Hot Wax: The B-52’s’ COSMIC THING

You may not need no earthquake, and you may not need no tidal wave, but if you feel the need to shake, shake, shake ‘til night falls and day breaks, might we recommend the new vinyl reissue of The B-52’s’ COSMIC THING? Because it’s in stores today, and we’re already getting reports of people shaking like someone gave them a wild goose or a freight train with a loose caboose.

Oh, fine, maybe we haven’t received any such reports. But we totally would have if people weren’t sheltering in place...

Originally released in June 1989, COSMIC THING was the big comeback album for The B-52’s after the death of guitarist and founding member Ricky Wilson in 1985, but it was more than that: it was the biggest album of their career by far, thanks to such hit singles as “Love Shack,” “Deadbeat Club,” and “Roam.”

Come on, vinyl fans: it’s time to shake your honeybuns all over again. Pick up a copy today!