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Funplex - B-52s
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64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

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  • Summary: The first studio album for the band since 1992's "Good Stuff" was produced by Steve Osborne.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26
  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    These nutty kids turned DOR nostalgia act make their first album in 16 years their sex album. Eeyew, say today's normal kids. 'Bout time, says anybody old enough to know that one lure of the flesh is that it's always decaying.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    60
    Funplex then: a bit like that school re-union. Good for a few hours' reminiscing every once in a while but over-familiarity will only breed contempt.
  3. Mojo
    20
    Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson's endless calls for us to party hearty sound like nothing less than Shampoo's sozzled grans on a hen night, Fred Schneider's ironic lounge lizard is just creepy, and the same old tuned guitars spar against the same old Barbarella beats. [Apr 2008, p.102]
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  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. SeanE.
    10
    The B-52s have created an album that sounds like both the history and future of rock and roll, and still they sound like no one else. Funplex is simply brilliant.… Expand
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  2. Bruce
    10
    Infectous, fun, and featuring some of the best melodic hooks and harmonies Kate and Cindy have ever generated. It's too easy to miss the point of the B-52s and disregard their talent for making some of the most exuberant party anthems the past thirty years have seen. The more I spin this album, the more I fall wholeheartedly for its undeniable charm and sheer catchiness. Nothing but love for Funplex.… Expand
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  3. JamesK.
    10
    Just so so so much better than we had any right to expect after 16 years away. For my money it's better than anything they've done since Wild Planet. If you don't like the B-52s just deal with it and move on. If you do like them you'll love this. BTW it's great to have Cindy back!… Expand
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