The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie
1991 greatest hits album by Deborah Harry and Blondie
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The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie is a greatest hits album released on March 4, 1991, by Chrysalis Records. It contained all of Blondie's highest-charting singles such as "Heart of Glass", "Sunday Girl", "The Tide Is High", "Atomic", and "Call Me", as well as some of Deborah Harry's solo singles, including the UK top-10 single "French Kissin' in the USA".[2]
| The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Deborah Harry and Blondie | ||||
| Released | March 4, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–1990 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 74:20 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Q Magazine | [2] |
Overview
The Complete Picture reached number three on the UK Album Chart, remaining on the chart for 25 weeks, and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[3] The album was released as a double vinyl LP, containing five tracks on each side. However, for the compact disc format, all 20 tracks were released on one CD.
A video collection was also released. It omits "Sunday Girl" and "Rip Her to Shreds" since there are no official promo videos for them, though several tracks not present on the album were included such as Deborah Harry's "Backfired" and "Now I Know You Know" (from her 1981 album KooKoo), "Free to Fall" (from 1986's Rockbird), and Blondie's videos for "The Hardest Part" (1979) and "Detroit 442" (1978).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
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| 1. | "Heart of Glass" (Faded The Best of Blondie Version) | Debbie Harry, Chris Stein | Blondie | 3:58 |
| 2. | "I Want That Man" | Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie | Deborah Harry | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Call Me" | Harry, Giorgio Moroder | Blondie | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Sunday Girl" | Stein | Blondie | 3:02 |
| 5. | "French Kissin' in the USA" (Album Version) | Chuck Lorre | Debbie Harry | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Denis" | Neil Levenson | Blondie | 2:18 |
| 7. | "Rapture" (The Best of Blondie Version) | Harry, Stein | Blondie | 5:33 |
| 8. | "Brite Side" | Harry, Stein | Deborah Harry | 4:34 |
| 9. | "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" | Gary Valentine | Blondie | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Well Did You Evah!" | Cole Porter | Debbie Harry & Iggy Pop | 3:27 |
| 11. | "The Tide Is High" (Album Version) | John Holt | Blondie | 4:35 |
| 12. | "In Love with Love" (Album Version) | Harry, Stein | Debbie Harry | 4:30 |
| 13. | "Hanging on the Telephone" | Jack Lee | Blondie | 2:22 |
| 14. | "Island of Lost Souls" (7" Edit) | Harry, Stein | Blondie | 3:49 |
| 15. | "Picture This" | Jimmy Destri, Harry, Stein | Blondie | 2:56 |
| 16. | "Dreaming" | Harry, Stein | Blondie | 3:03 |
| 17. | "Sweet and Low" (Phil Harding Single Mix) | Toni C., Harry | Debbie Harry | 4:18 |
| 18. | "Union City Blue" | Nigel Harrison, Harry | Blondie | 3:20 |
| 19. | "Atomic" (Album Version) | Destri, Harry | Blondie | 4:38 |
| 20. | "Rip Her to Shreds" | Harry, Stein | Blondie | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 74:20 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Heart of Glass" | Harry, Stein | 3:58 |
| 2. | "I Want That Man" | Bailey, Currie | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Denis" | Levenson | 2:18 |
| 4. | "Call Me" | Harry, Moroder | 3:28 |
| 5. | "French Kissin' in the USA" | Lorre | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Hanging on the Telephone" | Lee | 2:22 |
| 7. | "Sweet and Low" | Toni C., Harry | 4:18 |
| 8. | "The Tide Is High" | Holt | 4:35 |
| 9. | "In Love with Love" | Harry, Stein | 4:30 |
| 10. | "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" | Valentine | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Brite Side" | Harry, Stein | 4:34 |
| 12. | "Picture This" | Destri, Harry, Stein | 2:56 |
| 13. | "Rapture" | Harry, Stein | 4:57 |
| 14. | "Backfired" | Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers | 3:34 |
| 15. | "Now I Know You Know" | Edwards, Rodgers | 5:31 |
| 16. | "Free to Fall" | Harry, Seth Justman | 5:31 |
| 17. | "The Hardest Part" | Harry, Stein | 3:42 |
| 18. | "Detroit 442" | Destri, Stein | 2:24 |
| 19. | "Atomic" | Destri, Harry | 4:38 |
| 20. | "Union City Blue" | Harrison, Harry | 3:20 |
| 21. | "Dreaming" | Harry, Stein | 3:03 |
| 22. | "Island of Lost Souls" | Harry, Stein | 3:49 |
| 23. | "Well Did You Evah!" (with Iggy Pop) | Porter | 3:27 |
Charts
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