Bouncing Off The Satellites Review

Bouncing off the satellites is the fourth studio album by american new wave band the b 52 s released on september 8 1986 it was recorded in july 1985 and was produced by tony mansfield founding member and guitarist ricky wilson died of aids after the album was completed but several months prior to the album s release.

Bouncing off the satellites review.

On prior albums the b s had always struck a good balance between guitars and synthesizers. The group recouped and finished bouncing off the satellites the album they were recording when wilson died. If you ve been following the mission over the last several months you might recall that the spacecraft was put to sleep and brought back into service a few times as it. Bouncing off the satellites is by far their most underrated collection of tunes and it has such quirky zany off the wall lyrics and attitude to match and its so danceable and creative it fit right in with all the stuff coming out during the 80 s but it had its sad shortcomings with ricky s.

Bouncing off the satellites a look at the internet space race for those living in north america the internet is ubiquitous reaching nearly 90 percent of the continent according to research conducted by internet. 4 minutes a look at the internet space race. Songs they d made over the years. Considering their loss it s not surprising that the b 52 s don t sound entirely focused throughout the record and it s easy to forgive them for the momentary loss of direction.