Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)

Artist:  Blondie
Title:  Autoamerican
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Label:  Chrysalis Records
Genre:  Dance, Pop, Rap
Catalog#  202987

“Autoamerican” is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. It was released in November 1980. The album proved to be a radical departure for the band, with opening track “Europa” setting the pace. The track was a dramatic instrumental overture featuring orchestral arrangements and ending with vocalist Debbie Harry reciting a poem about the importance of the car in American society. 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 reggae hit “The Tide Is High” was a cover of The Paragons 1965 Jamaican ska hit, whereas “Rapture” combined funk, rock, jazz, and even saw them embracing the then budding 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, based on the King Arthur legend.
The band released two singles from this album, “The Tide Is High” and “Rapture”.

Side One
1.  Europa   (3:31)
2.  Live It Up   (4:09)
3.  Here’s Looking at You   (2:58)
4.  The Tide Is High   (4:39)
5.  Angels on the Balcony   (3:47)
6.  Go Through It   (2:40)

Side Two
1.  Do the Dark   (3:51)
2.  Rapture   (6:30)
3.  Faces   (3:51)
4.  T-Birds   (3:56)
5.  Walk Like Me   (3:44)
6.  Follow Me   (3:01)

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