Wild Planet Lyrics The B-52's

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The B-52's – Wild Planet Album Lyrics

Artist: The B-52's

Genre: Rock

Released: 1980

"Wild Planet" captures The B-52's at their most irresistibly manic, delivering a fever dream of surf-rock guitars, pounding rhythms, and the band's signature vocal interplay between Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson's soaring harmonies and Fred Schneider's deadpan speak-singing. The album pulses with a restless energy that matches its space-age themes, from the frantic desperation of "Give Me Back My Man" to the highway mysticism of "53 Miles West of Venus," all wrapped in a sound that's equal parts 1960s garage rock and alien transmission. The B-52's create a uniquely American surrealism here, where heartbreak meets sci-fi kitsch over relentless dance beats that make even the most melancholy moments feel like a party at the end of the world. It's new wave that never forgets its rock and roll roots, simultaneously nostalgic and futuristic in that distinctly B-52's way.

Tracklist

53 Miles West Of Venus
Devil In My Car
Dirty Back Road
Give Me Back My Man
Party Out Of Bounds
Private Idaho
Quiche Lorraine
Runnin' Around
Strobe Light