Estilo kitsch, perspectivas fora do convencional, e uma mistura única da estética underground com acessibilidade mainstream, os The B52's juntam tudo isto e muito mais num cocktail estonteante neste seu album de estreia, que permanece como um dos discos mais à frente do seu tempo, incessantemente apreciado e vívidamente colorido de sempre.

Rolling Stone 500 Melhores Albums de Sempre na posição 152/500

• Edição Limitada Numerada
• Masterizado por Paul Stubblebine
• MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series
• Masterizado no Gain 2 Ultra Analog System da MFSL
• Sistema de masterização MFSL desenhado por Tim de Paravicini
• Prensado em Vinil Audiófilo na RTI USA

The B-52’s The B-52’s on Numbered-Edition LP from Mobile Fidelity Silver Label. Ranked at #152 on Rolling Stone’s List of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Delightfully Campy, Intentionally Goofy, Lyrically Kitschy: 1979 Set Is Nothing But a Good Time. Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI (America's Best Record Plant): LP Bursts Forth With the Color and Vibrancy of the Brilliant Pop Within.

Boffo! Beehive hairdos, goofy sci-fi humor, lava-lamp kitsch, thrift-store fashions, party-starting tunes, unconventional perspectives, and the unique blending of the underground aesthetic with mainstream accessibility: The B-52’s mix all this and more into a dizzying cocktail on their self-titled debut, which remains one of the most ahead-of-its-time, endlessly enjoyable, and vividly colorful albums ever released.

Ranked at #152 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, The B-52’s has its roots in the band’s improbable genesis, itself reflective of the record’s gleeful moods and quirky charms. The five members first played after sharing a tropical alcoholic beverage at a Chinese restaurant, the ironic silliness and spontaneous irreverence indicative of the music on its breakthrough record. Not to mention how it mirrors the unusual hodgepodge of instrumentation: organs, walkie talkies, bongos, glockenspiels, tambourines, toy pianos, smoke alarms, and more!

Musically, the band proves just as adventurous and whimsical. Using pleasant harmonies as a backdrop and Kate Pierson’s squealing organ as a starting point, the B-52’s draw upon surf-rock grooves, beach-bound soul-pop, herky-jerky funk riffs, minimalist rhythms, and Ricky Wilson’s unusual guitar lines to craft songs that tower above the sarcastic suggestiveness and campy declarations. Of course, the latter are plenty entertaining on their own, but there’s no denying the dance-bound persuasiveness and melodic shimmy associated with the classic cult single “Rock Lobster” and splendid cover of the ubiquitous Petula Clark standard “Downtown.” You’ve never heard anything like this.

Indeed, the B-52s were about a decade ahead of the alt-rock revolution when they recorded this delightfully campy, intentionally goofy, lyrically tawdry, and undeniably harmonic 1979 new-wave set that comes off as the best dance party you might ever hear. This is 40 minutes of nothing but a good time.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI (America's best record plant), Silver Label numbered-edition LP presents the B-52’s brilliant debut in a fidelity it’s never previously enjoyed. So detailed and realistic are the timbres, accents, and harmonies, you’ll think the band’s bright outfits are appearing right in front of you. Plus, the LP is worth the cost alone for the iconic album cover, which spotlights those bouffant ‘dos.

Lista de Faixas:

01. "Planet Claire" 
02. "52 Girls" 
03. "Dance This Mess Around" 
04. "Rock Lobster" 
05. "Lava" 
06. "There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)" 
07. "Hero Worship" 
08. "6060-842" 
09. "Downtown"

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