Panic of Girls

Panic of Girls
Studio album by
Blondie
ReleasedMay 30, 2011
RecordedOctober–December 2009 and May 2010
StudioWoodstock, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre
Length42:33
Label
Producer
  • Jeff Saltzman
  • Kato Khandwala
Blondie chronology
The Curse of Blondie
(2003) 		Panic of Girls
(2011) 		Blondie 4(0) Ever
(2014)
Alternative cover
Collector's Pack cover
Singles from Panic of Girls
  1. "Mother"
    Released: May 23, 2011
  2. "What I Heard"
    Released: August 5, 2011[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic57/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Blurt8/10[4]
Drowned in Sound4/10[5]
Mojo[6]
NME6/10[7]
Paste8.0/10[8]
PopMatters6/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut[2]
Under the Radar3/10[11]

Panic of Girls is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Blondie. It was the band's first album of new material in nearly 8 years, since 2003's The Curse of Blondie. The album was first released digitally on May 30, 2011,[12] followed by physical releases in various formats later.

  1. ^ "What I Heard - Single by Blondie - Single on iTunes". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  2. ^ a b Critic reviews from Metacritic
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Judge, Stephen (September 19, 2011). "Blondie - Panic of Girls". Blurt Magazine. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  6. ^ The best tracks on Panic of Girls have some edge and bite... though the all-points-of-the-compass eclecticism makes [it] sound somewhat disjointed and schizophrenic. [Aug. 2011, pg. 99]
  7. ^ NME review
  8. ^ Paste review
  9. ^ PopMatters review
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review
  11. ^ They reportedly had some difficulties securing a label for this release. And Unfortunately, it's easy to see why; Girls hits the panic button pretty early on. [Jul 2011, p.78]
  12. ^ "Panic of Girls officially released in the U.K.!". Blondie.net. May 30, 2011. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2013.