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Blondie

Autoamerican (LP)

Label: Chrysalis

Format: LP

Genre: Rock

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Original UK edition on Chrysalis of the band's fifth album from 1980. With original innersleeve.

condition (record/cover): EX- (marks not affecting play) / VG (creasing + heavy edges wear + general wear - innersleeve partly split)
With original innersleeve. The album was a radical departure for the band, with the opening track "Europa" setting the pace. The track is a dramatic instrumental overture featuring orchestral arrangements and ending with vocalist Debbie Harry declaiming a passage about automobile culture over an electronic soundtrack. Besides rock and pop tracks, the band explored a wide range of other musical genres: "Here's Looking at You" and "Faces" show jazz and blues influences, "The Tide Is High" was a cover of the Paragons' 1967 Jamaican rocksteady song, whereas "Rapture" combined funk, rock, jazz, and even saw them embracing the then-emerging genre of rap.

The closing track, "Follow Me", was a cover of a torch song from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1960 Broadway musical Camelot.

Details
File under: New Wave
Cat. number: CHE 1290
Year: 1980