Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
Greatest hits album by The B-52's
Released	May 26, 1998
Recorded	1979-1998
Genre	New wave
Length	79:22
Label	Reprise
Producer	The B-52's, Chris Blackwell, Rhett Davies, David Byrne, Steven Stanley, Tony Mansfield, Don Was, Nile Rodgers
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 (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	A[1]

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 chronological 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 Europe, Japan, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand have a different track listing to the US release. The album cover features the five founding band members standing in front of the Unisphere.

As noted in the book "The B-52's Universe", the band intended this to be a larger box set consisting of singles, demos, outtakes, and new tracks, but Warner made the band trim it down. The band had remastered many tracks for the box, and were able to release more of them by using alternate tracklistings in different territories.

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" (Single Mix)
13. "Love Shack"
14. "Roam"
15. "Good Stuff"
16. "Is That You Mo-Dean?" (Edit)
17. "Debbie" (New Recording)
18. "Hallucinating Pluto" (New Recording)

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, Japan, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand 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

Chart performance

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

References

1. Christgau, Robert. "Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation". Robert Christgau.