Blondie - Blondie

180g Vinyl Reissue!

Blondie is the eponymous debut album by American rock band Blondie, released in December 1976 on Private Stock Records. After disappointing sales and poor publicity, the band ended their contract with Private Stock and signed with Chrysalis Records in 1977. Chrysalis re-released the album in September 1977, along with the single "In the Flesh." The album reached #14 in Australia, where the band had already had a Top 3 hit with "In the Flesh." The album also charted at #75 in the UK in early 1979, where the band had become immensely popular.

Let’s face it: this is Blondie’s world and we just live in it. For the last four decades, Blondie has become and still remains a true national treasure; a punk band from New York City whose influence both shaped and continues to inform the worlds of music, fashion and art. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein have kept their ears to the ground, creating trends, never following them. They helped push punk onto the dance floor at the dawn of the new wave era and introduced a wider audience to hip-hop sounds, all the while building a catalog of enduring pop hits along the way.

"The whole point was that you could take Blondie either way, and lead singer Deborah Harry's vocals, which combined rock fervor with a kiss-off quality, reinforced that, as did the band's energetic, trashy sound. This album, released on independent label Private Sound, was not a major hit, but it provided a template for the future." -William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com

Features:
• Includes a voucher to download MP3 version of the album
• 180g Vinyl

Selections:
1. X Offender
2. Little Girl Lies
3. In the Flesh
4. Look Good in Blue
5. In the Sun
6. A Shark in Jets Clothing
7. Man Overboard
8. Rip Her to Shreds
9. Rifle Range
10. Kung Fu Girls
11. The Attack of the Giant Ants