Parallel Lines

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Parallel Lines, released in 1978, was the third album from the band Blondie, and also their most popular and best selling. It was the first album to be produced by Mike Chapman, who continued producing the band's albums until The Hunter in 1982. The album reached number 1 in the United Kingdom in September 1978 and has one of the most recognised and era-defining album covers of all time. It contains most of the classic and well-known Blondie hits, including "Heart of Glass", "Hanging On The Telephone" and "One Way Or Another". It also first brought about the term "Power Pop", which was used by reviewers at the time to describe the album. There are also some brilliant non-releases from this album, including "Pretty Baby", "Just Go Away" and "I'm Gonna Love You Too".

Robert Fripp played guitar on "Fade Away and Radiate".

Parallel Lines was also ranked 94th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. Template:RS500

Track listing

  1. "Hanging on the Telephone" (Jack Lee) – 2:17
  2. "One Way or Another" (Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry) – 3:31
  3. "Picture This" (Jimmy Destri, Harry, Chris Stein) – 2:53
  4. "Fade Away and Radiate" (Stein) – 3:57
  5. "Pretty Baby" (Harry, Stein) – 3:16
  6. "I Know But I Don't Know" (Frank Infante) – 3:53
  7. "11:59" (Destri) – 3:19
  8. "Will Anything Happen" (Lee) – 2:55
  9. "Sunday Girl" (Stein) – 3:01
  10. "Heart of Glass" (Harry, Stein) – 3:45
  11. "Gonna Love You Too" (Joe Mauldin, Norman Petty, Niki Sullivan) – 2:03
  12. "Just Go Away" (Harry) – 3:21sv:Parallel Lines

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