{"product_id":"the-b-52s-time-capsule-songs-for-a-future-generation-2lp","title":"The B-52's - Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eTime Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation packs two decades of The B-52's onto a double LP, from thrift-store new wave to the beach-party pop that made them stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst released in 1998, the collection runs in order from the band's early days in Athens, Georgia through to the late nineties. The early singles still sound like nothing else: surf guitar, cheap organ, and the vocal tag team of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson trading lines like a party that has gone wonderfully off the rails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRock Lobster is here, of course, all strange noises and frantic dance moves, alongside the nervy, wiry Private Idaho. The second half catches the glorious late-eighties revival, when Love Shack and Roam carried the band onto radio everywhere and onto every party playlist since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe set closes with two songs recorded especially for it, a neat way of keeping the time capsule open instead of sealing it shut. In between, deeper cuts show how much invention sat behind the bouffants and the bright colors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpread across four sides, it is the quickest route into a band that made weirdness feel like an invitation, and proof that a great party record never really goes out of date.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67763400442146,"sku":"603497831623","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/The_B-52s-Time_Capsule_Songs_for_a_Future_Generation_2LP.jpg?v=1794324440","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/the-b-52s-time-capsule-songs-for-a-future-generation-2lp","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}