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Released January 15, 2002

The B-52's were one of the great new wave bands, one of the ones who defined the style and cut one of the great records of their time (their eponymous debut), an outfit who maintained a dedicated following even as they fell off the radar of critics and hipsters, a group who overcame a tragic loss (guitarist Ricky Wilson) to make a startling, unpredictable comeback that launched them beyond college radio and to the top of the pop charts. It's a hell of a story, even if the final act was decidedly anticlimatic (after one follow-up to the Cosmic Thing comeback, 1992's Good Stuff, the group essentially disappeared apart from an embarrassing version of the Flintstones theme for the 1993 big-screen adaptation), and they're easily one of the more legendary bands of their time. Unfortunately, legend doesn't always translate to great music, and the fact of the matter is that the B-52's really only had two very good records: the transcendent debut and the comeback. The second record had its share of moments, more than the other albums that followed, and there were some sublime cuts scattered among the other records, but by and large they were a band who got by on their brilliant moments -- brilliant moments that were surrounded by competence and mediocrity. It really was the kind of career that could be salvaged and justified by a tremendous double-disc retrospective like Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology, which has a lot of their greatest moments as well as interviews in the comprehensive booklet, great photos, and just the general warm vibe this Georgian band -- perhaps the greatest Georgian musical act this side of Jerry Reed or R.E.M. -- gives off. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. 52 Girls
2. Dance This Mess Around
3. Rock Lobster
4. Lava
5. Hero Worship
6. Planet Claire
7. Give Me Back My Man
8. Private Idaho
9. Devil in My Car
10. Party Out of Bounds
11. Strobe Light
12. Quiche Lorraine [Live, 1990]
13. Mesopotamia [1990 Remix]
14. Queen of Las Vegas [Mesopotamia Outtake Version][#]
15. Legal Tender
16. Song for a Future Generation
17. Trism
18. Whammy Kiss [Live, 1989]

DISC 2

19. Summer of Love
20. Ain't It a Shame [New Edit]
21. Theme for a Nude Beach [New Edit]
22. The Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland
23. Wig
24. She Brakes for Rainbows
25. Cosmic Thing
26. Deadbeat Club
27. Love Shack
28. Roam
29. Channel Z
30. Junebug
31. Follow Your Bliss
32. Good Stuff
33. Revolution Earth
34. Is That You Mo-Dean? [Interdimension Mix][Edit]
35. Debbie

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