B-52's Cosmic Thing CD

Cosmic Thing Music

List Price	$8.97 (You save $2.18)
Category	Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, New Wave
Label	Reprise
Orig Year	1989
All Time Sales Rank	6849
CD Universe Part number	1100279
Discs	1
Release Date	May 30, 1989
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Don Was; Nile Rodgers
Engineer	Tom Durack; Dave Cook
Recording Time	47 minutes
Personnel	Steve Ferrone, Nile Rodgers, Philippe Saisse, Sonny Emory, Sara Lee, Richard Hilton, Charlie Drayton, Leroy Clouden, Tommy Mandell, Uptown Horns

B-52's Cosmic Thing Songs

1.	Cosmic Thing	$0.99
1.	Cosmic Thing
2.	Dry County
2.	Dry County	$0.99
3.	Deadbeat Club
3.	Deadbeat Club	$0.99
4.	Love Shack
4.	Love Shack	$1.29
5.	Junebug	$0.99
5.	Junebug
6.	Roam	$0.99
6.	Roam
7.	Bushfire
7.	Bushfire	$0.99
8.	Channel Z	$0.99
8.	Channel Z
9.	Topaz
9.	Topaz	$0.99
10.	Follow Your Bliss	$0.99
10.	Follow Your Bliss

Cosmic Thing Music Review

Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

4 stars Excellent
This is (was)their finest effort. Many excellent tunes, some laced with humor and wit. Well worth your money. "Love Shack" is a classic rock and roll tune.
Submitted by Midwest Mike (Brighton, Michigan)
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5 stars The B's bring it all together on this one
Earlier B-52's albums generally were just a bit much for me but there would be a song or two that really liked. I like every second of the songs on 'Cosmic Thing',and a couple of them arew on my all time faves list. Worth every penny
Submitted by dgsam (bakersfield,CA,USA)
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5 stars Masterpiece redux
The two must-have albums by the B-52s are: "Cosmic Thing" and "B52s." They are both flawless masterpieces of good-time get up and dance tunes.
Submitted by a reviewer (Boston USA)
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5 stars From A Different Planet
Quite simply the best feel-good summer album you can spend your hard-earned cash on. Out of this world!!
Submitted by JChaSys (Moira, Northern Ireland)
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