Parallel Lines

Primeira vez ouvindo 20/10/26 Baita pedrada Hanging On The Telephone nunca tinha ouvido, transcedi One Way Or Another clássico atemporal Minha mãe tinha 0 ano de idade quando esse álbum foi lançado TOP 5 Hanging On The Telephone One Way Or Another Just Go Away I Know But I Don´t Know Will Anything Happen [EXTRA] Sunday Girl Heart Of Glass 11:59

Random thoughts: * Never listened to Blondie albums before. This seems like the quintessential one to own and is damn near a classic. * One thing that I really noticed about "One Way or Another" is the pure snarl that was captured in Debbie Harrys' voice. Absolute peak! * All the songs were solid and having another hit with "Heart of Glass" helped. * I definitely should have listened to this album before. * This might be the perfect combination of new wave, punk, and pop.

Ended up listening to this ~ 3 times but never in one full continuous session. Some really *clean* rock. I Know But I Don’t Know is my favorite deep cut. But otherwise, the four hits are my favorite too, generally.

Я знав що вони теж будуть) Ніколи не чув аж цілий альбом)

Ive already listened to this one. Love Blondie, so many hits on this album. Deborah Harry has a wonderful voice.

I'm guilty of only ever have listened to Blondie's Greatest Hits. Which I love, it's a bit poppy for my usual liking but for some reason I have a soft spot for Blondie. Maybe because it still has a bit of that punky energy and rawness. This album has some good songs, but some filler too.

so great, so varied, much better than what you heard on the radio

Not sure but stripping away the hype reveals what it actually is, a straightforward, highly polished pop album. I don't consider it a punk album, it isn't particularly alternative, and it really isn't particularly anything other than a pop record. For me, the vocals completely make this album. They anchor the entire project, carry the melody, and do all the heavy lifting to inject whatever mood is there. That said, the vocal style just isn't to my personal taste. While there is a certain mood present, I don’t find the record atmospheric at all. This lack of atmosphere comes down entirely to the heavy pop polish. Ok its slick but not really a hit for me and middle of the road.  unlikely I would seek it out. I will give a generous 3 (just).

Blondie are much more of a "proper" band than I gave them credit for. I guess when you are born in the nineties, instead of sounding fresh and cool Blondie sounds like the soundtrack in a middle aged disco. I thought I had never heard this album before but it turns out I knew most of it which is a testament to its cultural influence. There are the obvious mega-hits, some a bit annoying ("One Way Or Another") and others pretty good ("Heart Of Glass"). There is a darker, punky strain running through the album and despite its mainstream pop appeal and polish, there is definitely more under the skin than your average pop record. A giant of an album in terms of popularity but actually also has some surprising merit beyond the popular fluff.

Pretty nice pop album.

Not the best Blondie album but its pretty dang good. Some New Wave, some Punk, some pretty dark lyrics. 3.5 stars

2.5

Overall good

"What if we played punk, but our vocals were actually good?" Recognized more songs than I expected, so TIL.

Fun! Will put on in the car for the kids.

I LOVED this one. Blondie is not a band that I'm entirely familiar with but this is an amazing introduction. Surprisingly I had heard some of these songs before, I just didn't know it was them. Great stuff all around. Just a freeing, energetic record.

New Wave staple. Heart of Glass and One Way or Another were huge hits.

Not flor me

Blondie - started as punk, played as new wave, ends as part of the pop canon. Nice album.

Pish

2 really really good songs that have been stuck in my head many times and a buncha other good ones! this is close to a 5

There is this cool charisma that surrounds Blondie that oozes out of this record. Beforehand I knew the hits off this one but the tracks I didn’t hear before were also very strong. Some of my favorite new wave stuff that this list has introduced me to. Fav tracks: hanging on the telephone, one way or another, pretty baby, I know but I don’t know, Heart of glass, and Just go away

Liked it

Perfect, what more could be said about this work of art. The influence of this album is felt now in modern music. I love it.

Several classics here, and it's all in good fun. My pub loves this stuff.

This album was very cool. I literally felt like Debbie Harry’s coolness was tangible. While this album had two huge hits for Blondie, I found myself most drawn to some of the other tracks that had more of a punk twist on doo-wop style songs from the 50’s and 60’s. I had a couple of moments where I felt like Billy Joe Armstrong must have been inspired the same way and / or listened to Blondie, too. This is just great music and such a unique tone of voice from the lead vocal.

7.0/10. Classic Blondie; it had a few mega hits and a bunch of non-hits. I thought the sound was good, but it wasn't particularly interesting music; however, it was unique, especially in the lyrics and vocals. Good band, solid album, but not something I want to listen to fully again.

Great!

It’s good, I listen to it a lot before

Liked the drums and electric guitar which made for some great bangers!! Lady’s voice somehow sounds a little slanted..? It’s whiny and wheedling at times which I’m not sure if I like Thought the tracks would be very similar but Sunday Girl was more cheerful and less aggressive than the first half

Very classics, very rock!

quand meme cool, y'a bcp de classique je feel pourquoi ils l'ont inclue. pis je savais pas que arcad fire avait sample ca

Great songs on this album, glad I heard it again. 3.3

Debbie Harry is so effortlessly cool in a way that so other singers and performers were or have been since - maybe some of the songs aren't the most dynamic, but with timeless hits like the shimmering Heart of Glass, I don't think it really matters

Open window ass album. Love

Good stuff!

Not bad, but it's genuinely a dice roll with every song.

eeeehhh idkkkk it was super hit or miss

This just kind of passed me by without sparking much interest

Good but just not my vibe

No tanto mi tipo pero bueno

Unremarkable

Not unenjoyable, but not captivating. 3.5.

Good singles, rest is serviceable 3.2

Never really liked Blondie. Found it dull.

A decent album with some enjoyable moments, but at first listen it didn't leave much of an impression on me. I like Blondie's sound and there's certainly some good songwriting here, but too many of the songs felt repetitive or just didn't hold my interest. One Way or Another is too played out for me at this point in my life but Heart of Glass still has that nostaligia factor to it. A few non singles stood out enough, Picture This and Fade Away and Radiate, that I'd happily listen to them again, but most were pleasant enough without being particularly memorable. Not a bad album by any means, just not one I see myself returning to very often. Probably give it 2.5 stars if it was an option.

Hanging on the Telephone - Okay 2/5 One Way or Another - I know this song! 3/5 Picture This - Okay 2/5 Fade Away and Radiate - Okay again 2/5 Pretty Baby - Meh 2/5 I Know but I don't Know - Like this one 3/5 11:59 - Eh 2/5 Will Anything Happen - Decent 3/5 Sunday Girl - Nah 1/5 Heart of Glass - I know this song! 3/5 I'm Gonna Love You Too - Nah 1/5 Just Go Away - Okie 2/5 Thoughts that come to mind: "Back-to-back New Wave. Oh, boy!" "Kinda paying attention to lyrics to these songs. Was Debbie Harry a creep?" "The guitar playing has some edge to it. It's punchy." "Maybe I just don't really care for New Wave that much."

I love Blondie! There wasn't a bad song in the bunch. I didn't know many of the songs on the album though. I knew Hanging on the Telephone, One Way or Another, Sunday Girl, and Heart of Glass. Sunday Girl is probably my favorite Blondie song, but I was disappointed that the version on this album didn't have the French verse in it. I just assumed that was the original song because it's on their greatest hits album.

I think the fun thing about this daily challenge is coming across random songs I haven't heard outside of one-off instances. When "One Way or Another" came on, I thought about the Swiffer commercial from the mid-2000s. On a more boring note, "Heart of Glass" is a song I've heard before. Nothing too notable. Kinda just a run of the mill album that does its job well but isn't overly distracting from my work.

Album #233: Blondie – Parallel Lines ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This album serves as a greatest hits collection for Blondie in itself. It really shows you the power of good tracklisting. Blondie are a band I know, and I know and like a lot of their songs, but I wouldn't be able to tell you, off the top of my head, which song came from which album in the way I could with a band like R.E.M. So going into this one a little bit blind today, I didn't realise that all the fucking hits are here. It's front-loaded and it's back-loaded, and then in the middle you've got this section that could easily be filler, but it just isn't. There are really no bad songs on this album. Now! I don't love it, and it's not going to change my life in any particular way, but I can't deny it. The songs are just too good. I think it's a perfect new wave album. This is what new wave should sound like. Debbie Harry is a great vocalist, and together with Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri and the rest of the band, they wrote amazing lyrics on a lot of these songs. I love the ambiguity of Will Anything Happen?. I love the plea to live on 11:59. I love the almost krautrock intro to Fade Away and Radiate. I love how the drums are mixed throughout. It's a bit of powerhouse record. These guys just had impeccable taste. They could write choruses, and they could write riffs, and that's all you need. But that's easier said then done, and they did it as well as anyone at the time. And once you get through that middle section, I didn't even realise Sunday Girl and Heart of Glass were on this album. The only song I don't particularly like is the closer, Just Go Away. It's a little too simplistic, and it almost pushes the album into being slightly too long for what it is. It makes it overstay its welcome just a little. So for that reason, I'm going to give this a light five. But! A five nonetheless. I don't want to give it four, because I genuinely couldn't defend a four-star review here. Great, great album. I'm on a run of three five-star albums in a row now. That's never happened before. I'm trying to be judicious with my five-star reviews, and the generator just keeps throwing me gems.

Two obvious tracks slap, heart of glass and one way or another. Feel like Deborah could’ve gone a bit harder on the vocals

Feel like I should like this more but it’s repetitive sprinkled with a couple of familiar one hit wonder songs.

A blast from the past and my wife’s favourite 😊 Four stars…

Can't think of too many better pop turns.

Só ouvi 2/3 mu

Decent but a little middle of the road for me. Probably distinctive at the time.

Never listened to whole album. Beyond the hits not too bad. Liked 11:59 best besides hits.

Meh. Some catchy pop music from the late seventies, nothing super notable or memorable save for the great One Way or Another and Heart of Glass, but those songs are about it. Not offensive, but not remarkable. 5.5/10.

tuff 3.54/5

Kind of a standard new wave album.

Fun new wave pop. Just kinda blew by, but some great songs here Favorite Songs: One Way or Another, Heart of Glass

Classic late 70s pop - all about that voice though! Sunday Girl is a perfect 3 minutes.

fun! but nothing besides the already popular songs rlly stuck out to me

Blondie got bops. The power pop sound mixed with the 'femme fatale' voice of Debbie Harry is a combo that has remained a classic to this day. Is it basic that Heart of Glass is my favorite? Yes. Do I care? No. Favorite Song: Heart of Glass Score: 86/100

It was pretty good, there’s some iconic singles but not a super notable complete album

Debbie Harvey's voice is nasally. I never noticed that before. It is also so incredibly iconic. I think part of it, too, is that she is a hot girl who doesn’t care that you think she’s hot. Back her with an able and diverse band and you have magic. This album wasn’t punk but it was close enough. Heart of Glass is one of the most recognizable songs of the era with her upper register vocals and poppy backdrop. One Way or Another is also well known, and I liked the two of them on the same album because it creates such a contrast musically between the two of them. I love too how I’m Gonna Love You Too is such a pop-pink anthem right after Heart. I have say I think my new favorite was an unknown Hanging on a Telephone Wire but Just Go Away with the stadium guitar work and her edgy “F-You” attitude was great. I think I still may be a “Beat Of” guy but I have a strong respect for them entire album and the artists.

Definitely chose the right singles, there's some duds in between, but the highlights are really high

Nice

Lots of talent, fun songs, just not my style

great enough to keep me hooked and listened the entire album at once.

A whole album of nothing but bangers. And Debbie Harry looks so cool on the cover. Seriously, what are people deducting stars for here?

a few great tracks, would listen to again

Debink hadini

Blondie can geniuenly be one of the best rock bands ever existed. I absolutely adore that they blended different genres in one album. I can sense hints of pop rock, disco, pop punk and even psychedelia in their songs! And this album also made it even more obvious for me that Blondie's riff lines are soooo good.. Both bass and guitar riffs make me wanna pick up an instrument. I also love that kind of songwriting. My fav lyrics is probably the lyrics of the song 11.59. It gives me an unexplainable chill. Overall, its a 10/10 album for me.. Every song in there is worth listening.

Good

Celkom fajn. Nepatria k mojim favoritom, ale dá sa to počúvať kedykoľvek v rádiu. 3,5*

Easy 4-star.

It is kind of a regular 80’s pop, but given it was released before the 80’s and still has a distinct sound it is pretty ipressive

3 1/2

Track By Track Hanging on the Telephone - A dark grungy, rocky vibe on this opener. Not a big stand out for me in their catalogue. One Way Or Another - This is really great. Actually not my favourite Blondie. I prefer their pop rather than their rock stuff. But yes, a classic for sure. Picture This - A lovely opening riff. Groovy, fun. I’m actually preferring the slightly lesser known tracks on this album so far. Fun vibe on this. Like a teen movie from the ‘80s, even though it’s late ‘70s. Fade Away and Radiate - A cinematic one. Very dramatic! Quite haunting & again sounds very ‘80s. Can picture smoke, lots of it, vampires & glitter. It’s also a bit Rocky Horror but more dark. Pretty Baby - One I know well. Great refrain for sure. Like the bass/guitar groove and driving rhythm. Very strong! Again, quite the teen movie vibe. I Know but I Don’t Know - The start sounds like it could be a part of a rock opera. It’s like beat punk poetry, these lines. Very simplistic. Not bad. Didn’t really love it. Bass break was quite cool though. 11:59 - The verses were fun, Poppy, dreamy. Great tune. Good length. Very solid. Have likely heard this before as well but didn’t remember how good it was! Great organ solo. Simple, fun, works great in the context of the song. Will Anything Happen - Here, I can see how they shared the stage with more punky acts like the Ramones. To me, this is one of the better ones of their rockin/punk songs. Just the right combination of thrashy in the verse and poppy in the chorus. I couldn’t listen to a whole album of it though, too much to stomach! Sunday Girl - Dated lyrics, a little funny, a little sad. I do really love this song. It’s perhaps one of the first Blondie songs I heard. I know it so well! Heart of Glass - I mean, it’s Heart of Glass. That’s kind of a throwaway comment, but it’s such a banger. Brilliant, brilliant. I’m Gonna Love You Too - Did not know this was a Buddy Holly cover but makes sense! The speed, chord changes. Brilliantly done. Just Go Away - Back to the ‘80s teen movie vibe. It’s very earnestly delivered, almost in character. A fan of this one. Very decent melody. Nice climb in the chorus as well. Fun times had by all. Overall Review: I did mostly enjoyed this one. Grew as it went on I am not a huge fan of their stuff in general. Obviously I had heard of this before and there are some really strong songs. I do have to be in the mood I guess. Didn’t all grab me as much as I thought! But quality tunes were a-plenty and had fun with most of it. Also, the second half’s tracks are so much more fun and stronger in my opinion. By the end, she sounds like she’s really having fun with it and leaning into their poppy, new-wave, slightly punky sound. Very solid. Mid-high 3. 3.6/5 Favourite Songs: Picture This, Sunday Girl, Heart Of Glass

Здесь есть несколько отличных песен. В остальном просто добротный альбом

Wanted to love this but it just doesn’t hit for me in that way

Classic aber immer noch frech und spürbar innovativ.

Blondie's Parallel Lines is a fun listen, and Debbie Harry is an '80s icon.

The singles are fantastic, and the rest of the album is never less than charming.

From back when New Wave was new. Had this one at 4Ex and remember it well, the hits got plenty of radio play through the eighties. Holds up pretty well nearly fifty years later, a fun, bouncy listen. L = (2.8*s) J = (3.3*s) This is the album that put Blondie on the map, kinda lost track of them after this one as well…

Probably the strongest Blondie album with 3 hits, a couple others you have heard that are good and the rest decent support. Debbie Harry was every teenage boy's wet dream when the band came out I'm sure. Having her front a pop-punk group with an all male back-up is a good recipe...especially since she's a smoke show. Like Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Pretenders...these women lead acts rock. I owned this album at one point and sold it. Should try and get it back. The record is not quite as stacked as a dagwood sandwich but still gets 3.32 stars.

Parallel Lines is everything you would think of while reflecting on Blondie's success. A fun upbeat new wave album from an up and coming pop rock band with a cute female vocalist. There was clearly a need for this in 1978 and Blondie fit the mold perfectly. Looking back nearly 50 years it doesn't surprise me that this album broke through and vaulted them to success. It has all the pieces needed to appeal to the masses and remain catchy nowadays. It has most of their top hits and features all the best aspects of their act so I doubt they ever topped this album. A solid listen and a worthy entry for 1001. 3.30 stars

What a beautiful album. All Blondie's best hits are on one single tape--that's the craziest part.

The first four songs and Heart of Glass are pure pop ecstasy and the others are pretty much okay - if they didn't have the hits to contend with they'd be perfectly fine. Blonde, of course, were CBGB alumni, but their love of 60s pop meant they were a sort of Punk Archies. (That's hardly a negative.) Fade Away and Radiate even heads into some sort of Punk/Prog hybrid, with a guest appearance by the Crimson King of Prog, Robert Fripp. The best known song is,of course, Heart of Glass, which might have started as a smart arse disco parody, but became a disco classicc instead. Bratty, snotty nosed and unruly, but very satisfying.

Heart of glass has been living in my head rent free since I listened to it. It's a fine album.

Was genuinely quite excited for this album because I'm familiar with Blondie's big tracks and I think they're pretty solid. Turns out my excitement here was justified. This is a great album. There's obviously some weaker tracks, but even the ones I hadn't heard before were pretty good; "I Know But I Don't Know" was one of those - it sounds to me like it was a pretty major influence on Styx's "Kilroy Was Here"... the main riff sounds suspiciously similar to "Mr Roboto". Good vocals throughout, nice variety of styles, some epic guitar hooks. Sounds ahead of its time by at least a few years. I think about half of the tracks on this album are still in regular rotation on the radio, and also charted well at the time including multiple #1s. Honestly, beat my already high expectations. Not a track here that I wouldn't happily listen to again, and many that I already regularly do.

Incredibly easy listening, it makes me wonder if some songs are designed to be played on the radio, because all of these songs sound like that. Also makes me wonder if we're going to enter into a world where songs are designed for tiktok. Maybe we're already there. Now I'm having an existential crisis. Thanks Blondie

Great

so cool

Carino

This album is like a greatest hits all it needed was Atomic, Rapture and Denis. Debbies voice and the song writing on tgis is excellent it has a real good vibe in every song. It has that pop factor but lyrically strong her voice makes most tracks pop out.

1. "Hanging on the Telephone" 2. "One Way or Another" 3. "11:59"

Confirmed. I’m a Blondie fan. Solid album.

Good stuff. 3.5/5