Bouncing off the Satellites
Studio album by The B-52's
Released	September 8, 1986
Genre	New Wave
Length	45:55
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer(s)	Tony Mansfield, Shep Pettibone
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link
The B-52's chronology
Whammy! (1983) Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986) Cosmic Thing (1989)

Bouncing off the Satellites is the fourth studio album by New Wave band The B-52's, released in 1986. Guitarist Ricky Wilson died of AIDS during the recording. With the band too distraught to tour, the album received minimal promotion and failed to yield any hits despite some stations initially giving good airplay to "Summer of Love". Image File history File links The_B-52's_-_Bouncing_Off_the_Satellites. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Tony Mansfield (born 19 January 1955 in London) is a English songwriter, musician and record producer. ... Shep Pettibone is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... Robert Christgau (2007) Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics[1] His first reviews were published by Esquire in 1967. ... The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ... Whammy! is the third studio album by New Wave band The B-52s, released in 1983. ... Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by New Wave band The B-52s, released in 1989. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

Track listing

1. "Summer of Love" (Pierson, Strickland, C. Wilson, R. Wilson) – 4:02
2. "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" (Strickland, Wilson, Wilson) – 4:22
3. "Housework" (Pierson, Rollins) – 4:04
4. "Detour Thru Your Mind" (The B-52's) – 5:06
5. "Wig" (The B-52's) – 4:22
6. "Theme for a Nude Beach" (The B-52's) – 4:50
7. "Ain't It a Shame" (Strickland, C. Wilson, R. Wilson) – 5:30
8. "Juicy Jungle" (Coté, Schneider) – 4:50
9. "Communicate" (The B-52's) – 4:08
10. "She Brakes for Rainbows" (Strickland, Wilson) – 4:41

Miscellanea

• "Ain't It A Shame" is now regularly covered in live shows by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor.

• The album's cover is by pop artist Kenny Scharfe, who also illustrated a book by the band's singer, Fred Schneider, entitled Fred Schneider and Other Unrelated Works (ISBN 0-87795-917-X).

• Much to the band's distaste, the album's producer Tony Mansfield insisted on using the Fairlight CMI synthesizer heavily on every track.^{[citation needed]}

• If the psychadelic talking at the end of "Detour Thru Your Mind" is played backwards, Fred Schneider can be heard saying "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh-no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle."

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Personnel

• Tom Beckerman - guitar
• John Coté - background vocals
• Tony Mansfield - synthesizer
• Mark Mazur - guitar, bass
• Kate Pierson - organ, vocals, background vocals
• Tim Rollins - guitar
• Fred Schneider - vocals
• Keith Strickland - bass, guitar, harmonica, percussion, keyboards, sitar, Vocals, background vocals
• Adey Wilson - guitar, bass, vocals, background vocals
• Cindy Wilson - vocals
• Ricky Wilson - guitar, bass

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Production

• Producer: Tony Mansfield, Shep Pettibone
• Engineer: Michael Hutchinson, Steve Peck, Tony Phillips
• Assistant Engineer: Fernando Kral, Don Peterkofsky
• Mastering: Phill Brown
• Remixing: Shep Pettibone
• Art Direction: Keith Bennett, Kav DeLuxe
• Paintings: Kenny Scharf
• Photography: Keith Strickland

Shep Pettibone is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. ... Shep Pettibone is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. ... Kenny Scharf was born in 1958, in Hollywood, California. ... Biography Keith Strickland (born October 26, 1953) is the guitarist and one of the founding members of the new wave band The B-52s. ...

Charts

Album

Singles The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...