The Warner And Reprise Years (8CD)
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Pre-Order, released on: 06/20/2025
The dance floor’s never been the same since The B-52’s set out from Athens, Georgia, on their way to becoming the world’s greatest party band. Now, their early run of classic releases, all featuring newly remastered audio, has been collected in THE WARNER AND REPRISE YEARS.
Spanning 1979 to 1992, the albums collected here chart the creative and commercial evolution of the B-52’s—an era that saw the band sell over 20 million records worldwide. Five of the eight albums in the set have been certified Gold or higher by the RIAA, including COSMIC THING (4x Platinum), their self-titled debut (Platinum), WILD PLANET, WHAMMY!, and the GRAMMY®-nominated GOOD STUFF (Gold).
The collection also highlights some of their best-known songs, including “Rock Lobster,” “Private Idaho,” “Mesopotamia,” “Legal Tender,” “Channel Z,” and “Good Stuff.” COSMIC THING — produced by Don Was and Nile Rodgers — remains the group’s biggest commercial success, powered by the back-to-back hits “Love Shack” (3x Platinum) and “Roam” (Gold). At the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, the band won Best Group Video and Best Art Direction for “Love Shack.” GRAMMY® nods followed for “Love Shack” and “Roam.”
THE B-52’S (1979)
1. “Planet Claire”
2. “52 Girls”
3. “Dance This Mess Around”
4. “Rock Lobster”
5. “Lava”
6. “There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)”
7. “Hero Worship”
8. “6060-842”
9. “Downtown”
WILD PLANET (1980)
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”
PARTY MIX! (1981)
1. “Party Out Of Bounds”
2. “Private Idaho”
3. “Give Me Back My Man”
4. “Lava”
5. “Dance This Mess Around”
6. “52 Girls”
MESOPOTAMIA (1982)
1. “Loveland”
2. “Deep Sleep”
3. “Mesopotamia”
4. “Cake”
5. “Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can”
6. “Nip It In The Bud”
WHAMMY! (1983)
1. “Legal Tender”
2. “Whammy Kiss”
3. “Song For A Future Generation”
4. “Butterbean”
5. “Trism”
6. “Queen Of Las Vegas”
7. “Moon ’83”
8. “Big Bird”
9. “Work That Skirt”
BOUNCING OFF THE SATELLITES (1986)
1. “Summer Of Love”
2. “Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland”
3. “Housework”
4. “Detour Through Your Mind”
5. “Wig”
6. “Theme For A Nude Beach”
7. “Ain’t It A Shame”
8. “Juicy Jungle”
9. “Communicate”
10. “She Brakes For Rainbows”
COSMIC THING (1989)
1. “Cosmic Thing”
2. “Dry County”
3. “Deadbeat Club”
4. “Love Shack”
5. “Junebug”
6. “Roam”
7. “Bushfire”
8. “Channel Z”
9. “Topaz”
10. “Follow Your Bliss”
GOOD STUFF (1992)
1. “Tell It Like It T-I-IS”
2. “Hot Pants Explosion”
3. “Good Stuff”
4. “Revolution Earth”
5. “Dreamland”
6. “Is That You Mo-Dean?”
7. “The World’s Green Laughter”
8. “Vision Of A Kiss”
9. “Breezin’”
10. “Bad Influence"