BLONDIE: EAT TO THE BEAT
With Eat To The Beat, all that smug certainty has been vindicated. Faced with the challenge of following up the million-selling Parallel Lines, Blondie has delivered a record that's not only ambitious in its range of styles, but also unexpectedly and vibrantly compelling without sacrificing any of the group's urbane, modish humor. As if to distinguish Blondie from the pop revival they helped catalyze, Eat To The Beat subjugates melody to momentum: in their construction and in Mike Chapman's dense, crystalline production, most of the tracks are organized around Clem Burke's superb drumming. Like it's immaculate predecessor, Blondie employ an eclectic range of genres and styles, all filtered through their slick, sardonic punk-informed pop rock.
Tracklist:
1.Dreaming 2.The Hardest Part 3.Union City Blue 4.Shayla 5.Eat To The Beat 6.Accidents Never Happen 7.Die Young Stay Pretty 8.Slow Motion 9.Atomic 10.Sound-A-Sleep 11.Victor 12.Living In The Real World
Lineup:
Clem Burke - drums, Jimmy Destri - keyboards, backing vocals on "Die Young Stay Pretty" and "Victor", Nigel Harrison - bass guitar, Deborah Harry - vocals, Frank Infante - guitars, backing vocals on "Die Young Stay Pretty" and "Victor", Chris Stein - guitars. Additional musicians: Ellie Greenwich - backing vocals on "Dreaming" and "Atomic", Lorna Luft - backing vocals on "Accidents Never Happen" and "Slow Motion", Donna Destri - backing vocals on "Living In The Real World", Mike Chapman - backing vocals on "Die Young Stay Pretty" and "Victor", Randy Hennes - harmonica on "Eat To The Beat"