No Exit (Blondie album)

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No Exit
Studio album by Blondie
Released	February 23, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop/New Wave
Length	??:??
Label	Beyond Records
Producer(s)	Craig Leon
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (2.5/5) link Robert Christgau (A-) link
Blondie chronology
The Hunter (1982)	No Exit (1999)	The Curse of Blondie (2003)

No Exit was Blondie's seventh studio album, released in February 1999. When this album was recorded, it marked the first time the band recorded or performed together since 1982, when they released their previous studio album The Hunter.

The album was hailed as the big comeback for Blondie, with the album reaching number 3 in the UK charts. As was customary for a Blondie album, it dabbled in all types of genres, including Pop, Reggae, and Hip-Hop. Mike Chapman, who had produced all but the first two of Blondie's albums, did not produce No Exit, although he did produce some of the early demos. Instead it was produced by Craig Leon, who also helped to write some of the songs.

A re-recording of the song "Out in the Streets" was also included on this album. It was originally recorded by the band in 1975 while they were trying to get a record deal, and was later included on the 2001 remaster of the album Blondie.

The album spawned two UK singles — "Maria," which gave Blondie their first ever hit that went straight to number 1 in the UK, and "Nothing Is Real but the Girl," which only managed to reach number 26. The single version of this song had different lyrics, and some fans say the song would have done much better with the original album lyrics. A third single was released in the US, the title track "No Exit." It was a fusion of Classical, Hip-Hop and Rock, and featured raps by Coolio. It tried to recreate the success of 1981 single "Rapture", but on a more hardcore level.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Screaming Skin" (Ashby, Foxx, Harry, Stein) – 5:35
2. "Forgive And Forget" (Stein) – 4:31
3. "Maria" (Destri) – 4:51
4. "No Exit" (Ashby, Coolio, Destri, Harry, Stein) – 4:51
5. "Double Take" (Harry, Stein) – 4:12
6. "Nothing Is Real But The Girl" (Destri) – 3:13
7. "Boom Boom In The Zoom Zoom Room" (Ashby, Burke, Freeman, Harry, Valentine) – 4:08
8. "Night Wind Sent" (Ashby, Foxx, Harry, Stein) – 4:40
9. "Under The Gun (For Jeffrey Lee Pierce)" (Stein) – 4:09
10. "Out In The Streets" (Barry, Greenwich) – 3:03
11. "Happy Dog (For Caggy)" (Ashby, Harry, Stein) – 3:24
12. "The Dream's Lost On Me" (Ashby, Harry, Stein) – 3:19
13. "Divine" (Burke, Valentine) – 4:14
14. "Dig Up The Conjo" (Destri, Harry, Stein) – 4:55

INTERNATIONAL BONUS TRACKS:

1. "Call Me" [Bonus Track Australia]
2. "Rapture" [Bonus Track Australia]
3. "Heart Of Glass" [Bonus Track Australia]