Picture This Live

Picture This Live

“Crashing together bits of two shows recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, Picture This Live was released to coincide with EMI’s 100th anniversary and shortly before the band released their comeback album. Eventually, it was rereleased under the name Blondie Live: Philadelphia 1978/Dallas 1980, which is a mouthful forsaking the simplicity of the original.   Enough of the background, this is the best of Blondie’s various live albums. A raucous 75 minutes where the band struts their punk bona fides and make even their most pop-friendly songs sound deliciously spiky. Largely pulling from Parallel Lines, the band blazes through the usual hits – “One Way or Another,” “Sunday Girl,” “Heart of Glass” – with vigor. Even better are the lesser-known songs like a mashup of” read more