| Party Mix! | |
| Type: | Remix album |
| Artist: | the B-52's |
| Cover: | B52s partymix.jpg |
| Released: | July 1981 |
| Recorded: | 1980 |
| Studio: | Compass Point (Nassau)[1] |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 28:29 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Prev Title: | Wild Planet |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Mesopotamia |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Party Mix! is a remix album by American new wave band the B-52's, originally released in 1981 by Warner Bros. Records.
The album was released between the band's second album, Wild Planet (1980), and their Mesopotamia EP (1982).[2] It was devised as a stop-gap release by the band's manager, Gary Kurfirst, while the band was working on the Mesopotamia sessions.[3]
On the original vinyl, the six-song collection featured songs from their first two albums remixed and sequenced to form two long tracks, one on each side.[4] On the CD version, however, the six songs were their own individual tracks.
In 1991, Party Mix! and a 1990 remix version of Mesopotamia were combined and released as one CD in the US.[5] In Europe, both albums were made available on separate CDs, with Mesopotamia retaining the original U.S. mix.
Party Mix! spent 11 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 55.[6]
Robert Christgau of The Village Voice observed that the album's "implicit equation of party and disco offends old new-wavers, but at EP list for half an hour's music the extravagance is recommended." Trouser Press opined that the album was "functional for discos but antithetical to the B-52's' minimalist precepts."[2]
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann stated, "Since the group's bouncy songs are already dance-ready, this makes for alternatives rather than real improvements, even from a dancefloor perspective."
Side one
Side two
Credits adapted from Party Mix / Mesopotamia CD liner notes.[1]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Albums Chart | 79 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 55 |
| Peru Lima Air Play [7] | 1 (Album of the summer 1983) |