Parallel Lines
by Blondie
- Type: Album
- Released: September 8, 1978
- Label: Chrysalis
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:13
- Community rating: 4.19/5 from 15 ratings
Artists on this release: Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, Deborah Harry, Frank Infante, Clem Burke, Nigel Harrison
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Under the exacting production of Mike Chapman, 'Parallel Lines' reframed Blondie from a raw new wave act into a polished pop-rock sensation, marking the band's major commercial breakthrough. Chapman鈥檚 meticulous process smoothed the group's punk edges into tight, hook-laden arrangements, most famously on the disco-infused international hit "Heart of Glass." This refined musical backdrop contrasts with Debbie Harry鈥檚 poised, often fatalistic lyrics and confident vocal delivery, synthesizing radio-friendly gloss with a lingering streetwise attitude.
Genres
Descriptors: club, classic, dance, satirical, sorrowful, guitars, melodic, accessible, punchy, synthesizers
Tracklist
- Hanging On The Telephone (02:25)
- One Way Or Another (03:37)
- Picture This (02:58)
- Fade Away And Radiate (04:03)
- Pretty Baby (03:23)
- I Know But I Don't Know (03:56)
- 11:59 (03:20)
- Will Anything Happen (03:02)
- Sunday Girl (03:06)
- Heart Of Glass (03:49)
- I'm Gonna Love You Too (02:10)
- Just Go Away (03:24)
Credits
- Nigel Harrison - bass, bass guitar
- Clem Burke - drums
- Frank Infante - guitar, co-lead vocals on "I Know but I Don't Know"
- Chris Stein - guitar, 12 string, e-bow
- Jimmy Destri - electronic keyboards
- Deborah Harry - vocals
- Robert Fripp - guitar
- Mike Chapman - producer, backing vocals
- Ramey Communications - art direction, design
- Grey Russell - engineer [assistant]
- Peter Coleman - engineer, producer [assistant]
- Frank Duarte - illustration
- DP - lacquer cut by
- Peter C. Leeds - management
- Steve Hall - mastered by
- Edo - photography by
- Jerry Rodriguez - typography [lettering]