Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

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Time Capsule: Songs For a Future Generation
Compilation album by The B-52's
Released May 26, 1998
Recorded 1979-1998
Genre New Wave
Length 79:22
Label Reprise Records
Producer The B-52's,
Chris Blackwell,
Rhett Davies,
David Byrne,
Steven Stanley,
Tony Mansfield,
Don Was,
Nile Rodgers
Professional reviews
The B-52's chronology
Good Stuff
(1992)		 Time Capsule: Songs For a Future Generation
(1998)		 Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology
(1998)

Time Capsule: Songs For a Future Generation is a greatest hits album released by The B-52's in 1998. The album presents sixteen of their single releases and fan-favorite album tracks in chronolgical order, with the addition of two newly-recorded songs exclusive to this collection. One of them, "Debbie", is a tribute to Debbie Harry of Blondie. Also exclusive to this release is the "Original Unreleased Mix" of their 1986 song "Summer of Love". Editions released in Brazil, Europe and Japan have a different track listing to the US release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Planet Claire"
  2. "52 Girls" *
  3. "Rock Lobster" (single edit)
  4. "Party out of Bounds" *
  5. "Strobelight" *
  6. "Private Idaho"
  7. "Quiche Lorraine" *
  8. "Mesopotamia" (remix)
  9. "Song for a Future Generation" *
  10. "Summer of Love" (Original Unreleased Mix)
  11. "Channel Z"
  12. "Deadbeat Club"
  13. "Love Shack"
  14. "Roam"
  15. "Good Stuff"
  16. "Is That You Mo-Dean?" (edit)
  17. "Debbie" (new recording)
  18. "Hallucinating Pluto" (new recording)

[edit] Notes

  • All songs written by The B-52's except "Roam" (lyrics by Robert Waldrop) and "52 Girls" (lyrics by J. Ayers).
  • In Brazil, and possibly other areas of South America, the album was released without "52 Girls", but added "Legal Tender."
  • Editions released in Europe and Japan have a shorter (15 tracks) and markedly different track arrangement. Tracks in the list above marked with * are not included, and the following are substituted:
    • "Quiche Lorraine" is replaced with a live version, which previously appeared on the charity record Tame Yourself
    • "(Meet) The Flintstones" is added before the new recordings

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 93


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