Greatest Hits (2005 Blondie album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Blondie
Released November 8, 2005 (UK)
March 6, 2006 (International)
Recorded 1976-2005
Genre New wave, punk rock, rock
Label EMI/Capitol Records
Producer Richard Gottehrer
Mike Chapman
Giorgio Moroder
Craig Leon
Super Buddha
Paolo Cilione
Claudio Camaione
Steve Thompson
Mark Vidler
Blondie chronology

Live by Request
(2004)
Greatest Hits
(2005)
Singles Collection: 1977-1982
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Greatest Hits (not to be confused with the 2002 compilation of the same name) is a CD/DVD compilation album by the band Blondie released in the UK on November 8, 2005 and internationally on March 6, 2006. It peaked at number 48 on the UK Albums Chart and charted for 7 weeks.[2] This was the first Blondie hits package to combine the CD and DVD formats.

Overview

The CD contains the band's greatest hits including their comeback hit "Maria", a UK #1 in 1999, as well as tracks from their latest studio album The Curse of Blondie, a new remix of "In The Flesh" and a mashup of "Rapture" and The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" entitled "Rapture Riders", which was a top ten hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2005.[3] The DVD includes videos of seventeen of the band's greatest hits.

The compilation was initially released under Greatest Hits title with a sticker Sight + Sound on the cover. It was later internationally released as Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision in early 2006. The new version omits "X Offender" and "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" on both the CD and DVD, but adds the music video for "Rapture Riders" on the DVD.

The digital version of the album further omits "Maria" and "Rapture Riders".

Track listing

CD
No. TitleWriter(s)Album Length
1. "Heart of Glass" (7" Edit)Deborah Harry, Chris SteinParallel Lines 4:12
2. "Sunday Girl"  SteinParallel Lines 3:15
3. "Atomic" (7" Edit)Harry, Jimmy DestriEat to the Beat 4:39
4. "Call Me"  Giorgio Moroder, HarryAmerican Gigolo (soundtrack) 3:32
5. "The Tide Is High" (7" Edit)John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard BarrettAutoamerican 3:52
6. "Rapture" (7" Edit)Harry, SteinAutoamerican 4:59
7. "Maria"  DestriNo Exit 4:10
8. "In the Flesh (Remix)"  Harry, SteinBlondie 3:07
9. "X Offender" (UK Only)Harry, Gary ValentineBlondie 3:14
10. "Rip Her to Shreds"  Harry, SteinBlondie 3:22
11. "Denis"  Neil LevensonPlastic Letters 2:19
12. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (UK Only)ValentinePlastic Letters 2:42
13. "Picture This"  Harry, Stein, DestriParallel Lines 2:54
14. "Fade Away and Radiate"  SteinParallel Lines 3:59
15. "Hanging on the Telephone"  Jack LeeParallel Lines 2:22
16. "One Way or Another"  Harry, Nigel HarrisonParallel Lines 3:28
17. "Dreaming"  Harry, SteinEat to the Beat 3:06
18. "Union City Blue"  Harry, HarrisonEat to the Beat 3:20
19. "Island of Lost Souls"  Harry, SteinThe Hunter 4:41
20. "Good Boys (Blow-Up Mix)"  Kevin Griffin, HarryThe Curse of Blondie 6:05
21. "End to End"  Harry, Romy Ashby, SteinThe Curse of Blondie 4:01
22. "Rapture Riders" (7" Edit)Harry, Stein, The Doors  3:51
DVD
No. TitleWriter(s)Album Length
1. "In the Flesh"  Harry, SteinBlondie  
2. "X Offender" (UK Only)Harry, ValentineBlondie  
3. "Denis"  LevensonPlastic Letters  
4. "Detroit 422"  Destri, SteinPlastic Letters  
5. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (UK Only)ValentinePlastic Letters  
6. "Picture This"  Harry, Stein, DestriParallel Lines  
7. "Hanging on the Telephone"  LeeParallel Lines  
8. "Heart of Glass"  Harry, SteinParallel Lines  
9. "Dreaming"  Harry, SteinEat to the Beat  
10. "The Hardest Part"  Harry, SteinEat to the Beat  
11. "Union City Blue"  Harry, HarrisonEat to the Beat  
12. "Atomic"  Harry, DestriEat to the Beat  
13. "The Tide Is High"  Holt, Evans, BarrettAutoamerican  
14. "Rapture"  Harry, SteinAutoamerican  
15. "Island of Lost Souls"  Harry, SteinThe Hunter  
16. "Good Boys"  Griffin, HarryThe Curse of Blondie  
17. "Rapture Riders" (International Version Only)Harry, Stein, The Doors   

Production audio disc

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "UK Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  3. "Blondie > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2008-11-28.