BLONDIE/THE HUNTER (VINILO)

Descripción

LIMITED 180GM VINYL LP REPRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM FROM THE NEW WAVE ICONS. THE HUNTER IS THE SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM BY BLONDIE RELEASED IN MAY 1982. IT WAS RECORDED IN THE FALL OF 1981 AND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1982. THE HUNTER WAS BLONDIES LAST ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL UNTIL 1999S NO EXIT. THE HUNTER IS LOOSELY A CONCEPT ALBUM BASED ON THE THEME: SEARCHING PURSUING AND HUNTING. TRACKS ON THE ALBUM INCLUDE JIMMY DESTRIS MOTOWN PASTICHE DANCEWAY WHILE DRAGONFLY HAS A SCIENCE-FICTION THEME TO ITS LYRICS ABOUT A RACE IN SPACE. THE BEAST DEALS WITH DEBORAH HARRYS EXPERIENCES OF BECOMING A PUBLIC FIGURE: I AM THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION BY STAYING OFF THE STREETS. ENGLISH BOYS IS HARRY AND CHRIS STEINS MELANCHOLY TRIBUTE TO THOSE ENGLISH BOYS WHO HAD LONG HAIR THE BEATLES RECORDED THE YEAR AFTER JOHN LENNONS ASSASSINATION IN NEW YORK CITY DESCRIBING THE INNOCENCE AND IDEALISM OF THE 60S WHILE WAR CHILD REFERENCES MILITARY CONFLICTS IN CAMBODIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. THE ALBUM CONCLUDES WITH A COVER VERSION OF SMOKEY ROBINSONS THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY THE MARVELETTES IN 1967.