The Hunter (studio album)
by Blondie

The Hunter by Blondie
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 22,278th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
61/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (330th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,920th)
Award Best albums of all time (22,278th)
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Blondie bestography

The Hunter is ranked 8th best out of 23 albums by Blondie on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Blondie is Parallel Lines which is ranked number 270 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,241.

Blondie album bestography « Higher ranked (19,166th)
The Best Of Blondie
This album (22,278th)
The Hunter
Lower ranked (27,203rd) »
No Exit

(N.B. Bestographies do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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The Hunter track list

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The Hunter ratings

Average Rating: 
61/100 (from 54 votes)
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02/28/2025 10:49 fabm0  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,50459/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 60.7/100, a mean average of 58.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 58.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.

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From 01/09/2025 23:57
It deserved better that the reception it got, that's for sure. I don't care for "Orchid Club", but everything else is good, and there are a few hidden gems such as "Dragonfly", "Danceway", and "War Child". Not as good as prior Blondie albums, but still pretty good.
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From 07/29/2017 20:56
I guess it's a good and sad record. It sounds tired quite often but I wish I would hear such vivid music today. I find their version of "The hunter gets captured by the game" the best I ever heard, the lyrics always were made to be sung from a more mature perspective, one that knows about the dephts and dangers of secudction and this is what Deborah Harry brings in this version.
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From 03/22/2015 18:32
I like this album, there's some great moments. I think the production bring down the songs and the concept. It sounds a bit force, and VERY early 80's, not like their prior work that still sound fresh. Not a weak album tho.

Btw, where's War CHild in the tracklist?
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From 08/08/2013 02:25
I really love all their albums prior (even Autoamerican which many find pretentious and difficult), but I never have been able to truly crack this album. There are moments of brilliance like War Child and English Boys but as a whole you can hear the band breaking up much like what happened less than six months after this album hit shelves.
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