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Blondie - Blonde and Beyond Audio CD

A fair review of the Blondie "Blonde and Beyond" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Blondie reviews here, or go back to the Blondie tabs.

Blondie Band: Blondie
Title: Blonde and Beyond
Rating:
Release Date: 1993-11-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Underground Girl 2: English Boys 3: Sunday Girl [French Version] 4: Susie and Jeffrey 5: Shayla 6: Denis 7: X Offender 8: Poets Problem 9: Scenery 10: Picture This 11: Angels on the Balcony 12: Once I Had a Love (aka the Disco Song) [1978 Version] 13: I'm Gonna Love You Too 14: Island of Lost Souls 15: Call Me [Spanish Version] 16: Heart of Glass [Disco Version] 17: Ring of Fire [Live] 18: Bang a Gong (Get It On) [Live] 19: Heroes [Live]

Not a worthy Blondie compilation
But it isn't !! Too many great Blondie songs are lacking and you hardly get anything in return. Blonde & Beyond was ment to recapulate to what Blondie stood for: punk and new wave.

The only reason why I bought this album was for the spanish version of Call me and Underground girl. The rest of the album tracks is easy to get nowadays on their originally remastered albums. And if your not such a big Blondie fan to buy all their albums. You can buy their latest Greatest Hits remastered and contain 19 of their biggest hits. And if you want more Blondie try the excellent Platinum Blonde double collection, it gives you a lot more pleasure for your money!.


A Unique twist on the "greatest hits" albums
Deborah Harry does just that with Sunday Girl(sung in French)& Call me(sung in Spanish). I love artists who sing in different tounges. Not only are those pieces present but live tracks such as Ring of fire(yes, the Johnny cash song!)& Bang a Gong(A Marc Bolan tune)are here, sung with verve. The popular Blondie greatest hits -The best of blondie-is great for those who just want the mainstream, but for those who want more, give this cd is listen to. I never heard of Underground girl before; fine song & the music doesn't let up.


A fun and listenable CD
I own "Best of" and "Parallel Lines" but this is the one I listen to the most. I'm a bit surprised by the lukewarm reviews this disk gets. The rough, early version of Heart of Glass, included here as "Once I had a love" is a riot and the live covers are fun. Maybe not as many unique finds as you might like and much of this will be redundant if you have a lot of their albums, but its a good disk to put on and listen to all the way through - not a bad song to be found.


Great rarities, unnecessary filler
My header sums it up, but if you don't already have the filler tracks (from other albums) then you'll enjoy it all.


try the best-ofs
The Robert Fripp credit is really a misnomer - he only plays guitar on the live version of Heroes. there are some great, neglected album tracks on this collection (especially English Boys and Angels On The Balcony), but the live tracks are duff, and the demos are pretty much as you'd expect. Try the Platinum Collection.


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