Critics generally commented on the large number of collaborators and composers, lamenting the small number of Harry-Stein-penned tracks, and praised Congleton's production and Harry's interpretation. It was released on a limited edition 7" vinyl, as was "Fun", backed with non-album track "The Breaks". The album's bustling with life throughout,and original members; Debbie Harry,Chris Stein and loyal to the end drummer Clem Burke,with their trademark punky sound,make this possible.

A note about the inner sleeves of the box set singles, it's just another point towards the high production of these 'singles'.

Etwas ruhiger wird es erst mit „When I Gave Up on You“, um danach mit „Love Level“ wieder einen so typischen Blondie-Titel einzuführen, der langsam wieder Fahrt aufnimmt, die in „Too Much“ ihren Gipfel erreicht. This album is overall amazing in it's ability to update and at the same time retain all the perfect qualities of New Wave. I like that Fragments is on its own special single (because I really like that track - so often just play that single). This experience was documented by director Rob Roth in the short film Blondie: Vivir en La Habana, which featured 16mm, 8mm film and digital footage from the shows and the band members around Havanna and interviews.

To have a collaboration between Blondie and the sublime Laurie Anderson is such a treat, with the song Fragments having several phases, including a short break in the middle of its nearly 14 minute running time. Heart of Glass” added disco’s bounce to the band’s guitar crunch; their cover of the rocksteady classic “The Tide is High” made plain the Caribbean influences that were infiltrating rock in the late ’70s and early ’80s; “Dreaming” was an urban-cowboy sigh reclining on a cloud of glitter; and Harry’s downtown-blasé, Fab 5 Freddy-saluting bridge on “Rapture” led to it becoming the first rap video to appear on the white-breadiest, earliest iteration of MTV. In keeping with the Pollinator album, the costume was designed as a statement about the dwindling bee population and environmental health.Eindeutig Blondie - und das nicht nur wegen Debbie Harrys unverwechselbarer Stimme - ohne als billige Eigenkopie zu klingen. Harry’s voice gets to peek out from the digital-processing curtain as guitars and keyboards zip around her. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Great album, as good as their classic albums of the late 70's and early 80's which I bought as a school boy.

Be it the reverbed bass line of Long Time taken and revamps from Heart of Glass, to Love Level which echo's The Tide is high in spirit, with My Monster being an ode to the song Angels On The Balcony from AutoAmerican. Five of the album's tracks were written or co-written by Blondie bandmembers, with two songs written by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (Harry also co-wrote one track with Hynes) and another two were written by Blondie keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen with his wife Laurel. A date in Chile was scheduled but later cancelled and rescheduled for 2019 and going sold-out in ten minutes. Director Rob Roth created the documentary Vivir en La Habana with recordings and interviews from this travel, which premiered in several festivals and produced the homonimous live EP.But Pollinator transmits that freshness of his 1978 album "Parallel Lines" mainly in his cut "Long Time" clear nods to "Heart Of Glass". El último track “Fragments”, fue el que más me agradó: es crudo en letras, en arreglos y en voz (es la canción dónde oímos a Debbie Harry prácticamente sin filtros), fue perfecto para cerrar el álbum. During July–August, 2017 Blondie co-headlined the "Rage and Rapture Tour" with Garbage, playing 27 shows in the US, Canada and Mexico. Blondie toured for the album during 2017 and 2018, visiting several cities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Cuba.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The album was more prominent on Billboard's Top Independent Albums Chart where it debuted and peaked at number 4. In 2019, Blondie were invited to perform in Havana, Cuba as part of a cultural exchange through the Cuban Ministry of Culture. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Fragments“ kombinert alle Elemente und Tempi in einem Song, ist quasi das Album in Kurzform und mit einer Laufzeit von knapp 7 Minuten auch der bei Weitem längste Titel von „Pollinator“.The band's performance at WTTW's Grainger Studio in Chicago, taped on December 10, 2015, aired on the PBS concert series Soundstage on January 26, 2017, containing the new songs "My Monster" and "Gravity". In einem Gros an unterschiedlichen Medien erschien Blondies neuestes Werk „Pollinator“: als rote, schwarze oder weiße Vinyl-LP, als sechsfach-7“-Single-Box, CD, Kassette und Download - in den Sozialen Medien konnte man Fans entdecken, die sich jedes Format in mindestens einer Ausführung zulegten. Blondie are proving, they are not content to rest on their laurels,and - I don't think - will ever become a '70's/'80's oldies act.