Funplex

For other uses, see Funplex (disambiguation).

Funplex
Studio album by
The B-52s
ReleasedMarch 25, 2008
RecordedSeptember 2006 – November 2007
Genre
Length48:17
LabelAstralwerks
ProducerSteve Osborne
The B-52s chronology
Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology
(2002) 		Funplex
(2008) 		With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA
(2011)
Singles from Funplex
  1. "Funplex"
    Released: January 29, 2008
  2. "Juliet of the Spirits"
    Released: September 9, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
BBC Music(favorable)[1]
Billboard(favorable)[5]
Blender[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[7]
Pitchfork6.6/10[2]
PopMatters[8]
Robert ChristgauA−[9]
Slant[10]
Spin[11]

Funplex is the seventh studio album (eighth overall) by the B-52s, recorded during 2006 and 2007. The album was released on March 25, 2008 by Astralwerks Records.[12] It was the first album of new material the group had released since Good Stuff in 1992, although the band did record two new songs for their 1998 compilation album Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation.

  1. ^ a b White, Chris. "BBC - Music - Review of The B-52's - Funplex". BBC Music. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "The B-52's: Funplex: Pitchfork Record Review". Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  3. ^ a b Funplex at AllMusic
  4. ^ "Funplex by B-52s". Metacritic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "Funplex". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 24, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
  6. ^ "Funplex – Blender". Blender. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Funplex - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos - PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  9. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: B-52's". Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  10. ^ "Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "The B-52's, 'Funplex' (Astralwerks) - SPIN". Spin. March 25, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  12. ^ Release Date Archived November 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine