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They're rarely essential, and often a cash-in, but it's tempting to invest this remix album with an additional purpose – whether it's intentional or not. Since its release in May, Lady Gaga's Born This Way album has racked up sales figures only Adele could wrinkle her schnozzle at. Yet somehow, it looks destined to become that most curious of chart beasts: the international unit-shifter that no-one really seems to love. So could this compendium of trendy reinventions – on which the likes of Wild Beasts and The Horrors play Gok Wan with tracks from the original – restore some lustre?
When it comes to retooling those pretty ubiquitous singles, fortune favours the brave. Metronomy swap Shania Twain for Imogen Heap on Yoü and I; The Weeknd and Illangelo put the spook up Marry the Night; and Goldfrapp remodel Judas into a doom-laden industrial stomp. Best of all is Twin Shadow's revamp of the title-track, which is so infectious and 80s-sounding that Molly Ringwald would declare it “bitchin'!”. On the flip, Foster the People and Canadian house duo Sultan & Ned Shepard make the same mistake with The Edge of Glory, both turning in a fairly predictable club banger makeover.
Elsewhere, surprises come when the album's lesser-known gems are given a grind, spit and polish. The Horrors turn Bloody Mary into vampire disco floor-filler, while Two Door Cinema Club almost make Electric Chapel sound like a collaboration between Gaga and Hot Chip. Moments like these offer a welcome reminder that Born This Way isn't short of tunes – or, for all its mega-pop bombast, a shot or two of oddness.
Of course, most of what's here already appears on sundry download bundles and CD singles, so it's easy to dismiss Born This Way: The Remix as, yes, inessential and, yes, a cash-in. But taken as a whole, this release offers enough revelations to suggest the original album is worth revisiting. That additional purpose, whether intentional or not, feels at least partly fulfilled.
--Nick Levine
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New 2011 remix album from the pop megastar! Includes 'Marry The Night'.
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It's very difficult to criticise the musical powerhouse that is Gaga, given that she does produce EXCEPTIONALLY good pop songs and rarely fails to hit the mark, but this album is really something that only diehard Monsters would appreciate. The lyrics of the remixes may be the same, but a lot of them lack the "stick in your head" catchiness of the original versions. Whilst it's interesting to hear different interpretations of the music, and to discover how up-tempo tracks can be turned into ballads or different music genres entirely, there aren't really any stand-out tracks on here and certainly nothing that warrants more than a couple of listens to. It's more experimental than the music Gaga has become famous for, and this would probably have been better as part of a 2-disc special version of the album rather than a standalone CD, but if you're looking to explore the many different facets of Gaga as an artist then this album is as good a place as any to start.
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This Remix album is great version of Lady GaGa's 2nd studio album "Born This Way". The opening remix of "Born This Way" is the same-titled single which was remixed by Zedd. Zedd did great job on remixing the track and made the song even more club playable. If you search for good club/dance music you should buy that compilation. If you are a DJ and you are searching for a good remixes you should get the remixes from this album. The "Judas" remixes (from Goldfrapp and Hurts) are really original and sound really different from the album version. The remixes for "The Edge Of Glory" (by Foster The People and Sultan & Ned Shepard) are just made for the clubs! Maybe you should probably skip the "You And I" remixes (by Wild Beasts and Metronomy), but you should definitely hear "The Weeknd and Illangelo" remix for the single "Marry the night", which is really great. I would skip just one more remix - the remix for "Bloody Mary" (by The Horrors). The remixes for Black Jesus (by Michael Woods), Scheisse (Guena LG) and Americano (by Gregori Klosman) have the perfect sound for a House party. The "Electric Chapel" remix (by Two Door Cinema Club) is really interesting representation of the original version and you should hear it. The Twin Shadow remix for "Born This Way" brings retro sound to the song. Great Remix album with great sound!
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Has some of my favorite remixes on it, but there are so many remixes out there of GaGa's songs that choosing the best few is hard.
Definitely buy it!!
Definitely buy it!!
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Awful remixes
This album is pure horse manure. Lady Gaga is a fool to let these morons ruin her songs.I really like her album the songs are strong and fun. Read more
Published 3 months ago by bob twain
Born This Way
I read the negative reviews of this remix cd before buying the cd and foolishly ignored them. I love the previous remix album so had high hopes for this one. Read more
Published 4 months ago by R. J. Hingston
love it!
Slightly annoyed that some remixes are from other ep's but still, really good! I like the fact that Gaga gave other not so well known artists a chance
Published 5 months ago by jordan
Lady Gaga's remix albums don't live up to her standard
Lady Gaga's remix albums for some reason don't live up to the standard she sets for her regular albums, that's a real shame since her songs are made to be remixed...
Published 5 months ago by R.P. Sahadat
The worst remixes ever?!
What a rubbish album! Do yourself a favor and preview it on iTunes before buying to avoid a bitter disappointment. That's all I've got to say about it. Well... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. S. Ryzhenok
A mixed bag?
There are the usual so predictable Hi energy mixes that could be any one , but some pleasant surprises from Goldfrap ,wild beasts , The Horrers ,and metronomy almost create new... Read more
Published 5 months ago by John H Perrin
Cash In This Way!
She has turned what were very good songs into horribly noisy, with melodies which are confused and lack structure and very drowned out saxophones which sound to be completely... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr P. Edwards
Surprised!
I'm personally, not a massive fan of remixes, they normally ruin songs, by dragging them out to over 6/7 minutes in length and playing the same monotonous beat, So I was pleasantly... Read more
Published 6 months ago by C Smithy
SOOO Disappointing
I was looking forward to this, I love Gaga and really liked most of Born This Way, but seriously, this remix album is really, really dire. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Denis
No redeeming qualities
I love lady gaga, she is an absolute genius and the most exciting thing to happen to music in 20 years. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sweetlilac
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