After the success of their debut album and the smash hit "Rock Lobster" their second album "Wild Planet" came and went without fanfare! I think this album is a hidden beauty and an album that deserves a lot more attention than it has received.
"Wild Planet" is still a crazy over-the-top pop album with that colorful 50's "monster-mash" thing they've got going and power-pop vibes-galore! Once again there is a very strong emphasis on the harmonies of lead singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson with the sprechgesang vocals of frontman Fred Schneider.
My favourite songs off "Wild Planet" are "Private Idaho" and "Strobe Light" with their zany lyrics and awesome be bop beats.........your living in your own private Idaho !...something down the Planet Z or Planet Claire zone!
The B-52's were always one of the bands that wrote a lot of fun songs and for some reason always appealed to me. They were totally over the top but I think were somewhere in the "Talking Heads" camp of alt-rock.
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