Blondie
by Blondie

Blondie by Blondie
Year: 1976
Release date: 1976-12-00
Overall rank: 2,454th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 218 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (38th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (441st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,454th)

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Blondie bestography

Blondie is ranked 3rd best out of 23 albums by Blondie on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Blondie is Parallel Lines which is ranked number 256 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,171.

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Eat To The Beat
This album (2,454th)
Blondie
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Plastic Letters

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Blondie rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,454th | 1970s rank: 441st | 1976 rank: 38th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 218 votes)
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09/30/2026 08:26 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,78674/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.


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Blondie forum mentions

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“Year of Release: 1976 planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00713 Rating Date: 2021-01-24 Included in... Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: N 2012: N 2020: #401 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? N 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? N…”
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“The votes are in. And the decision is unanimous - Blondie is da bomb! So you know what that means, boys & girls => Rank' em! Blondie Style. 1. So what's your favorite fave - Blondie's self-titled or Parallel Lines?! (Mine's the self-titled from 1976!) 2. How would you rank their albums? Which one…”
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80/100
I love this album, catchy and aggressive and young. The energy in this album is infectious. Very beatle-ish melody's with Debbie's vocals charm, I mean, who can ask for more? and Clem Burke, he is everything!
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70/100
Still working out the kinks. You can see the beginnings of Parallel Lines shining through, but not quite there yet.
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75/100
Not quite Parallel Lines, but Blondie generally proves to be more fun than I anticipate.
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90/100
Like it a lot, it sounds like a Doors album fronted by Debbie Harry.
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80/100
My favorite Blondie album. They're at their best when they don't try too hard, and just make catchy rock tunes. Downside of it, is of course that it sounds quite derivative of all garage rock you already know from the '60s, and especially The Doors - especially on "Man Overboard" - seeing the set-up of instruments and how and when they're used. It is however telling of a band's lack of imagination that they can pick up a novel instrument like the synthesizer, and can't do anything more with it than use it as an organ with a slightly different sound. (Edited)
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