Blondie "Eat To The Beat"

Today’s Cool Album of The Day (#81 in The Series) is Blondie, “Eat To The Beat.”

I wasn’t sure what to do today. Then I heard it was Debbie Harry’s 65 birthday. I looked at her solo album “Rockbird” since I’m a big fan of that release. But I decided to go with Blondie’s “Eat to The Beat.”

Why, well it has what may by my two favorite Blondie tracks, ‘Dreaming’ and ‘Union City Blue.’

“Eat to the Beat” was produced by Mike Chapman and reached #17 on the Billboard US chart.

Happy Birthday DH

Track listing

Side A

1. “Dreaming” (Debbie Harry, Chris Stein) – 3:08
2. “The Hardest Part” (Harry, Stein) – 3:42
3. “Union City Blue” (Nigel Harrison, Harry) – 3:21
4. “Shayla” (Stein) – 3:57
5. “Eat to the Beat” (Harrison, Harry) – 2:40
6. “Accidents Never Happen” (Jimmy Destri) – 4:15

Side B

1. “Die Young, Stay Pretty” (Harry, Stein) – 3:34
2. “Slow Motion” (Laura Davis, Destri) – 3:28
3. “Atomic” (Destri, Harry) – 4:40
4. “Sound-A-Sleep” (Harry, Stein) – 4:18
5. “Victor” (Harry, Frank Infante) – 3:19
6. “Living in the Real World” (Destri) – 2:53

Personnel

• Clem Burke – drums
• Jimmy Destri – keyboards; background vocals on “Die Young, Stay Pretty” and “Victor”
• Nigel Harrison – bass guitar
• Deborah Harry – vocals
• Frank Infante – guitar; background vocals on “Die Young, Stay Pretty” and “Victor”
• Chris Stein – guitar