Mixed Up
Remixed hits from the Cure, reflecting late-80s dance culture.
Mixed Up is a remix album by the 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 an interview featured on the Trilogy DVD, singer Robert Smith described the remix album as something "fun after the doom and gloom of Disintegration".
Quick Facts
- Artist
- the Cure
- Released
- 20 November 1990
- Recorded
- 1989–1990
- Studio
- Outside (England)
- Length
- 73:04
- Label
- Fiction
- Producer
- Robert Smith
- Chris Parry
- Mark Saunders
- Dave Allen
Lore & Background
Most of the songs on Mixed Up 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)". As the original master tapes could not be found, "A Forest" and "The Walk" are not remixes, they are re-recordings. 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.
Reader's Guide
Mixed Up was released on 20 November 1990 by Fiction Records. On 21 April 2018, Mixed Up was released as a 2-LP remastered deluxe edition. 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-CD remastered deluxe edition of Mixed Up was released on 15 June 2018, and included the original album, a second disc of remixes from 1981 up to 1990, while the third disc would contain a new remix album called Torn Down (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. CD editions do not include "Why Can't I Be You?" (Extended Remix), this was due to the 74-minute (later 80-minute) limit necessary to be compliant with the Compact Disc standard.
Track listing
Side A
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lullaby (Extended Mix) | 7:43 |
| 2 | Close to Me (Closer Mix) | 5:44 |
| 3 | Fascination Street (Extended Mix) | 8:47 |
Side B
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