Best Of: Ten Best Series

Blondie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 6, 2003)
• Original Release Date: April 14, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Special Products
• ASIN: B00000IMZX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #398,174 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Call Me

2. One Way or Another

3. Hanging on the Telephone

4. Dreaming

5. Heart of Glass

6. Rapture

7. The Tide Is High

8. Island of Lost Souls

9. Denis

10. Atomic

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Selection of songs ok but the sound is terrible, June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of: Ten Best Series (Audio CD)

When I first heard about this cd I thought great. I could have all of Blondie's best songs on one cd. I have the other "The Best of Blondie" cd released in 1981 but I didn't like the mix they did for "Heart of Glass" so I had to find another cd that contained the original mix for the song. I finally found it on an cd called "Once More into the Bleach" It's one of those dance mix albums. It contains the long disco version of "Heart of Glass." The rest of the cd is terrible though. All the other songs are these stupid dance mixes that sound nothing like the original song. So now I had two Blondie cds, one that had most of the Blondie songs I liked and the other that just had one song I liked, namely "Heart of Glass." I thought when I bought the "Ten Best of Blondie" that I would have the best of both worlds. Boy was I wrong. The songs themselves are ok but the sound is terrible. The first song "Call me" sounded ok but when "One Way or Another" started playing I thought someone had turned down the bass on my stereo and turned up the treble. The drums sounded like someone was beating on tissue paper. The worst one was "Heart of Glass." First off, they cut off the intro to the song. Second, on the last verse after she sings the ooh ooh whoa part instead of playing the verse that goes "Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out to be a pain in the ass," they played the first two lines from a previous verse and then played the last two lines of the "pain in the ass" verse. Whoever tried to combine the parts of these two verse into one did a terrible job. The change in the sound of the music was so obvious. If you want to buy a Blondie album I suggest you either try "Parallel Lines", "The Best of Blondie" (1981 version), or another cd I found called "Blonde and Beyond" but stay away from the "Ten Best of Blondie."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Far from "Best", January 31, 2005

By 

E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Best Of: Ten Best Series (Audio CD)

"Best of Blondie" is a rather deceptive title -- it would be better to call it "Blondie's Top Ten Hits." You get what you pay for in this budget CD, which contains some of Blondie's best songs, but also omits any songs from their first album, and neglect other notable songs.

"Best of" contains several songs from the classic Blondie albums, not including the recent reunion albums. Included are songs from "Autoamerican" ("Rapture," "The Tide is High") "Parallel Lines" ("Heart of Glass," "One Way Or Another"), "The Hunter" ("Island of Lost Souls"), "Plastic Letters ("Denis"), and "Eat To The Beat" ("Atomic," "Dreaming").

The biggest problem with "Best of" is obvious -- it only contains some of Blondie's hits. Admittedly there's going to be overcrowded selections if there are six albums and only ten selected hits, but "Best of" fails to give a full picture of Blondie's top tunes.

For example, their self-titled debut album is completely ignored, despite songs like "X Offender" and "Rip Her To Shreds." "The Hunter" and "Plastic Letters" have only one song each -- okay, neither is Blondie's most popular, yet each has songs that are worthy of inclusion.

What redeems the "Best of" album at all is that it's a good introduction to the works of Blondie. Deborah Harry's solid vocals sound good whether in punk or new wave (or some mix of the two), and the other members of Blondie provide a colorful, nimble musical backdrop for her voice. Unfortunately, it also suffers from poor audio quality.

"Best Of Blondie" will be a disappointment to fans, or to people looking for an overall glance at Blondie's work. As an introduction, it's a pretty good choice.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the casual Blondie Fan, March 6, 2002

By 

World Traveler (New York Metro Area, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: Ten Best Series (Audio CD)

I have always liked various songs by Blondie but have never owned anything by them. This is a great ... compilation of their radio hits for the casual fan. I didn't hear anything wrong with the sound quality as stated by the last reviewer. It sounded like a good quality recording.