BLONDIE/AUTOAMERICAN

Descripción

LIMITED 180GM VINYL LP REPRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM FROM THE NEW WAVE ICONS. AUTOAMERICAN IS THE FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM BY BLONDIE. IT WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1980 AND REACHED #3 IN THE UK CHARTS #7 IN THE US AND #8 IN AUSTRALIA. THE ALBUM WAS A RADICAL DEPARTURE FOR THE BAND WITH OPENING TRACK EUROPA SETTING THE PACE. THE TRACK IS A DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL OVERTURE FEATURING ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS AND ENDING WITH VOCALIST DEBBIE HARRY DECLAIMING A PASSAGE ABOUT AUTOMOBILE CULTURE OVER AN ELECTRONIC SOUNDTRACK. BESIDES ROCK AND POP TRACKS THE BAND EXPLORED A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER MUSICAL GENRES: HERES LOOKING AT YOU AND FACES SHOW JAZZ AND BLUES INFLUENCES THE REGGAE HIT THE TIDE IS HIGH WAS A COVER OF THE PARAGONS 1967 JAMAICAN SKA HIT WHEREAS RAPTURE COMBINED FUNK ROCK JAZZ AND EVEN SAW THEM EMBRACING THE THEN EMERGING GENRE OF RAP. THE CLOSING TRACK FOLLOW ME WAS A COVER OF A TORCH SONG FROM ALAN JAY LERNER AND FREDERICK LOEWES 1960 BROADWAY MUSICAL CAMELOT.