Bouncing Off The Satellites B 52 S

Bouncing off the satellites is the fourth studio album by american new wave band the b 52 s released on september 8 1986 it was recorded in july 1985 and was produced by tony mansfield founding member and guitarist ricky wilson died of aids after the album was completed but several months prior to the album s release.

Bouncing off the satellites b 52 s.

Guitarist ricky wilson died of aids during the recording. With the release in 2002 of nude on the moon 2 cd anthology the b 52 s were able to put out a much larger body of their best work. It was recorded in july 1985 and was produced by tony mansfield. Summer of love girl from ip.

Referencing bouncing off the satellites lp album all 9 25504 1 1 25504 i think this is one of my favourite b 52 s albums there are so many good tracks here it s really hard to pick a favourite so i m not going to top lp love it. With the band too distraught to tour the album received minimal. Considering their loss it s not surprising that the b 52 s don t sound entirely focused throughout the record and it s easy to forgive them for the momentary loss of direction. Bouncing off the satellites is the fourth studio album by new wave band the b 52 s released on september 8 1986.

Two years after the release of whammy guitarist ricky wilson died of aids a shattering blow for the b 52 s the group recouped and finished bouncing off the satellites the album they were recording when wilson died.