Casino Classics is a multi-CD remixcompilation album by Saint Etienne. The first CD collects many of the remixes featured as B-sides on the band's singles from 1990 to 1995. The second contains rarer remixes (such as Underworld's remix of "Cool Kids of Death") and newly commissioned remixes. Disc one was originally a bonus CD released with limited copies of Too Young to Die - The Singles. Disc two features four previously unavailable songs. Early copies came in a card slipcase with a round sticker. An expanded, four-disc version of the compilation was released in 2012 with a revised running order. The band also released a fifth disc as a download-only extra.[1]
Some of the tracks on Casino Classics are remixes of songs that had not actually been released in their original form. "The Sea" (here called "Down by the Sea") and "Sometimes in Winter" would later be released in their original forms on the Japan-only album Continental the following year. "Angel" and "Burnt Out Car" did not appear in their original versions until the fan club compilation Nice Price, released in 2006.
Promotional CDs preceded the album's release. "Angel" (Way Out West mix) and "Burnt Out Car" (Balearico mix), were released as a double A-side. "Burnt Out Car" was later included on greatest hits releases, including Smash the System: Singles 1990–99.
The CD sleeve does not list the titles of the mixes as given on their original release but instead simply credits each to the remixer. The original titles are listed here.
LP: Heavenly / HVN LP 16
Disc one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Remixer
Length
1.
"Angel" (Way Out West Mix)
Stanley, Wiggs
Way Out West
6:35
2.
"Nothing Can Stop Us" (Lionrock Mix)
Stanley, Wiggs
Lionrock
5:45
3.
"The Sea" (PFM Mix)
Stanley, Wiggs
PFM
9:35
4.
"Filthy" (Monkey Mafia Mix) (Featuring Q-Tee)
Mais, Stanley, Wiggs
Monkey Mafia
5:54
5.
"Like a Motorway" (Chekhov Warp Dub)
Stanley, Wiggs
The Chemical Brothers
9:11
6.
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (A Mix of Two Halves) (Featuring Moira Lambert)
Young
Andrew Weatherall
8:48
Disc two
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Remixer
Length
1.
"Hug My Soul" (Sure Is Pure Kodacolor House Mix)
Batson, Cracknell, Male
Sure Is Pure
8:41
2.
"Burnt Out Car" (Balearico Mix)
Stanley, Wiggs
Balearico
4:18
3.
"He's on the Phone" (Bungee Vocal Mix) (Featuring Etienne Daho)