No Exit (Blondie album)
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| Studio album by Blondie | |||||
| Released | February 23, 1999 | ||||
| Recorded | 1998 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, New Wave | ||||
| Label | Beyond Records | ||||
| Producer | Craig Leon | ||||
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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 many genres, including Pop, Reggae, and Hip-Hop. Mike Chapman, who had produced all but the first two of Blondie's albums, produced some of the early demos for the album but final production of the album fell to Craig Leon.
A cover version of The Shangri-Las 1965 hit "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. The demo version was first issued on EMI's 1994 anthology The Platinum Collection 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". While the second single, with new lyrics and re-recorded lead vocals, didn't fare as well as "Maria" it did reach a respectable #26 on the UK singles chart. 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.
[edit] Track listing
- "Screaming Skin" (Ashby, Foxx, Harry, Stein) – 5:35
- "Forgive and Forget" (Stein) – 4:31
- "Maria" (Destri) – 4:51
- "No Exit" (Ashby, Coolio, Destri, Harry, Stein) – 4:51
- "Double Take" (Harry, Stein) – 4:12
- "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (Destri) – 3:13
- "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room" (Ashby, Burke, Freeman, Harry, Valentine) – 4:08
- "Night Wind Sent" (Ashby, Foxx, Harry, Stein) – 4:40
- "Under the Gun (For Jeffrey Lee Pierce)" (Stein) – 4:09
- "Out in the Streets" (Barry, Greenwich) – 3:03
- "Happy Dog (For Caggy)" (Ashby, Harry, Stein) – 3:24
- "The Dream's Lost on Me" (Ashby, Harry, Stein) – 3:19
- "Divine" (Burke, Valentine) – 4:14
- "Dig up the Conjo" (Destri, Harry, Stein) – 4:55
Bonus Tracks First Edition US & Canada
- "Dreaming" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 3:22
- " Call Me" (Live 1998) (Moroder, Harry) - 4:47
- "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07
Bonus Tracks Australia
- "Call Me" (Live 1998) (Moroder, Harry) - 4:47
- "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07
- "Heart of Glass" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 6:49
Bonus Tracks 2 CD Edition, UK & Germany
Disc 2:
- "Call Me" (Live 1998) (Moroder, Harry) - 4:47
- "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07
- "Dreaming" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 3:22
- "Heart of Glass" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 6:49
Bonus Tracks South Africa & 2001 UK Re-Issue
- "Hot Shot" (Borusiewicz, Kahn) - 3:46
- "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07
- "Heart of Glass" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 6:49
Bonus Track Japan
- "Hot Shot" (Borusiewicz, Kahn) - 3:46
[edit] Production
- Mastered By - Steve Hall
- Mixed By - Craig Leon (tracks: 1, 7, 9 to 11, 13, 14) , Mike Shipley (tracks: 2 to 6, 8)
- Producer [Assistant] - Cassell Webb
- Producer, Recorded By - Craig Leon
- Recorded at Red Night Recording NYC, Electric Lady Studios, NYC & Chung King House Of Metal, NYC
- Mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London & Encore Studios, Los Angeles
- Mastered at Future Disc, Los Angeles
[edit] Chart Peaks
- UK - 3
- USA - 18
- Germany - 18
- Australia - 72
- Austria - 20
- Switzerland - 21
- France - 25
- Sweden - 36
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