Blondie ‎– Panic Of Girls CD

Blondie as a band is, of course, of a legendary status at this point. Fronted by blonde bombshell Debbie Harry, the band has dabbled in everything from punk, pop, jazz, synthpop, reggae, and even featured one of the first white girl raps on their fantastic song “Rapture” (I guess you could say we have Debbie to blame for Iggy Azalea). Since their introduction in the 70’s, the band has had broken up and reformed, more or less with all the same members intact, multiple times over the decades. That then brings us to 2011, where we see Harry and her crew, back again for yet another comeback album.

With Panic of Girls we see the band at their most pop sound yet. Now, to many that itself may frighten them off from ever wanting to listen to this. The album is very much a synthesizer affair, but definitely nowhere near the intense dance music that was dominating the airwaves at this time. (Thank god they didn’t try to do dubstep). One of the most appealing aspects of Panic of Girls though is the high energy the music carries. When all the members of a band are inching closer to 70 years old, it is refreshing to see songs with as much ability to jam like, “What I Heard,” a hyperactive pop rock song with one of the catchiest choruses of the bands career. Likewise with the lead single, “Mother.” Now, normally I would not want to reference band member’s ages like so, because hey, if the music is good enough then why should it matter? Blondie is a special case though because they so consciously make a point to show that their ages do not matter and they can still pump out music like it’s 1977.

Label: Five Seven Music ‎– nbl891

Country: Europe

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)