Whammy!

Whammy!

Infobox Album |
Name = Whammy!
Type = Album
Artist = The B-52's


Released = April 27, 1983
Recorded = December, 1982
Genre = New Wave
Length = 37:17
Label = Warner Brothers
Producer = Steven Stanley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4x62mpc39ffo~T1 link]
*Review-Christgau|A-|album=204
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theb52s/albums/album/212615/review/5946677/whammy link]
Last album = "Mesopotamia"
(1982)
This album = "Whammy!"
(1983)
Next album = "Bouncing off the Satellites"
(1986)

"Whammy!" is the third studio album by New Wave band The B-52's, released in 1983. While not as successful as their two previous records, it spawned the underground hit singles "Legal Tender" and "Song for a Future Generation". It is also the only album to have all five original members of the band producing every song on an album.

The track "Don't Worry" is a cover of a song by Yoko Ono. It was removed from later pressings due to legal issues with Ono, who claimed the B-52's had not asked permission or paid her to cover her song. This is controversial; Ono's song, on the 1971 album "Fly", is titled "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand in the Snow)" and is musically entirely different from the B-52's track. In fact, all the two songs have in common are the two-word "lyrics" — a repetitively chanted "Don't worry". While the legal fact that she had been credited would suggest she was entitled to profit, The B-52's had credited Ono with songwriting on the track probably more out of tribute than seriousness. On subsequent pressings, the song was replaced with "Legal Tender"'s B-side, "Moon 83" — a remake of their earlier track "There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)".

Track listing

#"Legal Tender" (The B-52's, Strickland, Waldrop) – 3:40
#"Whammy Kiss" (The B-52's) – 5:20
#"Song for a Future Generation" (The B-52's) – 4:00
#"Butterbean" (The B-52's) – 4:14
#"Trism" (The B-52's) – 3:23
#"Queen of Las Vegas" (The B-52's) – 4:40
#"Don't Worry" (Yoko Ono) – 3:58 / "Moon 83" (on later pressings)
#"Big Bird" (The B-52's) – 4:14
#"Work That Skirt" (The B-52's) – 3:48

Miscellanea

*Originally intended to be mixed into two continuous tracks, like the previous Party Mix! album, Warner Brothers vetoed this decision in favour of the more traditional track order. [ Sexton, M - " The B-52's Universe, The Essential Guide to the World's Greatest Party Band".]

Personnel

*David Buck - trumpet
*Ralph Carney - saxophone
*Kate Pierson - vocals
*Fred Schneider - vocals
*Keith Strickland - vocals, multiple instruments
*Adey Wilson - vocals, multiple instruments
*Cindy Wilson - vocals
*Ricky Wilson - vocals, multiple instruments

Production

*Producer: Steven Stanley
*Engineer: Steven Stanley
*Assistant Engineer: Benji Armbrister, Dennis Halliburton
*Art Direction: Gene Greif
*Mastering: Ted Jensen
*Clothing/Wardrobe: Vikki Warren

Chart performance

References


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