Home / Music / Blondie's Eat to the Beat was one of the first video albumsMusic linernotes album music blondieBlondie's Eat to the Beat was one of the first video albumsEvery track on Blondie’s Eat to the Beat got a music video, shot simultaneously with the audio recording — making it one of the earliest video albums ever issued. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesParallel Lines was the UK's biggest-selling album of 1979Parallel Lines produced three UK Top 20 singles beyond Heart of GlassMike Chapman's perfectionist sessions for Parallel Lines produced Blondie's tightest soundBlondie's Eat to the Beat arrived September 28, 1979Blondie recorded Eat to the Beat across three New York studiosExploreBlowin' in the Wind became Bob Dylan's most iconic songThe Undivided Five's lead single was a double A-side with a wonderfully strange nameKodachrome reached No. 2 as Paul Simon's lead singlePortishead's Third opened with the mechanized beat of Machine GunReach for the Dead was the lead single from Boards of Canada's Tomorrow's HarvestPrevious Closing Time barely registered on release — Tom Waits' debut went largely unnoticedNext Blondie's Eat to the Beat arrived September 28, 1979