Talk:The Mix (Kraftwerk album)

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What kind of album is it?[edit]

The intro sentence does not confirm for The Mix to be a compilation album, but it does not seem to be an original studio album (all of the songs have been released on earlier albums, re-recorded or not) and it is neither a live album (based on the darkturquoise colour of the infobox), so according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums, it seems to be better suited to be categorised as a re-worked and re-recorded compilation album, and therefore use the darkseagreen infobox colour. --Andylkl ^(talk) 19:17, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

With all due respect, you don't sound like you've even heard the album in question?

THE MIX an album of completely new recordings, not a compilation of old recordings. (That is what a compilation album is: a collection of existing *recordings* which have ALREADY BEEN RELEASED on various other albums, singles, etc ) Ralf Hütter like to call it a "live album", as it was very similar to their way of performing the songs on stage at that time (although of course, it was not performed live, but painstakingly and laboriously programmed - mostly by Karl Bartos, if you believe his little bitchy comments ;-)--feline1 21:09, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No I have not heard the album yet, so I'll trust your judgement on this. So, do please tell me, live album, music album, greatest hits, which one is it exactly is? --Andylkl ^(talk) 10:40, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

Well, if we must pick one of those categories, it is a music album.--feline1 10:43, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I didn't really expect such a quick reply. :) Okay then, I'm going to change the infobox colour to orange and change the track listing format. --Andylkl ^(talk) 10:59, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

It's a "Money-for-old-rope" album – what colour infobox would that be? :-D Ricadus 18:23, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Label[edit]

Please stop removing Electra from the label field. The album was released by Electra in North America and EMI in the rest of the world - for the label field to display anything else would be misinforming the reader. -- Kjet 11:14, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think at that time (late 80s/early 90s) EMI did not have a major presence in the US/canadian territories, so Kraftwerk's albums were lisenced to WEA group, who owned Elektra/Asylum records. Subsequently EMI gained control Astralwerks (which I think had been set up by Virgin) and now use that to release/distribute Kraftwerk and other non-mainstream European albums. Ricadus 21:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. but as the infobox is supposed to display only the original label(s), it should display both EMI and Elektra. User:Electrokinesis has edited out Elektra and reverted my attempt to rectify his error. -- Kjet 22:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The infobox is supposed to display only the original label. No "(s)". See Template:Infobox Album#Label. --PEJL 22:16, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK then, my mistake. -- Kjet 06:15, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clarity Needed[edit]

The last sentence of the first paragraph reads "Most of the songs featured on their set list from this point to the present time have been heavily rearranged in a similar fashion to what appears on the album.". I have no idea what this means or is trying to say, so I can't even suggest an edit to enhance its clarity.

It means that the band's set-lists and live-song arrangements from 1990 onwards have tended to be similar to the selection and style presented on The Mix album. (And, indeed, when there have been changes since then, they've been further along the trajectory started by The Mix, rather than any returns the styles used on the original album versions).--feline1 (talk) 14:43, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've reworded this. To complicate matters the arrangements used in the band's 1990 live shows were a kind of half-way house ("Radioactivity" owed a lot more to the original, whereas "The Robots" is closer to the version on The Mix). Essentially the band used The Mix as an opportunity to reboot their sound. They've subsequently tinkered with the live versions; 2005's Minimum-Maximum is different again. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:42, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not a remix album?[edit]

I believe that this album easily fits the definition of a remix album. Every song on the album had appeared previously in the group's catalogue, but they have all been thoroughly rearranged. In fact, streaming services list every track on this album with "(1991 Remix)" in the title. I'm also curious as to when Kraftwerk ever explicitly stated that "The Catalogue" is a series of studio albums only. JuicyGang (talk) 02:34, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]