CLASSIC POP MOMENT
BLONDIE ANNOUNCE THEIR SPLIT
1 NOVEMBER 1982
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At the turn of the decade, the idea of Blondie going their separate ways seemed almost comically far-fetched, but following up the critical and commercial success of 1980’s Autoamerican proved difficult for the band – 1982’s The Hunter would end up languishing at No.33 on the US Albums Chart, although it made the Top 10 in the UK. Speaking years later, it seemed that the end was obvious even during the recording of their sixth LP, with producer Mike Chapman saying: “I knew that we were in a different and far less accessible artistic space. That worried me. I could tell that things were different now, and I knew this would be the last Blondie album.”