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Atomic : The Very Best of Blondie [CD]

Blondie | Format: Audio CD
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The feisty ambition of ex-Playboy Bunny Deborah Harry and her mop topped male colleagues has paid off. A quarter of a century after their debut, Blondie are rightly acclaimed as one of the most influential bands of their generation. They also became the most commercially successful act of the entire Punk and New Wave scene. Though it didn’t exactly happen overnight.

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Product details

  • Audio CD (13 July 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • ASIN: B00000IIN6
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Mini-Disc  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 24,300 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Atomic 3:50£0.89
Listen  2. Heart Of Glass 4:11£0.89
Listen  3. Sunday Girl 3:15£0.89
Listen  4. Call Me 3:32£0.89
Listen  5. The Tide Is High 3:52£0.89
Listen  6. Denis 2:18£0.89
Listen  7. Dreaming 3:06£0.89
Listen  8. Rapture 4:59£0.89
Listen  9. Hanging On The Telephone 2:22£0.89
Listen10. (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear 2:43£0.89
Listen11. Island Of Lost Souls 3:50£0.89
Listen12. Picture This 2:55£0.89
Listen13. Union City Blue (Original Single Version) 3:18£0.89
Listen14. War Child 4:00£0.89
Listen15. Rip Her To Shreds 3:19£0.69
Listen16. One Way Or Another 3:28£0.89
Listen17. X Offender 3:12£0.89
Listen18. I'm Gonna Love You Too 2:07£0.89
Listen19. Fade Away (And Radiate) 3:59£0.89
Listen20. Atomic '98 (Xenomania Mix) 4:33£0.89
Listen21. Atomic '98 (Tall Paul Mix) 8:43£0.89

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This is such mainstream Blondie that even the most lukewarm fan will love the lot. Blondastic value of course (21 tracks !) this album kicks off with the almost mystical Atomic (original version) and carries you thru such exotica as 'Island of lost souls', touching on a determined wistfullness in 'Dreaming', Bilingual Blondie (Denis) and winding up with a very satisifying remix of -well of course, 'Atomic' If Miss Harry has ever tingled your spine you will probably have all of these tracks anyway. If she hasen't - well it's never too late to start.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
The many faces of Pop 24 Mar 2004
By Pieter HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
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For some reason known only to the record company, the tracks on this compilation are not in chronological order. The album thus opens with 1979s synth-rock track Atomic and then moves back one year for the equally electronic but far more catchy Heart Of Glass, the pop and dance classic.

Track 3, Sunday Girl, also comes from the excellent Parallel Lines album, whilst Call Me (theme from American Gigolo) is another electronic dance track that has not aged well because it lacks a good tune. Next comes The Tide Is High, a lilting reggae number from 1980s Autoamerican. Denis takes us back to the brilliant 1977 album Plastic Letters, whilst Dreaming and Union City Blue come from 1980s less than inspiring Eat To The Beat album that also contains Atomic.

Plastic Letters and Parallel lines remain Blondie’s best ever single albums, as demonstrated by the beautiful ballad I’m Always Touched (By Your Presence Dear), the snappy pop song Picture This and the dreamy, experimental Fade Away And Radiate. X Offender and Rip Her To Shreds from their 1976 debut show the raw punk promise that was to develop into their delicious take on pop in the aforementioned Plastic Letters and Parallel Lines.

Atomic concludes with two interesting remixes of the title track. Blondie made original and intelligent pop music that encompassed hypnotic synthesizer textures (Call Me, Atomic, Heart Of Glass), melodic ballads (Denis, Presence Dear), rap (Rapture), reggae (The Tide Is High) and punk rock (X Offender, Rip Her To Shreds). This is a great compilation album, like The Complete Picture (20 tracks) or Greatest Hits (19 tracks), and it is difficult to choose between them.

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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Whether it is the pumping disco of Heart Of Glass, the sharp, punky sound of One Way Or Another or the perfect pop of Denis that attracted you to Blondie, you are sure to love all you find here.

With surely some of the greatest singles ever recorded, Atomic - The Best Of provides an easy way into the sound of Blondie. It is impossible not to fall in love with the attitude of Debbie Harry, which just adds all the more to the perfect sounds. A true classic.

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