release date: May 24, 1982
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,55]
producer: Mike Chapman
label: Chrysalis Records - nationality: USA
Best track: 3. "Dragonfly" (3 / 5)
6th and so far final studio album by Blondie who would not release new material until 1999. The album is known as a record label contract obligation. Musically, the band had nothing new to offer, and the album is really a mediocre release. What a sad way to end a great band. It's mainstream pop / rock with hints of disco and... calypso [!].
Allegedly, the band had been offered to record what was to be the title track for the new James Bond movie "For Your Eyes Only" composed by Bill Conti and Michael Leeson, but the band rejected the song, and Debbie Harry and Chris Stein then wrote their own title song for the film; however, the Conti and Leeson song then went to Sheena Easton who secured the song in the film. The cover fits the album fine, as it's quite tasteless.
[ allmusic.com 1,5 / 5, Rolling Stone Album Guide 2 / 5 stars ]
