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| Released | August 27, 1980[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 1980 | |||
| Studio | Compass Point (Nassau) | |||
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| Length | 34:44 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Rhett Davies, the B-52's | |||
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Wild Planet is the second studio album by American new wave band the B-52's, released in 1980 by Warner Bros. Records.
As with their first album, the B-52's traveled to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas to record Wild Planet.[2] Several of the songs from the album had been concert staples since 1978. The band did not record them for their first album, knowing that performing the tracks live would make fans look forward to it.[citation needed]
Film director Gus Van Sant later referred to the song "Private Idaho" in the title of his 1991 film My Own Private Idaho and thanked the band in the film's credits, although he did not seek approval from the band to use it.[3]
- ^ The B-52's (2002). Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology (CD liner notes). Rhino Entertainment. R2 78357.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Wild Planet - The B-52's". Rhino Entertainment. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ^ Harris, Will (November 1, 2011). "Kate Pierson of The B-52s". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 24, 2022.