An emotional album marred by dated production.
Bouncing off the satellites review.
Referencing bouncing off the satellites lp album all 9 25504 1 1 25504 sad album to listen to considering the guitarist s death pre release.
30 nasa finally retired the kepler space telescope the prolific planet hunter that has been scanning the skies for the past nine years.
Bouncing off the satellites is the fourth studio album by american new wave band the b 52 s released on september 8 1986 it was recorded in july 1985 and was produced by tony mansfield founding member and guitarist ricky wilson died of aids after the album was completed but several months prior to the album s release.
The first 6 cuts on disc 2 feature cuts from bouncing off the satellites and this collection is what caused me to take a.
Cosmic thing was an all out attack on the pop world combining a wild uninhibited sound with a more contemporary pop production.
Very much forgotten due to it s lack of promotion and it s overshadowing by the red yellow albums and their late 80s mainstream stuff which i don t really listen to 80s cheese gone mad lol.
Unlike the rather unfocused bouncing off the satellites cosmic thing showed a more unified plan.
On prior albums the b s had always struck a good balance between guitars and synthesizers.
One area where the b 52s have benefited from the generic styling of pop music is the length of each song.
Considering their loss it s not surprising that the b 52 s don t sound entirely focused throughout the record and it s easy to forgive them for the momentary loss of direction.
If you ve been following the mission over the last several months you might recall that the spacecraft was put to sleep and brought back into service a few times as it.
Bouncing off the satellites is probably the hardest to listen to b 52 s album but it s nonetheless fascinating occasionally brilliant and unlike anything else the band ever did.
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This was the band s first album their fifth overall to be recorded after guitarist ricky wilson died during the recording of 1986 s bouncing off the satellites.
With the release in 2002 of nude on the moon 2 cd anthology the b 52 s were able to put out a much larger body of their best work.
With the band too distraught to tour the album received minimal.
