# Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

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Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation is a greatest hits album by American new wave band the B-52's, released in 1998. The album presents sixteen of their single releases and fan-favorite album tracks in chronological order, with the addition of two new songs recorded exclusively for this collection.

## Background

The album includes sixteen previously released as well as two new songs, "Hallucinating Pluto" and "Debbie". The latter 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".
The album cover features the five founding band members standing in front of the Unisphere steel structure in Queens, New York.
Singer Cindy Wilson, who had been absent for several years, made her return to recording with the group on this album, and shared songwriting credits on the two new tracks. 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 condense the tracklist to a single disc.

## Release

The US release was encoded as an HDCD.
Editions released in Europe, Japan and Brazil had a different track listing to the US release. In Europe and Japan the album was shortened to 15 tracks, "Quiche Lorraine" being substituted with a live version, which previously appeared on the charity record Tame Yourself, and adding "(Meet) The Flintstones". The Brazilian edition was based on the European one: it omitted track two "52 Girls" and added "Legal Tender" as track eight instead.
"Debbie" was released as a single, and several remix-focused discs were put out as well: Time Capsule: The Remixes in Japan, and "Summer of Love '98" and "Hallucinating Pluto" in the US branded as Time Capsule: The Mixes discs.
A video compilation consisting of twelve of the band's music videos, titled Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979–1998, was also released on VHS.
In 2009 the album was reissued in Australia based on the international edition CD, but with new changes, and packed with a DVD reissue of Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979–1998. The CD replaced "Debbie" with "Give Me Back My Man".

## Reception

The album spent 11 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of number 93 in June 1998.

## Track listing
### Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979–1998
#### Time Capsule—The Remixes (Japan)

* "Summer of Love" (single edit) - 3:59
* "Summer of Love" (Summer Party Mix) - 6:03
* "Love Shack" (DJ Tonka Remix) - 6:28
* "Roam" (Miami Phunky Break Mix) - 7:26
* "Roam" (Indamix Tekno Mix) - 10:13
* "Hallucinating Pluto" (Jason's "Ride On" Remix) - 8:10
* "Hallucinating Pluto" (The "Ride On" Beats) - 4:51 (erroneously identified on case as François K. Remix)
* "Planet Claire" (François K. Remix) - 9:08
* "Good Stuff" (Schottische Mix) - 3:38

#### Summer of Love '98 (Time Capsule—The Mixes) maxi-single

* "Summer of Love" (David Kahne Remix) - 3:40
* "Planet Claire" (François Kevorkian Remix) - 9:10
* "Roam" (Miami Phunky Break Mix) - 7:26 (erroneously labeled as 7:35)
* "Roam" (Indamix Tekno Mix) - 10:10
* "Summer of Love" (Summer Party Mix) - 6:04

#### Hallucinating Pluto (Time Capsule—The Mixes) maxi-single

* "Hallucinating Pluto" (album version) - 4:19
* "Hallucinating Pluto" (Jason's "Ride On" Remix) - 8:10
* "Good Stuff" (Schottische Mix) - 3:41
* "Love Shack" (DJ Tonka Remix) - 6:28
* "Debbie" (Edge Factor Club Mix) - 7:55
* "Hallucinating Pluto" (The "Ride On" Beats) - 4:50
* "Love Shack" (12" Mix) - 7:58

## Chart performance

| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
| Australia (ARIA) | 40 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 93 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Australia (ARIA) | Platinum | 70,000$^^$ |
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