The B-52's

8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
9LP: Rhino

A new box set from Rhino offers nearly all the studio material of Athens, Georgia alt-rock icons The B-52's.  The Warner Reprise Years brings together the six albums and two EPs the quirky quintet put together between 1979 and 1992 - a period where they went from cult favorites to unlikely hitmakers. The collection will feature the group's 1979 self-titled debut, 1980's Wild Planet, the 1981 and 1982 EPs Party Mix and Mesopotamia, Whammy! (1983), Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986) - the last album to feature all five original members - plus Cosmic Thing (1989) and Good Stuff (1992). The set will be available on CD as well as a 9LP vinyl set, limited to 2,000 copies and pressed on a rainbow of colored vinyl. (A representative a Rhino has confirmed that Mesopotamia is presented in its original mix, having been revisited in 1990 for a "two-fer" CD reissue alongside Party Mix! and subsequently never on CD on its own in America.) The box is a nearly complete chronicle of the group's output, minus a few major omissions from various compilations and expanded editions. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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