Atomic – The Very Best of Blondie

Atomic - The Very Best of Blondie
Greatest hits album by Blondie
Released	July 13, 1998
Recorded	Compilation
Genre	New wave
Length	77:44 (Atomic) 58:02 (Atomix)
Label	EMI / Chrysalis 7243 4 94996 2 1 / 7243 4 99288 2 4
Producer	Mike Chapman, Richard Gottehrer, Giorgio Moroder
Blondie chronology
Picture This Live (Capitol Anniversary Series) (1998) Atomic - The Very Best of Blondie (1998) No Exit (1998)
Alternative cover
The two-disc edition of the compilation, retitled Atomic/Atomix, with alternative cover art.

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Atomic – The Very Best of Blondie is a compilation album of recordings by the band Blondie released by EMI/Chrysalis Records in the UK and the rest of Europe in late 1998, shortly before the band issued their successful comeback album No Exit and the UK #1 single "Maria".
Atomic - The Very Best of Blondie includes the band's best known songs from the 70's and 80's as well as two new remixes of the title track. The compilation reached #12 on the UK charts and was re-issued in June 1999 as a limited edition 2CD set as Atomic/Atomix - The Very Best of Blondie.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Atomic" (7" Mix) (Destri, Harry) – 3:50
2. "Heart of Glass" (7" Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 4:11
3. "Sunday Girl" (Stein) – 3:15
4. "Call Me" (Harry, Moroder) – 3:32
5. "The Tide Is High" (7" Edit) (Barrett, Evans, Holt) – 3:52
6. "Denis" (Levenson) – 2:18
7. "Dreaming" (Harry, Stein) – 3:06
8. "Rapture" (7" Mix) (Harry, Stein) – 4:59
9. "Hanging on the Telephone" (Lee) – 2:22
10. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (Valentine) – 2:42
11. "Island of Lost Souls" (7" Edit) (Harry, Stein) - 3:50
12. "Picture This" (Destri, Harry, Stein) – 2:57
13. "Union City Blue" (Harrison, Harry) – 3:22
14. "War Child" (Harrison, Harry) - 4:00
15. "Rip Her to Shreds" (Harry, Stein) – 3:21
16. "One Way or Another" (Harrison, Harry) - 3:28
17. "X-Offender (Harry, Valentine) - 3:10
18. "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (Mauldin, Petty, Sullivan) - 2:07
19. "Fade Away and Radiate" (Stein) - 3:59
20. "Atomic '98 (Xenomania Mix)" (Destri, Harry) - 4:33
21. "Atomic '98 (Tall Paul Mix)" (Destri, Harry) - 8:43

Disc two

(Atomix - The Very Best of Blondie Remixed)

1. "Atomic" (Diddy's 12" Mix) – 6:51
   • Previously issued on the compilations Beautiful - The Remix Album (1995) and Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix Project (1995).
2. "Dreaming" (Utah Saints Mix) – 6:21
   • Previously issued on the compilations Beautiful - The Remix Album (1995) and Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix Project (1995).
3. "Denis" (Dancin' Danny D. Mix) – 5:23
   • Previously issued on the 1988 compilation Once More into the Bleach.
4. "Call Me" (American Gigolo Version) – 8:04
   • Previously issued on the soundtrack of the film American Gigolo and included on 2001 re-issue of album Autoamerican.
5. "Heart of Glass" (Original 12" instrumental) – 5:14
   • Previously issued on the UK & US 12" single "Heart Of Glass".
6. "Rapture" (US 12" Mix) – 7:13
   • Previously issued on the US 12" single "Rapture".
7. "War Child" (12" Mix) - 8:01
   • Previously issued on the 1994 (and subsequent 2001) re-issues of album The Hunter.
8. "Atomic" (Dana Intellectual Mix) – 6:35
   • Exclusive to this release.
9. "Sunday Girl" (French Version) – 3:15 *

*Hidden track. Previously issued on the compilations Once More into the Bleach (1988) and Blonde and Beyond (1993).

References

v · d · eBlondie Clem Burke · Jimmy Destri · Debbie Harry · Chris Stein Leigh Foxx · Nigel Harrison · Frank Infante · Paul Carbonara · Kevin Patrick  · Matt Katz-Bohen · Tommy Kessler · Gary Valentine Studio albums Blondie · Plastic Letters · Parallel Lines  · Eat to the Beat · Autoamerican · The Hunter · No Exit · The Curse of Blondie · Panic of Girls Compilations The Best of Blondie · The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie · Blonde and Beyond · The Platinum Collection · Denis · Picture This - The Essential Blondie Collection · Atomic - The Very Best of Blondie · Greatest Hits · Greatest Hits: Sight + Sound · Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision Live albums Picture This Live · Livid  · Live By Request · Blondie at the BBC Singles "X Offender" · "In the Flesh" · "Rip Her to Shreds" · "Denis" · "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear"  · "Picture This" · "I'm Gonna Love You Too" · "Hanging on the Telephone" · "Heart of Glass" · "Sunday Girl"  · "One Way or Another"  · "Dreaming"  · "Union City Blue"  · "The Hardest Part" · "Atomic" · "Call Me" · "The Tide Is High" · "Rapture"  · "Island of Lost Souls"  · "War Child"  · "Maria"  · "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"  · "No Exit" · "Good Boys" · "Mother" · "What I Heard" Remixes Once More into the Bleach · Beautiful - The Remix Album · Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix Project Related articles Discography Book:Blondie