- new wave, rock, pop rock
- 37 min
- 9 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Whammy! is the third studio album by American new wave band the B-52's, released on April 27, 1983, by Warner Bros. (US) and Island Records. It was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, the Bahamas, in December 1982 and produced by Steven Stanley. The album spawned three singles: "Legal Tender", "Whammy Kiss", and "Song for a Future Generation".
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Warm, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1Legal Tender3:40
- 2Whammy Kiss5:20
- 3Song for a Future Generation4:00
- 4Butterbean4:14
- 5Trism3:23
- 6Queen of Las Vegas4:40
- 7Moon 833:58
- 8Big Bird4:14
- 9Work That Skirt3:48
9 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The B‐52s
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1983
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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