‘Blondie’ at 50: The Downtown Spark of a 1976 Debut

Released in December 1976, Blondie’s self-titled debut did not arrive like a polished pop manifesto. It kicked the door open with eyeliner, attitude, garage-band nerve and a sly smile. Blondie, the album, sits at the exact moment when New York’s mid-70s underground was mutating into something broader, brighter and harder to categorise. The band had…

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