Bustin' + Dronin'

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Bustin' + Dronin'
Bustin' + Dronin' cover
Remix album by Blur
Released February 25, 1998 (1998-02-25) (Japan)
March 9, 1998 (1998-03-09) (UK)
April 7, 1998 (1998-04-07) (US)
Recorded 1996-1997
Genre Britpop, rock, Techno
Length 1:24:34
Label Food/EMI
Producer Stephen Street and Alison Howe
Professional reviews
Blur chronology
Blur
(1997)
Bustin' + Dronin'
(1998)
13
(1999)

Bustin' + Dronin is a remix compilation/live album by the band Blur. It was originally only released in Japan but was also released in limited quantities in the UK and the USA. All the remixes are of songs from the band's eponymous album, Blur. After five albums with the same producer (Stephen Street), Food Records turned the songs from Blur over to other producers for remixing. The band later chose William Orbit to produce their sixth studio album, 13. Due to its low key, limited release in the UK, Bustin' + Dronin' only reached #50 in the albums chart.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Movin' On" (William Orbit Mix) – 7:56
  2. "Death of a Party" (Well Blurred Remix) – 6:45
  3. "On Your Own" (Crouch End Broadway Mix) – 4:11
  4. "Beetlebum" (Moby's Mix) – 6:42
  5. "Essex Dogs" (Thurston Moore's Mix) – 9:00
  6. "Death of a Party" (Billy Whiskers Mix) – 4:45
  7. "Theme From Retro" (John McEntire Mix) – 5:41
  8. "Death of a Party" (12" Death) – 7:07
  9. "On Your Own" (Walter Wall Mix) – 15:00

[edit] Disc two

Recorded live at Peel Acres.

  1. "Popscene" – 3:05
  2. "Song 2" – 1:50¹
  3. "On Your Own" – 4:47
  4. "Chinese Bombs" – 1:15
  5. "Movin' On" – 3:21
  6. "M.O.R." – 2:59

¹ "Song 2" was not included on the USA release