Cosmic Thing

about this album

Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by New Wave band The B-52's, released in 1989. It contains the singles "Love Shack" and "Roam," which remain two of their most popular tunes. The success of the album acted as a comeback after the death of former guitarist Ricky Wilson in 1985. Six of the album's songs were produced by Nile Rodgers in New York City, and the remaining four by Don Was in upstate New York. All songs written by Pierson, Schneider, Strickland, Wilson (except "Roam", written by Robert Waldrop) . Engineers: David Cook, Tom Durack. Second Engineers: Ed Brooks, Patrick Dillett, Keith Freedman. Assistant Engineer: Martin Kunitz. Mastering: Bob Ludwig. Production Manager: Budd Tunic. Programming: Richard Hilton. Personnel/Band Fred Schneider - percussion, vocals, background vocals Cindy Wilson - vocals Kate Pierson - keyboards, vocals, backing vocals Keith Strickland - guitar, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals Additional musicians Carl Beatty - horn Chris Cioe - horn Leroy Clouden - drums Charley Drayton - drums Sonny Emory - drums Steve Ferrone - drums Bob Funk - horn Arno Hecht - horn Richard Hilton - keyboards Sara Lee - bass, keyboards, background vocals Paul Literal - horn Tommy Mandel - keyboards Nile Rodgers - guitar Philippe Saisse - keyboards Alpana Bawa – clothing/wardrobe Chart performance US Billboard 200: Peaked at 4 UK Albums Chart: Peaked at 8 Australian ARIA Albums Chart: Peaked at 1 User-contributed text is available un

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