Blondie - Parallel Lines
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Artist: BlondieEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-09-11
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Hanging On The Telephone
- One Way Or Another
- Picture This
- Fade Away And 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 Too
- , Just Go Away
- Once I Had A Love (The Disco Song 1976)
- Bang A Gong (Get It On; live)
- I Know But I Don't Know (live)
- Hanging On The Telephone (live)
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Free Music Review: Blondie: The Best Band Ever????
Hit: 5 Stars
Blondie is my favourite band ever; they were innovative, unique, and everything they did reeked of originality (but with obvious influences, the greatest being Girl Groups of the 60s). And they weren't afraid to take chances. Parallel Lines is their masterpiece.01. Hanging On The Telephone; Wonderful cover of The Nerves song, Debbie's vocals are rockin' (evokes Pat Benatar).
02. One Way Or Another; Catty vocals, perfect pop rock. You all know this one.....one way or another.
03. Picture This; The best New Wave love song?
04. Fade Away And Radiate; An unsung and lost classic.
05. Pretty Baby; The Shangri-Las provide the roots for this danceable and supremely fun song; wonderful lyrics,..., innocent vocals. A triumph.
06. I Know But I Don't Know; excellent, one of my favourites on the album; mixes synthesizers and guitars for a wonderful hard rock effect. Debbie does NOT do all the vocals (Chris Stein guests).
07. 11:59; Definitely hard rock, but Debbie lends it a soft edge that is endearing.
08. Will Anything Happen?; Similar in feel to track 07; excellent chorus, you can really bounce to this.
09. Sunday Girl; What can I say? One of their best, and probably the best on the album; icy cool lyrics, 60s sound, Debbie's...vocals, and many, many versions to choose from [this version is the original, entirely in English; The Best Of Blondie includes a verse in French; The Platinum Collection has a rare recording entirely in French; and their Live album includes a wonderful live version]. This song gets better with every listen.
10. Heart Of Glass; Everyone thought they sold out to disco with this, but it's a bit punkish in nature really. It sounded like they were having fun, and you will too. This is the original single version; The Best Of Blondie includes a remixed version that is shorter and missing some musical interludes and a verse.
11. I'm Gonna Love You Too; Excellent cover of Buddy Holly standard.
12. Just Go Away; Debbie is all tough chick in demeanor here, and it's a song of macho posturing, much like Rip Her To Shreds was; cheeky and fun.
I won't bother talking about the bonus tracks, save for:
13. Once I Had A Love (aka The Disco Song); An early version of Heart Of Glass, it's interesting to see how the band progressed to the final product, no doubt helped by Nigel Harrison, the album's producer. This cut is funky and chunky.
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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--Deborah 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. --Billy Altman
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--Deborah 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. --Billy Altman
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