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''The Hunter'' is the sixth studio album by the American band Blondie, released in May 1982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hunter - 1982 )〕 It was Blondie's last album of new material until 1999's ''No Exit''. It was recorded in the Fall of 1981 and January and February 1982. == Overview == ''The Hunter'' is a concept album based on the theme: searching, pursuing, and hunting.〔(The Hunter press release )〕 Tracks on the album include Jimmy Destri's Motown pastiche "Danceway", while "Dragonfly" has a science-fiction theme to its lyrics about a race in space. "The Beast" deals with Deborah Harry's experiences of becoming a public figure: "I am the centre of attraction, by staying off the streets". "English Boys" is Harry and Chris Stein's melancholy tribute to "those English boys who had long hair", The Beatles, recorded the year after John Lennon's assassination in New York City, describing the innocence and idealism of the 60's, while "War Child" references military conflicts in Cambodia and the Middle East. The album concludes with a cover version of Smokey Robinson's "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game", originally recorded by The Marvelettes in 1967. Several tracks on the album were reggae influenced and the band's earlier urgent new wave sound was largely absent. The song "For Your Eyes Only" was originally written for the 1981 James Bond film of the same name. The producers of the film however favored a track composed by Bill Conti and Michael Leeson and asked Blondie to record that song instead.〔The Music of James Bond - Page 264 Jon Burlingame - 2012 "“For Your Eyes Only” (Blondie, 1981). The New York-based rock group was briefly under consideration to perform the movie theme before Sheena Easton was chosen. The group had had three number-one hits in the previous year (including ..."〕 Blondie declined, the Conti/Leeson song was passed on to Sheena Easton. Blondie opted to release their song (written by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein) on ''The Hunter''. Two singles were released from the album, "Island of Lost Souls" and "War Child" (the latter of which was also released as a 12" extended version). In the liner notes to the 2001 reissue of ''The Hunter'', producer Mike Chapman stated "I knew that we were in a different and far less accessible artistic space. And that worried me. I could tell that things were different now, and I knew that this would be the last Blondie album." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hunter (Blondie album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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