Mixed Up (The Cure album)

Mixed Up
Remix album by The Cure
Released November 20, 1990
Recorded 1989–1990 at Outside Studios, England
Length 73:04 (CD only)
81:12 (cassette/LP)
Label Fiction Records (UK)
Elektra Records (U.S.)
Producer Robert Smith
Chris Parry
Mark Saunders
Dave Allen
The Cure compilations chronology
Standing on a Beach
(1986)		 Mixed Up
(1990)		 Galore
(1997)
Singles from Mixed Up
  1. "Never Enough"
    Released: September 17, 1990
  2. "Close to Me (remix)"
    Released: October 22, 1990
  3. "A Forest (Tree Mix)"
    Released: December 6, 1990[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Stylus Magazine(positive)[5]

Mixed Up is a 1990 remix album by The Cure. The songs are remixes of some of their hits, reflecting the popularity of remixing of existing songs and dance culture of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Most of the songs are extended mixes. Several had been previously released on 12" singles, but some are completely remade, with Smith recutting vocals due to the original tapes not being available. The record closes with the extended version of a new single, "Never Enough". The remix of "Pictures of You" was originally released under the title "(Strange Mix)". In an interview featured on the Trilogy DVD, singer Robert Smith described the remix album as something "fun after the doom and gloom of Disintegration".

The Cure also released some other new mixes as the b-sides of the singles from Mixed Up: the first single, "Never Enough", featured a remix of "Let's Go To Bed", entitled "Let's Go To Bed (Milk Mix)" (on the 12", cassette and CD versions), as well as a new song, "Harold and Joe", while the second single, "Close to Me (Remix)" contained "Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix)" (on all formats) and "Primary (Red Mix)" (on the 12", CD and cassette versions) as b-sides, the third single, "A Forest (Tree Mix)" contained the original version of the song and "Inbetween Days (Shiver Mix)" (only on 5inch CD) as b-sides.

Track listing

LP edition

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Lullaby (Extended Mix)"   7:43
2. "Close to Me (Closer Mix)"   5:44
3. "Fascination Street (Extended Mix)"   8:47
Side B
No. Title Length
4. "The Walk (Everything Mix)"   5:27
5. "Lovesong (Extended Mix)"   6:19
6. "A Forest (Tree Mix)"   6:55
Side C
No. Title Length
7. "Pictures of You (Extended Dub Mix)"   6:41
8. "Hot Hot Hot!!! (Extended Mix)"   7:01
9. "Why Can't I Be You? (Extended Remix)" (Appears on the French 5 CD version, LP and cassette versions only) 8:07
Side D
No. Title Length
10. "The Caterpillar (Flicker Mix)"   5:40
11. "In Between Days (Shiver Mix)"   6:22
12. "Never Enough (Big Mix)"   6:07

CD edition

Notes

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Single : A Forest [Tree Mix]". The Cure. 1990-12-06. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mixed Up - The Cure". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Robbins, Ira (2 November 1990). "Mixed Up Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Cure: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "The Cure - Mixed Up - On Second Thought". Stylus Magazine. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
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