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This the new wave pop punk’s debut. Released in 1976, it features their first single "X-Offender" plus a host of other highlights.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first cd from the band Blondie and it is one of the best lps ever. I bought this lp in 1981 and used my school clothes money for it and Plastic Letters. I love every track on here but the hits stand out most. "X Offender" comes in 2 mixes:the original mix which sounds like 2 Debbie's singing at once and the more famous single remix known to all. The original double Debbie mix was put out on the Private Stock label in 1976 and changed when Chrysalis bought out their contract in '77. "In The Flesh" and "Rip Her To Shreds" are the two big hits here. But classic tracks like "Man Overboard","Rifle Range","Little Girl Lies","A Shark In Jets Clothing","Kung Fu Girls" and "The Attack Of The Giant Ants " to name a few already show the group as genre crossing as they would become more later in the 70's. The bonus tracks include the original mix of "In The Sun" and demos "Platinum Blonde","Out In The Streets" and "Thin Line". A Classic debut from the best band ever!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Wow, an 80's album in the middle of the 70's? Strange but true. Deborah Harry was the architypal 80's vocalist, infusing Blondie's songs with a pop sensibility that was missing from her punk pals Patti Smith and Chrissie Hynde. It's not difficult to imagine Cyndi Lauper, Belinda Carlisle or even the early Madonna singing these tunes. In that sense Deborah Harry was without doubt the most influential American female vocalist of the late 70's/early 80's.
On their first album Blondie perfectly mix 60's bubblegum pop with garage rock and it's the keyboard that makes all the difference (another one of their innovations that would become standard in the 80's). If Blondie can be described as punk it was their humour and irreverence that made them so, subverting classic pop styles with black and ironic humour e.g. 'Rip Her To Shreds' and 'Attack Of The Giant Ants'. It's also interesting to hear the reggae influence of the time on a track like 'Man Overboard'. 'Heart Of Glass' was also originally written as a reggae tune, but by the time Blondie was gaining some success, the producers took it and turned it into a disco hit, the reason being apparently that "Americans don't buy reggae". Other notable tracks reflecting their time include 'Kung Fu Girl' (Bruce Lee movies being huge in the 70's).
Respect must also be given to Chris Stein for his foresight and musical knowledge in knowing what would instantly appeal to an audience overdosed on rock pretentiousness.
Blissful!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Before they became the property of big business, Blondie earned a reputation as one of the pioneers of the new wave. Deborah Harry had apparently once clicked finger cymbals with an obscure hippy band, but Blondie started as a fun, no-nonsense pop band with a dirty undercurrent. These three-minute, uptempo, beaty songs recall girl groups such as The Shangri-Las and garage bands, with their multi-tracked female vocals and James Destri's dated organ flourishes. Yet the titles of the best-known songs here, 'X Offender', 'In The Flesh' and 'Rip Her To Shreds', betray the darker themes of a later era.
Clem Burke's drumming shouldn't be underestimated either. His retro-oriented style gives the music a freshness that's rare for 1976. Other highlights include 'A Shark In Jets Clothing' and 'Rifle Range'. The former starts out like The Stranglers at their most mischievous, the latter is a fast number that featured as a bonus on the 12" of 'Heart Of Glass'. This album is one you play over again straight away after hearing it and is well worth buying.
Clem Burke's drumming shouldn't be underestimated either. His retro-oriented style gives the music a freshness that's rare for 1976. Other highlights include 'A Shark In Jets Clothing' and 'Rifle Range'. The former starts out like The Stranglers at their most mischievous, the latter is a fast number that featured as a bonus on the 12" of 'Heart Of Glass'. This album is one you play over again straight away after hearing it and is well worth buying.
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A unique debut that promised more
With mod, 60s girl group, surf band and B grade science fiction horror references bundled up with a mid 70s lower Manhattan street sensibility, Blondie's infectious comic book-like... Read more
Published 10 months ago by B. S. Marlay
A sign of things to come...
This album is certainly not as strong as the other albums Blondie put out, but it is the blue print of what is to follow. Read more
Published 14 months ago by JamesN
BLONDIE'S SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
BLONDIE was also the name of their self-titled debut album,released in 1976.
I liked all 11 of the songs,that included,"X OFFENDER,"IN THE FLESH",
"RIP HER TO... Read more
I liked all 11 of the songs,that included,"X OFFENDER,"IN THE FLESH",
"RIP HER TO... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Mr. W. J. Wright
AMAZING PUNK CHICK
IT HAS TO BE SAID "BLONDIE" AMAZING LOOKER AND VOICE, MAGIC PERFORMANCE.HAS THE MAGNET VIBES THAT ENTICES YOU INTO THE PUNK ROCK SCENE.BEING AN OLDER ROCKER NOW AS IS BLONDIE. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by D. A. Bush
Not as punk as they make out
I heard from a friend that apparantly Blondie was a punk band when they first started out. So this being the debut album, I thought this would be the most heavy album by them, but... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2007 by Sonny
The mocking girl group sound of Blondie's debut album
Blondie was the most commercially successful band to emerge from the punk/new wave movement of the late 1970s. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2003 by Lawrance M. Bernabo
An sadly overlooked but brilliant debut!
Although Blondie's self-titled debut LP is probably my least-played album of theirs, I love it as much as any of the others and I am glad I own a copy. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2003
Enter Blondie
Blondie's 1977 debute is no less than one of the 10 best debute albums ever released. Blondie is the perfect pop album, lyricaly and musically creative and witty. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2002 by Ashley Blair
Great start to career
This is the first Blondie album and it's great. A real sixties feel to the whole thing. Listen to the keyboards on the tracks, especially on A Shark in Jets Clothing. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2001 by twmancs
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