Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
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| Compilation album by The B-52's | ||
| Released | May 26, 1998 | |
| Recorded | 1979-1998 | |
| Genre | New Wave | |
| Length | 79:22 | |
| Label | Reprise Records | |
| Producer(s) | The B-52's, Chris Blackwell, Rhett Davies, David Byrne, Steven Stanley, Tony Mansfield, Don Was, Nile Rodgers |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| The B-52's chronology | ||
| Good Stuff (1992) |
Time Capsule: Songs For a Future Generation (1998) |
Time Capsule: the Remixes (1998) |
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 chronolgical 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 Brazil, and in Europe/Japan, have different track lists.
[edit] Time Capsule tracklisting
- "Planet Claire"
- "52 Girls" *
- "Rock Lobster" (single edit)
- "Party Out Of Bounds" *
- "Strobelight" *
- "Private Idaho"
- "Quiche Lorraine" *
- "Mesopotamia" (remix)
- "Song For A Future Generation" *
- "Summer Of Love" (Original Unreleased Mix)
- "Channel Z"
- "Deadbeat Club"
- "Love Shack"
- "Roam"
- "Good Stuff"
- "Is That You Mo-Dean?" (edit)
- "Debbie" (new recording)
- "Hallucinating Pluto" (new recording)
[edit] Notes
- All songs written by The B-52's except "Roam" (lyrics by Robert Waldrop) and "52 Girls" (lyrics by J. Ayers).
- In Brazil, and possibly other areas of South America, the album was released without "52 Girls", but added "Legal Tender."
- Editions released in Europe and Japan have a shorter (15 tracks) and markedly different track arrangement. Tracks in the list above marked with * are not included, and the folowing are substituted:
- "Quice 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
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | Billboard 200 | 93 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | "Debbie" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 32 |
| The B-52's |
| Fred Schneider | Kate Pierson | Cindy Wilson | Keith Strickland | Ricky Wilson |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: The B-52's | Wild Planet | Party Mix! | Mesopotamia | Whammy! | Bouncing off the Satellites | Cosmic Thing | Good Stuff | Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation | Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology |
| DVDs: The B-52's 1979-1989 | The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979-1998 |
