A
remix album is an
albumAn album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...
consisting mostly of
remixA remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. This name is also used for any alterations of medias other than a song ....
es or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.
Sly & The Family StoneSly & the Family Stone is an American funk, soul and rock band from San Francisco, California. Originally active from 1966 to 1983, with varied lineups, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
's 1979 release
10 Years Too Soon featured disco remixes of the 1960s Family Stone hits. Then, in
1982See also:* 1982 in music Record labels established in 1982* list of 'years in music'-Events:*January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida....
,
Soft CellSoft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and David Ball on synthesizers. The duo is well known for their huge worldwide hit in 1981 with a cover version of "Tainted Love"...
's
Non-stop Ecstatic DancingNon-Stop Ecstatic Dancing is a short album released in 1982 by Soft Cell, a pioneering synthpop/new wave duo which featured Marc Almond singing and David Ball playing synthesizers...
, which contained the track "A Man Could Get Lost," notable as one of the precursors to
house musicHouse is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American and Latino American communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City, New Jersey, Detroit and Miami...
, was released. A month after the Soft Cell album,
The Human LeagueThe Human League are a British synthpop band. Formed in Sheffield in 1977, they achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s...
's
Love and DancingLove and Dancing is a remix album released by the British synthpop band The Human League in 1982. It was released under the name "The League Unlimited Orchestra" as a nod to Barry White's disco-era Love Unlimited Orchestra...
was released, and just under a year later
ImaginationImagination were a three piece British soul and dance band, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had chart hits in twenty eight countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and over a dozen silver discs around the world between 1981 and 1983.-Band members:Singer Leee John was...
's
Nightdubbing was released.
The format was later popularized by the
Pet Shop BoysPet Shop Boys are an British electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
'
1986
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-Events:*January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
release
DiscoDisco is the second album by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It was released by Parlophone on .Disco was not an original studio album, but rather a collection of remixes of tracks from their first album, Please, and its respective B-sides...
, and then the bandwagon was jumped on further by popular artists such as
MadonnaMadonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance...
with her
1987See also:Record labels established in 1987-Events:*January - Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative "Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music record to top the UK singles chart....
EPAn extended play is a vinyl record, CD, or music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as an LP. Usually, a CD single has around 10–28 minutes of music, an EP has up to 36 minutes, and an album generally has 30–80 minutes. Mini-LPs generally contain 20–30...
You Can DanceYou Can Dance is the first remix album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 17, 1987 by Sire Records. The album contains remixes of tracks from her first three studio albums and a new track, "Spotlight," which gained moderate airplay in the US. The RIAA certified it' Gold &...
and in
1990This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:
*January 21 - MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical pie, Squeeze...
by
Paula AbdulPaula Julie Abdul is an American pop singer, record producer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality....
's
Shut Up and DanceFor the hit 1994 single by Aerosmith, see "Shut Up and Dance ." For the British hip hop/house music group, see "Shut Up And Dance."...
.
Although they had existed for years, remix albums still eluded mainstream acceptance.
A
remix album is an
albumAn album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...
consisting mostly of
remixA remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. This name is also used for any alterations of medias other than a song ....
es or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.
Sly & The Family StoneSly & the Family Stone is an American funk, soul and rock band from San Francisco, California. Originally active from 1966 to 1983, with varied lineups, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
's 1979 release
10 Years Too Soon featured disco remixes of the 1960s Family Stone hits. Then, in
1982See also:* 1982 in music Record labels established in 1982* list of 'years in music'-Events:*January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida....
,
Soft CellSoft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and David Ball on synthesizers. The duo is well known for their huge worldwide hit in 1981 with a cover version of "Tainted Love"...
's
Non-stop Ecstatic DancingNon-Stop Ecstatic Dancing is a short album released in 1982 by Soft Cell, a pioneering synthpop/new wave duo which featured Marc Almond singing and David Ball playing synthesizers...
, which contained the track "A Man Could Get Lost," notable as one of the precursors to
house musicHouse is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American and Latino American communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City, New Jersey, Detroit and Miami...
, was released. A month after the Soft Cell album,
The Human LeagueThe Human League are a British synthpop band. Formed in Sheffield in 1977, they achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s...
's
Love and DancingLove and Dancing is a remix album released by the British synthpop band The Human League in 1982. It was released under the name "The League Unlimited Orchestra" as a nod to Barry White's disco-era Love Unlimited Orchestra...
was released, and just under a year later
ImaginationImagination were a three piece British soul and dance band, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had chart hits in twenty eight countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and over a dozen silver discs around the world between 1981 and 1983.-Band members:Singer Leee John was...
's
Nightdubbing was released.
The format was later popularized by the
Pet Shop BoysPet Shop Boys are an British electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
'
1986
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-Events:*January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
release
DiscoDisco is the second album by the UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It was released by Parlophone on .Disco was not an original studio album, but rather a collection of remixes of tracks from their first album, Please, and its respective B-sides...
, and then the bandwagon was jumped on further by popular artists such as
MadonnaMadonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance...
with her
1987See also:Record labels established in 1987-Events:*January - Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative "Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music record to top the UK singles chart....
EPAn extended play is a vinyl record, CD, or music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as an LP. Usually, a CD single has around 10–28 minutes of music, an EP has up to 36 minutes, and an album generally has 30–80 minutes. Mini-LPs generally contain 20–30...
You Can DanceYou Can Dance is the first remix album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 17, 1987 by Sire Records. The album contains remixes of tracks from her first three studio albums and a new track, "Spotlight," which gained moderate airplay in the US. The RIAA certified it' Gold &...
and in
1990This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:
*January 21 - MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical pie, Squeeze...
by
Paula AbdulPaula Julie Abdul is an American pop singer, record producer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality....
's
Shut Up and DanceFor the hit 1994 single by Aerosmith, see "Shut Up and Dance ." For the British hip hop/house music group, see "Shut Up And Dance."...
.
Although they had existed for years, remix albums still eluded mainstream acceptance. That would all change in recent years with releases from many popular artists who have taken advantage of the format of the remix album (including
Jennifer LopezJennifer Lynn Lopez , often nicknamed J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, fashion designer and television producer. She is the richest person of Latin American descent in Hollywood according to Forbes, and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in the U.S...
, whose
2002This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*January 9 - Max Lilja leaves Apocalyptica.*January 18 - Rayna Foss leaves Coal Chamber...
remix album
J to tha L-O!: The RemixesJ to tha L-O!: The Remixes is the first remix album by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Lopez, released in the United States on February 5, 2002 by Epic Records. It was the first remix album to debut at the top of the U.S...
was the first remix album to ever debut at number one on the
Billboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling new music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
albums chart). British band
Bloc PartyBloc Party are an English indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
have released remix albums for two of their three studio albums to date (
Silent AlarmSilent Alarm is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 and was largely produced by Paul Epworth. It was released on 2 February 2005 in Japan through V2 Records and on 14 February in the British Isles on Wichita Recordings,...
and
IntimacyIntimacy is the third studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded in two weeks at several locations in London and Kent during 2008 and was produced by Paul Epworth and Jacknife Lee. Inspired by the release options available in the Internet age, the band members made the...
).
In the world of
reggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady. Reggae is based...
music, it is not uncommon for a whole album to be remixed in a dub style. Examples include
UB40UB40 are a British reggae fusion band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The band has placed more than 50 singles on the UK charts, and has also achieved considerable international success...
's
Present Arms in Dub (remixed by the band),
Massive AttackMassive Attack are a British music duo from Bristol, UK, considered to be progenitors of a genre referred to as trip hop, that assemble a collective of various favoured session musicians and guest vocalists with whom they make records and tour live...
's
No Protection (remixed by the
Mad ProfessorMad Professor is a dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. He is considered one of the leading producers of dub music’s second generation and was instrumental in transitioning dub into the digital age. He is a prolific producer, contributing to or...
), and
GorillazGorillaz is a English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D , Murdoc , Noodle and Russel...
's
Laika Come Home (remixed by the Space Monkeyz).