Japan press with OBI-strip and a 4 page booklet

Although the band would eventually make a comeback at the end ofthe 90’s this 1982 follow up album to Autoamerican didn’t findBlondie in a very good personal space. There were a number ofreasons for that. Obviously Debbie Harry was beginning a solocareer and the other members of the band were continuing to haveconfused feelings about her own personal success. Also fellowbandmate,often lover Chris Stein had begun to fall ill and soon heand Debbie would disappear from the public eye completely. Alsosomething else was happening. The entire new wave scene thatBlondie had helped jumpstart during the late 70’s was exploding inthe early 80’s with everyone from The Police,Duran Duran and verysoon Cyndi Lauper mining just about every path Blondie opened up tobe explored. So where did that leave the band themselves?Well,honestly in a very confused place musically. In terms ofproduction this is a very glossy album. Any rawer rock, jazz orfunk elements heard in the bands music up to this point were veryvery smoothed out by this point and sometimes it served to rob moreenergy from the songs than they should have. Strong dance-funkstyle grooves such as Dragonfly,The Beast and Warchild would’veachieved a fuller flower if the strong slickness of the sound hadbeen substituted for strong production and,trust me there IS animportant different. Orhid Club,Island Of Lose Souls and theclosing cover of Smokey Robinson’s The Hunter Get’s Captured By TheCame expand on a more brooding variation of the avante garde-ishCaribbean/reggae new wave hybrid that made itself present on theprevious album;again,the glossiness of the sound doesn’t reallybring out the spice in the music. It would seem that Blondie’strouble here was their beginning to emphasize style over substance.They never had any problem with either but now that seemed to bechanging. Little Caeser and the 60’s pop flavored Danceaway andEnglish Boys are all strong enough songs but don’t really break anynew ground. So if your a Blondie fan and want everything they everdid this will still be worth your while but if your just gettinginto them this isn’t exactly some lost classic you’ll need to startyour collection.

Track list:
1. Orchid Club
2. Island Of Lost Souls
3. Dragonfly
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Beast
6. War Child
7. Little Caesar
8. Danceway
9. (Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say)
10. English Boys
11. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game-Smokey Robinson cover

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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