Greatest Hits (2005 Blondie album)
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.
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| 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 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Heart of Glass" (UK 7" Version) | Deborah Harry, Chris Stein | Parallel Lines | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Sunday Girl" | Stein | Parallel Lines | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Atomic" | Harry, Jimmy Destri | Eat to the Beat | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Call Me" | Giorgio Moroder, Harry | American Gigolo (soundtrack) | 3:32 |
| 5. | "The Tide Is High" (7" Edit) | John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett | Autoamerican | 3:52 |
| 6. | "Rapture" (7" Edit) | Harry, Stein | Autoamerican | 4:59 |
| 7. | "Maria" | Destri | No Exit | 4:10 |
| 8. | "In the Flesh (Remix)" | Harry, Stein | Blondie | 3:07 |
| 9. | "X Offender" (UK Only) | Harry, Gary Valentine | Blondie | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Rip Her to Shreds" | Harry, Stein | Blondie | 3:22 |
| 11. | "Denis" | Neil Levenson | Plastic Letters | 2:19 |
| 12. | "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (UK Only) | Valentine | Plastic Letters | 2:42 |
| 13. | "Picture This" | Harry, Stein, Destri | Parallel Lines | 2:54 |
| 14. | "Fade Away and Radiate" | Stein | Parallel Lines | 3:59 |
| 15. | "Hanging on the Telephone" | Jack Lee | Parallel Lines | 2:22 |
| 16. | "One Way or Another" | Harry, Nigel Harrison | Parallel Lines | 3:28 |
| 17. | "Dreaming" | Harry, Stein | Eat to the Beat | 3:06 |
| 18. | "Union City Blue" | Harry, Harrison | Eat to the Beat | 3:20 |
| 19. | "Island of Lost Souls" | Harry, Stein | The Hunter | 4:41 |
| 20. | "Good Boys (Blow-Up Mix)" | Kevin Griffin, Harry | The Curse of Blondie | 6:05 |
| 21. | "End to End" | Harry, Romy Ashby, Stein | The Curse of Blondie | 4:01 |
| 22. | "Rapture Riders" (7" Edit) | Harry, Stein, The Doors | 3:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In the Flesh" | Harry, Stein | Blondie | |
| 2. | "X Offender" (UK Only) | Harry, Valentine | Blondie | |
| 3. | "Denis" | Levenson | Plastic Letters | |
| 4. | "Detroit 442" | Destri, Stein | Plastic Letters | |
| 5. | "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (UK Only) | Valentine | Plastic Letters | |
| 6. | "Picture This" | Harry, Stein, Destri | Parallel Lines | |
| 7. | "Hanging on the Telephone" | Lee | Parallel Lines | |
| 8. | "Heart of Glass" | Harry, Stein | Parallel Lines | |
| 9. | "Dreaming" | Harry, Stein | Eat to the Beat | |
| 10. | "The Hardest Part" | Harry, Stein | Eat to the Beat | |
| 11. | "Union City Blue" | Harry, Harrison | Eat to the Beat | |
| 12. | "Atomic" | Harry, Destri | Eat to the Beat | |
| 13. | "The Tide Is High" | Holt, Evans, Barrett | Autoamerican | |
| 14. | "Rapture" | Harry, Stein | Autoamerican | |
| 15. | "Island of Lost Souls" | Harry, Stein | The Hunter | |
| 16. | "Maria" | Destri | No Exit | |
| 17. | "Good Boys" | Griffin, Harry | The Curse of Blondie | |
| 18. | "Rapture Riders" (International Version Only) | Harry, Stein, The Doors |
Production audio disc
- Mike Chapman - producer tracks 1-3, 5, 6 & 13-19
- Giorgio Moroder - producer track 4
- Craig Leon - producer track 7, co-producer track 21
- Super Buddha - remix producer track 8
- Richard Gottehrer - original producer track 8, producer tracks 9-12
- Paolo Cilione - producer track 20
- Claudio Camaione - producer track 20
- Steve Thompson - co-producer track 21
- Mark Vidler - producer track 22 for Go Home productions
References
- Allmusic review
- "UK Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- "Blondie > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2008-11-28.