Atomic - The Very Best of Blondie
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Atomic – The Very Best of Blondie is a compilation album
of recordings by the band Blondie
released by EMI
/Chrysalis Records
in the UK and the rest of Europe in late 1998, shortly before the band issued their successful comeback album No Exit
and the UK #1 single "Maria
".
Atomic - The Very Best of Blondie includes the band's best known songs from the 70's and 80's as well as two new remixes of the title track. The compilation reached #12 on the UK charts and was re-issued in June 1999 as a limited edition 2CD set as Atomic/Atomix - The Very Best of Blondie.
Disc two
(Atomix - The Very Best of Blondie Remixed)
*Hidden track. Previously issued on the compilations Once More into the Bleach
(1988) and Blonde and Beyond
(1993).
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of recordings by the band Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
released by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
/Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
in the UK and the rest of Europe in late 1998, shortly before the band issued their successful comeback album No Exit
No Exit (Blondie album)
No Exit is the seventh studio album by the US rock/new wave group Blondie. It was released in February 1999 and marked the first time the band recorded or performed together since 1982, when they released their previous studio album The Hunter....
and the UK #1 single "Maria
Maria (Blondie song)
"Maria" is a song by the American band Blondie, taken from their 1999 album No Exit. This song was Blondie's comeback single, their first since "War Child" in July 1982. In the UK, it was the band's sixth no.1 single, topping the charts exactly 20 years after their first UK no.1 "Heart of Glass" in...
".
Atomic - The Very Best of Blondie includes the band's best known songs from the 70's and 80's as well as two new remixes of the title track. The compilation reached #12 on the UK charts and was re-issued in June 1999 as a limited edition 2CD set as Atomic/Atomix - The Very Best of Blondie.
Track listing
Disc one- "AtomicAtomic (song)"Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Song information:...
" (7" Mix) (Destri, Harry) – 3:50 - "Heart of GlassHeart of Glass (song)"Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
" (7" Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 4:11 - "Sunday GirlSunday Girl"Sunday Girl" was a UK number-one single by Blondie for three weeks in May 1979. It was Blondie's second UK number-one single after "Heart of Glass"; it was, however, never released as a single in the US.-Song information:...
" (Stein) – 3:15 - "Call MeCall Me (Blondie song)"Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. Released in 1980, "Call Me" topped the singles charts in both the US and the UK ....
" (Harry, Moroder) – 3:32 - "The Tide Is HighThe Tide Is High"The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt and originally performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer. The song went mainly unnoticed in the rest of the world until it was rediscovered in 1980 when it became a US/UK number 1 hit for the band Blondie...
" (7" Edit) (Barrett, Evans, Holt) – 3:52 - "Denis" (Levenson) – 2:18
- "DreamingDreaming (Blondie song)"Dreaming" is a song by the American punk/new wave band Blondie. Released in 1979, it was the lead single from their fourth album Eat to the Beat...
" (Harry, Stein) – 3:06 - "RaptureRapture (song)"Rapture" is a single by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in January 1981 and was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 top 10 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. "Rapture" went on to reach...
" (7" Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 4:59 - "Hanging on the TelephoneHanging on the Telephone"Hanging on the Telephone" is a song written by Jack Lee and first performed by Lee's short-lived US West Coast power pop trio The Nerves, who placed it as the lead-off track on their 1976 EP, the band's only release. New Wave band Blondie popularised the song when it was released as the second...
" (Lee) – 2:22 - "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" Presence, Dear" is a song from the 1977 album Plastic Letters by Blondie, and was the second single off that album, following up the international breakthrough single "Denis", reaching number 10 in the UK in May 1978...
" (Valentine) – 2:42 - "Island of Lost SoulsIsland of Lost Souls (song)"Island Of Lost Souls" is a song recorded by Blondie in 1981 and released as a single in April 1982. It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, The Hunter.-Song information:...
" (7" Edit) (Harry, Stein) - 3:50 - "Picture ThisPicture This (song)"Picture This" is track number 3 from the 1978 album Parallel Lines by Blondie, the first collaboration with producer Mike Chapman, and was also the fourth single release from Chrysalis Records...
" (Destri, Harry, Stein) – 2:57 - "Union City BlueUnion City Blue"Union City Blue" is a song by the US rock band Blondie. It was written by Deborah Harry and Nigel Harrison, and was featured on their 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Single information:...
" (Harrison, Harry) – 3:22 - "War ChildWar Child (song)"War Child" is a 1982 song by the American rock band Blondie, featured on their sixth studio album The Hunter. The song was released as a single in various countries, but not in the band's native US.-Single information:...
" (Harrison, Harry) - 4:00 - "Rip Her to ShredsRip Her to Shreds"Rip Her to Shreds" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, which features on the band's self-titled debut album . It is rumored to be about punk rock singer Cherry Vanilla.- Single information :...
" (Harry, Stein) – 3:21 - "One Way or AnotherOne Way or Another"One Way or Another" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie.-Song information:Written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison for the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines , the song was inspired by one of Harry's ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their break up. The song was released as a...
" (Harrison, Harry) - 3:28 - "X-OffenderX-Offender"X Offender" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. Written by Gary Valentine and Debbie Harry for the band's self-titled debut album, Blondie, the song was released as the album's lead single on Private Stock in June 1976.-Song information:...
(Harry, Valentine) - 3:10 - "I'm Gonna Love You TooI'm Gonna Love You Too"I'm Gonna Love You Too" is a song written by Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957. It was recorded 20 years later by American New Wave band Blondie and released as the first single from their multi-platinum 1978 album Parallel Lines.-Song...
" (Mauldin, Petty, Sullivan) - 2:07 - "Fade Away and Radiate" (Stein) - 3:59
- "Atomic '98 (Xenomania Mix)Atomic (song)"Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Song information:...
" (Destri, Harry) - 4:33 - "Atomic '98 (Tall Paul Mix)Atomic (song)"Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Song information:...
" (Destri, Harry) - 8:43
Disc two
(Atomix - The Very Best of Blondie Remixed)
- "AtomicAtomic (song)"Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Song information:...
" (Diddy's 12" Mix) – 6:51- Previously issued on the compilations Beautiful - The Remix AlbumBeautiful - The Remix AlbumBeautiful - The Remix Album is a remix album of recordings by Blondie released by Chrysalis/EMI Records in the UK during 1995. The album spun off a series of remix singles in various formats...
(1995) and Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix ProjectRemixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix ProjectRemixed Remade Remodeled—The Remix Project is a remix album of recordings by Blondie released by Chrysalis/EMI Records in the US and the UK in 1995 as part of EMI’s Brilliant series...
(1995).
- Previously issued on the compilations Beautiful - The Remix Album
- "DreamingDreaming (Blondie song)"Dreaming" is a song by the American punk/new wave band Blondie. Released in 1979, it was the lead single from their fourth album Eat to the Beat...
" (Utah Saints Mix) – 6:21- Previously issued on the compilations Beautiful - The Remix AlbumBeautiful - The Remix AlbumBeautiful - The Remix Album is a remix album of recordings by Blondie released by Chrysalis/EMI Records in the UK during 1995. The album spun off a series of remix singles in various formats...
(1995) and Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix ProjectRemixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix ProjectRemixed Remade Remodeled—The Remix Project is a remix album of recordings by Blondie released by Chrysalis/EMI Records in the US and the UK in 1995 as part of EMI’s Brilliant series...
(1995).
- Previously issued on the compilations Beautiful - The Remix Album
- "Denis" (Dancin' Danny D. Mix) – 5:23
- Previously issued on the 1988 compilation Once More into the BleachOnce More into the BleachOnce More into the Bleach is a remix album released in 1988 by the band Blondie and Debbie Harry. The thirteen-track compilation contains remixes of Blondie songs and material from Debbie Harry's solo career. It was issued as a double vinyl album, double cassette, and compact disc...
.
- Previously issued on the 1988 compilation Once More into the Bleach
- "Call MeCall Me (Blondie song)"Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. Released in 1980, "Call Me" topped the singles charts in both the US and the UK ....
" (American GigoloAmerican Gigolo (soundtrack)American Gigolo is the name of a 1980 soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. The music was composed and performed by Giorgio Moroder and was released worldwide on the Polydor label. It made number 7 in the Billboard 200 Album charts...
Version) – 8:04- Previously issued on the soundtrack of the film American GigoloAmerican GigoloAmerican Gigolo is a 1980 crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is informally considered the second installment in his "lonely man" trilogy, following the Martin Scorsese directed Taxi Driver and preceding Light Sleeper .-Plot:Julian Kaye is a male prostitute in Los Angeles...
and included on 2001 re-issue of album AutoamericanAutoamericanAutoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. It was released in November 1980 and reached #3 in the UK charts, #8 in Australia and #7 in the US....
.
- Previously issued on the soundtrack of the film American Gigolo
- "Heart of GlassHeart of Glass (song)"Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
" (Original 12" instrumental) – 5:14- Previously issued on the UK & US 12" single "Heart Of Glass".
- "RaptureRapture (song)"Rapture" is a single by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in January 1981 and was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 top 10 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. "Rapture" went on to reach...
" (US 12" Mix) – 7:13- Previously issued on the US 12" single "Rapture".
- "War ChildWar Child (song)"War Child" is a 1982 song by the American rock band Blondie, featured on their sixth studio album The Hunter. The song was released as a single in various countries, but not in the band's native US.-Single information:...
" (12" Mix) - 8:01- Previously issued on the 1994 (and subsequent 2001) re-issues of album The Hunter.
- "AtomicAtomic (song)"Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Song information:...
" (Dana Intellectual Mix) – 6:35- Exclusive to this release.
- "Sunday GirlSunday Girl"Sunday Girl" was a UK number-one single by Blondie for three weeks in May 1979. It was Blondie's second UK number-one single after "Heart of Glass"; it was, however, never released as a single in the US.-Song information:...
" (French Version) – 3:15 *
*Hidden track. Previously issued on the compilations Once More into the Bleach
Once More into the Bleach
Once More into the Bleach is a remix album released in 1988 by the band Blondie and Debbie Harry. The thirteen-track compilation contains remixes of Blondie songs and material from Debbie Harry's solo career. It was issued as a double vinyl album, double cassette, and compact disc...
(1988) and Blonde and Beyond
Blonde and Beyond
Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993. Blonde and Beyond gathers some of the band's hit singles like "Heart of Glass", "Denis", "X-Offender", "Picture This" and "Island Of Lost Souls" along with album tracks and a few rarities like...
(1993).