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Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by New Wave band The B-52's, released in 1989. (see 1989 in music). It contains the single "Love Shack", which remains one of their most popular tunes.

Track listing

1. "Cosmic Thing" (The B-52's) - 3:50
2. "Dry County" (The B-52's) - 4:54
3. "Deadbeat Club" (The B-52's) - 4:45
4. "Love Shack" (Pierson, Schneider, Strickland, Wilson) - 5:21
5. "Junebug" (The B-52's) - 5:04
6. "Roam" (Pierson, Schneider, Strickland, Waldrop, Wilson) - 4:54
7. "Bushfire" (The B-52's) - 4:58
8. "Channel Z" (The B-52's) - 4:49
9. "Topaz" (The B-52's) - 4:20
10. "Follow Your Bliss" (The B-52's) - 4:08

Trivia

• The song "Love Shack" was inspired by a real-life cabin in Athens GA that was home to singer Kate Pierson in the early days of the B-52's. It was destroyed by fire in late 2004.

• An early version of the song "Cosmic Thing" appears on the soundtrack of the film "Earth Girls Are Easy".

• All of the locations mentioned in the nostalgic song "Deadbeat Club" are real-life places in Athens GA.

• Singer Kate Pierson claims that a psychic told her the album's third single, "Roam", would be a hit.

Personnel

• Carl Beatty - horn
• Chris Cioe - horn
• Leroy Clouden - drums
• Charlie Drayton - drums
• Sonny Emory - drums
• Steve Ferrone - drums
• Bob Funk - horn
• Arno Hecht - horn
• Richard Hilton - keyboards
• Sara Lee - bass, keyboards, background vocals
• Paul Literal - horn
• Tom Mandel - keyboards
• Tommy Mandell - keyboards
• Kate Pierson - keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Nile Rodgers guitar
• Philippe Saisse - keyboards
• Fred Schneider - percussion, vocals, background vocals
• Keith Strickland - guitar, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Cindy Wilson - vocals

Production

• Producer: Nile Rodgers, Don Was
• Engineer: David Cook, Tom Durack
• Second Engineer: Ed Brooks, Patrick Dillett, Keith Freedman
• Assistant Engineer: Martin Kunitz
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Mixing: Tom Durack
• Production Manager: Budd Tunick
• Clothing/Wardrobe: Alpana Bawa
• Programming: Richard Hilton

Charts

Album

Singles

In the media

• Played in an episode of I Love The 90s

• The B-52s albums
• 1989 albums