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| Released | June 26, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
| Studio | Oscilloscope Laboratories, New York City | |||
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| Length | 42:43 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Beastie Boys | |||
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The Mix-Up is the seventh studio album by Beastie Boys, released on June 26, 2007. The album consists entirely of instrumental performances and won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.[6]
Background[edit]
On May 1, 2007, an e-mail sent to those on Beastie Boys' mailing list revealed the album is all instrumental.
The Beastie Boys are my all-time favorite band. The first time I heard them was at a swimming pool and a girl that I liked was listening to them on her Walkman. I ended up going out on a date with the girl, but it didn't last. I do have to thank her for introducing me to the Beasties! My only regret was never seeing them live in concert. The Mix Up Bonus Tracks. Play on TIDAL or open in our Desktop app Share. Politickin' Beastie Boys. Beasley Is A Beast Beastie Boys. 2011 - Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Clean Version).rar. The Mix-Up is Beastie Boys' first-ever full album of all-new instrumental material.The Mix-Up features Diamond, Horovitz and Yauch back on drums, guitar and bass, with able assistance from keyboardist Money Mark and percussionist Alfredo Ortiz on 12 brand new wordless, sample-less, scratchless originals. Sure to please fans of the instrumental cuts from The In Sound From Way Out!, The Mix-Up. The Beastie Boys’ “The Mix-Up” We're partying like it's 1994 here at Uncut this afternoon, because the new Beastie Boys album has arrived. It's called 'The Mix-Up', and we're just grooving amiably.
OK, here's our blurb about our new album — it spits hot fire! — hot shit! it's official... it's named THE MIX-UP. g'wan. all instrumental record. 'see i knew they were gonna do that!' that's a quote from you. check the track listing and cover below. you love us. don't you?'
On June 21, 2007, a legal stream of the entire album was released on BrooklynVegan.com.[7] Drummer Mike D said that 'even though The Mix-Up is a 'post-punk instrumental' album, the Beasties have no plans to ditch vocals for good. In fact, they are currently planning another version of the album that will feature collaborations with 'a pretty wide array' of 'mostly newer' vocalists.'[8] Two singers speculated to be featured on the vocal version were Jarvis Cocker and M.I.A..[9]
In an interview with The Aquarian Weekly, published in February 2008, the band was asked if they were making a statement about the status of hip-hop music by releasing an album strictly of instrumentals. “In a way, the album was a reaction to our hip hop,' said Ad-Rock 'Our last record was an all rap record, so when we started recording [The Mix Up] we wanted to work with some instruments, and it just sounded cool, so we kept with it.” [10] Mike D expanded on Ad-Rock's response, adding, 'We get asked, ‘What do you think of the state of hip hop today?’ a lot. Maybe I’m being defensive, but it seems like people always look for us to come out and criticize hip hop. But hip hop is what we grew up on, and it continues to be one of the only forms of music left that strives on evolution and innovation. Yeah, we might be in a spell where we’re waiting for that next record to come out and change everything—but still, that’s what hip hop is and that’s what puts it in its unique place.” [10]
Critical reception[edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 61/100[11] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [5] |
| The A.V. Club | (B) [12] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C+)[4] |
| NME | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | [13] |
| Stylus Magazine | (B−)[14] |
| PopMatters | [15] |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.6/10) [16] |
| Rolling Stone | [17] |
| Vibe | [18] |
The album debuted at number 15 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 44,000 copies in its first week.[19] It was their lowest charting album in the US. Uncut magazine gave it four stars out of five, saying 'The Mix-Up is the best record collection ever thoroughly digested and re-imagined by a bunch of guys in love with sound.'[20]The Mix-Up won a Grammy in the Best Pop Instrumental category.[6]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'B for My Name' | 3:31 |
| 2. | '14th St. Break' | 3:34 |
| 3. | 'Suco de Tangerina' | 3:17 |
| 4. | 'The Gala Event' | 3:47 |
| 5. | 'Electric Worm' | 3:15 |
| 6. | 'Freaky Hijiki' | 3:05 |
| 7. | 'Off the Grid' | 4:36 |
| 8. | 'The Rat Cage' | 3:37 |
| 9. | 'The Melee' | 3:10 |
| 10. | 'Dramastically Different' | 3:57 |
| 11. | 'The Cousin of Death' | 3:06 |
| 12. | 'The Kangaroo Rat' | 3:28 |
| 13. | 'Biscuits and Butter' (iTunes bonus track) | 4:19 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Politickin' | 3:57 |
| 2. | 'Beasley Is a Beast' | 3:49 |
| 3. | 'LTD' | 3:12 |
| 4. | 'The Panda Rat' | 3:40 |
| 5. | 'The Mix-Up' | 3:34 |
| 6. | 'Fibonacci Sequence' | 3:13 |
Personnel[edit]
Beastie Boys
- Ad-Rock – guitars, producer, engineer, art direction
- MCA – bass guitar and upright basses, producer, engineer, art direction
- Mike D – drums, producer, engineer, art direction
Additional musicians
- Money Mark – clavinet, Rhodes, Farfisa
- Alfredo Ortiz – percussion
Technical
- Jon Weiner – engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Bill McMullen – illustration, package design
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[22] | 15 |
References[edit]
- ^Mitchum, Rob (June 26, 2007). 'Beastie Boys: The'. Pitchfork. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ ab'NME Album Reviews - Beastie Boys'. Nme.Com. June 18, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^Schiller, Mike (June 25, 2007). 'Beastie Boys: The Mix-Up'. PopMatters. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ abDouglas Wolk (June 22, 2007). 'The Mix-Up Review | Music Reviews and News'. EW.com. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ abThe Mix-Up at AllMusic
- ^ abGrammy Winners List
- ^BrooklynVegan.com
- ^Mike D. Talks New Beastie Boys Instrumental Album
- ^Bizarre Beastie Boys Update - Second Edition of new Album 'The Mix-Up' to feature vocals and remixes
- ^ abThe Beastie Boys: Still Mixing It Up, by Daniel Alleva, The Aquarian Weekly, 2/27/08
- ^'The Mix-Up Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More'. Metacritic. June 26, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^Rabin, Nathan (June 26, 2007). 'Beastie Boys: The Mix-Up | Music | Music Review'. The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^'CG: beastie boys'. Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^'The Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up - Review'. Stylus Magazine. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^Schiller, Mike. 'Beastie Boys: The Mix-Up < PopMatters'. Popmatters.com. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^'Beastie Boys: The Mix-Up | Album Reviews'. Pitchfork. June 26, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^Rob Sheffield (June 13, 2007). 'The Mix Up | Album Reviews'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^Vibe Magazine - 'Maybe The Mix-Up woks simply because it does nothing terribily wrong.'
- ^Jonathan Cohen, 'Cyrus Sidesteps Clarkson To Debut At No. 1', Billboard.com, July 4, 2007.
- ^Uncut (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- 'THE MIX-UP is the best record collection ever thoroughly digested and re-imagined by a bunch of guys in love with sound.'
- ^https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-mix-up-bonus-tracks-ep/id716427625
- ^'Beastie Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
Album
Relationships
| associated singles/EPs: | Electric Worm / Suco de Tangerina |
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| part of: | Grammy Award: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album(number: 2008) (order: 8) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/20242[info] |
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| reviews: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/25dp[info] |
| other databases: | http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/34868[info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/beastie_boys/the_mix_up/[info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000585113[info] |
| Wikidata: | Q2527278[info] |
CritiqueBrainz Reviews
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We all love the Beastie Boys don't we? We love their frat boy shouty antics around the wheels of steel. We love their goofy vids and their adherence to worthy causes and global consciousness. We even like their garage punk side. What we don't like is their lazy lounge funk cheese that peppered Ill Communication or Check Your Head. So why on earth have they given us a whole album of this instrumental mush?
The Mix-Up is filled with jams (and I do mean JAMS) that go nowhere and were probably much more fun to play than they are to listen to. It's obvious the 'boys' (all now 40-something) had a great deal of giggles laying this stuff down. Hammond organ-driven funkathons mix it up with dub-like grooves that meander but never really get anywhere. The sounds used are always intriguing: a track like '14th St Break' with its nods to psychedelia will sound absolutely fine as a background to your summer barbeque.
But that's the problem, they're nothing more than background noise. Before you know it the album's over and you've forgotten anything that happened. To top this the playing is, at times, (maybe deliberately, it's hard to tell) so hamfisted as to even remove it from anyone's list of reliable workouts to put on while the DJ grabs a bathroom break (stand up Mike D on the drums).
Beastie Boys The Mix Up Rar
Like the music, the titles ('The Cousin Of Death', 'The Kangaroo Rat', 'Freaky Hijiki') reek of private stoner humour. Come to think of it, that probably explains the 'far out' use of reverb and wiggly effects all over this album as well. Never has there been a better argument for NOT legalising it. All this is a terrible shame of course, especially at a time when the world is filled with bands who wouldn't even exist but for these guys and also when their last album was such a return to form. Next time lads, bring the noise but leave behind the rolling papers...