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2 ratings · avg 4.3
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- AllMusic5/5
- Blender5/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10
- Pitchfork9.7/10
- Christgaus Record GuideA
- Rolling Stone4.5/5
- Slant Magazine4.5/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- Entertainment WeeklyB
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12 tracks · 39 min
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Parallel Lines is the third studio album by American new wave band Blondie, released in 1978 by Chrysalis Records. Their most popular and best-selling effort, Parallel Lines was the first Blondie album to be produced by Mike Chapman. The album reached number one in the United Kingdom in February 1979 and number six in the United States in April 1979. It contains several of Blondie's best-known hits, including "Heart of Glass", "Hanging on the Telephone", "Sunday Girl" and "One Way or Another". Six of the twelve tracks were issued as singles, either in the US or the UK. Named after an unfinished Blondie song, Parallel Lines was ranked at number 140 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, number eighteen on NME's 100 Best Albums of All Time, and number seven on Blender's 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time. Parallel Lines has sold over twenty million copies worldwide.
In brief
- Is Parallel Lines good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Parallel Lines 4.3/5 from 2 ratings.
- When was Parallel Lines released?
- Parallel Lines was released in 1978 on Chrysalis.
- How many tracks are on Parallel Lines?
- Parallel Lines has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 39 minutes.
- What genre is Parallel Lines?
- Parallel Lines is catalogued under New Wave.
- What BPM is Parallel Lines?
- Parallel Lines runs at a median tempo of 129 BPM across its tracks, most often in D major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Parallel Lines?
- Listeners of Parallel Lines also rate Remain in Light by Talking Heads, Fear of Music by Talking Heads, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie.
- Who produced Parallel Lines?
- Parallel Lines was produced by Mike Chapman and Peter Coleman. Mike Chapman produced all of them.
- Who wrote the songs on Parallel Lines?
- Parallel Lines was written by Debbie Harry, Anonymous, Chris Stein and Nigel Harrison. Debbie Harry wrote 2 of them.
Parallel Lines at a glance
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- Chrysalis Records
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Nigel Harrison- Vocals by
Lineage
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Built from
- One Way or AnotherCrimson Rose (Scrapped)interpolatesOne Way or Another
- Once I Had a Love (AKA The Disco Song)BlondieinterpolatesHeart of Glass
Lives on in
Heart of GlassThe Associatescovered byHeart of Glass
Heart of GlassToadiescovered byHeart of Glass
Bailando Solo, Heart of Glass (MTV Unplugged)Los Bunkerscovered byHeart of Glass
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