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Time Capsule: Songs For A Future Generation

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Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

3 years, 5 months ago at Feb 9 15:55
A truly great single disc collection chronicling the best of America’s favorite “tacky dance band from Georgia,” as they have labeled themselves over the years. There doesn’t seem to be anything major missing, although there’s not enough Whammy! for my taste. No room for “Legal Tender” or “Whammy Kiss”? I suppose a bit more Bouncing Off the Satellites like “Wig” or “Girl fr... read more
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Description: Taken in one concentrated best-of dose, it becomes evident what a coup the B-52's pulled off when they turned their own concentrated craziness into genuine hits. This is some of the weirdest stuff ever to make the charts, much less be loved by the masses. It's all here though--the mad surf guitar of Ricky Wilson (and later Keith Strickland), the banshee wails of Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson, and, of course, the, um, well, let's say vocalizing of freaky Fred Schneider. "Party out of Bounds" with a "Rock Lobster" on "Planet Claire," or "Roam" over to the "Love Shack" in "Priv ... (more)
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
Release date: 26 May 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0093624692027 UPC: 093624692027
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JxSxPx posted a review 3 years, 5 months ago

Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

“A truly great single disc collection chronicling the best of America’s favorite “tacky dance band from Georgia,” as they have labeled themselves over the years. There doesn’t seem to be anything major missing, although there’s not enough Whammy! for my taste. No room for “Legal Tender” or “Whammy Kiss”? I suppose a bit more Bouncing Off the Satellites like “Wig” or “Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland” wouldn’t be out-of-place, either. But Time Capsule is still unbelievably strong even without these songs.   This adheres to their longstanding place in the pop lexicon as an alternative pop band for the masses. Sure, the edgier stuff is sanded off, but the ethos of camp as love and the cool kids as artsy oddballs remains. Hell, this manages to make Good Stuff” read more

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