Blondie "Eat To The Beat" LP (1979)

Details: Blondie "Eat To The Beat" LP (1979, Chrysalis). Previously owned, medium-heavy shelf-wear on the cover. Nice-clean condition record.

Description: "Switching styles with ease, opener “Dreaming” found the group at their most unashamedly bombastic, before offering a masterclass in street-smart punk-funk strutting, courtesy of “The Hardest Part.” Elsewhere, Eat To The Beat saw Blondie make their first notable foray into reggae, with “Die Young Stay Pretty” nodding towards “The Tide Is High” (which would top the charts on both sides of the Atlantic in 1980), while the hedonistic rush of “Atomic” was a perfectly calibrated export of New York City’s disco scene.

Often overlooked in favor of its big-hitting predecessor, Eat To The Beat had more bite than people remember, and went platinum in both the US and the UK. With the group at their most ambitious, they also created a promo video for each of the album’s 12 songs, further cementing the album as an unofficial Big Apple soundtrack while creating the world’s first video album in the process."

Grade: VG/VG+

TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. Dreaming
A2. The Hardest Part
A3. Union City Blue
A4. Shayla
A5. Eat To The Beat
A6. Accidents Never Happen

TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. Die Young Stay Pretty
B2. Slow Motion
B3. Atomic
B4. Sound-A-Sleep
B5. Victor
B6. Living In The Real World