The B-52'sWhammy!

Label:

Island Records – ILPS 9759

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Yugoslavia

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1 Legal Tender
Lyrics ByRobert Waldrop
3:40
A2 Whammy Kiss 5:20
A3 Song For A Future Generation 4:00
A4 Butterbean 4:14
B1 Trism 3:23
B2 Queen Of Las Vegas 4:40
B3 Moon 83 3:58
B4 Big Bird
SaxophoneRalph Carney
TrumpetDavid Buck
4:14
B5 Work That Skirt 3:48

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtCom Point Studios
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Island Records Inc.
  • Copyright ©Island Records Inc.
  • Published ByIsland Music Ltd.
  • Published ByONO Music

Credits

  • A&R [Editor-In-Chief]Dubravko Majnarić
  • A&R [Editor]Veljko Despot
  • Art DirectionGene Greif
  • Coordinator [Coordination]Gloryah Robinson
  • Engineer [Assistant]Dennis Halliburton
  • Lacquer Cut BySB*
  • Lyrics ByThe B-52's (tracks: A2 to B5)
  • ManagementGary Kurfirst
  • Mastered ByTed Jensen
  • Music ByThe B-52's
  • Photography ByWilliam Wegman
  • Producer, EngineerSteven Stanley
  • VocalsKate Pierson
  • Vocals, Instruments [All]Ricky Wilson (3)

Notes

Recorded at Com Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, December 1982. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.

Original Sound Recording made by Island Records, Inc.
Licensed by Island Records Ltd. Complete with inner sleeve and stickers on vinyl from original British release ILPS 9759, just added Jugoton's cat. number and copyright note.

A4 misspelled on label as "Butterban"
B3 is listed on label as "Don't Worry", while the actual track is "Moon 83", as listed on sleeves.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: SOKOJ
  • Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): LSI 11044 A 18 10 83 SB
  • Matrix / Runout (Etched Side B): LSI 11044 B 18 10 83 SB

Other Versions (5 of 77)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Whammy! (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing) Warner Bros. Records 9 23819-1, 1-23819 US 1983
Whammy! (LP, Album) Island Records 205 483 Europe 1983
Whammy! (LP, Album) Island Records I-205.483 Spain 1983
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Whammy! (LP, Album, Reissue) Island Records ILPS 9759 UK 1983
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Whammy! (LP, Album) Warner Bros. Records 92 38191 Canada 1983

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