B in the Mix: The Remixes

(2004).

B in the Mix: The Remixes also includes a remix of the previously unreleased song, "And Then We Kiss".

Mark Taylor and recorded for In the Zone, but failed to make the final cut.^[3] The song was then set to be included on the bonus disc of the DVD for Britney and Kevin: Chaotic (2005), but was left out in favor of another song, "Over to You Now".^[4] The original version of "And Then We Kiss" remained unreleased for years, until a new mix labelled as the original version leaked online on September 2, 2011. After suggestions that it might be fake, Taylor confirmed its authenticity on September 5.^[3]

Music and lyrics

"And Then We Kiss"

A 26-second sample of the song's chorus, where Spears sings over a euro-trance melody.

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The Bill Hamel remix of "Touch of My Hand" is a

synthesizers.^[2] The song blends dance-rock guitars and symphonic strings and closes with an orchestral overtone.^[2][7] Its lyrics talk about a kiss and the different sensations that the protagonist experiences, including trembling, crying and moaning. At the beginning she sings the lines "Lying alone / touching my skin" which suggest that the whole song may actually be a fantasy.^[2] The album's seventh track, the Valentin remix of "Everytime" contains a serious groove and pounding percussion, with usage of synthesizers. The Jason Nevins remix of "Early Mornin'" is considered the only hip hop song of B in the Mix: The Remixes.^[6]

Title and artwork

On September 28, 2005, Jive Records announced through a press release that Spears would release a remix album titled Remixed.^[8] However, on November 8, it was reported by Jennifer Vineyard of MTV that the album was actually titled B in the Mix: The Remixes. The album had two cover artworks, the North American one and the international one. On the North American edition, Spears doesn't appear on the album cover; there is a red butterfly against a black background instead. Vineyard noted this, stating: "[the album] is being marketed in a more underground way than usually associated with a superstar act". On the international edition cover artwork, a black-and-white image of Spears appears behind the butterfly.^[2]

Release and promotion

In November 2005, it was revealed that Sony BMG was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection,^[17][18] a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. In addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it was also revealed that the software reported the users' listening habits back to Sony BMG and also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. B in the Mix: The Remixes was listed among the 52 CDs that were known to contain the software,^[19] which Sony discontinued the usage of on November 11, 2005.^[20] The company recalled this and other titles affected by XCP, and asked customers to submit copies affected by the software to the company so that it could replace them with copies that did not contain the software.^[21]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[6]
AllMusic	[22]
Bay Area Reporter	unfavorable[23]
Entertainment Weekly	C[24]
IGN	(6.9/10)[5]
MTV	favorable[25]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Dallas Morning News	mixed[26]

B in the Mix: The Remixes received generally mixed reviews from

Gregg Shapiro of the Bay Area Reporter gave the album a mostly negative review, calling it "hazardous waste". He also noted that Spears's voice was "reedy, cold and mechanical" when stripped from the original mixes. However, he highlighted two tracks, saying: "Spears comes closest to achieving dance-diva status on the Valentin remix of "Everytime", while the Davidson Ospina 2005 remix of "Baby One More Time" elevates the original bubblegum track to club classic."^[23] Mike Daniel of The Dallas Morning News called the Justice remix of "Me Against the Music" the best track of the album, but said it "has the feel of a hastily executed stopgap measure with almost no marketing-related thought behind it except to fulfill the once-every-two-years release cycle that's been established for Britney material."^[26] Entertainment Weekly writer Leah Greenblatt noted the remixes "amps already-aggressive singles like "Toxic" and "Me Against the Music" to brain-popping levels of synth spiraling", and transforms "sad-eyed slow jams like "Everytime" and "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" into Hi-NRG bursts. This party is BYORB (Bring Your Own Red Bull); without it, you might not be able to keep up."^[24]

Commercial performance

In the United States, B in the Mix: The Remixes debuted at number 134 on the

To promote the album, Jive Records released an extended play in September 2005, containing several remixes from B in the Mix: The Remixes. This EP, known as Key Cuts from Remixed, was sent around to DJs in both 12" vinyl and CD format.

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies a remixer and additional producer
• ^{^b} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^c} signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Japanese edition liner notes of B in the Mix: The Remixes.^[1]

Charts

Release history

See also

• B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2
• Britney Spears discography

Notes

References