The B-52's

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Planet Claire	4:35
A2	52 Girls Guitar [2'nd] – Kate Pierson	3:34
A3	Dance This Mess Around	4:36
A4	Rock Lobster	6:49
B1	Lava	4:54
B2	There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) Guitar [2'nd] – Cindy Wilson	4:54
B3	Hero Worship Bass [Keyboard Bass] – Fred SchneiderGuitar [2nd] – Kate Pierson	4:07
B4	6060-842	2:48
B5	Downtown	2:57

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – Island Records Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Recorded At – Compass Point Studios
• Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
• Record Company – Warner Communications
• Copyright (c) – Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
• Published By – Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
• Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

Credits

• Art Direction – Sue Ab Surd
• Engineer [Assistant] – Cass Rigby
• Management [Conseilleur] – Gary Kurfirst
• Other [Hairdos By:] – La Verne
• Performer [The B-52's], Drums, Percussion, Sounds [Claire Sounds] – Keith Strickland
• Performer [The B-52's], Guitar, Sounds [Smoke Alarm] – Ricky Wilson
• Performer [The B-52's], Vocals, Bongos, Tambourine – Cindy Wilson
• Performer [The B-52's], Vocals, Organ, Bass [Keyboard Bass] – Kate Pierson
• Performer [The B-52's], Vocals, Voice [Walkie Talkie], Piano [Toy Piano] – Fred Schneider
• Photography By – George DuBose
• Producer – Chris Blackwell
• Producer [Associate], Engineer – Robert Ash
• Written-By – F. Schneider* (tracks: A1, A4, B4), J. Ayers* (tracks: A2), K. Pierson* (tracks: B4), K. Strickland* (tracks: A1, B4), R. Wilson* (tracks: A2, A4, B3, B4), R. Waldrop* (tracks: B3), The B-52's (tracks: A3, B1, B2)

Notes

Los Angeles repress: Pinstripe WB labels, no barcode, printed inner sleeve.
A very similar issue using Monarch Mfg. Co. plates and pressed by Capitol LA is here: The B-52's - The B-52's.

℗ 1979 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
© 1979 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas

All Songs Published By Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.

[lyrics]
Copyright © 1978 Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
Copyright © 1979 Boo-fant Tunes, Inc., BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 1] Side A runout): BSK 1 3355 LW2 2 ✲ STERLING
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 1] Side B runout): BSK 2 3355 LW3· 2 ✲ STERLING
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 2] Side A runout, etched ["2 ✲✲" stamped]): BSK-1-3355 LW4 ' 2 ✲✲
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 2] Side A runout, etched ["✲" & "STERLING" stamped]): BSK 2 3355 LW4' ✲ ⴳ STERLING
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BSK 3355	The B-52's	The B-52's ‎(LP, Album, Los)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3355	US	1979
CD 3355	The B-52's	The B-52's ‎(CD, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	CD 3355	Canada	Unknown
MOVLP1420	The B-52's	The B-52's ‎(LP, 180)	Music On Vinyl	MOVLP1420	Europe	2015
IMCD 1, 842 444-2	The B-52's	The B-52's ‎(CD, Album)	Island Masters, Island Records	IMCD 1, 842 444-2	UK & Europe	Unknown
208792	The B-52's	The B-52's ‎(LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	208792	Argentina	1980

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