Cosmic Thing
by The B-52's
- Type: Album
- Released: 27 June 1989
- Label: Reprise
- Country: United States
- Length: 47:20
- Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Sara Lee, Leroy Clouden, Charley Drayton, Tommy Mandel, Philippe Saisse, Sonny Emory, Uptown Horns, Steve Ferrone
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Nile Rodgers and Don Was, 'Cosmic Thing' marks a commercial resurgence for The B-52's following the death of founding member Ricky Wilson. The album shifts towards a more polished pop-rock sound while maintaining the band's signature vocal interplay and quirky lyrical sensibilities, yielding prominent singles like 'Love Shack' and 'Roam'.
Genres
Descriptors: party, lgbtq
Tracklist
- Cosmic Thing (3:50)
- Dry County (4:54)
- Deadbeat Club (4:56)
- Love Shack (5:20)
- Junebug (5:05)
- Roam (4:55)
- Bushfire (4:57)
- Channel Z (4:50)
- Topaz (4:21)
- Follow Your Bliss (4:08)
Credits
- The B-52's - primary artist, design concept [cover concept], songwriter [all songs by]
- Christoph Lanzenberg - cinematographer
- Alpina Bawa - costume designer [dresses]
- Chris Isles - costume designer [dresses]
- Manhattan Design - design, design concept [cover concept]
- Martin Kunitz - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Dave Cook - engineer [engineered by]
- Tom Durack - engineer [engineered by], mixed by
- Ed Brooks - engineer [second engineers]
- Keith Freedman - engineer [second engineers]
- Patrick Dillett - engineer [second engineers]
- Paul Angelli - engineer [second engineers]
- Tokyo - hair
- Direct Management Group, Inc. - management
- Martin Kirkup - management
- Steven Jensen - management
- Kim Hilton - management [assisted in london by]
- Laurie Miller - management [assisted in los angeles by]
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Nile Rodgers - mixed by, producer [produced by], guitar
- Cindy Wilson - performer [the b-52's are], vocals
- Fred Schneider - performer [the b-52's are], vocals, backing vocals, percussion
- Kate Pierson - performer [the b-52's are], vocals, keyboards, backing vocals
- Keith Strickland - performer [the b-52's are], guitar, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Virginia Liberatore - photography by [photographer]
- Don Was - producer [produced by]
- Budd Tunick - producer [production manager]
- Richard Hilton - programmed by [programming], keyboards
- Arthur Koby - stylist [earrings]
- Kachin - stylist [styling]
- Steve Ferrone - drums
- Tommy Mandel - keyboards
- Sara Lee - bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
- Sonny Emory - drums
- Philippe Saisse - keyboards
- Charley Drayton - drums
- Uptown Horns - horns
- Arno Hecht - horns [uptown horns]
- Bob Funk - horns [uptown horns]
- Carl Beatty - horns [uptown horns]
- Crispin Cioe - horns [uptown horns]
- Paul Litteral - horns [uptown horns]
- Leroy Clouden - drums
- Robert Waldrop - lyrics by