Blondie 4(0) Ever#Promotion
{{Short description|2014 album by Blondie}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Blondie 4(0) Ever
| type = greatest
| longtype = / Studio album
| artist = Blondie
| cover = Blondie - Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux.png
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux cover
| released = {{Start date|2014|5|12}}
| recorded = 2012–2013
| studio =
- Mercy Sound (New York City)
- Skyline (Oakland, California)
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=95|s=13}}
| label = Noble ID
| producer =
- Matt Katz-Bohen
- Kato Khandwala
- Craig Leon
- Jeff Saltzman
- Chris Stein
| prev_title = Panic of Girls
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Pollinator
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Ghosts of Download cover
| type = studio
| cover = Blondie - Ghosts of Download.png
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
{{Singles
| name = Ghosts of Download
| type = studio
| single1 = A Rose by Any Name
| single1date = June 21, 2013
| single2 = Sugar on the Side
| single2date = December 17, 2013
| single3 = I Want to Drag You Around
| single3date = April 3, 2014
}}
}}
Blondie 4(0) Ever is a double album by American rock band Blondie. It was released on May 12, 2014, by Noble ID in celebration of the band's 40th anniversary. The two-disc package consists of Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux, a collection of re-recordings of Blondie's past singles, and the band's tenth studio album, Ghosts of Download. The latter spawned three singles: "A Rose by Any Name", "Sugar on the Side", and "I Want to Drag You Around".
Background and recording
Blondie began working on their tenth studio album shortly after the release of Panic of Girls (2011).{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Michael |url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_MS27761 |title=Blondie: 40th Anniversary & Blondie 4(0) Ever – Bio |publisher=South by Southwest |access-date=June 5, 2014}} In early March 2013, the band announced via Facebook and Twitter that they were putting finishing touches to new music, and it would be released later that year.{{cite web |author=Blondie |author-link=Blondie (band) |url=https://www.facebook.com/Blondie/posts/147427732089385 |title=we are putting finishing touches on new music that'll be... |date=March 9, 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2013 |via=Facebook}} The album was recorded at Mercy Sound Studios in New York City and at Skyline Studios in Oakland, California. Guitarist and co-founder Chris Stein announced that the album would feature collaborations with girl group Stush, hip hop group Los Rakas, and Colombian electronica artist Systema Solar. On June 18, the group announced through Facebook that they were still recording but almost finished, while revealing that their next album would be titled Ghosts of Download.{{cite web |author=Blondie |url=https://www.facebook.com/Blondie/posts/10151632891928389 |title=next album, recording, collection of music is called:... |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2013 |via=Facebook}} Stein stated in August that an EDM collaboration with Hector Fonseca would be included on the album.
"We have live performances on there that bring out the style of Blondie", Debbie Harry told Classic Rock. "I don't think it sounds entirely like a dance record... We did this in a very economical way, actually. Chris [Stein] and Matt did all of their work on computer, then we would send files to people and they would play to it, or sing to it, or write to it, or whatever. So it was kind of in the ghostly era of electronics."{{cite magazine |last=Anders |first=Marcel|title=I was criticised for being too sexual. But it was innocent compared to today |magazine=Classic Rock |issue=197 |date=June 2014 |page=54 |issn=1464-7834}}
"This project was ongoing since we finished Panic of Girls", Stein commented. "It's been like two years that I have been working on this. This one is more computer-based than the last record, which was more band-based. A lot of the programmed parts remained on the record, more so than the previous records. I spent a lot of time doing this at home, and then sending things back and forth with our producer Jeff Saltzman. He helped develop melodies with me, and that was really gratifying. And he had this assistant, Natalie Hawkins, who helped with the melodies too. There was a lot of collaboration with this record, more so than previous records, except perhaps for Autoamerican which had a lot of outside players on it, even an orchestra."
Harry also commented, "It's always the music; the music is the primary inspiration. Every piece has its own mood, its own arc and a lot of times the lyrics sort of suggest themselves."
"Oh, with Debbie, we just have a lot of unsaid communication, a lot of non-verbal stuff goes on. I don't have to ask her much because she will always have the same conclusions", Stein said. Harry agreed: "Most recently, there were a couple of lines in a song that he came up with, and then there were two more lines that had to be written, and I had already written them. So I mean, it just sort of happens. It's easy for us."
Release
The title of Blondie's tenth studio album was confirmed to be Ghosts of Download on June 18, 2013. According to Stein, the title refers to "all spirits in the background of electricity and data".{{cite magazine |last=Appleford |first=Steve |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blondies-chris-stein-reveals-trove-of-rare-seventies-photos-20130812 |title=Blondie's Chris Stein Reveals Trove of Rare Seventies Photos |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 12, 2013 |access-date=June 5, 2014}} An early version of the track listing was unveiled on June 28 through Pandora, along with previews of the tracks.{{cite web |author=Christina |url=http://www.deborah-harry.com/?p=2630 |title=Ghosts Of Download/track listing and previews on Pandora |website=Deborah-Harry.com |date=June 28, 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130720104505/http://www.deborah-harry.com/?p=2630 |archive-date=July 20, 2013}}
The album's release was postponed several times. It was originally scheduled to be released in November 2013, but the release was pushed back to January 2014 in order to avoid the rush of albums released for the Christmas period.{{cite web |last=Pullen |first=Doug |url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/entertainment/ci_24133925/blondie-finds-inspiration-new-sounds |title=Blondie performs at El Paso's Plaza Theatre Tuesday |work=El Paso Times |date=September 20, 2013 |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130921105215/http://www.elpasotimes.com/entertainment/ci_24133925/blondie-finds-inspiration-new-sounds |archive-date=September 21, 2013}} On December 31, 2013, Harry stated in an interview on CNN's New Year's Eve Live that the album would be released in March 2014.{{cite web |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1312/31/se.03.html |title=New Year's Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin, Hour 2 |website=CNN |date=December 31, 2013 |access-date=June 11, 2014}} The January 2014 issue of British magazine Mojo confirmed the album's release date as March 17, 2014, to be supplemented with Blondie's 40th Anniversary World Wide Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=636773133027253&set=a.540123259358908.1073741828.539956139375620&type=1&stream_ref=10 |title=Timeline Photos |date=January 28, 2014 |access-date=May 14, 2014 |via=Facebook}} However, the release was ultimately delayed to May 13, 2014.
It was announced in the February 2014 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, for which Harry was photographed by Annie Leibovitz, that Ghosts of Download would be released as part of a two-disc package titled Blondie 4(0) Ever—coinciding with the band's 40th anniversary—which would also include an album of the band's greatest hits.{{cite web |last=Stein |first=Chris |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/debbie-harry-blondie-photo |title=Debbie Harry on Blondie's 40th Anniversary |work=Vanity Fair |date=January 15, 2014 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322125248/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/debbie-harry-blondie-photo |archive-date=March 22, 2014}}
The first song released from Blondie 4(0) Ever was the re-recorded version on "Sunday Girl", which appeared on the soundtrack album to the 2013 film CBGB.
The final track listing for Blondie 4(0) Ever was revealed in late March 2014 on Pandora.{{cite web |author=Blondie |url=https://www.facebook.com/ghostsofdownload/posts/10152350322743223 |title=The tracklist for the upcoming double collection... |date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=May 14, 2014 |via=Facebook}} The first disc, Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux, features brand-new studio recordings of 11 of Blondie's commercially successful singles,{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blondie-to-release-40th-anniversary-double-disc-package-on-may-13-2014-256180411.html |title=Blondie To Release 40th Anniversary Double-Disc Package On May 13, 2014 |location=New York |date=April 22, 2014 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |via=PR Newswire}} except "Maria", which appears in its original 1999 version.{{cite web |url=http://www.elusivedisc.com/Blondie-Blondie-40-ever-Greatest-Hits-Deluxe-Redux_Ghosts-of-Download-2LP-DVD-Colored-Vinyl/productinfo/UNILP50015/ |title=Blondie Blondie 4(0)-ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux/Ghosts of Download 2LP & DVD (Colored Vinyl) |publisher=Elusive Disc |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517223727/http://www.elusivedisc.com/Blondie-Blondie-40-ever-Greatest-Hits-Deluxe-Redux_Ghosts-of-Download-2LP-DVD-Colored-Vinyl/productinfo/UNILP50015 |url-status=dead }}
The deluxe edition includes the two-disc set, a DVD of Blondie's 1977 live performance at CBGB, a concert poster from 1979, and five postcards of Stein photos.{{cite web |url=http://www.deborah-harry.com/?page_id=2942 |title=Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download |website=Deborah-Harry.com |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412173501/http://www.deborah-harry.com/?page_id=2942 |archive-date=April 12, 2014}} Three additional Ghosts of Download bonus tracks were made available upon pre-ordering the digital album via iTunes and/or Amazon. The iTunes pre-order also included an instant free download of the song "I Want to Drag You Around".
Artwork
The artwork for Ghosts of Download was designed by J. H. Williams III, who has previously worked for DC Comics and also created the cover art for the singles "A Rose by Any Name" and "Sugar on the Side".{{cite web |last=Williams |first=J. H. III |author-link=J. H. Williams III |url=http://www.jhwilliams3.com/archives/1798 |title=BLONDIE! |website=JHWilliams3.com |date=June 22, 2013 |access-date=November 21, 2013}}{{cite web |author=Blondie |url=https://www.facebook.com/Blondie/posts/10151642366488389 |title=Graphics for the upcoming 'album' is being done by... |date=June 23, 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2013 |via=Facebook}} A high-quality version of the cover, with text reading "Blondie Ghosts of Download", was released to iTunes and Amazon at the end of April 2014. Further pages from the booklet (created by Williams) of the album, containing handwritten lyrics for select songs by members of the band, accompanied by skeletal images of them, were posted on Williams' website on April 22, 2014.{{cite web |last=Williams |first=J. H. III |url=http://www.jhwilliams3.com/archives/1890 |title=Blondie! Yeah! |website=JHWilliams3.com |date=April 22, 2014 |access-date=June 11, 2014}}
Promotion
On March 20, 2013, Harry and Stein stopped by the talk show Soundcheck on WNYC 93.9 FM to premiere the track "Make a Way".{{cite web |url=http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/277043-dynamic-duos-debbie-harry-chris-stein-of-blondie-buke-and-gase-the-bryants/ |title=Dynamic Duos: Debbie Harry & Chris Stein Of Blondie; Buke And Gase; The Bryants |work=Soundcheck |date=March 20, 2013 |access-date=June 12, 2014}} The band embarked on the Blast Off Tour across Europe from June 11 to July 10, 2013. The band performed six songs from the album: "Rave", "A Rose by Any Name", "Take Me in the Night", "Winter", "I Want to Drag You Around", and "Sugar on the Side".{{cite web |author=Blondie |url=https://www.facebook.com/Blondie/posts/10151632868653389 |title=new songs in the set are: Rave Winter I Want to Drag You... |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |via=Facebook}} Prior to this, Harry and Stein appeared on BBC One's The One Show to promote the new album and the Blast Off Tour, with Stein saying that he felt the new tracks were the best yet.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByFeANQDKAo |title=Blondie Debbie Harry BBC The One Show 2013 |date=June 13, 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2013 |via=YouTube}}
"A Rose by Any Name" was released on June 21, 2013, as the lead single from Ghosts of Download in Europe.{{cite web |author=Christina |url=http://www.deborah-harry.com/?p=2621 |title=A Rose By Any Name: single release |website=Deborah-Harry.com |date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701190904/http://www.deborah-harry.com/?p=2621 |archive-date=July 1, 2013 |access-date=June 12, 2014}} On June 18, Blondie announced their North American No Principals Tour for fall 2013. Each ticket purchased for the tour included five tracks from the album: "Make a Way", "I Want to Drag You Around", "Can't Stop Wanting", "A Rose by Any Name", and "I Screwed Up".{{cite web |url=http://www.blondie.net/tour-announcement-no-principals-tour/ |title=Tour Announcement: "No Principals Tour" |website=Blondie.net |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=January 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117224739/http://www.blondie.net/tour-announcement-no-principals-tour/ }}{{cite web |url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/06/24/debbie-harry-blondie-beth-ditto-rose-any-name |title=LISTEN: Blondie/ Beth Ditto Collab, 'A Rose By Any Name' |work=Out |date=June 24, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013}} However, some fans received "Sugar on the Side" instead of "A Rose by Any Name". The song "Mile High" was debuted during the later shows of the tour.
On October 24, 2013, Harry appeared on the Project Runway All Stars (season 3) season 3 premiere as a guest judge, and the song "Sugar on the Side" debuted on the show's Twitter account during the episode.{{cite web |last=Kramer |first=Barry L. |url=http://www.blondie.net/debbie-is-a-guest-judge-on-project-runway-tomorrow/ |title=Debbie is a guest judge on Project Runway tomorrow |website=Blondie.net |date=October 23, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113231026/http://www.blondie.net/debbie-is-a-guest-judge-on-project-runway-tomorrow/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=Bentley |first=Jean |url=http://screenertv.com/news-features/project-runway-all-stars-debbie-harry-debuting-new-blondie-music-during-premiere/ |title='Project Runway All Stars': Debbie Harry debuting new Blondie music during premiere |website=Screener |date=October 23, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217062021/http://screenertv.com/news-features/project-runway-all-stars-debbie-harry-debuting-new-blondie-music-during-premiere/ |archive-date=February 17, 2017}} The track was later released on December 17, 2013, as the album's second single in North America.{{cite web |url=http://www.blondie.net/new-song-sugar-on-the-side-now-available-on-itunes-uscanada-only/ |title=New song "Sugar on the Side" now available on iTunes (US/Canada only)! |website=Blondie.net |date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118052938/http://www.blondie.net/new-song-sugar-on-the-side-now-available-on-itunes-uscanada-only/ }}
The album's third single, "I Want to Drag You Around", made its world premiere on BBC Radio 2's The Ken Bruce Show on April 3, 2014.{{cite web |author=Daniel |url=http://blondieheadlines.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/blondies-brand-new-single-i-want-to.html |title=Blondie's Brand New Single 'I Want To Drag You Around' Gets Its World Exclusive Play On Britain's BBC Radio 2 |website=Blondie Headlines |date=April 3, 2014 |access-date=May 14, 2014}} It was also named "Record of the Week" on BBC Radio 2 for the week beginning April 21, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.blondie.net/new-lyric-video-for-i-want-to-drag-you-around/ |title=New lyric video for "I Want to Drag You Around"! |website=Blondie.net |date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620223333/http://www.blondie.net/new-lyric-video-for-i-want-to-drag-you-around/ |url-status=dead }} A lyric video for the song, featuring J. H. Williams III's graphics for the album, was uploaded to the band's official YouTube page on April 23. The official audios for "Sugar on the Side" (from Ghosts of Download) and the reworked version of "One Way or Another" (from Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux) were uploaded to YouTube on April 22, 2014, to promote the album. The official music video for "Sugar on the Side", directed by photographer Rankin, debuted exclusively on Hunger TV on April 30, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.hungertv.com/feature/exclusive-blondie-sugar-side/ |title=Exclusive: Blondie – Sugar On The Side |website=Hunger TV |date=April 30, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014}} The album itself became "Record of the Week" on BBC Radio 2 for the week beginning May 5, 2014, meaning that one song from the album was played each day on BBC Radio 2. From May 5 to 9, The Guardian streamed tracks from Ghosts of Download daily on its website via SoundCloud.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/may/05/blondie-three-tracks-new-album-ghosts-of-download |title=Blondie: Hear three tracks from their new album Ghosts of Download |work=The Guardian |date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/may/09/blondie-stream-new-album-ghosts-of-download |title=Blondie: Listen to the band's new album Ghosts of Download |work=The Guardian |date=May 9, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014}}
The band recorded a session at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for the BBC Two show Newsnight on May 13, 2014, featuring new and older songs.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b043q2jv |title=Newsnight, Blondie at BBC Maida Vale |publisher=BBC |date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014}} On the same day, the band appeared on Good Morning America to perform "Sugar on the Side".{{cite episode |series=Good Morning America |series-link=Good Morning America |season=39 |number=95 |air-date=May 13, 2014 |network=ABC}} Blondie also performed "Sugar on the Side" and "One Way or Another" on The Daily Show on May 14,{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=http://www.spin.com/2014/05/blondie-40th-anniversary-daily-show-video/ |title=Watch Blondie Celebrate 40th Birthday on 'Daily Show' |work=Spin |date=May 15, 2014 |access-date=July 15, 2017}} followed by a performance of "Heart of Glass" on Live! with Kelly and Michael on May 19.{{cite episode |series=Live! with Kelly and Michael |series-link=Live! with Kelly and Michael |season=26 |number=184 |air-date=May 19, 2014 |network=WABC-TV}}
On May 24, 2014, the band embarked on a world tour in support of Blondie 4(0) Ever, including dates across North America and Europe. The tour commenced at the Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and concluded on October 3, 2014, at Harrah's Resort Southern California in Valley Center, California.
Commercial performance
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-deluxe-redux-ghosts-of-download-mw0002658420 |title=Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux/Ghosts of Download – Blondie |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 4, 2015}}
| rev2 = Consequence of Sound
| rev2Score = D+{{cite web |last=Comaratta |first=Len |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/album-review-blondie-ghosts-of-download/ |title=Blondie – Ghosts of Download |website=Consequence of Sound |date=May 20, 2014 |access-date=March 4, 2015}}
| rev3 = PopMatters
| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite web |last=Bachmann |first=Aaron |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/181982-blondie-blondie-40-ever/ |title=Blondie: Blondie 4(0) Ever |website=PopMatters |date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=March 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608151018/http://www.popmatters.com/review/181982-blondie-blondie-40-ever/ |archive-date=June 8, 2014}}
| rev4 = Rolling Stone
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/blondie-40-ever-95619/ |title=Blondie: Blondie 4(0)-Ever |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 15, 2014 |access-date=October 3, 2019}}
}}
Blondie 4(0) Ever entered the US Billboard 200 at number 109, selling 3,000 copies in its first week.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6099240/chart-moves-demi-lovatos-demi-returns-chart-hosts-first-world |title=Chart Moves: Demi Lovato's 'Demi' Returns, Chart Hosts First World Cup Album, Carole King's 'Beautiful' Debut |magazine=Billboard |date=May 23, 2014 |access-date=June 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011222441/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6099240/chart-moves-demi-lovatos-demi-returns-chart-hosts-first-world |archive-date=October 11, 2015}} The album debuted at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 4,148 copies.{{cite web |last=Pakinkis |first=Tom |url=https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-jackson-sells-47-764-to-hit-no-1-almost-five-years-after-death/058464 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Jackson sells 47,764 to hit No.1 almost five years after death |work=Music Week |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=May 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523045909/https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-jackson-sells-47-764-to-hit-no-1-almost-five-years-after-death/058464 |url-status=dead }} On occasion of Blondie's co-headlining Australia and New Zealand tour with Cyndi Lauper in April 2017, the album reached number six on the New Zealand Heatseeker Albums chart.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc one: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 42:09
| title1 = Heart of Glass
| writer1 = {{hlist|Deborah Harry|Chris Stein}}
| extra1 = Kato Khandwala
| length1 = 4:32
| title2 = Dreaming
| writer2 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein}}
| extra2 = Khandwala
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = The Tide Is High
| writer3 = John Holt
| extra3 = Khandwala
| length3 = 4:37
| title4 = Maria
| writer4 = Jimmy Destri
| extra4 = Craig Leon
| length4 = 4:05
| title5 = Sunday Girl
| writer5 = Stein
| extra5 = Khandwala
| length5 = 3:03
| title6 = Hanging on the Telephone
| writer6 = Jack Lee
| extra6 = Khandwala
| length6 = 2:19
| title7 = Rapture
| writer7 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein}}
| extra7 = Khandwala
| length7 = 5:32
| title8 = One Way or Another
| writer8 = {{hlist|Nigel Harrison|Harry}}
| extra8 = Khandwala
| length8 = 3:31
| title9 = Call Me
| writer9 = {{hlist|Harry|Giorgio Moroder}}
| extra9 = Khandwala
| length9 = 3:31
| title10 = Atomic
| writer10 = {{hlist|Harry|Destri}}
| extra10 = Khandwala
| length10 = 4:36
| title11 = Rip Her to Shreds
| writer11 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein}}
| extra11 = Khandwala
| length11 = 3:19
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc two: Ghosts of Download
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 53:04
| title1 = Sugar on the Side
| note1 = featuring Systema Solar
| writer1 = {{hlist|Stein|Jeff Saltzman|Natalie Hawkins|Systema Solar}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length1 = 3:46
| title2 = Rave
| note2 = featuring Miss Guy
| writer2 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = A Rose by Any Name
| note3 = featuring Beth Ditto
| writer3 = {{hlist|Matt Katz-Bohen|Laurel Katz-Bohen|Harry{{ref|a|[a]}}|Stein{{ref|a|[a]}}|Jamie Siegel{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|M. Katz-Bohen|Jeremy Scherer{{ref|b|[b]}}|Siegel{{ref|b|[b]}}|Joe Tomino{{ref|b|[b]}}|Conrad Kaneshiro{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length3 = 3:34
| title4 = Winter
| writer4 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length4 = 4:15
| title5 = I Want to Drag You Around
| writer5 = Matthew Barus
| extra5 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length5 = 3:14
| title6 = I Screwed Up
| note6 = featuring Los Rakas
| writer6 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins|Mikael Johnston}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = Relax
| note7 = featuring Keilah Baez, Felicia Dennis and Keisha Williams
| writer7 = {{hlist|Peter Gill|Holly Johnson|Brian Nash|Mark O'Toole}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Saltzman|M. Katz-Bohen|Stein|Archie Ekong{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length7 = 5:49
| title8 = Take Me in the Night
| writer8 = {{hlist|M. Katz-Bohen|Dave Smith}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|M. Katz-Bohen|Saltzman}}
| length8 = 3:23
| title9 = Make a Way
| writer9 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Mile High
| writer10 = {{hlist|Harry|Saltzman|Hector Fonseca|Jon Notar}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length10 = 3:38
| title11 = Euphoria
| writer11 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length11 = 4:39
| title12 = Take It Back
| writer12 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length12 = 3:45
| title13 = Backroom
| writer13 = {{hlist|Stein|Barbara Sicuranza|Saltzman}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length13 = 4:06
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital edition bonus tracks{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/blondie-4-0-ever-greatest/866214188 |title=Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download by Blondie |website=iTunes Store |date=12 May 2013 |location=United States |access-date=June 5, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K5X16KA |title=Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts Of Download: Blondie: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |location=United States |access-date=June 5, 2014}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 65:14
| title14 = Put Some Color on You
| writer14 = {{hlist|Harry|Saltzman|M. Katz-Bohen|L. Katz-Bohen|Lissy Trullie|Tommy Kessler}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein|M. Katz-Bohen}}
| length14 = 3:52
| title15 = Can't Stop Wanting
| writer15 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length15 = 3:10
| title16 = Prism
| writer16 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein|Saltzman|Hawkins}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Saltzman|Stein}}
| length16 = 5:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition bonus DVD: Live at CBGB 1977{{cite web |url=http://www.universal-music.de/blondie/diskografie/detail/product:210187/blondie-40-ever-greatest-hits-deluxe-redux-ghosts-of-download |title=Blondie {{!}} Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts Of Download |publisher=Universal Music Germany |language=de |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144734/http://www.universal-music.de/blondie/diskografie/detail/product:210187/blondie-40-ever-greatest-hits-deluxe-redux-ghosts-of-download |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}
| total_length = 53:00
| title1 = Kung Fu Girls
| writer1 = {{hlist|Destri|Harry|Gary Lachman}}
| length1 = 3:36
| title2 = In the Sun
| writer2 = Stein
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = Little Girl Lies
| writer3 = Harry
| length3 = 2:28
| title4 = Look Good in Blue
| writer4 = Destri
| length4 = 3:18
| title5 = Man Overboard
| writer5 = {{hlist|Stein|Harry}}
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = A Shark in Jets Clothing
| writer6 = Destri
| length6 = 4:39
| title7 = Rifle Range
| writer7 = Stein
| length7 = 5:14
| title8 = In the Flesh
| writer8 = {{hlist|Stein|Harry}}
| length8 = 3:37
| title9 = X-Offender
| writer9 = {{hlist|Harry|Lachman}}
| length9 = 4:10
| title10 = Youth Nabbed as a Sniper
| writer10 = Stein
| length10 = 4:23
| title11 = Rip Her to Shreds
| writer11 = {{hlist|Harry|Stein}}
| length11 = 4:38
| title12 = Heart Full of Soul
| writer12 = Graham Gouldman
| length12 = 2:13
| title13 = I Love Playing with Fire
| writer13 = Joan Jett
| length13 = 2:22
| title14 = Palisades Park
| writer14 = Chuck Barris
| length14 = 2:24
| title15 = Denis
| note15 = rehearsal
| writer15 = Neil Levenson
| length15 = 2:11
}}
=Notes=
- {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} Despite not being credited as songwriters of "A Rose by Any Name" in the album's liner notes, Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, and Jamie Siegel are listed as songwriters by ASCAP.{{cite web |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/887044695 |title=A Rose by Any Name featuring Beth Ditto (Work ID: 887044695) |publisher=ASCAP |access-date=September 25, 2019}}
- {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies an additional producer
- "Relax" was omitted from the vinyl edition of the album.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Blondie 4(0) Ever.{{cite AV media notes |title=Blondie 4(0) Ever |type=liner notes |others=Blondie |publisher=Noble ID |year=2014 |id=NBL 500-2}}
=''Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux''=
{{Div col}}
- Kato Khandwala – production {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5–11)}}
- Mark Needham – mixing
- Craig Leon – production {{small|(track 4)}}
- Ryan Ewing – additional cover treatment
- Trevor Niemann – design, layout
- Chris Stein – photos
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=''Ghosts of Download''=
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- Jeff Saltzman – production {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4–13)}}
- Chris Stein – production {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9–13)}}
- Hernan Santiago – mixing {{small|(tracks 3, 11, 13)}}
- Paul David Hager – mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 12)}}
- Mikael Johnston – mixing {{small|(track 10)}}
- Marcussen Mastering – mastering
- J. H. Williams III – art direction, design
- Systema Solar – featured artist {{small|(track 1)}}
- Miss Guy – featured artist {{small|(track 2)}}
- Beth Ditto – featured artist {{small|(track 3)}}
- Matt Katz-Bohen – production {{small|(tracks 3, 7, 8)}}
- Jeremy Scherer – additional production {{small|(track 3)}}
- Jamie Siegel – additional production {{small|(track 3)}}
- Joe Tomino – additional production {{small|(track 3)}}
- Conrad Kaneshiro – additional production {{small|(track 3)}}
- Natalie Hawkins – additional vocals {{small|(track 5)}}
- Los Rakas – featured artist {{small|(track 6)}}
- Keliah Baez – featured artist {{small|(track 7)}}
- Felicia Dennis – featured artist {{small|(track 7)}}
- Keisha Williams – featured artist {{small|(track 7)}}
- Archie Ekong – additional production, programming {{small|(track 7)}}
- Hector Fonseca – additional vocals {{small|(track 10)}}
{{Div col end}}
Charts
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|+ 2014 chart performance for Blondie 4(0) Ever ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite journal |url=http://www.aria.com.au/ARIA1266.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140620051154/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20140620-1509/ARIA1266.pdf |archive-date=2014-06-20 |title=ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 2nd June 2014 |journal=The ARIA Report |issue=1266 |page=6 |date=June 2, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2020 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
| 72 |
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{{album chart|Flanders|106|artist=Blondie|album=4(0) Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2014}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|75|artist=Blondie|album=4(0) Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2014}} |
scope="row"| Croatian Albums (HDU){{cite web |url=http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=1354 |title=Top Kombiniranih – Tjedan 25. 2014. |trans-title=Top Combined – Week 25, 2014 |language=hr |publisher=Top of the Shops |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217083140/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=1354 |archive-date=December 17, 2014}}
| 48 |
{{album chart|France|118|artist=Blondie|album=4(0) Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download|rowheader=true|access-date=January 17, 2017}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|44|id=244033|artist=Blondie|album=4(0) Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download|rowheader=true|access-date=June 2, 2015}} |
{{album chart|Scotland|11|date=20140518|rowheader=true|access-date=June 2, 2015}} |
{{album chart|UK2|16|date=20140518|rowheader=true|access-date=July 2, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|109|artist=Blondie|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2014}} |
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|21|artist=Blondie|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2014}} |
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|22|artist=Blondie|rowheader=true|access-date=June 12, 2014}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRock|30|artist=Blondie|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2014}} |
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|+ 2017 chart performance for Blondie 4(0) Ever ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ){{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-04-21 |title=Heatseeker Albums |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
| 6 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Blondie|title=Blondie 4(0)-Ever|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2014|certyear=2020|id=15495-804-2|date=September 25, 2020|access-date=March 26, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
Release history
References
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Category:2014 greatest hits albums