Oops nearly missed this and I did buy this when it came out . . . . . . we loved the B-52s and the first album and 12" single of 'Love Shack' is a classic but this track is great too!

On this day in music history: August 27, 1980 - “Wild Planet”, the second album by The B-52’s is released. Produced by Rhett Davies and The B-52’s, it is recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau in The Bahamas in April 1980. Following the critical and commercial success of their self-titled debut, the Athens, GA based New Wave band return to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell’s studio in the Bahamas, to record the follow up. Much of the material on the album are songs The B-52’s have been performing live since 1977, but did not make the final cut of the first album. Recorded in just a few weeks, it produces a number of songs that become staples of the band’s repertoire including “Private Idaho” (#74 Pop, #5 Club Play), “Party Out Of Bounds”, “Quiche Lorraine” and “Give Me Back My Man”. It is well received by fans and critics upon its release, and today is regarded as a New Wave classic. The album is remastered and reissued on vinyl in 2011 by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, as part of their Silver Label series. It is reissued again in July of 2018, as part of Rhino’s “Back To The 80’s vinyl reissue series, pressed on red vinyl. The limited edition colored vinyl pressing replicates the original album packaging, including the custom labels and inner sleeve. "Wild Planet” peaks at number eighteen on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.