The B-52's - Funplex
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Artist: The B-52'sEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Music Label: Astralwerks
Soundtracks:
- Pump
- Hot Corner
- Ultraviolet
- Juliet of the Spirits
- Funplex
- Eyes Wide Open
- Love in the Year 3000
- Deviant Ingredient
- Too Much to Think About
- Dancing Now
- Keep This Party Going
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Free Music Review: It's Outstanding
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm not going to write an in-depth review, because it's late, and I'm a bit intoxicated. But I do have to give this album the recommendation it deserves.
It's classic B-52's style with a fresh new beat. Funplex lives up to its name. There isn't a song I don't love on this album, and several stand out as favorites including Funplex, Juliet of the Spirits, Love in the Year 3000 and Deviant Ingredient.
I'm so glad they've come back for more, and I've been hitting as many of their shows near me as possible, my favorite being the humble Dixon May Fair where they delivered an astonishing rendition (and the only one I've heard locally so far) of Juliet of the Spirits, live - absolutely remarkably, hauntingly and fascinatingly superb! The Mountain Winery show was okay. When they were at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Reno they were incredible! Kate literally, not figuratively, occupied the same X and Y coordinates as I did (she was a couple feet above in the Z axis) on several occasions. I was right there, and I left my camera in the car like a fool - but had I brought it I probably would have felt uncomfortable as if Kate might have thought I was taking pervert pictures or something. I could see the white dots on her eyelashes...and her rings are awesome. Keith and Fred and Cindy...they were all right there!
What it all amounts to, is that you should definitely get this fantastic compact disc! You should also see them live if you can, because it's just such a great time to be had. If you've liked anything from this wonderful group in the past, then rest assured, you'll absolutely love Funplex!
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Along with producer Steve Osborne (New Order, Happy Mondays, Doves) the band have created an album as cutting edge, distinctive & danceable as their debut album in 1979. The B-52's influence cuts a wide path through much of so-called Modern Rock-- from the low-fi efforts of nouveau garage bands and the Retro-Hip of Ultra-Lounge to the very ascendance of Dance music itself. Twenty years and 20 million albums into a career that began as a low-rent lark in Athens, Georgia, the B-52's remain the most unlikely Pop superstars ever. The first band to glorify Pop culture with an almost Warholian sense of purpose, their absurd B-movie style and off-kilter sound celebrated the weirdness lurking just beneath the surface of Americana. EMI. 2008.16 years between albums is a gap virtually unprecedented in modern music, so no surprises that the first question you want to know about Funplex is: how does it sound? Going on the opening track "Pump", you'd be forgiven for thinking not at all: there's Fred Schneider's delirious, delightfully unselfconscious shout, there's Kate and Cindy whooping like dropout cheerleaders, there's the enjoyably garish mish-mash of early rock'n'roll, B-movie kitsch and surfboard funk that's been the group's stock in trade since their emergence in the new-wave boom of the mid-'70s. Deeper into Funplex, though, there's evidence of a new electronic edge, which can be owed in part to the input of producer Steve Osbourne, who's previously worked with New Order and Sophie Ellis Bextor. At times, the presence of dance beats, echoing effects, and pulsing synthesiser make Funplex feel a little clinically handled, like a B-52s remix. But it's worth admission just for the glorious title track, a chaotic cops'n'hippies dust-up at the mall, and the mighty "Ultraviolet". "Keep doing what we're doing cos we're doing it right!" shouts Fred. "Four miles to a breakdown!" shout Kate and Cindy. 16 years on, the party's still going. - Louis Pattison
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