Party Mix!
Party Mix! is a 1981 remix album by The B-52's, released in between their second album Wild Planet and the Mesopotamia EP.[5] On the original vinyl, this six-song collection contained songs from their first two albums remixed and sequenced to form two long tracks, one on each side.[6] On the CD version, however, all the songs feature their own tracks.
| Party Mix! | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Cover art by Tony Wright. | ||||
| Remix album by | ||||
| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1980 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 28:23 | |||
| Label | Island (UK) / Warner Bros. (US) | |||
| Producer | The B-52's, Chris Blackwell, Rhett Davies | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
In the US, Party Mix! and a 1990 remix version of Mesopotamia were combined onto one CD, released in 1991. In Europe, both albums were made available on separate CDs, with Mesopotamia retaining the original US mix. However, Party Mix! is no longer in print in Europe.
Track listing
- "Party Out of Bounds" (Remix) (Schneider, Strickland, Wilson, Wilson, Pierson) - 5:11
- "Private Idaho (Remix)" (Schneider, Strickland, Wilson, Wilson, Pierson) - 4:03
- "Give Me Back My Man" (Remix) (Schneider, Strickland, Wilson, Wilson) - 7:04
- "Lava" (Remix) (The B-52's) - 6:02
- "Dance This Mess Around" (Remix) (The B-52's) - 2:58
- "52 Girls" (Remix) (Jeremy Ayers, Ricky Wilson) - 3:05
Personnel
- Daniel Coulombe, Harold Dorsett, Steven Stanley - remixing
- Tony Wright - cover art
- Lynn Goldsmith - photography
Chart performance
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Singles Chart | 79 |
| UK Albums Chart | 36 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 55[7] |
| Peru Lima Air Play | 1 (Album of the year 1983) |
References
- Party Mix! at AllMusic
- "Robert Christgau: Album: B-52's: Party Mix". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
- Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (27 May 2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.
- "TrouserPress.com :: B-52's". www.trouserpress.com.
- "No novelty, the B-52s may be the most subversive band America ever gave us". Salon. 14 July 2017.
- "The B-52s". Billboard.
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