Eat to the Beat
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1987 U.K. reissue on Chrysalis of their top 20 1979 album for the label. Out of print in the U.S., it features all 12 original tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Dreaming' and thetop 40 'Atomic'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Average customer rating:
- Blondie Still Rocks to the Beat
- A ground breaking classic finally returns
- I was there
- Fun Collection Suffers Slightly From a Much-Needed Re-Edit
- The Triumphant Follow-Up...
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Eat to the Beat (CD/DVD)
Blondie
Manufacturer: EMI Catalog Marketing
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000Q67DEO
Release Date: 2007-06-26 |
Tracks:
- Dreaming
- The Hardest Part
- Union City Blue
- Shayla
- Eat To The Beat
- Accidents Never Happen
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Slow Motion
- Atomic
- Sound-A-Sleep
- Victor
- Living In The Real World
Tracks:
- Eat To The Beat
- The Hardest Part
- Union City Blue
- Slow Motion
- Shayla
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Accidents Never Happen
- Atomic
- Living In The Real World
- Sound-A-Sleep
- Victor
- Dreaming
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Contains all twelve Eat To the Beat music videos on DVD for the first time. Release also includes the original platinum selling, digitally remastered, Eat To the Beat CD.
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Parallel Lines |
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Plastic Letters |
The Hunter |
Customer Reviews:
Blondie Still Rocks to the Beat.......2007-07-23
Conceptually, this original Video Album was ahead of its time, and it still holds up today as do the production values. Back then, almost no one was doing videos, and those who did were not into complicated story lines and complex Hollywood-style approaches like present videos. Bands like Blondie were performers, and here they prove that they could - and can - rock better than the best of them. Debbie Harry and Clem Burke (who agrees with me that Clem is one of the most underrated drummers in rock history??) are definitely self-aware and in the moment while Nigel Harrison & Frank Infante might seem a bit awkward what the what and why they are doing this. That's okay, because every video is both a fun and a pleasure to watch, especially the color, graffitti-laden "The Hardest Part" and the on-location "Union City Blues." Check out both audience and band alike breaking loose in the title track and "Dreaming." Blondie fans should welcome this arrival.
A ground breaking classic finally returns.......2007-07-15
"Eat to The Beat" was the FIRST full album video release, with a music video for every track. It is a pity that it took 28 years to make it from VHS to DVD. "Eat To The Beat" is second only to "Parallel Lines" in the Blondie catalog. Both the CD and videos are well worth revisiting as rock classics.
I was there .......2007-07-14
Both music and videos of Eat to the Beat were THE blueprint for the new wave of the 80's. This is Debbie and the Band at their best, so good, that bands such as The Killers are still ripping them off today. Check out Debbie in Sound-A-Asleep, the epitome of beautiful and cool. Also, Clem Burke (drummer). This album was as much his as it was Debbie's. Outstanding throughout.
Fun Collection Suffers Slightly From a Much-Needed Re-Edit.......2007-07-07
No complaints about anything but the beginnings of each video being covered by graphics from the original release, from which the title song suffers most. (The complete video can be found on the PINK LADY Variety Show Box Set from Rhino, as well as "Shayla"). Otherwise, this collection is great and looks FAB and is a must for every Blondie collector. Best vids are "Dreaming", ":Shayla" and "The Hardest Part"--which just may be the best Blondie video ever.
The Triumphant Follow-Up..........2007-07-05
...to the enormous explosion of Parallel Lines. Eat to the Beat was the first album I ever bought and it's still, IMHO, the best Blondie album to date. Whereas Parallel Lines was the pouring of the Heart (of Glass) and Soul of the band into the album, giving everything it had, Eat to the Beat is the victory dance. The band here is tighter, faster, more raucous, and more fun. Parallel Lines still had various forays into a number of styles, putting them through a Blondie filter. On ETTB, the style is Blondie itself. These songs are as fresh and contemporary-sounding today as they were the first time I heard them on Chrysalis cassette on my one-speaker boombox.
As far as the video is concerned, the production is of course much more rudimentary by today's standards. Quite honestly, I don't care. I want to watch the band. DAH in the softcore bondage outfit in "The Hardest Part" is far more titillating than most of what passes for "hot" today. We also see, for example, what a wonderful drummer Clem Burke is and the value of a guitarist (Frank Infante) who doesn't feel the need to assault the audience with his instrument in order to get his message across.
Average customer rating:
- Gee, this is better than Parallel Lines
- Never owned a Blondie Album? Absolute Favorite Blondie Album
- Sounds Perfect
- She made it Magnificent!
- As Good as Any!
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Eat to the Beat
Blondie
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00005MNP7
Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
Tracks:
- Dreaming
- The Hardest Part
- Union City Blue
- Shayla
- Eat To The Beat
- Accidents Never Happen
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Slow Motion
- Atomic
- Sound-A-Sleep
- Victor
- Living In The Real World
- Die Young Stay Pretty (live)
- Seven Rooms Of Gloom (live)
- Heroes (live)
- Ring Of Fire (live)
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Blondie Photos
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Blondie - Greatest Hits |
Parallel Lines |
Blondie |
Autoamerican |
Plastic Letters |
The Hunter |
Customer Reviews:
Gee, this is better than Parallel Lines.......2007-06-06
I just bought this album today. I love Blondie but wasn't quite familiar with this album as a whole. What was I thinking? This one sounds way more mature than Parallel Lines. Production-wise it's pretty amazing. It's got some agressive tracks like Eat to the Beat (sounds truly punkish) and some haunting ones like Sheyla (awesome song). A lot of the songs were big singles, but even those that were not are outstanding. I don't feel that's the case with Parallel Lines (Fade Away and Radiate is the only one i feel should've been a single). So, if you like that record you will be blown away by this one.
Never owned a Blondie Album? Absolute Favorite Blondie Album.......2007-05-03
Want to know if you should own this album? - well if you like rock and roll - buy this album. I own 3 LP's because i listened to this album over and over for decades and have worn out 2 of them so i own THREE. It's my favorite Album of all time, of any album. Obviously I'm a huge fan. But if you are still wondering - well if you like Led Zeppelin, buy this - If you like the Beatles, buy this - If you like the Who, Buy this - If you like the Velvet Underground, buy this - If you Like David Bowie, Buy this. Still need convincing - put it this way Andy Warhol picked The Velvet Underground and Blondie as the only 2 bands he ever supported and worked intimately with. So if you want Artistic Greatness - this has Andy Warhol's vote - as he produced the artwork and visuals of the video for this album.
Sounds Perfect.......2007-04-29
Anyone reading this probably knows how awesome and essential this recording is... i'm just weighing in to say the remastering is perfect. This isn't a case of "whoah it sounds so much better than the LP"... it's a case of "it sounds JUST LIKE the LP"... which is all anyone can ask for. I grew up with this album.. played it a zillion times on my LP-12... and trust me Blondie fans.. this remastering is worth your money. It sounds like music. Buy it, enough said.
She made it Magnificent!.......2007-02-19
By October of 1979, Blondie were a part of the rock mainstream thanks to the strength of "Heart of Glass," and Debbie Harry's Marilyn Monroeish sex appeal, both of which propelled the Parallel Lines album into the Top 10 in May of that year. Eat to the Beat was the first Blondie album the public was waiting for and while it received great reviews and eventually went platinum, it seemed a little underrated at the time or perhaps just a little neglected as Parallel Lines is what many fans were still hooked on. But I would say Eat to the Beat is a slightly better album because it fully absorbed the New Wave sound into the rock mainstream. New Wave was no longer a label nor a safer term to describe punk as it became mass-accepted. The band once said this was their quickest album to record, just having come off the road before beginning their first U.S. tour as headliners. This is also their most raw and rockin' album. Debbie's lyrics have never had more poetic spirit on songs like "Dreaming," and "Union City Blue," while her voice has never had more edgy allure. Harry's allure continues on songs like "Shayla", the pop lullaby "Sound-A-Sleep," and "Atomic,"(now a dance classic having been remixed numerous times). But Harry never sounded more punk as she screams from the depths of her soul, "I don't want you to go, please don't leave me alone," on "Victor." What many fans may not remember is how this album's attempt to cover several musical bases worked(unlike 1980's AutoAmerican where the group received a mostly poor reception). Before the reggae flavored, "The Tide is High," there was "Die Young, Stay Pretty," "The Hardest Part" moved to a funk groove, and "Accidents Never Happen," a personal favorite, is one of the best songs Debbie and the band ever brought to vinyl.
As Good as Any!.......2007-01-27
"Eat to the Beat" is another one of my favorite albums, and it ranks right up there with "Parallel Lines." The first track, "Dreaming," kickstarts a great album! It is the perfect pop song, and Clem's drumming is superb! "The Hardest Part" and "Union City Blue" are every bit as good as "Dreaming." "Shayla" is an interesting song, and it has an overall nice sound to it. The song "Eat to the Beat" sounds a lot like the earlier Blondie albums, and it is really fast-paced. "Accidents Never Happen" has a smooth sound to it that makes it another standout. Then, there is "Atomic," which kind of has the same vibe as "Heart of Glass." The only two songs that are really not as enjoyable as the others are "Sound-A-Sleep" and "Victor." "Sound-A-Sleep" is not a bad song, but it just doesn't seem to fit in with the other songs on the album. The music on "Victor" good, but the yelling overpowers it. However, the album closes out with a fun song, "Living in the Real World." This album is definitely essential to any Blondie collection!
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Eat to the Beat - The Dirtiest of them Dirty Blues
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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ASIN: B000GLL1S8
Release Date: 2007-02-05 |
Tracks:
- I Wanta Man (Who's Gonna Do Right)
- Mother Fuyer
- Long John Blues
- Fishin' Pole
- Weddin' Day Blues
- Hard Driving Blues
- Move Your Hand, Baby
- Don't Come Too Soon
- I Like My Baby's Pudding
- Sixty Minute Man
- Big Ten-Inch Record
- Rotten Cocksucker's Ball
- My Ding-A-Ling
- Poon-Tang!
- Flyffy Hunter: Vocal: The Walkin' Blues
- Laundromat Blues
- Keep On Churnin'
- Big Long Slidin' Thing
- Don't F**K Around With Love
- Drill Daddy Drill
- Work With Me, Annie
- (I Love To Play Your Piano) Let Me Bang
- Think Twice (Version X)
- Hard Driving Blues (Ft Two-Time Slim)
- Stoop Down Baby
- L.A. Women Love Uncle Bud
- Bite It
- Somebody Else Was Suckin' My D**K Last Night
Album Description
We've all heard about the lowdown dirty blues, but just how low down and just how dirty can you get? Bear Family provides the answer in this ultra-smutty, ultra fun party CD. A hit with many church groups and parent-teacher associations, it is truly the living end when it comes to bad taste. You'll hear established blues giants and vocal groups like Amos Milburn, Dinah Washington, Boozoo Chavis, the Blenders, the Clovers, the Treniers, Bullmoose Jackson, Julia Lee, and Wynonie Harris extol the joys of oiling the jig on songs like Rotten Cocksuckers Ball, Poon Tang, Big Long Slidin' Thing, Big Ten Inch, Don't Fuck Around With Love, Drill Daddy Drill, and many more. Best of all, you'll hear an X-rated out-take of Jackie Wilson and LaVern Baker cutting loose on Think Twice. Never designed for release, this underground classic finally comes above ground, alongside other unheralded obscurities like Fred Wolff's Somebody Else Was Sucking My Dick Last Night.
Album Details
CD Digipak with a 92 Page Booklet.
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Eat to the Beat
Blondie
Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000PDZH64
Release Date: 2007-07-16 |
Tracks:
- Dreaming
- Hardest Part
- Union City Blue
- Shayla
- Eat to the Beat
- Accidents Never Happen
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Slow Motion
- Atomic
- Sound-A-Sleep
- Victor
- Living in the Real World
Album Description
2007 two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0) DVD) Collectors Edition features a bonus DVD that contains promo clips for all 12 of the album's original tracks (Blondie was the first major act to create a full-length video album, a concept that is still alive today). . Features the hits 'Dreaming', 'Union City Blue', 'The Hardest Part' and more. An aurally and visually stunning. package. EMI. 2007.
Album Details
2007 Digitally Remastered Edition of Blondie's Fourth Album the Way it was Meant to Be: Coupled with a Dvd (Pal/Region 0) with all the Songs! It's Release Followed Hot on the Heels of their Pop Breakthru "Parallel Lines" in September 1979. It was the First Album Ever to Be Released Concurrently with a "Video" Album, a Vhs at the Time with Videos of all the Songs. The Original Vhs Has Long Been Deleted. The Album Produced the UK Number Two Hit "Dreaming" as Well as the Classic Number One Disco/Rock Smash Hit "Atomic". The Album's Third Single "Union City Blue" Charted at 13 in November 1979. But "Eat to the Beat" Has More Than Big Hits, it also Has the Classic "Die Young Stay Pretty", as Well as the Rocking "Victor", Among Others.
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Eat to the Beat
Blondie
Manufacturer: Chrysalis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000Q9R31O |
Product Description
12 tracks - original 1979 issue by Chrysalis records
Average customer rating:
- The greatest New Wave album ever produced.
- A CLASSIC - ANTHEMS FOR A GENERATION
- No thanks!
- Best Blondie
- This easily tops "Parallel Lines"
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Eat to the Beat
Blondie
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000006T0D
Release Date: 1998-10-27 |
Tracks:
- Dreaming
- The Hardest Part
- Union City Blue
- Shayla
- Eat To The Beat
- Accidents Never Happen
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Slow Motion
- Atomic
- Sound-A-Sleep
- Victor
- Living In The Real World
Album Description
1987 U.K. reissue on Chrysalis of their top 20 1979 album for the label. Out of print in the U.S., it features all 12 original tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Dreaming' and thetop 40 'Atomic'.
Album Description
1987 U.K. reissue on Chrysalis of their top 20 1979 albumfor the label. Out of print in the U.S., it features all 12original tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Dreaming' and thetop 40 'Atomic'.
Album Details
1987 Reissue of Blondie's 1979 UK Chart-topping Release. The Group's Fourth Full-length Release Includes 'die Young Stay Pretty', 'living in the Real World', 'dreaming', 'hardest Part' and Eight More.
Customer Reviews:
The greatest New Wave album ever produced........2002-08-23
Coming after the talent-laden but immature debut "Blondie" (1976), the band's next three albums, "Plastic Letters" (1977), "Parallel Lines" (1978), and "Eat To The Beat" (1979) define New Wave music. Although most will assure you that "Parallel Lines" is Blondie's greatest effort, "Eat To The Beat" combines the smoothness and professional qualities of "Parallel Lines" with the garage harsh and hardness of "Plastic Letters" and takes both 10 notches beyond.
I've never understood the scant regard given this album by both fans as well as the uninitiated. The sound of the album is as good as 1979 could produce, Burke's drumming is some of the best I've ever heard, Harry's voice is assured, varied, and penetrating, and the guitars and keyboards are mixed and balanced perfectly, allowing this album to be forceful without overproduction nor competitive playing. The subtle exploration of ballad (Shayla), funk/R&B (The Hardest Part), epic rock (Union City Blue), pure New Wave (Dreaming), reggae (Die Young, Stay Pretty), 50's revival (Slow-Motion), disco (Atomic), punk (Victor, Living In The Real World), all with Blondie's undeniable mix of sound and fury, makes for an absolutely essential album.
Blondie was a band far ahead of its time, yet managed to accomplish what was then seemingly impossible: make alternative music popular. "Eat To The Beat" is nothing short of greatness - it stands alone without the context of Blondie's other albums (wonderful as most of them are) and proves the band's influence far beyond their denouement, most obviously upon Berlin, Concrete Blonde, Madonna, and the like to less obvious debtors such as U2, Sonic Youth, and The Verve.
This album is a must-have.
A CLASSIC - ANTHEMS FOR A GENERATION.......2001-09-15
Deborah Harry's face on the cover of this album still hypnotizes me. I can look at it forever.
After this legend band's first 3 albums, what would they come up next? They had achieved fame, Deb had become an icon, they had joined the NY avante-garde artsy crowd. The band evolved and gave us the sublime Eat to the Beat, undeniably still a Blondie album but ahead of it's time. Harry's voice becomes a miracle, but I've always felt that Clem Burke's amazing drumming drove this band and this becomes clear on the album's first
cut "Dreaming". The funk/rock sound of "The Hardest Part" was new for the band and they successfully explode from your headphones. "...Nitro and acetalyne, open la machine" - are these perfect lyrics or what? The reggae/punk sound of "Die Young, Stay Pretty" is also new, and ROCKS. Deb calls you ".. a dried-up twig in your family tree". Damn! Her voice in "Shayla" haunts you. The perfection of "Atomic" and "Union City Blue" makes these tunes eternal. "Slow Motion" is pure Blondie pop. And they perfectly describe being famous on "(I'm Not)Living in the Real World".
Eat to the Beat changed my "musical expectations" forever. Listen to it and grow.
No thanks!.......2001-06-20
I am surprised to see so many reviewers lauding this album, because for me, it is a complete failure and doesn't come even close to the classics Parallel Lines or Plastic Letters. The problem lies in the songs: Atomic was obviously an attempt to recreate Heart Of Glass, but ultimately it goes nowhere and only has novelty value, at best. Union City Blue is an attempt at a soulful ballad, but also fails miserably. Dreaming is sort of acceptable, but lacks bite. I'm really sorry, but this album is a hopeless mess. It lacks cutting-edge songs with immediate hooks and personality. As such it is a quite forgettable album and didn't provide Blondie with any great hits. Rather stick to the above-mentioned classics or get one of their Best Of or Greatest Hits collections.
Best Blondie.......2001-02-02
Even though Parallel Lines is recognized as the best Blondie album, I prefer this one. There are great songs on this one, and I think they have one of the coolest looks of rock bands.
This easily tops "Parallel Lines".......2000-12-31
Forget the conventional wisdom that Blondie peaked with "Parallel Lines". They didn't. PL may be more all shiny and commercial - it sure didn't have anything as raw and uncompromising as "Victor" - but for my money, "Eat To The Beat" is overall a more varied and satisfying piece of work. ETTB is Blondie showing off their punk roots (circa "Blondie" and "Plastic Letters") but with the big production values of PL. From the opening drum fill of "Dreaming", Blondie thrashes and rocks like mad for the whole of the first side with great tunes ("Union City Blues", Shayla", etc) and hooks that sink in and don't let go. Just when you think there's more of the same coming up, Blondie does a flip over with touches of raggae and the gorgeous and the mouthwateringly silky smooth "Slow Motion", followed by the #1 UK smash, "Atomic", disco rock at its best and superior to the overated "Heart of Glass". Blondie falters only once with "Sound-a-Sleep", a meandering little lullaby which goes nowhere. The album closes with "Victor" with a hoarse and screaming Debbie providing shock value and yet another rocker. "Eat To The Beat" is a great album. It still isn't better than "Blondie" - the group never quite recaptured the freshness and perfection of the comic book punk style of their debut album- but it's the second Blondie album you should have in your collection.
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It's My Thing-Eat Meat to the Beat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Japan
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ASIN: B000K2VG4M
Release Date: 2006-12-26 |
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Eat to the Beat
Blondie
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000CSUYKQ
Release Date: 2006-03-06 |
Tracks:
- Dreaming
- Hardest Part
- Union City Blue
- Shayla
- Eat to the Beat
- Accidents Never Happen
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Slow Motion
- Atomic
- Sound-A-Sleep
- Victor
- Living in the Real World
- Die Young Stay Pretty [Live BBC 12/31/79][#][*]
- 7-Rooms of Gloom [Live BBC 12/31/79][#][*]
- Heroes [Live][*]
- Ring of Fire [Live][*]
Album Description
Japanese pressing of the 1979 album has been digitally remastered with 4 bonus tracks and comes packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Virgin. 2006.
Album Details
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic (2001 Remaster) in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
Average customer rating:
- The greatest New Wave album ever produced.
- A CLASSIC - ANTHEMS FOR A GENERATION
- No thanks!
- Best Blondie
- This easily tops "Parallel Lines"
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Eat to the Beat
Blondie
Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000003PJ4
Release Date: 2007-07-09 |
Tracks:
- Dreaming
- The Hardest Part
- Union City Blue
- Shayla
- Eat To The Beat
- Accidents Never Happen
- Die Young Stay Pretty
- Slow Motion
- Atomic
- Sound-A-Sleep
- Victor
- Living In The Real World
Album Description
1987 U.K. reissue on Chrysalis of their top 20 1979 album for the label. Out of print in the U.S., it features all 12 original tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Dreaming' and thetop 40 'Atomic'.
Album Description
1987 U.K. reissue on Chrysalis of their top 20 1979 albumfor the label. Out of print in the U.S., it features all 12original tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Dreaming' and thetop 40 'Atomic'.
Album Details
1987 Reissue of Blondie's 1979 UK Chart-topping Release. The Group's Fourth Full-length Release Includes 'die Young Stay Pretty', 'living in the Real World', 'dreaming', 'hardest Part' and Eight More.
Customer Reviews:
The greatest New Wave album ever produced........2002-08-23
Coming after the talent-laden but immature debut "Blondie" (1976), the band's next three albums, "Plastic Letters" (1977), "Parallel Lines" (1978), and "Eat To The Beat" (1979) define New Wave music. Although most will assure you that "Parallel Lines" is Blondie's greatest effort, "Eat To The Beat" combines the smoothness and professional qualities of "Parallel Lines" with the garage harsh and hardness of "Plastic Letters" and takes both 10 notches beyond.
I've never understood the scant regard given this album by both fans as well as the uninitiated. The sound of the album is as good as 1979 could produce, Burke's drumming is some of the best I've ever heard, Harry's voice is assured, varied, and penetrating, and the guitars and keyboards are mixed and balanced perfectly, allowing this album to be forceful without overproduction nor competitive playing. The subtle exploration of ballad (Shayla), funk/R&B (The Hardest Part), epic rock (Union City Blue), pure New Wave (Dreaming), reggae (Die Young, Stay Pretty), 50's revival (Slow-Motion), disco (Atomic), punk (Victor, Living In The Real World), all with Blondie's undeniable mix of sound and fury, makes for an absolutely essential album.
Blondie was a band far ahead of its time, yet managed to accomplish what was then seemingly impossible: make alternative music popular. "Eat To The Beat" is nothing short of greatness - it stands alone without the context of Blondie's other albums (wonderful as most of them are) and proves the band's influence far beyond their denouement, most obviously upon Berlin, Concrete Blonde, Madonna, and the like to less obvious debtors such as U2, Sonic Youth, and The Verve.
This album is a must-have.
A CLASSIC - ANTHEMS FOR A GENERATION.......2001-09-15
Deborah Harry's face on the cover of this album still hypnotizes me. I can look at it forever.
After this legend band's first 3 albums, what would they come up next? They had achieved fame, Deb had become an icon, they had joined the NY avante-garde artsy crowd. The band evolved and gave us the sublime Eat to the Beat, undeniably still a Blondie album but ahead of it's time. Harry's voice becomes a miracle, but I've always felt that Clem Burke's amazing drumming drove this band and this becomes clear on the album's first
cut "Dreaming". The funk/rock sound of "The Hardest Part" was new for the band and they successfully explode from your headphones. "...Nitro and acetalyne, open la machine" - are these perfect lyrics or what? The reggae/punk sound of "Die Young, Stay Pretty" is also new, and ROCKS. Deb calls you ".. a dried-up twig in your family tree". Damn! Her voice in "Shayla" haunts you. The perfection of "Atomic" and "Union City Blue" makes these tunes eternal. "Slow Motion" is pure Blondie pop. And they perfectly describe being famous on "(I'm Not)Living in the Real World".
Eat to the Beat changed my "musical expectations" forever. Listen to it and grow.
No thanks!.......2001-06-20
I am surprised to see so many reviewers lauding this album, because for me, it is a complete failure and doesn't come even close to the classics Parallel Lines or Plastic Letters. The problem lies in the songs: Atomic was obviously an attempt to recreate Heart Of Glass, but ultimately it goes nowhere and only has novelty value, at best. Union City Blue is an attempt at a soulful ballad, but also fails miserably. Dreaming is sort of acceptable, but lacks bite. I'm really sorry, but this album is a hopeless mess. It lacks cutting-edge songs with immediate hooks and personality. As such it is a quite forgettable album and didn't provide Blondie with any great hits. Rather stick to the above-mentioned classics or get one of their Best Of or Greatest Hits collections.
Best Blondie.......2001-02-02
Even though Parallel Lines is recognized as the best Blondie album, I prefer this one. There are great songs on this one, and I think they have one of the coolest looks of rock bands.
This easily tops "Parallel Lines".......2000-12-31
Forget the conventional wisdom that Blondie peaked with "Parallel Lines". They didn't. PL may be more all shiny and commercial - it sure didn't have anything as raw and uncompromising as "Victor" - but for my money, "Eat To The Beat" is overall a more varied and satisfying piece of work. ETTB is Blondie showing off their punk roots (circa "Blondie" and "Plastic Letters") but with the big production values of PL. From the opening drum fill of "Dreaming", Blondie thrashes and rocks like mad for the whole of the first side with great tunes ("Union City Blues", Shayla", etc) and hooks that sink in and don't let go. Just when you think there's more of the same coming up, Blondie does a flip over with touches of raggae and the gorgeous and the mouthwateringly silky smooth "Slow Motion", followed by the #1 UK smash, "Atomic", disco rock at its best and superior to the overated "Heart of Glass". Blondie falters only once with "Sound-a-Sleep", a meandering little lullaby which goes nowhere. The album closes with "Victor" with a hoarse and screaming Debbie providing shock value and yet another rocker. "Eat To The Beat" is a great album. It still isn't better than "Blondie" - the group never quite recaptured the freshness and perfection of the comic book punk style of their debut album- but it's the second Blondie album you should have in your collection.
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Eat to the Beat
Blondie
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000BRAG2O
Release Date: 1996-11-21 |
Music:
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- Flowers of Love and Delusion
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- Go 2
- Goo
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- Henry's Dream
- Interface
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Wanda Landowska Plays Bach
Vivaldi: Instrumental Concertos, Vol. 1
Been Down That Road Before
Better Than the Beatles: A Tribute to the Shaggs
Winterhymn
You Never Know (2001 Studio Cast) [Cast Recording]
Wagner: Opera Scenes
Untitled [Import]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Acts 1 and 2)
Wes Montgomery
Weaver of Dreams
Viva Hip Hop, Vol. 1
Vol. 2-20 Inspirational Favorites
Treasury of Christmas