The Best of Blondie

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The Best of Blondie was released in 1981, and was the first "Best Of" album by the band Blondie.

Mike Chapman remixed four tracks on this album. "Heart of Glass" (Special Mix) is a version that is more like the video version than the original album version. "In the Flesh" (Special Mix) is a Phil Spector-eque mix, with lots of echo. "Sunday Girl" (Special Mix) mixes vocals from the previously released French language version of the song with the original English version. "Rapture" (Special Mix) includes an extra verse that did not appear on the album Autoamerican where the song originally appeared.

A video of the album was released. It does not contain the exact track listing of the album. The song "Rip Her to Shreds" was removed, and two other videos were added - "X-Offender" and "Detroit 442". The video had a storyline between the videos about a taxi driver in New York, who would see Blondie videos being played on TV screens throughout the city.

The video album was rereleased on DVD in 2002 as Greatest Video Hits to coincide with the release of the CD Greatest Hits. This version added videos for "The Hardest Part" (1979), "Island of Lost Souls" (1982) and the uncensored version of "Maria" (1999).

Track listing

US and Canadian releases

  1. "Heart of Glass" (Special Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 4:34
  2. "Dreaming" (Harry, Stein) – 3:08
  3. "The Tide Is High" (Barrett, Evans, Holt) – 4:39
  4. "In the Flesh" (Special Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 2:31
  5. "Sunday Girl" (Special Mix) (Stein) – 3:04
  6. "Hanging on the Telephone" (Lee) – 2:33
  7. "Rapture" (Special Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 5:36
  8. "One Way or Another" (Harrison, Harry) – 3:36
  9. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (Valentine) – 2:42
  10. "Call Me" (Harry, Moroder) – 3:32
  11. "Atomic" (Destri, Harry) – 4:42
  12. "Rip Her to Shreds" (Harry, Stein) – 3:25

International releases

  1. "Heart of Glass" (Special Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 4:34
  2. "Denis" – 2:17
  3. "The Tide Is High" (Barrett, Evans, Holt) – 4:39
  4. "In the Flesh" – 2:31
  5. "Sunday Girl" (Special Mix) (Stein) – 3:04
  6. "Dreaming" (Harry, Stein) – 3:06
  7. "Hanging on the Telephone" (Lee) – 2:22
  8. "Rapture" (Special Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 5:35
  9. "Picture This" – 2:57
  10. "Union City Blue" – 3:22
  11. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (Valentine) – 2:42
  12. "Call Me" (Harry, Moroder) – 3:32
  13. "Atomic" (Destri, Harry) – 4:40
  14. "Rip Her to Shreds" (Harry, Stein) – 3:21

Sources

  1. All Music Guide
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