Cosmic Thing

Cosmic Thing
Album by The B-52's
Released	June, 1989
Recorded	???
Genre	New Wave
Length	47 min 03 sec
Record label	Reprise
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Don Was
Professional reviews
AMG	4/5	link
The B-52's Chronology
Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986)	Cosmic Thing (1989)	Good Stuff (1992)

Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by new wave band The B-52's, released in 1989. (see 1989 in music). It contains the single "Love Shack ", which remains one of their most popular tunes.

Contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

Track listing

1. "Cosmic Thing" (The B-52's) - 3:50
2. "Dry County" (The B-52's) - 4:54
3. "Deadbeat Club" (The B-52's) - 4:45
4. "Love Shack" (Pierson, Schneider, Strickland, Wilson) - 5:21
5. "Junebug" (The B-52's) - 5:04
6. "Roam" (Pierson, Schneider, Strickland, Waldrop, Wilson) - 4:54
7. "Bushfire" (The B-52's) - 4:58
8. "Channel Z" (The B-52's) - 4:49
9. "Topaz" (The B-52's) - 4:20
10. "Follow Your Bliss" (The B-52's) - 4:08

Personnel

• Carl Beatty - horn
• Chris Cioe - horn
• Leroy Clouden - drums
• Charlie 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
• Tom Mandel - keyboards
• Tommy Mandell - keyboards
• Kate Pierson - keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Nile Rodgers guitar
• Philippe Saisse - keyboards
• Fred Schneider - percussion, vocals, background vocals
• Keith Strickland - guitar, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Cindy Wilson - vocals

Production

• Producer: Nile Rodgers, Don Was
• Engineer: David Cook, Tom Durack
• Second Engineer: Ed Brooks, Patrick Dillett, Keith Freedman
• Assistant Engineer: Martin Kunitz
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Mixing: Nile Rodgers
• Production Manager: Budd Tunick
• Clothing/Wardrobe: Alpana Bawa
• Programming: Richard Hilton

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	4

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Channel Z"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
1989	"Love Shack"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	7
1989	"Love Shack"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	11
1989	"Love Shack"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
1989	"Love Shack"	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1989	"Roam"	Modern Rock Tracks	6
1989	"Roam"	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1990	"Deadbeat Club"	The Billboard Hot 100	30
1990	"Roam"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	10
1990	"Roam"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	10