Party Mix!

Party Mix!

Cover photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Cover art by Tony Wright.
Remix album by The B-52's
Released July 1981
Recorded 1979–1980
Genre New wave
Length 28:23
Label Island Records (UK) / Warner Brothers (US)
Producer The B-52's, Chris Blackwell, Rhett Davies
The B-52's chronology

Wild Planet
(1980)
Party Mix!
(1981)
Mesopotamia
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]

Party Mix! is a 1981 remix album by The B-52's, released in between their second album Wild Planet and the Mesopotamia EP. 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. On the CD version, however, all the songs feature their own tracks.

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

  1. "Party Out of Bounds (Remix)" (Schneider, Strickland, Wilson, Wilson, Pierson)
  2. "Private Idaho (Remix)" (Schneider, Strickland, Wilson, Wilson, Pierson)
  3. "Give Me Back My Man (Remix)" (Schneider, Strickland, Wilson, Wilson)
  4. "Lava (Remix)" (The B-52's)
  5. "Dance This Mess Around (Remix)" (The B-52's)
  6. "52 Girls (Remix)" (J. Ayers, R. Wilson)

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia Singles Chart 79
UK Albums Chart 36
U.S. Billboard 200 55

References

  1. Party Mix! at AllMusic
  2. "Robert Christgau: Album: B-52's: Party Mix". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.