MoFi The B-52'S Wild Planet (33RPM LP)

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Party Out of Bounds with the B-52's: Wild Planet Unites Surf, Pop, Dance, Kitsch, Cabaret, and Psychedelia with Giddy Vocals

 

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s Renowned Mastering System: Silver Label Numbered-Edition 33RPM LP Plays with Lively Sonics

 

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe

 

Party out of bounds! Not only is this sentiment one of the B-52's directives on their ceaselessly fun sophomore album, it's one of the record's hit songs, and perfectly summarizes the spirit and intent behind this new-wave classic. Completely up to task in following up their kitschy debut, the B-52's step everything up a notch: Songwriting, humor, exaggeration, melodies, hooks, and group interplay. Wild Planet also finds the band embracing stronger psychedelic accents that seamlessly mesh with its lava-lamp colors and textures. What an album.

 

Rollicking, rousing, and riotous, Wild Planet soars on vocal efforts put forth by the delightfully campy chanteuses Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson, whose innocent girly tonalities wonderfully match up with Fred Schneider's effeminate deliveries and manic presentations. While the sheer exuberance and giddy nature of the music tends to make them an afterthought, the trio's harmonies are utterly amazing. Add in Ricky Wilson's propulsive beach-bound guitar riffs, random squealing synthesizers, and a surfeit of danceable rhythms, and you have nothing less than a 1980s masterpiece that, due to its optimistic vibes and buoyant grooves, only gets better with time.

 

As for clever humor and quirky character? Everywhere. Mentions of an icebox, fruit punch, and surprise greetings kick off the defining "Party Out of Bounds." "Private Idaho" is an instant mix-tape essential, sent up with declamatory refrains and insouciant beats. Not to be outdone, the B-52's tackle the subject of devilish possession on the witty "Devil In My Car" and get hysterical on "Strobe Light," surely the finest tune ever written about making love in the shadow of a pulsating illumination device. Schneider is on fire, embracing his sexuality while pushing his mates to new limits. There's no serious matter here; Wild Planet is all about celebrating, and few records do a better job of capturing such a mood.

 

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s renowned mastering system in California and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, this Silver Label Series numbered-edition 33RPM LP presents the B-52’s 1980 classic in rousing sound. The all-important bass lines, divergent vocal timbres, and usually unnoticed guitar lines attain an unprecedented level of balance and realism. And, few bands took advantage of the large-format LP cover art like the B-52’s. The cover portrait of these fashionistas is reason enough to get these extraordinary reissue, which takes great pride in reproducing the original art right down to the last smears of eyeliner on Pierson and Wilson's faces.

  1. Party Out of Bounds
  2. Dirty Back Road
  3. Runnin' Around
  4. Give Me Back My Man
  5. Private Idaho
  6. Devil in My Car
  7. Quiche Lorraine
  8. Strobe Light
  9. 53 Miles West of Venus

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