BILLY IDOL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, VITAL IDOL: REVITALIZED, AND RELEASES FIRST TRACK, RAC’S REMIX OF “DANCING WITH MYSELF”, TODAY

THE PUNK AND ROCK ICON CONTINUES TO BREAK NEW SONIC GROUND WITH HELP FROM MOBY, THE CRYSTAL METHOD, TROPKILLAZ, PAUL OAKENFOLD, SHIBA SAN, JUAN MACLEAN, CRAY AND MORE

 

 

VITAL IDOL: REVITALIZED TO BE RELEASED ON CD AND DIGITAL SEPTEMBER 28, AND 180 GRAM 2LP VERSION ON NOVEMBER 16

 

07 SEPTEMBER 2018 (TORONTO, ON) – Billy Idol’s 1980s remix collection, Vital Idol, is getting a modern-day upgrade with Vital Idol: Revitalized, set for release on CD and digital via Capitol/UMe/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, on September 28. A 2LP 180-gram black vinyl in addition to a limited edition, colour variant will follow on November 16. Pre-order Vital Idol: Revitalized today HERE.

 

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 1980s, 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 Tropkillaz, Shiba San, Juan Maclean, CRAY and RAC, whose remix of “Dancing With Myself” debuts today. Listen/share it 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.

 

VITAL IDOL: REVITALIZED  [CD, LP + Digital]

1. White Wedding (CRAY Remix)
2. Dancing With Myself (RAC Remix)
3. Eyes Without A Face (Tropkillaz Remix)
4. Rebel Yell (The Crystal Method Remix)
5. (Do Not) Stand In The Shadows (Moby Remix)
6. Flesh For Fantasy (St. Francis Hotel Remix)
7. Catch My Fall (Juan Maclean Remix)
8. One Breath Away (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
9. To Be A Lover (DJDS Remix)
10. Don’t Need A Gun (Shiba San Remix)
11. Hot In The City (Shotgun Mike Remix)
12. Mony Mony (Idol/Stevens Remix) [BONUS TRACK (DIGITAL ONLY)]
13. One Breath Away (Paul Oakenfold Extended Remix) [BONUS TRACK (DIGITAL ONLY)]
14. (Do Not) Stand In The Shadows (Moby Remix) (Half Time Version) [BONUS TRACK (DIGITAL ONLY)]
15. Save Me Now (Lost Dog Remix) [BONUS TRACK (DIGITAL ONLY)]

 

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