The Platinum Collection is a two disc compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of recordings by Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

 released by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

/Chrysalis

Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

 in 1994. The forty-seven track compilation contains the A- and B-sides of all singles issued by the band in the U.S. and the UK between the years 1976 and 1982 in chronological order, five demo recordings made before the release of their debut album including an alternative version of "Heart of Glass", as well as two 1994 dance remixes of their hits "Atomic" and "Rapture".

The liner notes contain extensive interviews with band members Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Frank Infante and Gary Valentine .

Track listing

Disc one:

1. "X-Offender
   X-Offender
   "X Offender" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. Written by Gary Valentine and Debbie Harry for the band's self-titled debut album, Blondie, the song was released as the album's lead single on Private Stock in June 1976.-Song information:...
   
   " (Harry, Valentine) - 3:10
2. "In The Flesh" (Harry, Stein) - 2:26
3. "Man Overboard" (Harry) - 3:20
4. "Rip Her to Shreds
   Rip Her to Shreds
   "Rip Her to Shreds" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, which features on the band's self-titled debut album . It is rumored to be about punk rock singer Cherry Vanilla.- Single information :...
   
   " (Harry, Stein) - 3:18
5. "Denis
   Denis (Denee)
   "Denis" a.k.a. "Denee Denee" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. It featured on the band's second studio album, Plastic Letters , and was the second UK single release by Blondie on Chrysalis records.-Song information:...
   
   " (Levenson) - 2:16
6. "Contact in Red Square" (Destri) - 1:56
7. "Kung Fu Girls" (Destri, Harry, Valentine) - 2:29
8. "I'm on E" (Harry, Stein) - 2:12
9. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear
   (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear
   " Presence, Dear" is a song from the 1977 album Plastic Letters by Blondie, and was the second single off that album, following up the international breakthrough single "Denis", reaching number 10 in the UK in May 1978...
   
   " (Valentine) - 2:40
10. "Poets Problem" (Destri) - 2:19
11. "Detroit 442" (Destri, Stein) - 2:24
12. "Picture This
    Picture This (song)
    "Picture This" is track number 3 from the 1978 album Parallel Lines by Blondie, the first collaboration with producer Mike Chapman, and was also the fourth single release from Chrysalis Records...
    
    " (Destri, Harry, Stein) - 2:53
13. "Fade Away (and Radiate)" (Stein) - 3:57
14. "I'm Gonna Love You Too
    I'm Gonna Love You Too
    "I'm Gonna Love You Too" is a song written by Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957. It was recorded 20 years later by American New Wave band Blondie and released as the first single from their multi-platinum 1978 album Parallel Lines.-Song...
    
    " (Mauldin, Petty, Sullivan) - 2:03
15. "Just Go Away" (Harry) - 3:21
16. "Hanging on the Telephone
    Hanging on the Telephone
    "Hanging on the Telephone" is a song written by Jack Lee and first performed by Lee's short-lived US West Coast power pop trio The Nerves, who placed it as the lead-off track on their 1976 EP, the band's only release. New Wave band Blondie popularised the song when it was released as the second...
    
    " (Lee) - 2:17
17. "Will Anything Happen" (Lee) - 2:55
18. "Heart of Glass
    Heart of Glass (song)
    "Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
    
    " (7" Mix) (Harry, Stein) - 4:10
19. "Rifle Range" (Stein, Toast) - 3:37
20. "11:59" (Destri) - 3:19
21. "Sunday Girl
    Sunday Girl
    "Sunday Girl" was a UK number-one single by Blondie for three weeks in May 1979. It was Blondie's second UK number-one single after "Heart of Glass"; it was, however, never released as a single in the US.-Song information:...
    
    " (Stein) - 3:12
22. "I Know But I Don't Know" (Infante) - 3:53
23. "One Way or Another
    One Way or Another
    "One Way or Another" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie.-Song information:Written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison for the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines , the song was inspired by one of Harry's ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their break up. The song was released as a...
    
    " (Harrison, Harry) - 3:31
24. "Dreaming
    Dreaming (Blondie song)
    "Dreaming" is a song by the American punk/new wave band Blondie. Released in 1979, it was the lead single from their fourth album Eat to the Beat...
    
    " (Harry, Stein) - 3:03
25. "Sound-A-Sleep" (Harry, Stein) - 4:12
26. "Living in the Real World" (Destri) - 2:38

Disc two:

1. "Union City Blue
   Union City Blue
   "Union City Blue" is a song by the US rock band Blondie. It was written by Deborah Harry and Nigel Harrison, and was featured on their 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Single information:...
   
   " (Harrison, Harry) - 3:18
2. "The Hardest Part
   The Hardest Part (Blondie song)
   "The Hardest Part" was the second song released as a single from Blondie's fourth album Eat to the Beat in the United States, instead of "Union City Blue". It was written by the group's principal songwriting partnership, Deborah Harry and Chris Stein...
   
   " (Harry, Stein) - 3:37
3. "Atomic
   Atomic (song)
   "Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Song information:...
   
   " (7" Mix) (Destri, Harry) - 3:50
4. "Die Young Stay Pretty" (Harry, Stein) - 3:27
5. "Slow Motion" (Davis, Destri) - 3:25
6. "Call Me
   Call Me (Blondie song)
   "Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. Released in 1980, "Call Me" topped the singles charts in both the US and the UK ....
   
   " (7" Edit) (Harry, Moroder) - 3:30
7. "The Tide Is High
   The Tide Is High
   "The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt and originally performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer. The song went mainly unnoticed in the rest of the world until it was rediscovered in 1980 when it became a US/UK number 1 hit for the band Blondie...
   
   " (7" Edit) (Barrett, Evans, Holt) - 3:51
8. "Susie and Jeffrey" (Harrison, Harry) - 4:08
9. "Rapture
   Rapture (song)
   "Rapture" is a single by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in January 1981 and was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 top 10 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. "Rapture" went on to reach...
   
   " (UK 7" Edit) (Harry, Stein) - 4:57
10. "Walk Like Me" (Destri) - 3:46
11. "Island of Lost Souls
    Island of Lost Souls (song)
    "Island Of Lost Souls" is a song recorded by Blondie in 1981 and released as a single in April 1982. It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, The Hunter.-Song information:...
    
    " (7" Edit) (Harry, Stein) - 3:48
12. "Dragonfly" (Harry, Stein) - 5:58
13. "War Child
    War Child (song)
    "War Child" is a 1982 song by the American rock band Blondie, featured on their sixth studio album The Hunter. The song was released as a single in various countries, but not in the band's native US.-Single information:...
    
    " (Harrison, Harry) - 3:58
14. "Little Caesar" (Harry, Stein) - 2:57
15. "Out in the Streets" (1975 demo recording) (Barry, Greenwich) - 2:19
16. "Platinum Blonde" (1975 demo recording) (Harry) - 2:15
17. "The Thin Line" (1975 demo recording) (Harry, Stein) - 2:25
18. "Puerto Rico" (1975 demo recording) (Harry, Stein) - 2:05
19. "Once I Had a Love" (a.k.a. "The Disco Song", 1975 demo recording, early version of "Heart of Glass
    Heart of Glass (song)
    "Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
    
    ") (Harry, Stein) - 3:56
20. "Atomic
    Atomic (song)
    "Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's 1979 album Eat to the Beat.-Song information:...
    
    " (Diddy Remix - Radio Edit) (Destri, Harry) - 4:03
21. "Rapture
    Rapture (song)
    "Rapture" is a single by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in January 1981 and was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 top 10 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. "Rapture" went on to reach...
    
    " (K-Klass Remix - Radio Edit) (Harry, Stein) - 4:20

Production

• Producer - Alan Betrock (tracks: 2.15 to 2.19)
• Producer - Mike Chapman (tracks: 1.12 to 1.18, 1.20 to 1.26, 2.01 to 2.05, 2.07 to 2.14, 2.20, 2.21)
• Producer - Richard Gottehrer
  Richard Gottehrer
  Richard Gottehrer is an American songwriter, record producer and record label executive.-Career:Gottehrer came to prominence as a songwriter in the 1960s with his most notable songs being "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy". As Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer , he wrote various songs including...
  
  (tracks: 1.01 to 1.11, 1.19)