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Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision (1 CD /1 DVD)
Blondie:  Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision (1 CD /1 DVD)

$13.98 2-CD Set
AMG Top Pick Listen Greatest Hits

Album Review

Released: 2006
Label: Capitol
Selection #: 215062
Funk & punk. Rapture, Heart Of Glass, Maria, Call Me, Dreaming, One Way Or Another, The Tide Is High, DVD w/16 videos, more.
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1 Heart of Glass
2 Sunday Girl
3 Atomic
4 Call Me
5 The Tide Is High
6 Rapture
7 Maria
8 In the Flesh [Remix]
9 Rip Her to Shreds
10 Denis
11 Picture This
12 Fade Away and Radiate
13 Hanging on the Telephone
14 One Way or Another
15 Dreaming
16 Union City Blue
17 Island of Lost Souls
18 Good Boys [Blow-Up Mix]
19 End to End
20 Rapture Riders [*]
21 In the Flesh [DVD] N/A N/A
22 Denis [DVD] N/A N/A
23 Detroit 442 [DVD] N/A N/A
24 Picture This [DVD] N/A N/A
25 Hanging on the Telephone [DVD] N/A N/A
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Album Review

"Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision" distinguishes itself from the other Blondie compilations (of which there are several) by adding a DVD that contains 16 (all?) of the group's videos. A couple inconsequential remixes appear where original versions or other career highlights should be present, but otherwise, the audio disc does a fair job, even though it's basically retracing the steps of the compilations that came before it. Most of the essential material is here ("Heart Of Glass," "Rapture," "Hanging On The Telephone," "One Way Or Another," "Dreaming," "Atomic"), but it's inexplicable that neither "X Offender" nor "(I'M Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear" made they cut, especially when they are on the edition of this release that came out in Germany. Some of the most devout fans will be irritated by the idea of buying the hits all over again in order to get the DVD, and the studio albums were reissued in 2001 with excellent remastered sound, so they really won't have any desire for all the overlapping content. Despite these issues, this set remains one of the best (and best looking) Blondie compilations, even without considering the videos. "Rapture Riders," a very silly and perverse mash-up of "Rapture" with the Doors' "Riders On The Storm," is included as a bonus track. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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