Blondie
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the music group Blondie.
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Blondie – “Plastic Letters”
A definite step up from Blondie‘s self-titled debut album, but not by much, and Plastic Letters is certainly no comparison to the huge leap the band would take forward next with Parallel Lines. The pieces are all there: Chris Stein’s surf rock licks, Deborah Harry’s showgirl vocals (very unusual when compared to the other husky-voiced… (read more)
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Blondie – “Eat to the Beat”
Eat to the Beat is an appropriate follow-up to Parallel Lines. Overall not as good, but very acceptable. “Dreaming” and “Union City Blue” (my favorite Blondie song!) drive it home. “Atomic” is also great, but the album version keeps the “Three Blind Mice intro” (exactly what it sounds like) which is juvenile and uninventive, really… (read more)
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Blondie – “Panic of Girls”
After many wayward years of making mediocre albums and embarrassing attempts at modernizing, Blondie returns after an eight-year hiatus to deliver Panic of Girls, and at this point even a fan would hesitate to listen to a release that by this point we all know will never match Parallel Lines. But hey—it’s not half bad.… (read more)
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Blondie – “Autoamerican”
Autoamerican is Blondie‘s most accomplished album. The amount of varying styles on this album is simply staggering considering they’re a pop band. Whether it’s the lounge pop of “Here’s Looking at You,” or the jazz crooning of “Faces,” Autoamerican is a consistently exciting and unpredictable listen. The hit songs such as the reggae-tinged “The Tide… (read more)
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Blondie – “The Curse of Blondie”
"Shakedown" is Blondie’s worst-ever song, and ‘The Curse of Blondie’ is their worst-ever album. "Good Boys" is the only takeaway. (read more)