Blondie – Rapture - Sealed Original Vinyl Record Album

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Catalog Number: CHE 1290 (Chrysalis)

Conditions

Vinyl

-      Side 1:             Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-      Side 2:             Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Labels

-        Side 1:          Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-        Side 2:          Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Covers

-        Front Cover: Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-        Back Cover:  Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Inside Cover:       Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Spine:                  Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Seems

-        Top:              Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

-        Bottom:        Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

Inner Sleeve:       Mint (Sealed – Never Opened – Never Played)

 

Additional Items: 

 

Released:    November 1980

Recorded:   1980, United Western Studios, Hollywood

 

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source

Rating

Allmusic

Robert Christgau

B?

Rolling Stone

The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in November 1980 and reached #3[5] in the UK charts, #8 in Australia and #7 in the US.

Track listing

Side One

 

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

"Europa"  

Chris Stein

3:31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

"Live It Up"  

Stein

4:09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

"Here's Looking At You"  

Debbie Harry, Stein

2:58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

"The Tide Is High" (The Paragons cover)

John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett

4:39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

"Angels on the Balcony"  

Laura Davis, Jimmy Destri

3:47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

"Go Through It"  

Harry, Stein

2:40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Side Two

 

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

"Do the Dark"  

Destri

3:51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.

"Rapture"  

Harry, Stein

6:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.

"Faces"  

Harry

3:51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.

"T-Birds"  

Nigel Harrison, Harry

3:56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.

"Walk Like Me"  

Destri

3:44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.

"Follow Me"  

Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe

3:01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonus tracks on cassette edition

 

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

"Susie and Jeffrey" (B-side to "The Tide Is High" single)

Harry, Harrison

4:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonus tracks 1994 CD reissue

 

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.

"Rapture (Special Disco Mix)"  

Harry, Stein

9:59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.

"Live It Up (Special Disco Mix)"  

Stein

8:13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonus tracks 2001 CD reissue

 

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.

"Call Me (Original Long Version)" (From the original motion picture soundtrack American Gigolo)

Giorgio Moroder, Harry

8:06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.

"Suzy & Jeffrey" (B-side to "The Tide Is High" single)

Harry, Harrison

4:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.

"Rapture (Special Disco Mix)"  

Harry, Stein

9:59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel

• Deborah Harry – vocals
• Chris Stein – guitar, vibraphone
• Jimmy Destri – piano, organ, synthesizer, background vocals
• Frank Infante – guitar, background vocals
• Nigel Harrison – bass, background vocals
• Clem Burke – drums, background vocals

Additional personnel

• Howard Kaylan – vocals on "T-Birds"
• Mark Volman – vocals on "T-Birds"
• Jimmie Haskell – string and horn arrangements on "Here's Looking At You", "The Tide Is High", "Europa" and "Go Through It"
• Wa Wa Watson – guitar on "Live It Up"
• Tom Scott – saxophone on "Rapture" and "Faces", lyricon on "Do the Dark"
• Steve Goldstein – piano on "Faces", synthesizer on "Follow Me"
• Ray Brown – bass on "Faces"
• Scott Lesser – percussion on "Live It Up"
• Ollie Brown – percussion on "The Tide Is High"
• Emil Richards – percussion on "The Tide Is High"
• Alex Acuña – percussion on "The Tide Is High"
• B-Girls – background vocals on "Live It Up"

Production

• Mike Chapman – record producer
• Recorded at United Western Studio, Hollywood, California in 1980. Originally released on Chrysalis (1290).
• Kevin Flaherty – 2001 reissue producer

Chart peaks

Chart (1980–81)

Peak
position

Australian Albums Chart

8

Austrian Albums Chart

18

Canadian Albums Chart

4

Dutch Albums Chart

16

Gegman Albums Chart

42

New Zealand Albums Chart

6

Norwergian Albums Chart

12

Swedish Albums Chart

11

UK Albums Chart

3

US Billboard 200

7

US Top R&B Albums

25

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)

Peak
position

Canadian RPM 1981 Top 100 Albums

23

Certifications

Region

Certification

Sales/shipments

Canada (Music Canada)

3× Platinum

300,000^

United Kingdom (BPI)

Platinum

300,000^

United States (RIAA)

Platinum

1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone