Wild Planet
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| Wild Planet | ||
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| Studio album by The B-52's | ||
| Released | August 27, 1980 | |
| Recorded | April 1980 | |
| Genre | New Wave | |
| Length | 34:44 | |
| Label | Warner Brothers | |
| Producer(s) | The B-52's, Chris Blackwell, Rhett Davies |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| The B-52's chronology | ||
| The B-52's (1979) |
Wild Planet (1980) |
Party Mix! (1982) |
Wild Planet is the second studio album by the The B-52's, released in 1980. The album has a slightly more psychedelic and even paranoid sound than that of their debut. Wild Planet also contains the band's first experiments using electronic drum machines.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Ricky Wilson, Cindy Wilson, and Kate Pierson, except as indicated.
- "Party Out of Bounds" – 3:21
- "Dirty Back Road" (R. Wilson, Robert Waldrop) – 3:21
- "Runnin' Around" – 3:09
- "Give Me Back My Man" (Schneider, R. Wilson, Strickland, C. Wilson) – 4:00
- "Private Idaho" – 3:35
- "Devil in My Car" (Schneider, R. Wilson, C. Wilson, Pierson) – 4:28
- "Quiche Lorraine" (Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson) – 3:58
- "Strobe Light" (Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson) – 3:59
- "53 Miles West of Venus" (Schneider, R. Wilson, C. Wilson, Pierson) – 4:53
[edit] Miscellanea
- "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.
- The band is thanked in the credits of director Gus Van Sant's 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.
[edit] Personnel
- Kate Pierson – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Fred Schneider – keyboards, vocals
- Keith Strickland – drums
- Cindy Wilson – guitar, vocals
- Ricky Wilson – guitar
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1980 | Billboard Pop Albums | 18 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1980 | "Private Idaho/Give Me Back My Man/Party Out Of Bounds" | Billboard Club Play Singles | 5 |
| 1980 | "Private Idaho" | Billboard Pop Singles | 74 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | October 21, 1981 |
| The B-52's |
| Fred Schneider | Kate Pierson | Cindy Wilson | Keith Strickland | Ricky Wilson |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: The B-52's | Wild Planet | Party Mix! | Mesopotamia | Whammy! | Bouncing off the Satellites | Cosmic Thing | Good Stuff | Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation | Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology |
| DVDs: The B-52's 1979-1989 | The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979-1998 |
