Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides

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Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides
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Remix album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)
Genre
Length57:16
Label Last Gang
Producer Al-P
Death from Above 1979 chronology
You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
(2004)
Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides
(2005)
The Physical World
(2014)
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Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides is a 2005 remix album by Death from Above (then known as Death from Above 1979). This album is a collection of remixes of songs featured on the album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine released in October 2004. The tracks "Better Off Dead" and "You're Lovely (But You've Got Problems)" are B-sides. The group MSTRKRFT was, at the time, a side project of Jesse F. Keeler, who was one half of Death from Above 1979. The Girl on Girl name is the alias of the other half of Death from Above 1979, Sebastien Grainger. The album is their only release to chart on Billboard by hitting number twenty-two on its Top Electronic Albums chart. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Better Off Dead" (La Peste Cover)2:17
2."Blood on Our Hands" (Justice Remix)3:52
3."Romantic Rights" (Erol Alkan's Love From Below Re-Edit)6:20
4."Black History Month" (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)5:21
5."Little Girl" (MSTRKRFT Edition)3:36
6."Romantic Rights"" (The Phones Lovers Remix)4:40
7."Black History Month"" (Josh Homme Remix)4:39
8."You're Lovely (But You've Got Problems)"3:06
9."Romantic Rights" (Marczech Makuziak Remix)3:57
10."Black History Month" (Sammy Danger Remix)4:04
11."Romantic Rights"" (Dahlback Remix)5:44
12."Black History Month" (Girl on Girl Revision featuring Final Fantasy)4:25
13."Sexy Results" (MSTRKRFT Edition)5:09

Note: "You're Lovely (But You've Got Problems)" was also released under the name "Girl U R Lovely" on their Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) EP

Personnel

Death From Above 1979
Additional personnel

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References

  1. "Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides - Death from Above 1979 - Charts & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved January 28, 2011.