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The B-52's Come Back From Tragedy

Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 10 August 1989

THE B-52'S are, perhaps, the ultimate summertime, party-time band of the '80s — the upbeat, whacked-out, wigged-out chroniclers of kitsch, the guys and gals who percolate with feel-good vibes, the creators of a universe — be it the song 'Planet Claire', the albums Wild Planet and Bouncing Off the Satellites or the new comeback disc Cosmic Thing — much more appealing than our own. A delirious escape.

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