Remixes (Shakespears Sister album)

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Remixes
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Compilation album by
Released29 October 2012 (2012-10-29)
Recorded1988-2005
Genre Rock, Dance, Pop, Electronic
Label SF, Warner Bros. Records
Shakespears Sister chronology
Rarities
(2012)
Remixes
(2012)
The Other Side... Demos and Rarities
(2013)

Remixes is a remix compilation album from British pop music act Shakespears Sister. The album was previously released on digital format exclusively in 2010 through Siobhan Fahey's website under her own name for a short time before being discontinued. It was released again in October 2012 on CD and digital format through numerous major retailers such as Amazon and iTunes. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pulsatron" (Atomizer Mix) Siobhan Fahey, C. Kenny, S. Gallifant, W. Blanchard5:58
2."Pulsatron" (Skylab Mix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard3:34
3."Pulsatron" (Hugo Nicholson Vocal Mix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard3:15
4."Pulsatron" (The Most Mix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard6:39
5."Bad Blood" (GHP Remix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard4:34
6."Bad Blood" (The Most Mix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard7:14
7."Bad Blood" (Alan Moulder Remix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard4:09
8."Bad Blood" (Jagz Kooner Mix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard6:04
9."Bitter Pill" (Droyds Mix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard6:26
10."Bitter Dub"Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard6:25
11."Bitter Pill" (Whitney Mix)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard3:56
12."You're History" (The Droyds Extended Mix)Fahey, Marcella Detroit, Richard Feldman6:48
13."Pulsatron" (Instrumental)Fahey, Kenny, Gallifant, Blanchard3:15
14."Cold" (Revenge Mix)Fahey4:10

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