thank you Jeff Harris On this day in music history: August 27, 1980 - Wild Planet, the second album by The B-52s is released. Produced by Rhett Davies and The B-52s, it is recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau in The Bahamas in April 1980. Following the critical and commercial success of their self-titled debut, the Athens, GA based New Wave band will return to Island Records founder Chris Blackwells studio in the Bahamas, to record the follow up. Much of the material on the album will be songs The B-52s have been performing live since 1977, but did not make the final cut of the first album. Recorded in just a few weeks, it will produce a number of songs that become staples of the bands repertoire including Private Idaho (#74 Pop, #5 Club Play), Party Out Of Bounds, Quiche Lorraine and Give Me Back My Man. It will be well received by fans and critics upon its release, and today is regarded as a New Wave classic. Wild Planet will peak at number eighteen on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:57:15 +0000
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