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List Price: $8.94 | | Label: Capitol
Salesrank: 17026
Released: September 11, 2001 |
| Our Price: $4.99 |
| Used Price: $1.36 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Parallel Lines Track Listing:
1. Hanging On The Telephone
2. One Way Or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away And Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6. I Know But I Don't Know
7. 11:59
8. Will Anything Happen?
9. Sunday Girl
10. Heart Of Glass
11. I'm Gonna Love You Too
12. , Just Go Away
13. Once I Had A Love (The Disco Song 1976)
14. Bang A Gong (Get It On; live)
15. I Know But I Don't Know (live)
16. Hanging On The Telephone (live)
Editorial Review:
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Description of Parallel Lines:
Until 1978, Blondie was perceived mostly as a '60s-referencing, British-Invasion-meets-girl-groups band. With veteran producer Mike Chapman at the helm for their third album, though, everything changed for this group bred from the New York punk scene. Honing in on Blondie's strongest points--Deborah Harry's come-hither vocals and Clem Burke's powerhouse drumming--Chapman helped recast the band to the power pop side of new wave, and with impressive results. Driven by the punk-meets-disco chart-topping hit, "Heart of Glass," and the herky-jerky "One Way or Another," as well as a muscular cover of the Nerves' "Hanging on the Telephone," Parallel Lines established Blondie as major stars. --Billy Altman
Parallel Lines Reviews:
Blondie opened a door with this album for pop music in the years to come. 
2009-12-08 - I have never been a huge fan of 70's music that was not made by bands like Pink Floyd or Joy Division. But Blondie made an album I realised as soon as I listened to it that created a path for a lot of bands in the years to come.
This is a fun album that has it all. Bubblegum songs to play on the radio, memorable ones meant to be timeless (a.k.a. Heart of glass, Picture this, Hanging on the telephone) and even other ones to take Blondie serious (Fade away and radiate, 11:59).
"Parallel lines" was an album that opened a door for bands like No doubt or Sublime (to mention relevant ones) in order to come up with an identity on punk, pop or even reggae. This said I must point out that this album was a pionner for many other ones with the same style and with the same attitude but, honestly as I read it in a book somewhere: "Parallel lines" has been an album that many bands have tried to "reproduce" but it has never been matched.
Classic New Wave
2009-10-21 - Definitely one of the most memorable CD's of the late 70's New Wave phase. Slick catchy rhythms, nice keyboard touches, super drumming, and oh so cool singing by Deborah Harry, a true diva. Those first three songs Hanging On The Telephone, One Way Or Another, and Picture This just grab me with delight. 11:59 is another winner laoded with great keyboard touches. The bonus tracks rule as its nice to hear the origins of Heart of Glass in Once I Had A Love.
Truly a keeper peeps. Make sure its in your collection.
What's her line ... ?
2009-08-07 - With Deborah Harry as the clear focal point of the band, let's focus on her. She can be aggressive ("Hanging on the Telephone") and she can be dreamy ("Picture This"). She can be "cold as ice cream, but still as sweet" ("Sunday Girl") and she can be "hanging on a frequency and burning like a fire" ("11:59"). She can be snide ("I Know But I Don't Know"), she can be stuck-up ("Just Go Away"), and she can be seductive ("Heart of Glass"). As the remarkably strong music asserts, it's not because she's moody. She's just deep.
Great Album
2009-07-21 - This is one of my favorite albums. Every song is great. I have no complaints.
Enthralling pop endeavour 
2009-07-17 - Let's get one thing straight: Blondie is a bit of an uneven band. Their discography is, for the most part, devious, as much as it's pop-inclined and hit-filled. But with Parallel Lines in 1978, they made it big. It's no wonder: "Lines" is a monster of a record. It's poppy, it's melodic, it's cool, it's punchy and, more importantly, it's femme. The feminine touch that the whip-smart Deborah Harry brings to the band is both unprecedented and unique. Her zombie voice in "One Way Or Another", her unimpressed looks in "Heart Of Glass", her mesmerizing posture -- it's all deadly. The duochromatic facade that is this album serves her well to show off her smarts and take the advantage of being in a self-assured, competent band. And as drums thump and guitars drill, Harry talks of love, loss and lust, all with a style of her own.
"Lines" was both a critical and a commercial success and it's simply one of those albums: it's gonna impress you. Not a single throwaway track in sight, the album is a pure gem of the 1970s, but it surpasses the decade completely because it's timeless. Other than being unforgettably catchy, it's also heartfelt, vivid and powerful. Under the glossy surface lies a majestic celebration of emotion. Enchantment, ambivalence, infatuation and passion are just some of the things the band covers. Never stale or limp-wristed, Parallel Lines pushes all the buttons of the listener and is an indisputable call to the dancefloor that no one should miss. Surely, "today can last another million years", but the album is a rush of emotions, of body and of mind.
Don't let the saccharine aftertaste fool you: you're listening to a masterpiece there. Regardless of how you look at it, Parallel Lines is feelgood music. It constantly reassures you that strength will find its way in your life and it will grab you by the throat and enthrall you. Even if you want your rock to be more macho, a little dose of Blondie's estrogen won't hurt. We could dissect each and every song and say why it's a winner, but there's no point. Everyone who's been around for at least two decades has heard these gems. It's your choice: either dismiss it as a slick, easy-on-the-ears work from the punk/new wave era or let it enter your life. After all, it's made to stay there as much as you want it to.
