The Curse of Blondie

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The Curse of Blondie
Blondie - The Curse Of Blondie.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 2003
Recorded2003
Genre New wave, post-punk revival
Length65:19
Label Sanctuary Records (United States)
Epic Records (United Kingdom)
Producer Steve Thompson
(except "Good Boys", produced by Jeff Bova)
Blondie chronology
No Exit
(1999)
The Curse of Blondie
(2003)
Panic of Girls
(2011)
Singles from The Curse of Blondie
  1. "Good Boys"
    Released: October 6, 2003
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Shakedown"
Chris Stein 5:05
2."Good Boys"Griffin4:18
3."Undone"Harry
  • Craig Bartock
  • John Vitale
4:28
4."Golden Rod"HarryLeigh Foxx5:23
5."Rules for Living" Jimmy Destri Destri5:12
6."Background Melody (The Only One)"
  • Destri
  • Harry
  • Destri
  • Harry
3:54
7."Magic (Asadoya Yunta)"
  • Harry
  • Ashby
Traditional Okinawan folk song4:05
8."End to End"
  • Harry
  • Ashby
Stein3:59
9."Hello Joe"
  • Harry
  • Ashby
Stein4:06
10."The Tingler"HarryStein3:52
11."Last One in the World"DestriDestri4:31
12."Diamond Bridge"HarryDestri4:07
13."Desire Brings Me Back"Carla OllaGretchen Langheld5:31
14."Songs of Love"LangheldLangheld6:43
European edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
15."Good Boys" (Giorgio Moroder single mix)
  • Griffin
  • Harry
Griffin4:06
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."The Tide Is High" (live at Summer Sonic 03)
4:35
16."Rapture" (live at Summer Sonic 03)
  • Harry
  • Stein
7:16

Personnel

Production and design

Charts

Chart (2003–04)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [18] 83
French Albums (SNEP) [19] 113
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 84
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 37
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 36
US Billboard 200 [23] 160

References

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