Wild Planet

Wild Planet is the second studio album by American new wave band the B-52s, released in 1980 by Warner Bros. Records. As with their first album, the B-52’s traveled to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas to record Wild Planet. Several of the songs from the album had been concert staples since 1978. The band did not record them for their first album, as they had more songs than could fit in a quality LP record. Film director Gus Van Sant later referred to the song “Private Idaho” in the title of his 1991 film My Own Private Idaho and thanked the band in the film’s credits, although he did not seek approval from the band to use it.

Tracklisting

Position Title
A1 Party Out Of Bounds
A2 Dirty Back Road
A3 Runnin’ Around
A4 Give Me Back My Man
A5 Private Idaho
B1 Devil In My Car
B2 Quiche Lorraine
B3 Strobe Light
B4 53 Miles West Of Venus

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Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Planet
Format 1× Vinyl (180g) LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Label Island Records
Catalog Number 538798 0
Notes 180g vinyl reissue and MP3 download code. “60 years of Island Records” round yellow sticker on front shrink wrap. Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, 4/1980
Discogs URL The B-52’s - Wild Planet