UPC: 846070050022
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: May 12, 2014
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In honor of the band's 40th anniversary, Blondie 4(0)-Ever bundles together two full albums in one package: a collection of new material called Ghosts of Download, and Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux, a re-recorded set of Blondie favorites. While 2011's Panic of Girls suggested that Blondie wanted to make room for all of their many influences in their new music, Ghosts of Download is instead an album clearly made with the dancefloor in mind; electronic beats and gleaming synthesized melodies dominate the tunes, and the current EDM scene was a clear influence on these songs, which include guest appearances from Beth Ditto of the Gossip, and Latin EDM artists Systema Solar and Los Rakas. On disc two, Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux contains newly re-recorded versions of 11 of Blondie's best-known sides, and features the full band playing with professionalism and a certain elan (Clem Burke's drumming is as crisp and forceful as ever), while Deborah Harry's vocals are in pleasing form here. ~ Mark Deming
In honor of the band's 40th anniversary, Blondie 4(0)-Ever bundles together two full albums in one package: a collection of new material called Ghosts of Download, and Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux, a re-recorded set of Blondie favorites. While 2011's Panic of Girls suggested that Blondie wanted to make room for all of their many influences in their new music, Ghosts of Download is instead an album clearly made with the dancefloor in mind; electronic beats and gleaming synthesized melodies dominate the tunes, and the current EDM scene was a clear influence on these songs, which include guest appearances from Beth Ditto of the Gossip, and Latin EDM artists Systema Solar and Los Rakas. On disc two, Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux contains newly re-recorded versions of 11 of Blondie's best-known sides, and features the full band playing with professionalism and a certain elan (Clem Burke's drumming is as crisp and forceful as ever), while Deborah Harry's vocals are in pleasing form here. ~ Mark Deming
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Heart of Glass
2 - Dreaming
3 - Tide Is High
4 - Maria
5 - Sunday Girl
6 - Hanging on the Telephone
7 - Rapture
8 - One Way or Another
9 - Call Me
10 - Atomic
11 - Rip Her to Shreds
Disc 2:
1 - Sugar on the Side
2 - Rave
3 - Rose by Any Other Name
4 - Winter
5 - I Want to Drag You Around
6 - I Screwed Up
7 - Relax
8 - Take Me in the Night
9 - Make Away
10 - Mile High
11 - Euphoria
12 - Take It Back
13 - Backroom
1 - Heart of Glass
2 - Dreaming
3 - Tide Is High
4 - Maria
5 - Sunday Girl
6 - Hanging on the Telephone
7 - Rapture
8 - One Way or Another
9 - Call Me
10 - Atomic
11 - Rip Her to Shreds
Disc 2:
1 - Sugar on the Side
2 - Rave
3 - Rose by Any Other Name
4 - Winter
5 - I Want to Drag You Around
6 - I Screwed Up
7 - Relax
8 - Take Me in the Night
9 - Make Away
10 - Mile High
11 - Euphoria
12 - Take It Back
13 - Backroom