Released 23 October 1979 Artist Cabaret Voltaire Label Rough Trade Records | Producer Cabaret Voltaire Release date 23 October 1979 Genre Industrial music | |
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Recorded July–August 1979 at Western Works Mix-Up
(1979) Live at the Y.M.C.A.
(1980) Similar The Voice of America, 2x45, Red Mecca, The Covenant - The Swor, The Crackdown | ||
Mix-Up is the debut studio album by English band Cabaret Voltaire. It was released on 23 October 1979, through record label Rough Trade.
Contents
Content
The album contains a cover of The Seeds' song "No Escape".
Track listing
All tracks composed by 'Cabaret Voltaire' (Chris Watson, Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder) except as noted.
A1."Kirlian Photograph" A2. "No Escape" (Sky Saxon, Jan Savage -Buck Reeder-, Jimmy Lawrence) A3. "Fourth Shot" A4. "Heaven and Hell" A5. "Eyeless Sight" (live) B1. "Photophobia" (lyrics by "Victor") B2. "On Every Other Street" B3. "Expect Nothing" B4. "Capsules"Critical reception
Writing in Smash Hits in 1979, Red Starr said the album was an "intriguing but only occasionally attractive array of verbal and musical images". Starr went on to say that it sounded like "pointless backroom self indulgence".
AllMusic's review was mixed, writing "It's true that Cabaret Voltaire's first two proper studio albums hardly match the greatness of later works like Red Mecca, 2 X 45 and even 3 Crepuscule Tracks. Despite this", Mix-Up "only helped solidify Cabaret Voltaire's status as an integral part of the extended frisson of 1978-1982 post-punk".
Personnel
Songs
1Kirlian Photograph5:52
2No Escape3:40
3Fourth Shot4:03