The album also debuted at number 1 in the UK Independent Albums Chart, and remained in the top 50 for 16 consecutive weeks. Nahezu ausnahmslos ist jeder der elf Titel ein „Knaller“, der eine Single-Veröffnung verdienen würde. Me gusta cómo no le interesa a Blondie el estatus de sus colaboradores, ya sea que se trate de Sia o de un chico con algunas canciones en YouTube, Blondie pone al mismo nivel todas las colaboraciones y sus propias composiciones haciendo que suene excelente todo el álbum. The second single, " Long Time", had its first play on Ken Bruce's show on BBC Radio 2 on March 21, and was released as a single on March 24. At Metacritic, the album has a score of 71 out of 100, based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Long Time“, „Already Naked“, „Fun“, „My Monster“ und „Best Day Ever“ setzen dies fort; es fällt schwer bei einem so hochwertigen Album einen einzigen Titel als Favoriten zu wählen: Pollinator ist ein einziger Tanzanimator, rockig, versetzt mit Elementen aktueller Popmusik - und das ohne seine Seele dem Kommerz oder Zeitgeist zu verkaufen. Se pueden oír varias mezclas de pop, rock, disco, new wave, o incluso una especie de balada “electrónica”, pero aún puede percibirse el espíritu punk de la banda.But Pollinator transmits that freshness of his 1978 album "Parallel Lines" mainly in his cut "Long Time" clear nods to "Heart Of Glass". More than half of the tracks on the album were written by other artists, including Sia, Johnny Marr, and Charli XCX, while the remainder were written or co-written by members of Blondie themselves.

It consists of recordings of six live tracks from the Cuba shows with extra guitars added by Stein in a New York studio. A date in Chile was scheduled but later cancelled and rescheduled for 2019 and going sold-out in ten minutes. Be it the reverbed bass line of Long Time taken and revamps from Heart of Glass, to Love Level which echo's The Tide is high in spirit, with My Monster being an ode to the song Angels On The Balcony from AutoAmerican.The bold design is considered throughout the whole package, right down to the labels on each of the singles. Collaborators include of-the-moment gurus like Dev Hynes and Dave Sitek as well as pop workhorses like Sia and Charli XCX; keyboardist Matthew Katz-Bohen, who joined the band in 2008, also co-wrote a pair of tracks, while John Congleton ( St.