Party Mix!
Party Mix! | ||||
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Remix album by the B-52's | ||||
Released | July 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
Studio | Compass Point (Nassau)[1] | |||
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Length | 28:29 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Rhett Davies, the B-52's, Chris Blackwell | |||
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Singles from Party Mix! | ||||
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Party Mix! is a remix album by American new wave band the B-52's, released in 1981 by Warner Bros. Records.
Background
The album was released between the band's second album, Wild Planet (1980), and their Mesopotamia EP (1982).[2] It was devised as a stop-gap release by the band's manager, Gary Kurfirst, while the band was working on the Mesopotamia sessions.[3]
On the original vinyl, the six-song collection featured songs from their first two albums remixed and sequenced to form two long tracks, one on each side.[4] On the CD version, however, the six songs were their own individual tracks.
In 1991, Party Mix! and a 1990 remix version of Mesopotamia were combined and released as one CD in the US.[5] In Europe, both albums were made available on separate CDs, with Mesopotamia retaining the original U.S. mix.
Reception
Commercial
Party Mix! spent 11 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 55.[6]
Critical
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | A−[8] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Select | 3/5[11] |
Robert Christgau of The Village Voice observed that the album's "implicit equation of party and disco offends old new-wavers, but at EP list for half an hour's music the extravagance is recommended."[8] Trouser Press opined that the album was "functional for discos but antithetical to the B-52's' minimalist precepts."[2]
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann stated, "Since the group's bouncy songs are already dance-ready, this makes for alternatives rather than real improvements, even from a dancefloor perspective."[7]
Track listing
Side one
- "Party Out of Bounds" (Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Ricky Wilson, Cindy Wilson, Kate Pierson) – 5:12
- "Private Idaho" (Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson, C. Wilson, Pierson) – 4:04
- "Give Me Back My Man" (Schneider, Strickland, R. Wilson, C. Wilson) – 7:02
Side two
- "Lava" (The B-52's) – 6:08
- "Dance This Mess Around" (The B-52's) – 2:59
- "52 Girls" (Jeremy Ayers, R. Wilson) – 2:58
- Side one: original versions from Wild Planet (1980)[1]
- Side two: original versions from The B-52's (1979)[1]
Personnel
Credits adapted from Party Mix / Mesopotamia CD liner notes.[1]
- Rhett Davies – producer (1–3)
- The B-52's – producers (1–3)
- Daniel Coulombe – remixing
- Steven Stanley – remixing
- Paul Wexler – remixing
- Chris Blackwell – producer (4–6)
- Robert Ash – associate producer (4–6)
- Tony Wright – cover
- Lynn Goldsmith – photograph
Chart performance
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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Australia Albums Chart[citation needed] | 79 |
UK Albums (OCC)[12] | 36 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 55[6] |
Peru Lima Air Play [13] | 1 (Album of the summer 1983) |
References
- ^ a b c d The B-52's (1991). Party Mix / Mesopotamia (CD liner notes). Reprise Records. 9 26401-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Isler, Scott; Robbins, Ira; Neugebauer, Delvin. "B-52's". Trouser Press.
- ^ Wawzenek, Bryan (30 January 2017). "35 Years Ago: B-52's, David Byrne Team Up on 'Mesopotamia'". Diffuser. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Zaleski, Annie (14 July 2017). "No novelty, the B-52s may be the most subversive band America ever gave us". Salon.com.
- ^ "Party Mix!/Mesopotamia - The B-52s". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b "The B-52s". Billboard.
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "The B-52's - Party Mix! Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 17 August 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (27 May 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cavanagh, David (July 1990). "Flip Your Wig". Select. p. 121.
- ^ "B-52s | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "La más más del verano". 1983.
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- Kate Pierson
- Fred Schneider
- Keith Strickland
- Cindy Wilson
- Tracy Wormworth
- Sterling Campbell
- Ken Maiuri
- Greg Suran
- Ricky Wilson
- Sara Lee
- Paul Gordon
- Zack Alford
- Pat Irwin
- Julee Cruise
- Mesopotamia
- Party Mix!
- Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
- Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology
- "Rock Lobster"
- "Planet Claire"
- "Dance This Mess Around"
- "Private Idaho"
- "Party Out of Bounds"
- "Give Me Back My Man"
- "Legal Tender"/"Moon 83"
- "Whammy Kiss"
- "Song for a Future Generation"
- "Summer of Love"
- "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland"
- "Wig"
- "(Shake That) Cosmic Thing"
- "Channel Z"
- "Love Shack"
- "Roam"
- "Deadbeat Club"
- "Good Stuff"
- "Is That You Mo-Dean?"
- "Tell It Like It T-I-Is"
- "Revolution Earth"
- "Hot Pants Explosion"
- "(Meet) The Flintstones"
- "Debbie"
- "Love Shack '99"
- "Funplex"
- "Juliet of the Spirits"
- The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979–1998
- With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA