Mixed Up is a 1990 remix album by British rock bandThe Cure. 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 2018, a sequel was released titled Torn Down. Most of the songs 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 "". In an interview featured on the, singer Robert Smith described the remix album as something "fun after the doom and gloom of Disintegration". 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", entitled "Let's Go to Bed" , as well as a new song, "Harold and Joe", while the second single, "Close to Me " contained "Just Like Heaven" and "Primary" as B-sides, the third single, "A Forest" contained the original version of the song and "Inbetween Days" as B-sides.
Track listing
LP edition
CD edition
Notes
CD editions do not include "Why Can't I Be You?", this was due to the 74-minute limit necessary to be compliant with the Compact Disc standard.
As the original master tapes could not be found, "A Forest" and "The Walk" are not remixes, they are re-recordings.
Over time, the CD edition has slightly changed. At the time of release, the words "Mixed Up" at the bottom of the cover were white in a box, but have since changed to black in a box. Also, the order of text on the CD disc has slightly been rearranged. Also, the track listing on the back cover, text in the liner notes and the text on the album cover were originally a metallic. Now they are grey.
2018 remaster
On 21 April 2018, Mixed Up was released as a 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-disc deluxe edition of Mixed Up will be released on 15 June 2018. The announcement read: "The Mixed Up 3-CD set includes Mixed Up, a second disc of rare remixes from 1981 through 1990, and a third disc of brand new remixes by Robert Smith. All the material has been remastered in 2018, or, with respect to Torn Down, mixed in 2018." In an interview with BBC Radio 6, Robert Smith confirms that this release marks the continuation of The Cure's deluxe edition re-release campaign, and that the deluxe edition of Wish has been completed and will presumably follow.
CD 1: ''Mixed Up'' (Remastered by Robert Smith 2018)
