Blondie

Parallel Lines (197

2022 Deluxe Edition

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Blondie turned to British pop producer Mike Chapman for their third album, on which they abandoned any pretensions to new wave legitimacy (just in time, given the decline of the new wave) and emerged as a pure pop band. But it wasn't just Chapman that made Parallel Lines Blondie's best album; it was the band's own songwriting, including Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, and James Destri's "Picture This," and Harry and Stein's "Heart of Glass," and Harry and new bass player Nigel Harrison's "One Way or Another," plus two contributions from nonbandmember Jack Lee, "Will Anything Happen?" and "Hanging on the Telephone." That was enough to give Blondie a number one on both sides of the Atlantic with "Heart of Glass" and three more U.K. hits, but what impresses is the album's depth and consistency -- album tracks like "Fade Away and Radiate" and "Just Go Away" are as impressive as the songs pulled for singles. The result is state-of-the-art pop/rock circa 1978, with Harry's tough-girl glamour setting the pattern that would be exploited over the next decade by a host of successors led by Madonna.



01. Hanging On The Telephone

02. One Way Or Another

03. Picture This

04. Fade Away And Radiate

05. Pretty Baby

06. I Know But I Don't Know

07. 11:59

08. Will Anything Happen

09. Sunday Girl

10. Heart Of Glass

11. I'm Gonna Love You Too

12. Just Go Away

13. Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo)

14. Sunday Girl (French Version)

15. I'll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby) (Take 1)

16. Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)

17. Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)





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