From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wild Planet
Wild Planet
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (B+)[2]
Rolling Stone [3]
prose.
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Wild Planet by choice of the producer, Chris Blackwell. More empha-
sis was put on production for Wild Planet with the tracks
having a more slick feeling. It was fairly well received by
critics, most of whom regarded it as a strong second al-
bum following the success of their first. Wild Planet was
quickly certified gold.
Director Gus Van Sant thanks the band in the credits
of the 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.
Track listing
All songs written by Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland,
Ricky Wilson, Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson, except as
Studio album by The B-52’s indicated.
1. "Party Out of Bounds" – 3:21
Released August 27, 1980 2. "Dirty Back Road" (R. Wilson, Robert Waldrop) – 3:21
Recorded April 1980 at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, 3. "Runnin’ Around" – 3:09
Bahamas 4. "Give Me Back My Man" (Schneider, R. Wilson,
Strickland, C. Wilson) – 4:00
Genre New Wave
5. "Private Idaho" – 3:35
Length 34:44 6. "Devil in My Car" (Schneider, R. Wilson, C. Wilson,
Label Warner Brothers Pierson) – 4:28
7. "Quiche Lorraine" (Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson)
Producer Rhett Davies, The B-52’s, Chris Blackwell – 3:58
(executive producer)
8. "Strobe Light" (Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson) –
The B-52’s chronology 3:59
9. "53 Miles West of Venus" (Schneider, R. Wilson, C.
The B-52’s Wild Planet Party Mix! Wilson, Pierson) – 4:53
(1979) (1980) (1981)
"Party out of Bounds" lends its name both to singer Fred
Schneider’s radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio, and to
Wild Planet is the second studio album by The B-52’s, re- an annual charity benefit party held in the band’s home-
leased in 1980. The album has a slightly more psychedelic town of Athens, Georgia.
and even paranoid sound than their first. Wild Planet also
contains the band’s first experiments using electronic
drum machines.
Personnel
As with their first album, The B-52’s travelled to Com- • Kate Pierson – keyboard bass, organ, vocals
pass Point Studios in the Bahamas to record Wild Planet. • Fred Schneider – keyboards, vocals
Several of the songs from the album had been concert • Keith Strickland – drums, Venus sounds
staples since 1977 but were omitted from the first album • Cindy Wilson – bongos, vocals
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wild Planet
Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 18
UK Albums Chart 18
Organization Level Date
RIAA – U.S. Gold October 21, 1981
• Ricky Wilson – guitars [2] "Robert Christgau: Album: B-52’s: Wild Planet".
robertchristgau.com.
Chart performance http://www.robertchristgau.com/
get_album.php?id=202. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
[3] http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theb52s/
Certifications albums/album/259322/rid/5943590/
References
[1] Wild Planet at Allmusic
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