Blondie

Blondie's first album in five years (and second in 20) boasts some big guitars and perfectly choppy production. "Shakedown" features Debbie Harry's first attempt at rapping since "Rapture"; the Giorgio Moroder-esque disco/rock hybrid of "Good Boys" is the group's best song in ages.

Three decades into their career, Blondie evidently want to move beyond their New
Wave-era glories, and on their first album in five years, they're stretching out. They open it
with an embarrassing stab at rap metal (just because Debbie Harry made "Rapture" doesn't
mean she should bust a rhyme) and also attempt a drone-rock adaptation of an Okinawan
folk song, some heavyish rockers and two draggy, jazz-inflected numbers with s... More >

Believes in reincarnation, wishes the pope had a bigger dick ("Shakedown," "End to End") (Grade - **)