With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA

With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA
Video by The B-52's
Released October 10, 2011 (album release)
March 20, 2012 (video release)
Recorded February 18, 2011
Genre New wave, pop rock, post-punk
Length 76:15
Label Eagle Records, Eagle Rock Entertainment
The B-52's chronology

Funplex
(2008)		 With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA
(2011)		 Live! 8-24-1979
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Blogcritics CD (positive)[2]
DVD (positive) [3]
Robert Christgau A- [4]

With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA is the first official live album and DVD release by American new wave band The B-52s. The concert was recorded on February 18, 2011 at The Classic Center in the band's hometown of Athens, Georgia, commemorating the 34th anniversary of their first performance as a group on February 14, 1977.

The audio recording was released on October 10, 2011 on CD and iTunes by Eagle Records, while a DVD and BluRay release followed on March 20, 2012 by Eagle Records' parent company, Eagle Rock Entertainment.

CD Track listing

  1. "Pump" – 4:45
  2. "Private Idaho" – 3:45
  3. "Mesopotamia" – 4:50
  4. "Ultraviolet" – 4:21
  5. "Give Me Back My Man" – 5:38
  6. "Funplex" – 4:04
  7. "Whammy Kiss" – 3:50
  8. "Roam" – 5:03
  9. "52 Girls" – 3:46
  10. "Party Out of Bounds – 3:53
  11. "Love in the Year 3000" – 4:15
  12. "Cosmic Thing" – 3:58
  13. "Hot Corner" – 3:27
  14. "Band Intros" – 0:42
  15. "Love Shack" – 5:44
  16. "Wig" – 4:00
  17. "Planet Claire" – 4:51
  18. "Rock Lobster" – 5:23

DVD Track listing

  1. "Pump"
  2. "Private Idaho"
  3. "Mesopotamia"
  4. "Ultraviolet"
  5. "Dancing Now"
  6. "Give Me Back My Man"
  7. "Funplex"
  8. "Whammy Kiss"
  9. "Deadbeat Club"
  10. "Roam"
  11. "52 Girls"
  12. "Party Out of Bounds"
  13. "Love in the Year 3000"
  14. "Cosmic Thing"
  15. "Hot Corner"
  16. "Love Shack"
  17. "Wig"
  18. "Strobe Light"
  19. "Planet Claire"
  20. "Rock Lobster"

Personnel

The B-52's

References

  1. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "With the Wild Crowd!: Live in Athens, GA review". Allmusic.
  2. ↑ Rose, Chris (October 19, 2011). "Music Review: The B-52s – With The Wild Crowd: Live In Athens, GA". Blogcritics.
  3. ↑ Britton, Wesley (March 6, 2012). "Music DVD Review: The B52s – With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA". Blogcritics.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Reviews - B-52's".