Vital Idol: Revitalized, the new Billy Idol remix album inspired by his 1980's remix collection, Vital Idol, is now available on CD, digital and 2LP 180-gram black vinyl in addition to a limited edition, red/blue smoke swirl viny variant by Capitol/UMe. The Punk And Rock Icon Continues To Break New Sonic Ground With Help From Rac, Tropkillaz, Moby, The Crystal Method And More.
The album garnered Idol his first appearance on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Chart in 25 years, when Vital Idol: Revitalized debuted in the Top 10.
More than 30 years after his groundbreaking Vital Idol compilation cemented the vibrancy of the dance-rock remix genre in the second half of the 1980's, Idol's Revitalized collection features 11 brand-new remixes of his most classic and enduring hits. Lending their hands to the Revitalized proceedings are electronic dance luminaries Moby, The Crystal Method and Paul Oakenfold as well as current innovators including RAC, Tropkillaz, Shiba San, Juan Maclean , and CRAY.
WATCH TWO VIDEOS FROM THE ALBUM, EACH CONTAINING NEWLY REMIXED FOOTAGE FROM THE ORlGINAL 1980s MUSIC VIDEOS:
"Dancing With Myself" (RAC Remix), watch/share HERE
"Eyes Without A Face" (Tropkillaz Remix), watch/share HERE
Vital Idol, initially released in Britain in 1985 and subsequently issued in the United States in 1987, was the first remix record released by a rock superstar. Besides being certified platinum, Vital Idol was accompanied by a version of "Mony Mony" that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, as well as hitting the Top 10 on the U.K. Singles chart.
Highlights found within the grooves of Revitalized include The Crystal Method's percussive, explosive stab at "Rebel Yell," CRAY's bass-and-keyboard-blessed "White Wedding," Tropkillaz's trop-house framing of "Eyes Without A Face," St. Francis Hotel's shimmering stop/start caress of "Flesh For Fantasy," and RAC's retro-harmonic, fist-pumping "Dancing With Myself."
Meanwhile, the digital version of Revitalized features four additional exclusive remixes, namely the brand new Billy Idol/Steve Stevens Remix of "Mony Mony," Paul Oakenfold's Extended Remix of "One Breath Away," Moby's "Half Time Version" of his take on "(Do Not) Stand In The Shadows" and "Save Me Now (Lost Dog Remix)," reworked by Billy Idol's son, Willem Wolfe with Brandon Rauch and Ed Bedrosian.
