Greatest Hits (2005 Blondie album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:Greatest Hits
Artist:Blondie
Cover:Blondie - Greatest Hits - Sight + Sound.jpg
Released:November 8, 2005 (UK)
March 6, 2006 (International)
Recorded:1976–2005
Genre:New wave, punk rock, rock
Label:EMI/Capitol Records
Producer:Richard Gottehrer
Mike Chapman
Giorgio Moroder
Craig Leon
Super Buddha
Paolo Cilione
Claudio Camaione
Steve Thompson
Mark Vidler
Prev Title:Live by Request
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Singles Collection: 1977-1982
Next Year:2009

Greatest Hits (not to be confused with the 2002 compilation of the same name) is a CD/DVD compilation album by the band Blondie released in the UK on November 8, 2005 and internationally on March 6, 2006. It peaked at number 48 on the UK Albums Chart and charted for 7 weeks.[1] This was the first Blondie hits package to combine the CD and DVD formats.

Overview

The CD contains the band's greatest hits including their comeback hit "Maria", a UK #1 in 1999, as well as tracks from their latest studio album The Curse of Blondie, a new remix of "In The Flesh" and a mashup of "Rapture" and The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" entitled "Rapture Riders", which was a top ten hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2005.[2] The DVD includes videos of seventeen of the band's greatest hits.

The compilation was initially released under Greatest Hits title with a sticker Sight + Sound on the cover. It was later internationally released as Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision in early 2006. The new version omits "X Offender" and "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" on both the CD and DVD, but adds the music video for "Rapture Riders" on the DVD.

The digital version of the album further omits "Maria" and "Rapture Riders".

Production audio disc

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UK Charts. 2012-09-15. Official Charts Company.
  2. Web site: Blondie > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Macrovision. 2008-11-28.