The B-52's
The B-52's- The B-52's
This has to be one of my all time favourite albums, so I only thought it right to spend this grey and boring Sunday afternoon reviewing it.
The early B-52's were one of the most adventerous bands of their era combining a bunch of contradicting genres creating an eccentric arty punk sound. “Planet Claire” is probably one of the greatest album openers instantly making you want to move your feet to the extra-terrestrial keyboards and the almost robotic singing of Fred Schneider. During the more swinging “52 Girls” we get the same cleanly-produced but punchy guitars, slightly false harmonies by the 2 women, weird synth-accents, and a combination of girl group cheesiness and punk energy.The album begins to flow into its own at this point managing to make the most reluctant person at at a party dance with "Dance This Mess Around" and the real gem of the album "Rock Lobster". The second half of the album, on the other hand, is a bit less impressive, still amazingably listenable and danceable at the same time however. The ecstatic shrieks and excitable guitars of "Hero Worship" and "6060-842" push the album along with with jerky musicianship and a bouncy rhythm. The last song on the album is a cover of Petula Clark's classic "Downtown" which the B-52's don't fail to dissapoint by totally ripping the song to shreds with more cheesey keyboards, out of tune backing vocals and false harmonies.
This is definitely a party record, one that will crack you up guaranteed, and that will have you jerk and bounce along for almost 40 minutes. It proves they were truly a one-of-a-kind bunch that effortlessly dabbled in musical history and came up with a damn fine debut, which everyone, who ever plans on having a party, should have.
8.5/10
This has to be one of my all time favourite albums, so I only thought it right to spend this grey and boring Sunday afternoon reviewing it.
The early B-52's were one of the most adventerous bands of their era combining a bunch of contradicting genres creating an eccentric arty punk sound. “Planet Claire” is probably one of the greatest album openers instantly making you want to move your feet to the extra-terrestrial keyboards and the almost robotic singing of Fred Schneider. During the more swinging “52 Girls” we get the same cleanly-produced but punchy guitars, slightly false harmonies by the 2 women, weird synth-accents, and a combination of girl group cheesiness and punk energy.The album begins to flow into its own at this point managing to make the most reluctant person at at a party dance with "Dance This Mess Around" and the real gem of the album "Rock Lobster". The second half of the album, on the other hand, is a bit less impressive, still amazingably listenable and danceable at the same time however. The ecstatic shrieks and excitable guitars of "Hero Worship" and "6060-842" push the album along with with jerky musicianship and a bouncy rhythm. The last song on the album is a cover of Petula Clark's classic "Downtown" which the B-52's don't fail to dissapoint by totally ripping the song to shreds with more cheesey keyboards, out of tune backing vocals and false harmonies.This is definitely a party record, one that will crack you up guaranteed, and that will have you jerk and bounce along for almost 40 minutes. It proves they were truly a one-of-a-kind bunch that effortlessly dabbled in musical history and came up with a damn fine debut, which everyone, who ever plans on having a party, should have.
8.5/10
By Ben
posted by Ben Trader at 6:07 PM
2 Comments:
Hey, just found your site by searching for the b-52's, (i was bored). great review by the way, keep them coming. they have to be one of the best bands of all time and they're so under-rated. all people remember them for is Love Shack. there's more to them than one cheesey pop song. Anyway, laters.
Woah, cool, thanks a lot.
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