ALMOST everyone of a certain generation loves Debbie Harry and Blondie. What is not to like?

Blondie have always excelled at great melodic pop songs expertly performed and Debbie, now 71, has maintained that elusive mystique straddling high glamour and punk attitude.

By rights Ms Harry should be a very wealthy woman, from Seventies' poster sales alone, yet documentaries indicate this is hardly the case. However, Blondie’s legacy reaches far beyond cherished memories of those greatest hits. Scores of younger acts have traced the Blondie blueprint to kick-start their own careers.

Madonna is perhaps the greatest example, but sadly Ms Ciccone has not contributed to Pollinator. However, a host of A-List contemporaries have lent their support to Blondie’s 11th studio album.

Johnny Marr has written the glorious My Monster; Sia and Nick Valensi, from The Strokes, chip in with Best Day Ever; Tonight is a Charli XCX song featuring pop performance artist Laurie Anderson, and Adam Johnston brings the 6:57-minute opus Fragments to the table.

Indeed, only two songs from the classic Debbie Harry and Christ Stein songbook have reached the final cut. Of these, Joan Jett features on Doom Or Destiny, perhaps the most traditional of Blondie songs, and John Roberts appears on the chirpy Love Level.

The set is strengthened by the outside influences, who have obviously been attracted by the opportunity to work with artists of immense impact on their own careers, making the album a work of love. And so, Pollinator will be enjoyed most enthusiastically by long-term devotees, who no doubt will gather at Hyde Park, London, on June 30 when Blondie feature on a bill that includes Phil Collins, Mike + The Mechanics, Starsailor, KC and The Sunshine Band and Chas'n'Dave.