Wild Planet
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| Studio album by The B-52's | ||||
| Released | August 27, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | April 1980 at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas | |||
| Genre | New Wave | |||
| Length | 34:44 | |||
| Label | Warner Brothers | |||
| Producer | Rhett Davies, The B-52's, Chris Blackwell (executive producer) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [2] |
| Rolling Stone | (positive) [3] |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
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Wild Planet is the second studio album by The B-52's, released in 1980. It contains the band's first experiments using electronic drum machines.[citation needed]
As with their first album, The B-52's traveled to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas to record Wild Planet. Several of the songs from the album had been concert staples since 1977 but were omitted from the first album by choice of the producer, Chris Blackwell. More emphasis was put on production for Wild Planet.[citation needed] It was fairly well received by critics, most of whom regarded it as a strong second album following the success of their first. Wild Planet was quickly certified gold.
Director Gus Van Sant thanks the band in the credits of the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho for the use of the song title, "Private Idaho." The song itself is not referred to anywhere in the movie.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Ricky Wilson, Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson, except as noted.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Party Out of Bounds" | 3:21 | |||||||
| 2. | "Dirty Back Road" | R. Wilson, Robert Waldrop | 3:21 | ||||||
| 3. | "Runnin' Around" | 3:09 | |||||||
| 4. | "Give Me Back My Man" | Schneider, R. Wilson, Strickland, C. Wilson | 4:00 | ||||||
| 5. | "Private Idaho" | 3:35 | |||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 6. | "Devil in My Car" | Schneider, R. Wilson, C. Wilson, Pierson | 4:28 | ||||||
| 7. | "Quiche Lorraine" | Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson | 3:58 | ||||||
| 8. | "Strobe Light" | Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson | 3:59 | ||||||
| 9. | "53 Miles West of Venus" | Schneider, R. Wilson, C. Wilson, Pierson | 4:53 | ||||||
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Total length:
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34:44 | ||||||||
"Party Out of Bounds" lends its name both to singer Fred Schneider's radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio, and to an annual charity benefit party held in the band's hometown of Athens, Georgia.
[edit] Personnel
- Kate Pierson – keyboard bass, organ, vocals, keyboards
- Fred Schneider – keyboards, vocals, glockenspiel, cowbell
- Keith Strickland – drums, drum machine, Venus sounds
- Cindy Wilson – bongos, vocals, tambourine
- Ricky Wilson – guitars
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 18 |
| UK Albums Chart | 18 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | October 21, 1981 |
[edit] References
- ^ Cleary, David. Wild Planet at Allmusic. Retrieved 16 October 2004.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (March 2, 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide: B-52's: Wild Planet". The Village Voice. http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv3-81.php. Retrieved 29 November 2011. Relevant portion also posted at "B-52's: Wild Planet > Consumer Album Guide". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=202. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
- ^ Rose, Frank (October 30, 1980). "The B-52's Wild Planet > Album Review". Rolling Stone (329). Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080212150347/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theb52s/albums/album/259322/review/5943590. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
- ^ Considine, J.D. (2004). "The B-52's". In Brackett, Nathan with Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&lpg=PA68&vq=b-52's&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
