Hanging On The Telephone/One Way Or Another/Picture This/Fade Away & Radiate/Pretty Baby/I Know But I Don't Know/11:59/Will Anything Happen/Sunday Girl/Heart Of Glass/I'm Gonna Love You To/Just Go Away
The American pop group Blondie, fronted by the photogenic Debbie Harry, were huge in the UK during the final years of the 1970s. Their most critically acclaimed album was Parallel Lines which remained in the UK album charts for over two years. Features the UK No. 1 hits Heart Of Glass and Sunday Girl plus the lesser hits Hanging On The Telephone and Picture This. (US:6 UK:1)
“As pop-tastic as Parallel Lines may be, it still carries the punk rock attitude and street smart swagger that Debbie and the boys have always been known for. Throughout the album we see the band go everywhere from good to fantastic, but never venture anywhere near anything less than good.”
“Although the hit singles are the obvious standout cuts some of the lesser known tracks are not far behind in terms of quality, and they may suffer a bit from being surrounded by such well known classics.”
“Parallel Lines is home to some of the best pop songs of all time. Most of the album is full of pop rock/new wave tunes. Basically well written rock songs with a fantastic pop sensibility and accessibility.”
“Blondie had a knack for immediate hooks, for cheeky grandeur and for accommodating a number of pop rock-styles with an imperative punky attitude in an up-dated new wave (and slightly glam rock) sound. They also had the single most commanding female pop rock singer of their era. Debbie Harry’s stage persona here is the archetype of that smart no-nonsense girl bossing the boys around.”
“One of the most perfect pop albums, which could only have sounded so great thanks to their punk background tightened up by Mike Chapman. Debbie was the most effervescent pop singer bar none, and has not been surpassed. The band make up the whole and it wouldn't have worked without them.” “They started off as a punk band, but in this album, they were all over the music map, from pop to disco to rock.”
“Blondie's best album, full of melodic post-punk pop confections. They had some individual highlights before and after, but never so many on one album.”
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