No Exit (Blondie album)

No Exit
Studio album by Blondie
Released	February 23, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	New Wave, alternative rock
Label	Beyond Records
Producer	Craig Leon
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Blondie chronology
The Hunter (1982) No Exit (1999) The Curse of Blondie (2004)

No Exit is the seventh studio album by the US rock/new wave group Blondie. Released in February 1999, it marked the first time the band had recorded or performed together since 1982's The Hunter.

The album reached no.3 in the UK charts, shortly after the first single "Maria" became Blondie's sixth UK no.1 single. As was customary for a Blondie album, it dabbled in many genres, including pop, reggae, and hip-hop. Mike Chapman, who had produced all but the first two of Blondie's albums, produced some of the early demos for the album but final production of the album fell to Craig Leon.

A cover version of The Shangri-Las' 1965 hit "Out in the Streets" was also included on this 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 album Blondie.

The album spawned two UK singles, the aforementioned no.1 hit "Maria", and "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" which peaked at no.26 in the UK. A third single was released in the US, the title track "No Exit", which was a fusion of classical, hip-hop and rock, and featured raps by Mobb Deep, Coolio, U-God & Inspectah Deck.

Title

Chris Stein said on an interview with Tim Banks (March 1, 2004): "With our last record, No Exit, the title was taken from a Sartre play, which says there's no madness in individuals, it's all in groups. I think that's probably what all these reality TV shows are about. Maybe we were a reality TV show before there was reality TV."

Track listing

1. "Screaming Skin" (Deborah Harry, Romy Ashby, Chris Stein, Leigh Foxx) – 5:35
2. "Forgive and Forget" (Chris Stein) – 4:31
3. "Maria" (Jimmy Destri) – 4:51
4. "No Exit" (Jimmy Destri, Deborah Harry, Romy Ashby, Coolio, Chris Stein) – 4:51
5. "Double Take" (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) – 4:12
6. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (Jimmy Destri) – 3:13
7. "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room" (Deborah Harry, Roma Ashby, Clem Burke, Kathy Valentine, Denny Freeman) – 4:08
8. "Night Wind Sent" (Deborah Harry, Romy Ashby, Leigh Foxx, Chris Stein) – 4:40
9. "Under the Gun (For Jeffrey Lee Pierce)" (Chris Stein) – 4:09
10. "Out in the Streets" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) – 3:03
11. "Happy Dog (For Caggy)" (Deborah Harry, Romy Ashby, Chris Stein) – 3:24
12. "The Dream's Lost on Me" (Romy Ashby, Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) – 3:19
13. "Divine" (Clem Burke, Kathy Valentine) – 4:14
14. "Dig up the Conjo" (Jimmy Destri, Chris Stein, Deborah Harry) – 4:55

Bonus Tracks First Edition US & Canada

15. "Dreaming" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 3:22
16. "Call Me" (Live 1998) (Moroder, Harry) - 4:47
17. "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07

Bonus Tracks Australia

15. "Call Me" (Live 1998) (Moroder, Harry) - 4:47
16. "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07
17. "Heart of Glass" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 6:49

Bonus Tracks 2 CD Edition, UK & Germany
Disc 2:

1. "Call Me" (Live 1998) (Moroder, Harry) - 4:47
2. "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07
3. "Dreaming" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 3:22
4. "Heart of Glass" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 6:49

Bonus Tracks South Africa & 2001 UK Re-Issue

15. "Hot Shot" (Borusiewicz, Kahn) - 3:46
    
16. "Rapture" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 7:07
    
17. "Heart of Glass" (Live 1998) (Harry, Stein) - 6:49
    

Bonus Track Japan

15. "Hot Shot" (Borusiewicz, Kahn) - 3:46
    

Personal

Blondie Is

• Chris Stein - lead guitar, bass
• Deborah Harry - vocals
• Clem Burke - drums
• James Destri keyboards

Additional Musicians

• Leigh Foxx - bass guitar
• Paul Carbonara - rhythm guitar

Production

• Mastered By - Steve Hall
• Mixed By - Craig Leon (tracks: 1, 7, 9 to 11, 13, 14) , Mike Shipley (tracks: 2 to 6, 8)
• Producer [Assistant] - Cassell Webb
• Producer, Recorded By - Craig Leon
• Recorded at Red Night Recording NYC, Electric Lady Studios, NYC & Chung King House Of Metal, NYC
• Mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London & Encore Studios, Los Angeles
• Mastered at Future Disc, Los Angeles

Chart peaks

Year	Country	Position
1999	United Kingdom	#3
	United States	#18
	Germany	#18
	Austria	#20
	Switzerland	#21
	France	#25
	Sweden	#36
	Australia	#72
	Netherlands	#80