Blondie: Debbie Harry (vocals); Chris Stein, Frank Infante (guitar); Jimmy Destri (keyboards); Nigel Harrison (bass); Clem Burke (drums).

Blondie: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry, Frank Infante, Gary Valentine, Clement Burke, James Destri.

Recording information: 1977 - 1982.

Not the original 1981 album. This is a budget-priced reissue released to coincide with Blondie's 1999 comeback album and tour. BEST OF BLONDIE is a fine compilation; Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and company were a classic singles band, and it's impossible to argue with songs as enduring as "One Way or Another," "Hanging on the Telephone," "Dreaming," and "Rapture."

This reissue contains the superior seven-inch single version of the band's breakthrough hit, "Heart of Glass," instead of the remix. The album also gets major points for including two tracks not on the first BEST OF BLONDIE, the farewell single "Island Of Lost Souls" and the girl-group pastiche "Denis."