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Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

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Released
  
May 26, 1998

Length
  
79:22

Release date
  
26 May 1998

Genres
  
New wave, Electropop

Recorded
  
1979–1998

Artist
  
The B-52's

Label
  
Reprise Records

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Producer
  
The B-52's, Chris Blackwell, Rhett Davies, David Byrne, Steven Stanley, Tony Mansfield, Don Was, Nile Rodgers

Time Capsule Songs for a Future Generation (1998)
  
Nude on the Moon The B-52's Anthology (2002)

Similar
  
The B-52's albums, New wave albums

Time Capsule: Songs For a Future Generation is a greatest hits album released by the B-52's in 1998. The album presents sixteen of their single releases and fan-favorite album tracks in chronological order, with the addition of two newly recorded songs exclusive to this collection. One of them, "Debbie", is a tribute to Debbie Harry of Blondie. Also exclusive to this release is the "Original Unreleased Mix" of their 1986 song "Summer of Love". Editions released in Europe, Japan, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand have a different track listing to the US release. The album cover features the five founding band members standing in front of the Unisphere.

Contents

As noted in the book "The B-52's Universe", the band intended this to be a larger box set consisting of singles, demos, outtakes, and new tracks, but Warner made the band trim it down. The band had remastered many tracks for the box, and were able to release more of them by using alternate track listings in different territories.

Track listing

All songs written by The B-52's except "Roam" (lyrics by Robert Waldrop) and "52 Girls" (lyrics by J. Ayers).

  1. "Planet Claire"
  2. "52 Girls" *
  3. "Rock Lobster" (single edit)
  4. "Party Out of Bounds" *
  5. "Strobelight" *
  6. "Private Idaho"
  7. "Quiche Lorraine" *
  8. "Mesopotamia" (remix)
  9. "Song for a Future Generation" *
  10. "Summer of Love" (original unreleased mix)
  11. "Channel Z"
  12. "Deadbeat Club" (single mix)
  13. "Love Shack"
  14. "Roam"
  15. "Good Stuff"
  16. "Is That You Mo-Dean?" (edit)
  17. "Debbie" (new recording)
  18. "Hallucinating Pluto" (new recording)

Notes

  • In Brazil, and possibly other areas of South America, the album was released without "52 Girls", but added "Legal Tender."
  • Editions released in Europe, Japan, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand have a shorter (15 tracks) and markedly different track arrangement. Tracks in the list above marked with * are not included, and the following are substituted:
  • "Quiche Lorraine" is replaced with a live version, which previously appeared on the charity record Tame Yourself
  • "(Meet) The Flintstones" is added before the new recordings

    • Chart positions

    The album spent 11 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #93 in June 1998.

    Songs

    1Planet Claire4:37
    252 Girls3:36
    3Rock Lobster4:55

    References

    Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation Wikipedia
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