| Artist |
The B-52's |
| Album Title: |
Whammy! |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: New Wave |
| Format |
Vinyl |
| Released |
04/27/1983 |
| Label |
Warner Bros. Records |
| Catalog No |
1-23819 |
| Bar Code No |
0 7599-23819-1 |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Legal Tender (3:40)
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| A2.
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Whammy Kiss (5:20)
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| A3.
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Song For A Future Generation (4:00)
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| A4.
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Butterbean (4:14)
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| B1.
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Trism (3:23)
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| B2.
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Queen Of Las Vegas (4:40)
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| B3.
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Don't Worry (3:50)
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| B4.
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Big Bird (4:14)
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| B5.
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Work That Skirt (3:48)
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| Date Acquired |
06/21/2022 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
9.99 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs entry: |
Notes |
Credits:
Engineer, Producer – Steven Stanley
Photography By – William Wegman
Vocals – Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Ricky Wilson
Vocals, Instruments – Keith Strickland
Written-By – The B-52's
Companies, etc.:
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode: 0 7599-23819-1
Barcode (Scanned): 075992381918
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): -----◁
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, etched): 1 2 3819 A WW1 -----◁
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, etched): 1 2 3819 A WW2 #2 -----◁
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
Following the botched collaboration with David Byrne on Mesopotamia, the B-52's decided to craft their fourth album as a return to the pop-culture funk explosion of their debut. Smartly, they decided to not simply replicate the skewed Southern funk of that album, choosing to update their signature sound with drum machines and new wave synths. As a result, it now sounds a little forced and dated, but the best moments -- "Legal Tender," "Whammy Kiss," "Butterbean," "Song for a Future Generation" -- rank as B-52's classics, and the entire record is certainly entertaining, even with its faults. [Whammy! was originally released with a cover of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry." When the time came to reissue the CD in 1989, the group ran into copyright troubles with Ono and the song was pulled, replaced by "Moon 83."]
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