Against the Odds: 1974–1982

Album by Blondie

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Out in the Streets (1974 session)
    2:25
  2. 2.
    The Disco Song (1974 session)
    3:56
  3. 3.
    Sexy Ida (1974 session)
    4:00
  4. 4.
    Platinum Blonde (Betrock demo)
    2:19
  5. 5.
    The Thin Line (Betrock demo)
    2:28
  6. 6.
    Puerto Rico (Betrock demo)
    2:08
  7. 7.
    Once I Had a Love (1975 Betrock demo)
    3:58
  8. 8.
    Out in the Streets (1975 Betrock demo)
    2:22

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    X Offender
    3:15
  2. 3.
    Little Girl Lies
    2:08
  3. 4.
    In the Flesh
    2:33
  4. 5.
    Look Good in Blue
    2:55
  5. 6.
    In the Sun
    2:41
  6. 7.
    A Shark in Jets Clothing
    3:41
  7. 8.
    Man Overboard
    3:22
  8. 9.
    Rip Her to Shreads
    3:23
  9. 10.
    Rifle Range
    3:41
  10. 11.
    Kung Fu Girls
    2:33
  11. 12.
    The Attack of the Giant Ants
    3:26
  12. 13.
    X Offender (intro)
    0:18
  13. 14.
    X Offender (Private Stock single version)
    3:15
  14. 15.
    In the Sun (Private Stock single version)
    2:40
  15. 16.
    Little Girl Lies (Private Stock mix)
    2:08
  16. 17.
    In the Flesh (extended intro)
    2:52
  17. 18.
    A Shark in Jets Clothing (take 2)
    3:42
  18. 19.
    Kung Fu Girls (take 8)
    2:28
  19. 20.
    Scenery (Plaza Sound outtake)
    3:10

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Fan Mail
    2:41
  2. 4.
    Denis
    2:20
  3. 5.
    Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
    2:51
  4. 6.
    Youth Nabbed as Sniper
    3:04
  5. 7.
    Contact in Red Square
    2:03
  6. 8.
    (I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear
    2:44
  7. 9.
    I’m on E
    2:18
  8. 10.
    I Didn’t Have the Nerve to Say No
    2:55
  9. 11.
    Love at the Pier
    2:30
  10. 12.
    No Imagination
    2:58
  11. 13.
    Kidnapper
    2:40
  12. 14.
    Detroit 442
    2:29
  13. 15.
    Cautious Lip
    4:23
  14. 16.
    Denis (Terry Ellis mix)
    2:23
  15. 17.
    Moonlight Drive
    3:00
  16. 18.
    Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) (take 1)
    2:39
  17. 19.
    I Didn’t Have the Nerve to Say No (take 1)
    2:59
  18. 20.
    I’m on E (take 2)
    2:38
  19. 21.
    Kidnapper (take 2)
    2:33
  20. 22.
    Detroit 442 (take 2)
    2:56
  21. 23.
    Poet’s Problem
    2:21

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Hanging On the Telephone
    2:25
  2. 5.
    One Way or Another
    3:37
  3. 6.
    Picture This
    2:59
  4. 7.
    Fade Away and Radiate
    4:04
  5. 8.
    Pretty Baby
    3:23
  6. 9.
    I Know but I Don’t Know
    3:57
  7. 10.
    11:59
    3:21
  8. 11.
    Will Anything Happen
    3:02
  9. 12.
    Sunday Girl
    3:07
  10. 13.
    Heart of Glass
    3:49
  11. 14.
    I’m Gonna Love You Too
    2:10
  12. 15.
    Just Go Away
    3:27
  13. 16.
    Once I Had a Love (Mike Chapman demo)
    3:19
  14. 17.
    Sunday Girl (French version)
    3:14
  15. 18.
    I’ll Never Break Away From This Heart of Mine (Pretty Baby) (take 1)
    3:36
  16. 19.
    Hanging On the Telephone (Mike Chapman demo)
    2:21
  17. 20.
    Will Anything Happen (instrumental)
    2:54

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Dreaming
    3:09
  2. 6.
    The Hardest Part
    3:43
  3. 7.
    Union City Blue
    3:22
  4. 8.
    Shayla
    3:58
  5. 9.
    Eat to the Beat
    2:41
  6. 10.
    Accidents Never Happen
    4:16
  7. 11.
    Die Young Stay Pretty
    3:34
  8. 12.
    Slow Motion
    3:29
  9. 13.
    Atomic
    4:41
  10. 14.
    Sound‐a‐Sleep
    4:18
  11. 15.
    Victor
    3:19
  12. 16.
    Living in the Real World
    2:45
  13. 17.
    Call Me
    3:32
  14. 18.
    Spaghetti Song (Atomic, Pt. 2)
    2:06
  15. 19.
    Die Young Stay Pretty (take 1)
    3:36
  16. 20.
    Underground Girl
    3:53
  17. 21.
    Union City Blue (instrumental)
    2:51
  18. 22.
    Llámame
    6:18

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Europa
    3:31
  2. 7.
    Live It Up
    4:09
  3. 8.
    Here’s Looking at You
    2:58
  4. 9.
    The Tide Is High
    4:40
  5. 10.
    Angels on the Balcony
    3:47
  6. 11.
    Go Through It
    2:44
  7. 12.
    Do the Dark
    3:52
  8. 13.
    Rapture
    6:31
  9. 14.
    Faces
    3:52
  10. 15.
    T‐Birds
    3:57
  11. 16.
    Walk Like Me
    3:45
  12. 17.
    Follow Me
    3:01
  13. 18.
    Autoamerican Ad
    1:08
  14. 19.
    I Love You Honey, Give Me a Beer (Go Through It)
    2:42
  15. 20.
    Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder demo)
    4:04
  16. 21.
    Angels on the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder demo)
    4:17
  17. 22.
    The Tide Is High (demo)
    3:59
  18. 23.
    Suzy & Jeffrey
    4:10
  19. 24.
    Rapture (disco version)
    10:01

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Orchid Club
    5:45
  2. 8.
    Island of Lost Souls
    4:42
  3. 9.
    Dragonfly
    6:01
  4. 10.
    For Your Eyes Only
    3:07
  5. 11.
    The Beast
    4:55
  6. 12.
    War Child
    4:01
  7. 13.
    Little Caesar
    3:01
  8. 14.
    Danceway
    3:19
  9. 15.
    (Can I) Find the Right Words (to Say)
    3:07
  10. 16.
    English Boys
    3:49
  11. 17.
    The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
    3:37
  12. 18.
    Yuletide Throwdown
    4:50

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Nameless (home tape)
    1:42
  2. 9.
    Mr. Sightseer
    3:45
  3. 10.
    Sunday Girl (home tape)
    2:51
  4. 11.
    Theme From Topkapi (home tape)
    2:57
  5. 12.
    The Hardest Part (home tape)
    3:33
  6. 13.
    Ring of Fire (home tape)
    2:48
  7. 14.
    Heart of Glass (Chris Stein mix)
    6:15
  8. 15.
    Call Me (Chris Stein mix)
    5:15
  9. 16.
    War Child (Chris Stein mix)
    5:21

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