Mixed Up (The Cure album)

Mixed Up
Remix album by
the Cure
Released20 November 1990
Recorded1989–1990
StudioOutside (England)
Length73:04
LabelFiction
Producer
The Cure chronology
Disintegration
(1989) 		Mixed Up
(1990) 		Entreat
(1991)
Singles from Mixed Up
  1. "Never Enough"
    Released: 17 September 1990
  2. "Close to Me (remix)"
    Released: 22 October 1990
  3. "A Forest (Tree Mix)"
    Released: 6 December 1990[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC[3]
Record Mirror[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Stylus MagazinePositive[6]

Mixed Up is a remix album by 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 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 "(Strange Mix)". 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".

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.

  1. ^ "Single : A Forest [Tree Mix]". The Cure. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mixed Up - The Cure". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  3. ^ Robbins, Ira (2 November 1990). "Mixed Up Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. ^ Stanton, Peter (10 November 1990). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 16. ISSN 0144-5804.
  5. ^ "The Cure: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  6. ^ "The Cure - Mixed Up - On Second Thought". Stylus Magazine. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2012.