Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album

Studio album

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 by New Wave

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 band The B-52's

The B-52's

The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...

, released in 1989. It contains the singles "Love Shack" and "Roam", which remain two of their most popular tunes. The success of the album acted as a comeback after the death of former guitarist Ricky Wilson in 1985.

Track listing

1. "Cosmic Thing
   (Shake That) Cosmic Thing
   " Cosmic Thing" is a song by The B-52's released as a single on the soundtrack to the film Earth Girls Are Easy...
   
   "  – 3:50
2. "Dry County"  – 4:54
3. "Deadbeat Club
   Deadbeat Club
   "Deadbeat Club" was the fifth and last single released from The B-52's' album Cosmic Thing. It peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Based on chart performance, "Deadbeat Club" falls behind only the singles, "Love Shack", "Roam" and "Good Stuff" as their biggest hit. The song is about the...
   
   "  – 4:45
4. "Love Shack
   Love Shack
   "Love Shack" is a single by rock band The B-52's. Originally released in 1989 from their album Cosmic Thing, the single was the band's biggest hit song and first million-copy seller...
   
   "  – 5:21
5. "Junebug"  – 5:04
6. "Roam
   Roam
   "Roam" was the fourth single from The B-52's' 1989 hit album Cosmic Thing, following " Cosmic Thing," "Channel Z," and "Love Shack." Roam was a number-three hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1990. The vocals are sung by Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson.The Discovery Channel used...
   
   "  – 4:54
7. "Bushfire"  – 4:58
8. "Channel Z
   Channel Z (song)
   "Channel Z" is a single by The B-52's from their 1989 album Cosmic Thing. The song was about a fictional radio station whose motto was "Channel Z: All static, all day, Forever!". Television sets of the era typically had two analog channel selector dials, one for VHF band and one for UHF. The UHF...
   
   "  – 4:49
9. "Topaz"  – 4:20
10. "Follow Your Bliss"  – 4:08

All songs written by Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, and Cindy Wilson, except "Roam

Roam

"Roam" was the fourth single from The B-52's' 1989 hit album Cosmic Thing, following " Cosmic Thing," "Channel Z," and "Love Shack." Roam was a number-three hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1990. The vocals are sung by Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson.The Discovery Channel used...

", written by The B-52's, with lyrics by Robert Waldrop.

Personnel

Band

• Fred Schneider
  Fred Schneider
  Frederick William "Fred" Schneider III is an American rock singer, best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52's, of which he is a founding member. Schneider is well-known for his sprechgesang which he developed from reciting poetry over guitars.-Early life:Schneider was born in Newark,...
  
   – percussion
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  , vocals, background vocals
• Cindy Wilson
  Cindy Wilson
  Cynthia Leigh Wilson is a vocalist and a founding member of new wave rock band The B-52s.- Career :...
  
   – vocals
• Kate Pierson
  Kate Pierson
  Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Pierson is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. One of the multi-instrumentalists in the band, Pierson played guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments...
  
   – keyboards, vocals, backing vocals
• Keith Strickland
  Keith Strickland
  Julian Keith Strickland is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and one of the founding members of the The B-52s. Originally the band's drummer, Strickland switched to guitar after the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson in 1985...
  
   – guitar, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , vocals, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Carl Beatty – horn
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• Chris Cioe – horn
• Leroy Clouden – drums
• Charley Drayton
  Charley Drayton
  Charley Drayton is an American multi-instrumental musician and producer, who has played as a drummer and bass guitarist for many bands and artists and is currently the drummer in Australian rock bands Divinyls and Cold Chisel....
  
   – drums
• Sonny Emory
  Sonny Emory
  Sonny Emory is a freelance touring and studio drummer. He has worked with many famous acts, including Earth, Wind & Fire, Steely Dan, Bruce Hornsby, and the B-52's.-Early years:...
  
   – drums
• Steve Ferrone
  Steve Ferrone
  Steven "Steve" Ferrone is a British drummer.He was a member of the Average White Band, and has recorded and performed with numerous other high-profile acts, including Slash, Chaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Scritti Politti...
  
   – drums
• Bob Funk – horn
• Arno Hecht – horn
• Richard Hilton – keyboards
• Sara Lee
  Sara Lee (musician)
  Sara Lee is an English bassist and singer-songwriter, best known for replacing Dave Allen on bass guitar in post-punk band Gang of Four. Lee confirmed in an interview on Rundgrenradio.com that Sara Lee is her birth name.-Biography:...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , keyboards, background vocals
• Paul Literal – horn
• Tommy Mandel
  Tommy Mandel
  Tommy Mandel is a keyboardist who is most famous for playing with Bryan Adams, from 1981 to 1998, starting with Bryan Adams's album You Want It You Got It.He also has played with Dire Straits and others....
  
   – keyboards
• Nile Rodgers
  Nile Rodgers
  Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
• Philippe Saisse
  Philippe Saisse
  Philippe Saisse is a French Grammy Award-nominated Smooth Jazz and New Age music keyboardist, producer and arranger.He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He became the protege of Gary Burton...
  
   – keyboards

Production

• Producers: Nile Rodgers
  Nile Rodgers
  Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
  
  , Don Was
  Don Was
  Don Was is an American musician, bassist and record producer.-Life and career:Was was born in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Oak Park High School in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out after the first year...
  
  
• Engineers: David Cook, Tom Durack
• Second Engineers: Ed Brooks, Patrick Dillett, Keith Freedman
• Assistant Engineer: Martin Kunitz
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
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• Mixing: Tom Durack, Nile Rodgers
• Production Manager: Budd Tunick
• Programming: Richard Hilton

Artwork

• Alpana Bawa – clothing/wardrobe

Certifications

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	4
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	8
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Albums Chart	1