blondie - the greatest hits - sight & sound edition
another year, another blondie greatest hits compilation. this one however, is a little different. as well as the disc of all the best tracks (from x offender all the way up to their last number 1 record 'maria'), there is an extra dvd of all the bands videos. thus proving that the band that were most sneered at by the punk fraternity have outlasted and continued to develop their sound well past their supposed sell by date. from the spiky early releases, to the perfect original punk pop goddess, via old school hip hop name checking and disco bass lines, through to more recent reunion releases, in this tradition of moving the band forever onwards, on the end of the audio cd, they have dropped the well known 'mash-up' of blondies 'rapture' and 'riders of the storm' by the doors which was superbly crafted by go home productions a few years ago, 'rapture riders', and to this day, this perfect blend is probably one of the best examples of the genre.
tracklisting :
cd
1. Heart Of Glass
2. Sunday Girl
3. Atomic
4. Call Me
5. The Tide Is High
6. Rapture
7. Maria
8. In The Flesh (Remix)
9. X Offender
10. Rip Her To Shreds
11. Denis
12. (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
13. Picture This
14. Fade Away And Radiate
15. Hanging On The Telephone
16. One Way Or Another
17. Dreaming
18. Union City Blue
19. Island Of Lost Souls
20. Good Boys (Blow-Up mix)
21. End To End
22. Rapture Riders (Single Edit Bonus Track)
dvd
1. In The Flesh
2. X Offender
3. Denis
4. Detroit 442
5. (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
6. Picture This
7. Hanging On The Telephone
8. Heart Of Glass
9. Dreaming
10. The Hardest Part
11. Union City Blue
12. Atomic
13. The Tide Is High
14. Rapture
15. Island Of Lost Souls
16. Maria
17. Good Boys