Bouncing off the Satellites

Infobox Album
Name = Bouncing off the Satellites
Type = Album
Artist = The B-52's


Released = September 8, 1986
Recorded =
Genre = New Wave
Length = 45:55
Label = Warner Brothers
Producer = Tony Mansfield,
Shep Pettibone
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:b9q8b5c4tsqa~T1 link]
*Review-Christgau|B+|album=205
Last album = "Whammy!"
(1983)
This album = "Bouncing Off the Satellites"
(1986)
Next album = "Cosmic Thing"
(1989)

"Bouncing off the Satellites" is the fourth studio album by New Wave band The B-52's, released in 1986. Guitarist Ricky Wilson died of AIDS during the recording. With the band too distraught to tour, the album received minimal promotion and failed to yield any hits despite some stations initially giving good airplay to "Summer of Love".

Track listing

#"Summer of Love" (Pierson, Strickland, C. Wilson, R. Wilson) – 4:02
#"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" (Strickland, Wilson, Wilson) – 4:22
#"Housework" (Pierson, Rollins) – 4:04
#"Detour Thru Your Mind" (The B-52's) – 5:06
#"Wig" (The B-52's) – 4:22
#"Theme for a Nude Beach" (The B-52's) – 4:50
#"Ain't It a Shame" (Strickland, C. Wilson, R. Wilson) – 5:30
#"Juicy Jungle" (Coté, Schneider) – 4:50
#"Communicate" (The B-52's) – 4:08
#"She Brakes for Rainbows" (Strickland, Wilson) – 4:41

Miscellanea

* "Ain't It a Shame" is now regularly covered in live shows by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor.

* The album's cover is by pop artist Kenny Scharfe, who also illustrated a book by the band's singer, Fred Schneider, entitled "Fred Schneider and Other Unrelated Works" (ISBN 0-87795-917-X).

* All Fairlight CMI sounds and sequences for the album were created in a collaboration between the band members and Tony Mansfield, Roland JP8 synthesizer was played by Keith Strickland.

* If the psychedelic talking at the end of "Detour Thru Your Mind" is played backwards, Fred Schneider can be heard saying "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle."

Personnel

*Tom Beckerman - guitar
*John Coté - background vocals
*Tony Mansfield - Fairlight CMI
*Mark Mazur - guitar, bass
*Kate Pierson - organ, vocals, background vocals
*Tim Rollins - guitar
*Fred Schneider - vocals
*Keith Strickland - bass, guitar, harmonica, percussion, keyboards, sitar, Vocals, background vocals
*Adey Wilson - guitar, bass, vocals, background vocals
*Cindy Wilson - vocals
*Ricky Wilson - guitar, bass

Production

*Producer: Tony Mansfield, Shep Pettibone
*Engineer: Michael Hutchinson, Steve Peck, Tony Phillips
*Assistant Engineer: Fernando Kral, Don Peterkofsky
*Mastering: Phill Brown
*Remixing: Shep Pettibone
*Art Direction: Keith Bennett, Kav DeLuxe
*Paintings: Kenny Scharf
*Photography: Keith Strickland

Chart performance