God, I love listening to Blondie whenever I’ve got the chance! I’ve written about the band a couple of times, telling you about their records like, “Parallel Lines,” or even “Eat to the Beat.” And, one thing for sure is how I’ll doubt myself from getting fed up of listening to them. The energy that they put into their songs is mind blowing, and I feel it’s because of their distinctive sound. Like, you can go right ahead and put me in a room, and play a random Blondie song that I’ve never ever heard of, and I’ll recognize them right to the very minute. It’s even hard to pinpoint that recognizable aspect within their sound! Is it Debbie Harry’s vocals, the melody, or even the drum beat? To be honest, I really can’t say, and you know what, it doesn’t bother me. I like to keep it a mystery, thank you very much! And let me just add here for the sake of it  is how their records shouldn’t even think of being left in the shadows, just like this one here, “Autoamerican.” Released in 1980, I find that this record was a-little more radio dominant compared to their others, and were more and more gravitating towards the new wave genre. And you know what, it’s kinda cool that they were steering more into that direction at the time. If you look at it this way, it gave them a chance to broaden their audience, which they did, by coming up with hit makers like “Call me,” or even “Rapture.” Of course with their previous records, they obviously had hits like “One way or Another,” “Dreaming,” “Heart of Glass,” and many more. With “Autoamerican,” they did it great, and it’s a no-brainer for me to have this record in my collection. It’s a record that’s engaging when you’ve got tunes like “Rapture,” a great appealing beat, while Debbie Harry starts rapping along with the beat, talking to you about this man from mars, and eating Subaru’s and Lincoln’s too…weird, but I’ll go along with it! Another one is “Faces,” where its a slow jazz, kinda like giving you that illusion as if you at a jazz bar down in New York City, the bar is covered with smoke, but as you make your way towards the stage, you can see Debbie Harry singing, leaning on a grand piano, while being accompanied by the band. Interesting enough is how the B-side to the single “The Tide is High,” “Suzy & Jeffery,” is an attention grabber you should check out, that’s all what I’m gonna tell you.