No Exit

No Exit

Seventeen years separate 1982’s The Hunter and this, its follow-up. But No Exit so keenly encapsulates Blondie’s effortless downtown cool, you’d never know it. The punchy “Maria” is power-pop perfection: It’s got hooks for days, and it showcases Debbie Harry’s voice at its bewitching best. “Screaming Skin” flashes back to the glory days of 2 Tone ska, while the gorgeously atmospheric “Night Wind Sent” is a timeless hidden gem in the band’s catalog, and “The Dream’s Lost on Me” goes slow-dancing to the country blues.