Tracklist
Legal Tender | 3:40 | ||
Whammy Kiss | 5:20 | ||
Song For A Future Generation | 4:00 | ||
Butterbean | 4:14 | ||
Trism | 3:23 | ||
Queen Of Las Vegas | 4:40 | ||
Don't Worry | 3:50 | ||
Big Bird | 4:14 | ||
Work That Skirt | 3:48 |
Credits (17)
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Gene GreifArt Direction
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Gloryah RobinsonCoordinator [Coordination]
- Benjamin ArmbristerEngineer [Assistants]
- Dennis HalliburtonEngineer [Assistants]
- Steven StanleyEngineer, Producer
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Phylliss*Hair [Wig-Do's]
Notes
The album's seventh track, "Don't Worry", a cover version of the Yoko Ono song "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand in the Snow)", from her 1971 album Fly was removed during later pressings (September 1983 onwards) due to legal issues with Ono.
On subsequent pressings, the song was replaced with "Legal Tender"'s B-side, "Moon 83"— a remake of "There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)".
On subsequent pressings, the song was replaced with "Legal Tender"'s B-side, "Moon 83"— a remake of "There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)".
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Reviews
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Sound-wise, nothing to write home about. Doesn't appear to have been remastered or anything. Probably just a digital source.
That said, it's fun to have a new press of this album on the splatter wax to go with the three other B-52's albums.
Shame that 'Don't Worry' was never reinstated - 'Moon 83' is OK but no substitute.
Hopefully they do something decent with "Bouncing Off The Satellites" as a future reissue.
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referencing Whammy! (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD) UICY-78476
either listened carefully and or even made a comparison with a European edition of the cd now i am not a sound engineer but in my humble opinion this japanese reissue not so miraculous in sound it sounds like any other cd print there is nothing of sound improvement I say it with absolute conviction it sounds like any other CD print I repeat listened very carefully but there is no sound improvement of any kind so this is my thought if you are a collector is fine but if you have to buy this print to have a better sound quality forget it there is no improvement in the sound think about it before buying it for the sound but the thing that most puzzled me is that the whole series of these remastered reissues of the b 52 do not sound very good think about it if you want an improvement because these reissues don't sound better than the others !!!!!! -
referencing Whammy! (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD) UICY-78476
either listened carefully and or even made a comparison with a European edition of the cd now i am not a sound engineer but in my humble opinion this japanese reissue not so miraculous in sound it sounds like any other cd print there is nothing of sound improvement I say it with absolute conviction it sounds like any other CD print I repeat listened very carefully but there is no sound improvement of any kind so this is my thought if you are a collector is fine but if you have to buy this print to have a better sound quality forget it there is no improvement in the sound think about it before buying it for the sound but the thing that most puzzled me is that the whole series of these remastered reissues of the b 52 do not sound very good think about it if you want an improvement because these reissues don't sound better than the others !!!!!! -
referencing Whammy! (Cassette, Album) 23819-4
Just listened to mine, and on B3 it has "Don't Worry" listed, and not "Moon 83" -
Hands down Cindy's best ever vocal is on Queen of Las Vegas (obviously followed very closely by Ain't It A Shame from "Bouncing "..)
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Edited 3 years agoHave it, but the etchings on side A are: 1 2 3819 A WW1 ---< STERLING. No #+number. Side B is the variant 6.
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referencing Whammy! (LP, Album, Allied Pressing) 1-23819
My copy matches matrix for this pressing but is not on translucent vinyl as indicated in notes. -
referencing Whammy! (LP, Album, Specialty Pressing) 1-23819
I find it very sad that for whatever reason, Yoko won’t allow the band to include “Don’t Worry” on subsequent pressings of this album. It’s a great recording; Fred and the girls sing the title in so many wonderful and different ways, while the band paints this relentless, brilliant musical backdrop that just sounds ... well, great. “Moon 83” is cool, but I miss “Don’t Worry” not being on the CD, so I just burned my own copy of the album to cd. Problem solved. -
referencing Whammy! (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD) UICY-78476
Could anyone please share some info about the sound quality of these remasters? Are they notably better and worth getting, or is the improvement only minimal?
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referencing Whammy! (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD) UICY-78476
Look closely at the OBI, on the front half: side 2: track 3, you can see "83" On the back half, track 7, you can also see an '83.'
So it does not bode well for "Don't Worry" to finally make its CD debut.
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