No Exit (Blondie album)
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| Studio album by Blondie | ||||
| Released | February 15, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Studio | Chung King House of Metal, Electric Lady Studios, Red Night Recording (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 59:05 | |||
| Label | Beyond | |||
| Producer | Craig Leon | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Entertainment Weekly | C |
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No Exit is the seventh studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on February 15, 1999, by Beyond Records. It was the band's first album in 17 years and features the UK number-one single "Maria".
As was customary for a Blondie album, No Exit dabbled in many genres, including pop, reggae, and hip hop. Mike Chapman, who had produced all but the first two of Blondie's previous albums, produced some of the early demos for the album, though final production of the album fell to Craig Leon.
A cover of The Shangri-Las' 1965 song "Out in the Streets" was also included on the album. It was originally recorded by the band in 1975 while they were trying to get a record deal. The demo version was first issued on EMI's 1994 anthology The Platinum Collection and was later included on the 2001 remaster of the band's eponymous debut studio album.
A huge comeback promotional tour was launched preceding the release of the album, which spanned 13 months and visited Europe, North America and Oceania.
No Exit reached number three on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. It was preceded by the single "Maria", which became Blondie's sixth UK number one, exactly 20 years after the band's first number one, "Heart of Glass", making them the first American band to have chart-topping UK singles in three different decades: 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. A second single, "Nothing Is Real but the Girl", peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart. The title track, "No Exit", was released as a limited-edition third single in Europe, and is a fusion of classical, hip hop and rock, and featured raps by Mobb Deep, Coolio, U-God, and Inspectah Deck.
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