Talk:Remix album

References

This article is in need of some sources. I'm particularly concerned about the definition of the term — albums consisting entirely of alternate versions of previously released material are usually just called compilation albums. I've only heard the term applied to things like 'dance versions' or 'dub' albums. (Sugar Bear (talk 01:41, 10 October 2007 (UTC))

Track-by-track remixes

Is this article referring to the track-by-track remix of a previous album (Silent Alarm Remixed by Bloc Party, Guerolito by Beck, Do You Trust Your Friends? by Stars, etc.) or a compilation of remixes of previous tracks?

Jum wamp99.237.37.181 12:52, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes Lewetse phillimon (talk) 09:09, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

music 41.114.161.71 (talk) 19:33, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Overuse of templates

I just removed the template warning against unreferenced statements, which (like other templates) gets used in an inflationary manner that is totally annoying! The article does nothing except list a string of remix albums with their year of release. That these albums exist and when each of them was released is in no way under dispute and easily verifiable. So what does the template-putter expect we should do? :o Jimmy Fleischer (talk) 10:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Dates

Does anyone have the exact release dates of Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing and Love and Dancing. Given their claimed close proximity, I think it would be beneficial to be precise. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:49, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Michael Jackson

Just a suggestion: would it be worth mentioning Blood On The Dance Floor being the biggest selling remix album ever? 194.82.121.38 (talk) 01:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I believe it would. Luke Davis (talk) 07:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

This is awkward. How could it be possible to write the article about remix album and adding some artists who released the same albums - but Michael Jackson is not added. While Michael is number on the list. I do not agree with it. It's move even the others. He is the king of this type of album.--_{Mwanaharakati}^(Longa) 13:54, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

This article has been decimated

Why exactly was this article butchered into a dull list of remix albums? Edit history shows User:Ilovetopaint has deleted an entire section that discussed the development of the remix album, which highly interesting to read (although I myself had found a couple of problems with it), and replaced it with a simple list of remix albums which gives no insight at all (especially knowing that half of Michael Jackson’s “Blood on the Dance Floor” consisted of previously unreleased songs which makes it unclear why exactly it was so well-received). Admittedly, the deleted section lacked references, but a lot of the statements could easily checked by simply listening to the album concerned and checking the release date. Andeosr (talk) 13:50, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

read Wikipedia:No original research. ILTP (talk) 00:24, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

I agree with @Andeosr:, I don't think that the info @Ilovetopaint: erase was original research. Maybe we can hear the opinion about the subject form other users too.--88marcus (talk) 04:13, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Claimed sales vs. actual copies

I wonder if an article like this needs to even still be here. I just checked the albums' actual copies via certifications and Blood on the Dance Floor's total sales are lower than Madonna's and the Beatles'.

• Love: 4,347,500 copies
• You Can Dance: 2,949,700 copies
• Blood on the Dance Floor: 2,897,162 copies

Yet on the list, it says BOTDF claimed six million globally while the other two claimed five million. This is not accurate at all and I feel this list needs a redo badly. Just my opinion. BrothaTimothy (talk · contribs) 22:20, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@BrothaTimothy: I agree with you. And also seems that the "best selling worldwide remix album" claim begun here in Wikipedia. Even Chartmasters (we can't use it here as a source) shows that: he has BOADF with 5,2 million, YCD with 5,8 million and L with 6,1 million. Maybe we can put all three albums with 5 million sold (there's source for all I think) and all of them at #1.--88marcus (talk) 22:24, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

...or even changed based in the certifications (that would be better).--88marcus (talk) 22:25, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

A minor clarification: YCD have now 3,042,950 available sales not 2,949,700 (and according to this ref used in Madonna's discography that album sold 1,5 million as of 1990 in USA and if is true available sales could increase to 3,542,000). Love's claim sales came from a record label, which is not bad but could be better with a third-party source. Although it doesn't matter since their available sales/certifications are really close to that figure. I also tend to support that idea of "the best-selling remix" album attributed to BOADF was originated in Wikipedia. However, I don't see yet a source for BOADF indicating 5 million units; I even think I saw other higher claims of 6 million but I'm pretty sure are circular reporting thanks to vandalism in Wikipedia in all Jackson's articles over years that weren't reverted until recent years. I could support the change with BOADF if someone find a source indicating 5 million claims, due is the only one of these three albums with higher claim but lower available cert/sales. With the other two albums: Love could have more available certification/sales, but must be the expectation since is newer than YCD and BOADF (almost two decades between Madonna and one with MJ) and the 5 million claim with YCD came from late 1980s, and with 2 decades ago is harder find more available certs/sales which is possible that record could have more sales, IDK. This also could apply with BOADF even so that's why I tend to be neutral. --Apoxyomenus (talk) 23:13, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Mariah Carey's the Remixes

I think Mariah Carey's the Remixes should be included. It sold 289,000 copies in the United States, certified Gold by the RIAA certifying 500,000 copies sold because it was a double album. Is there a reason it isn't included? The album's actual sales would imply it sold more than that amount worldwide even if the double album sales are not included. Ericjameshamley (talk) 07:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)