http://i.imgur.com/66Mfwcn.jpg
15. Will Anything Happen? [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 207 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
I never got around to voting, but glad to see placement of "Will Anything Happen?" I especially love the double-tracked vocals on "Will IIIIIIIIIII ever see you again?"
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
Redundant to say this becz Clem Burke rules in general, but great drumming on this one too.
didn't Television try to steal him from Blondie? or am I mis-remembering?
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
I either never knew or forgot I ever knew, probably the latter, that Jack Lee wrote "Will Anything Happen." Great song, great performance.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
i thought it was the who xp
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zZjSlTw.png
14. Shayla [9 votes | 0 #1 votes | 221 points]Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
The catch in her voice at its peak imo
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
I think this was top 5 for me
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
Pretty baby was my number 3, y'all are crazy for not getting it to the top ten
― text text text text (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 July 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
pretty baby would have been high on the ballot i didn't send in.that melody over the simplest of shuffles...tmw words fall away and there's nothing left but whoa...
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 14 July 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wVVnOmL.jpg
13. Just Go Away [12 votes | 0 #1 votes | 241 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
My number 2!!!
Perfect closer to a perfect album
― text text text text (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
#4 on my ballot. So many bands would be fortunate to have a song anywhere near this good anywhere on an album. Blondie crafts an album so great they can save it for the very end.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
Huh. Another of my least favorites. Different strokes.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
GO AWAY AND STAY AWAY
love the call and response, peak petulance in rock and roll
― text text text text (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HkH7vb8.jpg
12. Sunday Girl [11 votes | 1 #1 vote | 252 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
First time I ever heard this was the "Greatest Hits" version that combined the English and French, and was surprised/confused to discover they weren't actually recorded that way on the album! The idea of a song that changed languages halfway through struck me as really cool (I was 14). And I was taking French in school, so I could at least understand phrases like "Depeche-toi, depeche-toi attends."
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XKXdKjp.jpg
11. X Offender [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 256 points]Blondie, Dec 1976
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
"Sunday Girl" was my number 1, the perfect pop song. Can't believe it's not in the Top 10.
― Bee OK, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Nw0uwgg.jpg
10. Rapture [11 votes | 0 #1 votes | 258 points]Autoamerican, Nov 1980
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
TOO LOW
― ramen play on 10 (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
Shayla and Just Go Away are only faintly known to me so they're a surprise to be just outside of the Top 10 certainly.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EQrpoGl.jpg
09. (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 280 points]Plastic Letters, Feb 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
My #1 - only 6 others voted for this?!
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, July 14, 2017 4:25 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I didn't get around to voting, but Pretty Baby would have been my #1 as well. Starting to worry that No Imagination isn't going to place
― soref, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sxp1Ous.jpg
08. 11:59 [11 votes | 1 #1 vote | 292 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
Shayla would have been my no. 1 and 11.59 my no. 2. Both could have been singles. Shayla is massively underrated but almost any time I've played it to anyone who only knows the singles they have been blown away by it.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
I love "X Offender," and "In the Flesh," but it took me a little while. The first time I ever heard them (on Rhino's DiY punk series) they sounded like weird parodies of pop songs, to me. "Denis" has a bit of this as well.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 July 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/YrX28Lq.jpg
07. Fade Away and Radiate [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 305 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
i didn't vote, but "11:59" at only #8 is insane. also insane: blondie released six (!) singles from parallel lines and "11:59" wasn't one of them.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
xp now we're talking
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:01 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3Jp1lzb.jpg
06. Picture This [14 votes | 0 #1 votes | 332 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
exactly right.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/eCLuy6Y.jpg
05. Hanging on the Telephone [14 votes | 1 #1 vote | 336 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/2fLEy3l.png
04. Union City Blue [15 votes | 2 #1 votes | 386 points]Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
i can guess the last three but it could go either way on which of the last two will be no. 1.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/O9H6Lm9.png
03. Atomic [14 votes | 3 #1 votes | 391 points]Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
oh! i was wrong. i thought this would be 2 or maybe even 1.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
Gotta be Dreaming
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IaIiS3l.jpg
02. Heart of Glass [16 votes | 3 #1 votes | 414 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
http://i.imgur.com/budpqKD.png
01. Dreaming [16 votes | 2 #1 votes | 517 points]Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
ATOMIC
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
Dreaming was the first song I ever heard in concert. They opened with this at Edinburgh Odeon on January 1st, 1980 and blew my 11 year old self’s mind. I had never experienced such excitement or euphoria before in my life and can remember those 3 minutes more clearly than countless live moments I’ve been part of since; pure, unadulterated joy, way better than any drug anyone could ever invent and a pretty good way to start the 1980s. I still get a hint of that feeling every time I hear “Dreaming”. Debbie wore the same outfit she wore the night before in Glasgow when they said goodbye to the 1970s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_sDYyHub8A
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
I didn't vote in this, but Presence Dear would have been my 1.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
Thanks loads for the poll. I wish I had contributed. Had I submitted a ballot, this would have been it. I maybe prefer “Pretty Baby” or “Victor” over say “I’m On E” but wanted to spread the love across the first four albums all of which I adore in their own way. Blondie will forever be my no. 1 if only because they were my first musical love affair and kickstarted a passion for music I hadn’t realised I had lurking in me.
5) Autoamerican4) Blondie3) Plastic Letters2) Parallel Lines1) Eat To The Beat
20) I'm on E19) Rifle Range18) Rapture17) Denis16) X Offender15) Living In The Real World14) The Hardest Part13) Fade Away and Radiate12) Rip Her to Shreds11) Slow Motion10) Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)9) Union City Blue8) Heart of Glass7) (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear6) Picture This5) Hanging on the Telephone4) Atomic3) Dreaming2) 11.591) Shayla
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
How were they live at their peak?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
I don't even wanna know :)
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
it was my first concert so i had nothing to compare it with but i'd still put it in my all time top 5 several thousand concerts later. they were on fire.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
stirmonster thanks so much for that memory, great stuff and I posted that "Dreaming" link on FB
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:22 (six years ago) link
:-)
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link
The best outcome possible!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link