Album artwork for Parallel Lines by Blondie

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 - Debbie 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.

Blondie

Parallel Lines

Chrysalis
Album artwork for Parallel Lines by Blondie
LP

$39.99

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Released 06/05/2015Catalog Number

5355034

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Blondie

Parallel Lines

Chrysalis
Album artwork for Parallel Lines by Blondie
LP

$39.99

Import 

Black
Released 06/05/2015Catalog Number

5355034

Learn more

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 - Debbie 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.