BLONDIE – PARALLEL LINES LP – Nr MINT UK PUNK NEW WAVE DEBBIE HARRY

Blondie – Parallel Lines
(Chrysalis/Fame Records  1983  FA4130891)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

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Blondie is an American rock band founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American new wave and punk scenes of the mid-late 1970s. Its first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles including “Call Me”, “Rapture” and “Heart of Glass” and became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, and early rap music.

Blondie broke up after the release of its sixth studio album The Hunter in 1982. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin. The band re-formed in 1997, achieving renewed success and a number one single in the United Kingdom with “Maria” in 1999, exactly 20 years after their first UK No.1 single (“Heart of Glass”).

The group toured and performed throughout the world during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Blondie has sold 40 million records worldwide and is still active. The band’s tenth studio album Ghosts of Download, was released in 2014 and their eleventh Pollinator will be released on May 5, 2017.

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 also 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.

Track listing

Personnel

• Deborah Harry – vocals
• Chris Stein – 12-string guitar and E-bow
• Clem Burke – drums
• Jimmy Destri – electronic keyboards
• Nigel Harrison – bass guitar
• Frank Infante – guitar (all tracks) and co-lead vocals (track six)

Additional personnel