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The Remix is a remix album by American recording artist Lady Gaga released in Japan on March 3, 2010. It contains remixes of the songs from The Fame and The Fame Monster. A revised version of the tracklist was prepared for release in additional markets, beginning on May 3, 2010. A number of recording artists have produced several of the remixes, including Pet Shop Boys, Passion Pit and The Sound of Arrows.

The album received mixed reviews from contemporary critics, but some noted how Gaga was able to sell the songs from The Fame in new and novel ways. It reached the top of the charts in Greece, and charted within the top ten in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia region), Canada, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States, while reaching the top-twenty in others. It was certified Platinum in Japan. Worldwide the album has sold over 500,000 copies, and it is among the best-selling remix albums of all time.

Background

On April 15, 2010, The Guardian reported that a number of artists contributed to the compilation, including Pet Shop Boys, Passion Pit and rocker Marilyn Manson, for a remix album, titled The Remix.[1] The remixes included in the package had however all been previously released across the several single releases in the past years. The album was originally released in Japan on March 3, 2010, containing sixteen remixes of Gaga's songs.[2] The revised version, consisting of seventeen remixes, was released on May 3, 2010.[3] Manson features on the Chew Fu remix of "LoveGame", Passion Pit remixed "Telephone", while Pet Shop Boys remixed "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)". Other artists who remixed Gaga's songs included Alphabeat, Frankmusik, Stuart Price, Monarchy and Robots to Mars.[1] The album was released in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2010 and featured a different artwork for that region.[4] The U.S. release of the album was announced by Interscope Records in July 2010 and was released on August 3, 2010.[5]

Composition

Chuck Campbell from the California Chronicle felt that the "trick for the producers behind The Remix, was for them to preserve the integrity of her nuances while still bringing something new to her music."[6] Stuart Price remixed "Paparazzi" into an electronic version, changing the original mid-tempo composition of the song.[6] New vocals were added on top of the song, giving it a jungle-like vibe, according to nicki Escuerdo from Phoenix New Times.[7] A computerised like chanting of the "mum-mum-mum-mah" hook of "Poker Face" is present in the "LLG vs GLG Radio Mix" of the song. According to Campbell, The Monarchy Stylites remix of "Dance in the Dark", "pumps extra oomph" into the song.[6] Richard Vission's remix of "Just Dance" introduces an elastic rhythm in the song, while FrankMusik changed the soft composition of "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" to a more upbeat one, also manipulating Gaga's vocals in the process.[6][7] Campbell also added that the Passion Pit remix of "Telephone" felt like a "theatrical set up for a song that feels like it's going somewhere, but never does."[6] It consists of synths with a thumping beat accompanying the remix.[7] Sound of Arrows remixed "Alejandro", changing the dark nature of its music into a bright, summery jam. "Bad Romance" was remixed by Starsmith, making it a complete dance track.[7] Escuerdo felt that the remix of "LoveGame" featuring Manson, changed the original composition, "giving the originally innocent and fun song an almost demonic quality, and it's so awesome to hear the goth rocker paired with a pop star."[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[8]
BillboardFavorable[9]
Bloomberg Television[10]
Daily Express[11]
Digital Spy[12]
Entertainment Weekly(B–)[13]
The Globe and MailPositive[14]
Phoenix New TimesPositive[7]
PopMatters[15]
Rolling Stone[16]

Upon its release, the album met with mixed reviews. At Metacritic it holds an aggregate score of 50 out of 100 points, indicating generally mixed or average reviews.[17] Simon Cage from the Daily Express gave the album three out of five stars and said that she "has a winning way with ostentatious hats but Lady Gaga’s true talent is actually selling the same album over and over again. [...] It’s great but… enough already!"[11] Music critic J. D. Considine, while reviewing the album for The Globe and Mail, complimented the piano and voice version of "Poker Face" and said, "the smartest track on her newest remix album – her second such album in nine months – isn’t a remix at all, but an unadorned piano-and-voice version of Poker Face that brings out her inner Elton John. And yes, this move, too, is probably just another bit of calculated image management, but that doesn’t make it any less brilliant."[14] Matthew Richardson from Prefix Magazine reviewed The Sound of Arrows remix of "Alejandro" and said that they "have been releasing material in a slow trickle, but the quality has been such that people are still paying attention. While we're all waiting for their album to drop, hopefully sometime before the world ends, this remix that the duo did of Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" has recently surfaced. The laser house drought is over, for now."[18]

Robert Copsey from Digital Spy commented that "The Remix feels like a fairly natural progression, as opposed to the cynical label cash-in often associated with this sort of release. What's more, it features input from a tasty mix of world-class knob-twiddlers and trendy up-and-comers, both of whom are as vital to keeping the singer's music fresh as her Haus Of GaGa designers are to her image."[12] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars and commented: "At 17 tracks it borders on overkill, but that’s fitting for Gaga, who has made excessiveness her raison d’être, and some of the included remixes are quite good, particularly when they come from either veterans of this game (Pet Shop Boys) or something approaching the latest fashion (Space Cowboy). That this is not an essential addition to Gaga’s canon goes without saying [...] but there’s glitz and glamour to enjoy here."[8] Mark Beech from Bloomberg Television said that "The Madonna for our times, Lady Gaga, has wheeled out another version of her debut album.... The familiar tracks, now in danger of being played to death, are given a new sheen by the Pet Shop Boys and sometime Madonna producer Stuart Price."[10] Nicki Escudero from Phoenix New Times gave a positive review saying "The Remix is a great CD to work out to and is high energy enough to get you pumped for a night out at the clubs." She listed the remix of "LoveGame" as a highlight.[7] Monica Herrera from Billboard complimented the album saying "Gaga has employed a collection of more-than-capable producers to make her dance-ready smashes from The Fame and The Fame Monster even more danceworthy."[9]

Chart performance

Following the album's release in Japan, it debuted at number nine on the Oricon Albums Chart.[19] On the issue dated May 17, 2010, the album moved to a new peak of seven and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 250,000 copies.[20][21] The album also charted in Australia, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), the Netherlands and New Zealand.[22] In Canada, the album debuted at five on the Canadian Albums Chart issue dated May 22, 2010.[23][24] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number three on the official UK Albums Chart dated May 16, 2010.[25] The album also debuted at seven on the European Top 100 Albums chart of Billboard.[26] The album has already sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.[5]

In the United States, The Remix charted at number six on the Billboard 200 dated August 21, 2010, with 39,000 copies sold.[27] It became Gaga's third top ten album on the Billboard 200. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums making this Gaga's third number one entry on the chart.[28] The same week, her studio albums The Fame and The Fame Monster were at positions two and three respectively. Billboard 200 chart manager Keith Caulfield noted that Gaga became the first act to occupy the chart's top three positions, in its nine-year history.[29] She additionally charted on the Billboard 200 with The Fame at number 12 and The Fame Monster at number 27, marking the first time an artist placed three concurrent titles in the top 30 since 1993, when Garth Brooks last achieved the feat on the January 23, 1993, chart, when he placed four sets in the top 30: The Chase at number two, Beyond the Season at number 23), Ropin' the Wind at number 26 and No Fences at number 29.[30] According to Nielsen SoundScan, The Remix has sold 141,000 copies in US.[31]

Track listing

The US version of the album only contains tracks 1 through 11 of the standard edition, with track 6 omitted.

No.TitleLength
1."Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)6:13
2."Poker Face" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Mix)4:02
3."LoveGame" (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix) (featuring Marilyn Manson)5:20
4."Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (FrankMusik "Cut Snare Edit" Remix)4:03
5."Paparazzi" (Stuart Price Remix)3:19
6."Boys Boys Boys" (Manhattan Clique Remix)6:35
7."The Fame" (Glam As You Remix Radio Edit)3:57
8."Bad Romance" (Starsmith Remix)4:56
9."Telephone" (Passion Pit Remix)5:12
10."Alejandro" (The Sound of Arrows Remix)3:57
11."Dance in the Dark" (Monarchy 'Stylites' Remix)6:09
12."Just Dance" (Deewaan Mix) (featuring Ashking, Wedis, Lush & Young Thoro)4:16
13."LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix)3:12
14."Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (Pet Shop Boys Edit)2:49
15."Poker Face" (Piano & Voice Version Live at the Cherrytree House Sessions)3:38
16."Bad Romance" (Grum Remix)4:53
17."Telephone" (Alphabeat Radio Edit)4:48
Japanese version
No.TitleLength
1."Just Dance" (Space Cowboy Remix)5:02
2."Just Dance" (RedOne Remix)4:20
3."Poker Face" (Space Cowboy Remix)4:55
4."Poker Face" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Mix)4:03
5."Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (Electric Piano and Human Beat Box Version)3:04
6."Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (Pet Shop Boys Edit)2:50
7."LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix)3:21
8."LoveGame" (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix)(featuring Marilyn Manson)5:21
9."Paparazzi" (Yuksek Remix)4:48
10."Paparazzi" (Stuart Price Remix)3:20
11."Bad Romance" (Skrillex Radio Mix)4:24
12."Bad Romance" (Starsmith Remix)4:57
13."Bad Romance" (Kaskade Radio Edit)4:22
14."Telephone" (Alphabeat Radio Edit)4:50
15."Telephone" (Passion Pit Remix)5:14
16."Telephone" (Crookers Vocal Mix)4:50

Charts, certifications and procession

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Greek Albums Chart number-one album
May 17, 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
The Fame by Lady Gaga
 US Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums number-one album
August 21, 2010 		Succeeded by
The Fame by Lady Gaga

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Japan[2][49] March 3, 2010 CD, digital download Universal Music
Mexico[50][51] April 27, 2010
May 4, 2010
Australia[52] April 30, 2010
Poland[53]
Canada[54] May 4, 2010
Colombia[55]
Philippines[56]
Italy[57]
Brazil[58] May 5, 2010
Germany[59] May 7, 2010
United Kingdom[60] May 10, 2010 Polydor
United States[61][62] August 3, 2010 CD, vinyl, digital download Streamline, Kon Live, Cherrytree, Interscope

See also

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