Mesopotamia (studio album)
by The B-52's
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Mesopotamia is ranked 7th best out of 15 albums by The B-52's on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The B-52's is The B-52's which is ranked number 861 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,000.
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Mesopotamia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 05/10/2025 01:07 | culwin | 1,278 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2025 18:45 |  dihansse | 6,215 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2024 23:31 | Skerns | 4,974 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2024 09:30 | cicadelic | 11,227 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2024 18:38 | Cheboygan74 | 1,250 | 52/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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I wish this album got the adulation it deserves, because it's really the most rousing music the B-52s made. I think it helped to have David Byrne in the studio with his unique and probably rather strict conceptual standards. The way "Mesopatamia" and "Cake" build and take you from A to Z is something the B-52s hadn't accomplished except in "Give Me Back Your Man." The other songs just have an amazing, rich sound. Timeless record. ... I bought it when I was in junior high school, I think, and at the time I was disappointed because I thought it didn't have enough of the old B-52s humor. But this was the album that stuck with me over time. It's one for the grownups.
From the almost strained vocals on track one this album I find disappointing, it just shows that bringing two class acts together doesn't always make a class combination.
Ridiculously underrated. Produced by David Byrne at the height of Talking Heads' power, Mesopotamia is the most unique thing The B-52's ever put out. They've had stronger albums as a whole but its still a strong album. In Cake, Cindy and Kate's lyrics make baking a cake way too sensual for words.
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