The Best of Blondie

The Best of Blondie
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 1981 (1981-10)
Recorded1976–1980
GenreNew wave
Length43:37
LabelChrysalis
Producer
Blondie chronology
Autoamerican
(1980)
The Best of Blondie
(1981)
The Hunter
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Smash Hits[4]

The Best of Blondie (released in Germany and the Netherlands as Blondie's Hits) is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Blondie. It was released in October 1981, by Chrysalis Records.[5] The album peaked at number four in the United Kingdom and number 30 in the United States, while becoming the band's only number-one album in Australia.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Best of Blondie – Blondie". AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Rolling Stone Album Guide
  4. ^ "Birch, Ian (October 15, 1981). "Album Reviews". Smash Hits. 3 (21): 25.
  5. ^ "The Best Of Blondie - 1981". rip-her-to-shreds.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.