Blondie Profile
The taxman must be back in town. On Blondie's tenth album, Ghosts Of Download – one half of a double album package that is 4(0) Ever – thick layers of slick production lacquer over the band's once irrepressible character, as a sleepy, borderline comatose Debbie Harry autotunes her way over ill-judged, teeny rave-pop. On the plus side, A Rose By Any Name suggests that core writing skills still endure and there's a complimentary album, Deluxe Redux, featuring their greatest hits, albeit re-recorded and remixed. Don't mess with perfection.
