The B-52's : Party Mix/ Mesopotamia - Audio CDs (1991)

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The B-52s: Kate Pierson (vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards); Fred Schneider (vocals, toy piano, walkie-talkie); Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion); Keith Strickland (guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, marimba, bass, drums, percussion); Ricky Wilson (guitar, organ, keyboards, bass).

Additional personnel: David Byrne (guitar, bass); Charles Rocket (accordion); Ralph Carney, Roberto Arron (saxophone); David Buck (trumpet); Yogi Horton (drums); Steve Scales (percussion).

Producers: Rhett Davies, Chris Blackwell, David Byrne, The B-52s.

Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas and Blank Tapes Studios, New York, New York.

The PARTY MIX EP was originally released in 1981. MESOPOTAMIA was originally released in 1982, and is available separately on cassette.

This CD combines two six-song albums originally released in 1981 and 1982. PARTY MIX sees a pleasing selection of some of the B-52s' finer dance tracks remixed for home and club consumption. From the infectious "Party Out of Bounds" through the bouncy "52 Girls"-by way of "Private Idaho," "Give Me Back My Man," "Lava," and the catchy "Dance this Mess Around"-PARTY MIX's alternate takes are a welcome addition to any B-52s collection.

Far more serious in intent, 1982's MESOPOTAMIA project finds Talking Heads leader David Byrne at the helm of the B-52s. MESOPOTAMIA is actually an interesting experiment, lacking the trademark humor of earlier releases while featuring a more electronic new-wave sound. The project aligns the B-52s with some of the other female-vocal-fronted bands of the time and is worth a listen.