Mixed Up (The Cure album)

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Mixed Up
The Cure Mixed Up.jpg
Remix album by
the Cure
Released20 November 1990
Recorded1989–1990
Studio Outside (England)
Length73:04
Label Fiction
Producer
The Cure chronology
Disintegration
(1989)		Mixed Up
(1990)		 Entreat
(1991)
Singles from Mixed Up
  1. "Never Enough"
    Released: 17 September 1990
  2. "Close to Me (remix)"
    Released: 22 October 1990
  3. "A Forest (Tree Mix)"
    Released: 6 December 1990 [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly C [3]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Stylus Magazine Positive [6]

Mixed Up is a remix album by English rock band the Cure, released on 20 November 1990 by Fiction Records. 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. In 2018, a sequel was released titled Torn Down .

Contents

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", titled "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 "In Between Days" (Shiver Mix) only on 5-inch CD as B-sides.

Track listing

LP edition

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Lullaby" (Extended Mix)7:43
2."Close to Me" (Closer Mix)5:44
3."Fascination Street" (Extended Mix)8:47
Side B
No.TitleLength
4."The Walk" (Everything Mix)5:27
5."Lovesong" (Extended Mix)6:19
6."A Forest" (Tree Mix)6:55
Side C
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
10."The Caterpillar" (Flicker Mix)5:40
11."In Between Days" (Shiver Mix)6:22
12."Never Enough" (Big Mix)6:07
Total length:81:12

CD edition

No.TitleLength
1."Lullaby" (Extended Mix)7:43
2."Close to Me" (Closer Mix)5:44
3."Fascination Street" (Extended Mix)8:47
4."The Walk" (Everything Mix)5:27
5."Lovesong" (Extended Mix)6:19
6."A Forest" (Tree Mix)6:55
7."Pictures of You" (Extended Dub Mix)6:41
8."Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Extended Mix)7:01
9."The Caterpillar" (Flicker Mix)5:40
10."In Between Days" (Shiver Mix)6:22
11."Never Enough" (Big Mix)6:07
Total length:73:04

Notes

2018 remastered reissue

On 21 April 2018, Mixed Up was released as a remastered deluxe edition. [7] The accompanying statement read: "Robert Smith has remastered The Cure's remix album from 1990. Now presented for the first time as double picture disc set in a gatefold sleeve with a download voucher."

A 3-disc deluxe edition of Mixed Up was released on 15 June 2018. [8] The announcement read: "The Mixed Up 3-CD set includes Mixed Up, a second disc of rare remixes from 1981 through 1990, and a third disc of brand new remixes by Robert Smith. All the material has been remastered in 2018, or, with respect to Torn Down, mixed in 2018."

In an interview with BBC Radio 6, Robert Smith confirmed that this release marks the continuation of The Cure's deluxe edition re-release campaign, and that the deluxe edition of Wish had been completed and would follow. [9]

CD 1: Mixed Up (remastered by Robert Smith 2018)

No.TitleLength
1."Lullaby" (Extended Mix)7:43
2."Close to Me" (Closer Mix)5:44
3."Fascination Street" (Extended Mix)8:47
4."The Walk" (Everything Mix)5:27
5."Lovesong" (Extended Mix)6:19
6."A Forest" (Tree Mix)6:55
7."Pictures of You" (Extended Dub Mix)6:41
8."Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Extended Mix)7:01
9."The Caterpillar" (Flicker Mix)5:27
10."In Between Days" (Shiver Mix)6:22
11."Never Enough" (Big Mix)6:07

CD 2: Remixes 1982–1990: Mixed Up Extras 2018

No.TitleLength
1."Let's Go to Bed" (Extended Mix 1982)7:44
2."Just One Kiss" (Extended Mix 1982)7:15
3."Close to Me" (Extended Mix 1985)6:31
4."Boys Don't Cry" (New Voice Club Mix 1986)5:29
5."Why Can't I Be You?" (Extended Mix 1987)8:07
6."A Japanese Dream" (12" Remix 1987)5:47
7."Pictures of You" (Extended Version 1990)8:06
8."Let's Go To Bed" (Milk Mix 1990)7:13
9."Just Like Heaven" (Dizzy Mix 1990)3:42
10."Primary" (Red Mix 1990)7:10
11."The Lovecats" (TC & Benny Mix 1990)4:39

CD 3: Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras 2018

All songs remixed by Robert Smith.

No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Three Imaginary Boys" (Help Me Mix) Three Imaginary Boys 3:21
2."M" (Attack Mix) Seventeen Seconds 3:07
3."The Drowning Man" (Bright Birds Mix) Faith 4:29
4."A Strange Day" (Drowning Waves Mix) Pornography 5:05
5."Just One Kiss" (Remember Mix) Japanese Whispers 4:57
6."Shake Dog Shake" (New Blood Mix) The Top 5:11
7."A Night Like This" (Hello Goodbye Mix) The Head on the Door 4:24
8."Like Cockatoos" (Lonely in the Rain Mix) Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 3:49
9."Plainsong" (Edge of the World Mix) Disintegration 4:33
10."Never Enough" (Time to Kill Mix)Mixed Up3:34
11."From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Love in Vain Mix) Wish 6:21
12."Want" (Time Mix) Wild Mood Swings 4:44
13."The Last Day of Summer" (31st August Mix) Bloodflowers 5:44
14."Cut Here" (If Only Mix) Greatest Hits 4:25
15."Lost" (Found Mix) The Cure 3:59
16."It's Over" (Whisper Mix) 4:13 Dream 4:54

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Mixed Up
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [36] Gold35,000^
France (SNEP) [37] Gold100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [38] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [40] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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