Blondie – Against The Odds Remaster vs. UK Originals

45 RPM Audiophile – 1st September 2022

Germany
Blondie – Against The Odds 1974-1982 https://amzn.to/3R3fUrA
Blondie – Against The Odds: 1974-1982[4 LP] https://amzn.to/3QZSxPK

USA
Blondie – Against The Odds 1974-1982 https://amzn.to/3cwzXzP
Blondie – Against The Odds: 1974-1982[4 LP] https://amzn.to/3wBAvv9

United Kingdom
Blondie – Against The Odds 1974-1982 https://amzn.to/3CIkUOm
Blondie – Against The Odds: 1974-1982[4 LP] https://amzn.to/3pVOR5G

What the seven members of Blondie recorded in those first eight years is some of the most timeless music of their era – or any era. That’s no exaggeration. Walk into a grocery store and “Rapture” is in the air. Spend an hour with any classic rock, ’80s, LITE FM easy listening or rock oldies station and you’ll rediscover “Heart of Glass.”

Watch any documentary on the origins of punk or hip-hop, read any list of the best albums of all time, and you will undoubtedly see the three-color images of “Parallel Lines.” Visit any sports arena in the world and count the moments before you hear “Call Me.”

Blondie has evolved beyond the confines of simple bands, moving from pop and punk to become an important part of the American musical DNA.
This box set is intended to serve as a map of the genome.
Reviews

“It’s like time travel as the ear soaks up the hits and anthems of these seven musicians from the intro ‘Out In The Streets’ to the finale ‘War Child’ (in synth mix). And it’s an impressive chronology of a creative progression revealed in the stylistically and sonically variable song contributions.” (Audio, September 2022)

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