Against the Odds 1974-1982 gathers Blondie's first six studio albums, from the 1976 debut to The Hunter in 1982, together with demos, outtakes, alternate mixes and single versions from the same years. The archive project came out in 2022 and was compiled with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein; the audio was remastered at Abbey Road Studios. The bonus material holds dozens of previously unreleased recordings, among them early home tapes from the band's Bowery days, the demos Mike Chapman made of Heart of Glass and Hanging on the Telephone, and the Christmas single Yuletide Throwdown with Fab 5 Freddy. The set was issued in several sizes, from a compact edition with only the rare material to the full version with the albums included.
This edition is the 3-CD box with booklet, containing the bonus material only.
- 1 Out In the Streets (1974)
- 2 The Disco Song
- 3 Sexy Ida
- 4 Platinum Blonde
- 5 The Thin Line
- 6 Puerto Rico
- 7 Once I Had a Love (1975)
- 8 Out In the Streets (1975)
- 9 X Offender (Intro)
- 10 X Offender (Private Stock Single)
- 11 In the Sun (Private Stock Single)
- 12 Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix)
- 13 In the Flesh (Extended Intro)
- 14 A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2)
- 15 Kung Fu Girl (Take 8)
- 16 Scenery
- 17 Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)
- 18 Moonlight Drive
- 19 Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1)
- 20 I Didn't Have the Nerve To Say No (Take 1)
- 21 I'm On E (Take 2)
- 22 Kidnapper (Take 2)
- 23 Detroit 442 (Take 2)
- 24 Poets Problem
- 25 Once I Had a Love (Mike Chapman Demo)
- 26 Sunday Girl (French Version)
- 27 I'll Never Break Away From This Heart of Mine (Pretty Baby)
- 28 Hanging On the Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)
- 29 Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)
- 30 Call Me
- 31 Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2)
- 32 Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
- 33 Underground Girl
- 34 Union City Blue (Instrumental)
- 35 Llamame
- 36 I Love You Honey, Give Me a Beer (Go Through It)
- 37 Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
- 38 Angels On the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
- 39 Tide is High (Demo)
- 40 Susie & Jeffrey
- 41 Rapture (Disco Version)
- 42 Autoamerican Ad
- 43 Yuletide Throwdown
- 44 War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
- 45 Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
- 46 Heart of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)
- 47 Nameless (Home Tape)
- 48 Mr. Sightseer
- 49 Sunday Girl (Home Tape)
- 50 Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)
- 51 The Hardest Part (Home Tape)
- 52 Ring of Fire (Home Tape)
ArtistBlondie
Number of discs3
FormatCD
GenrePop
StylesNew Wave, Pop Rock
EAN0602508761010
