainly entertaining, even with its faults. [Whammy! was originally released with a cover of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry." When the time came to reissue the CD in 1989, the group ran into copyright troubles with Ono and the song was pulled, replaced by "Moon 83."]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Robert Meriwether Waldrop, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Keith Strickland, ComposerLyricist - Fred Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Cindy Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Helston Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Frederick William Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Julian Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Cindy Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Helston Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Frederick William Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Julian Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Cindy Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Helston Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Frederick William Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Julian Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Cindy Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Helston Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Frederick William Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Julian Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Cindy Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Helston Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Frederick William Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Julian Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Cindy Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Helston Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Frederick William Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Julian Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - The B-52's, MainArtist - Cindy Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Helston Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Frederick William Schneider, ComposerLyricist - Catherine Elizabeth Pierson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Julian Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Following the botched collaboration with David Byrne on Mesopotamia, the B-52's decided to craft their fourth album as a return to the pop-culture funk explosion of their debut. Smartly, they decided to not simply replicate the skewed Southern funk of that album, choosing to update their signature sound with drum machines and new wave synths. As a result, it now sounds a little forced and dated, but the best moments -- "Legal Tender," "Whammy Kiss," "Butterbean," "Song for a Future Generation" -- rank as B-52's classics, and the entire record is certainly entertaining, even with its faults. [Whammy! was originally released with a cover of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry." When the time came to reissue the CD in 1989, the group ran into copyright troubles with Ono and the song was pulled, replaced by "Moon 83."]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:13
- Main artists: The B-52's
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1983 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2015 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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