While tracks like “One Way or Another” and “Hanging on the Telephone” front-loaded themselves with spiky riffs and Debbie Harry’s petulant yet wondrous vocals, other entrants in the New York New Wavers’ catalog got their power—and staying power—from places removed from what was then considered “rock. It was released on a limited edition 7" vinyl, as was "Fun", backed with non-album track "The Breaks". It consists of recordings of six live tracks from the Cuba shows with extra guitars added by Stein in a New York studio.

In 2019, Blondie were invited to perform in Havana, Cuba as part of a cultural exchange through the Cuban Ministry of Culture.

Long Time“, „Already Naked“, „Fun“, „My Monster“ und „Best Day Ever“ setzen dies fort; es fällt schwer bei einem so hochwertigen Album einen einzigen Titel als Favoriten zu wählen: Pollinator ist ein einziger Tanzanimator, rockig, versetzt mit Elementen aktueller Popmusik - und das ohne seine Seele dem Kommerz oder Zeitgeist zu verkaufen.

From the title on down, Blondie makes it clear that Pollinator, their 11th album, is full of outside ideas—only two of its 11 songs were co-written by Harry and Blondie’s longtime guitarist/Harry’s songwriting foil Chris Stein. Great album, as good as their classic albums of the late 70's and early 80's which I bought as a school boy.

All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Collaborators include of-the-moment gurus like Dev Hynes and Dave Sitek as well as pop workhorses like Sia and Charli XCX; keyboardist Matthew Katz-Bohen, who joined the band in 2008, also co-wrote a pair of tracks, while John Congleton ( St. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I had on Cassette BMG label i can tell this record have awful sound, totally unlistenable constants distortion (+6 +8 dB) on the display. I like that Fragments is on its own special single (because I really like that track - so often just play that single).