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Parallel Lines by Blondie

Parallel Lines

Blondie

1978
3.76
Rating
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21%
Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: New Wave, Power Pop, Pop Rock, Disco

Reviews (page 11 of 14)

Straight classic

One Way or Another still slaps

Some great tunes, some I knew, some were brand new.

This is a good album. Every track has it's own distinct sound, but they come together to make a cohesive collection of songs. I find myself torn on how to rate this album, It's an objectively good album. However, I don't see myself replaying it all that often, and I think that is the reason I'm giving it this rating. Three stars. (Favorite track: Heart of Glass.)

Thisbone is good

A lovely album, with many hits, definitely a defining sound of the generation, utterly enjoyed it :)

Favorite Track: Heart of Glass

Las dos primeras son un bop, el resto no tanto…

Poppy post-punk with DH's classic vocal delivery. Some rock n roll in there too. Already knew 4 tracks so can anything here surprise me? Ah well it seems the best tracks are the ones I already know. Still those ones are great! I'm Gonna Love You Too is a nice rock n roll diversion! Best track - I'm Gonna Love You Too 3 stars, but with some 5 star tracks.

liked a lot more than i thought i would. think that the hits (one thing or another, heart of glass) are overrated, but was surprised at the depth of the musicality, especially on "Fade Away and Radiate" and "Picture This". Reminded me at times musically of Oasis or the Smiths, but with an interesting added dimension of the female vocals.

Blondie – Parallel Lines – 1978 Track 1 – Hanging On the Telephone - Good energy; not my favorite song Track 2 – One Way or Another - Classic - She is grungier than I thought - I love 2:40 – 3:00 Track 3 – Picture This - Cool Track 4 – Fade Away and Radiate - This is my favorite on the album so far - Has a darker feel to it; a bit more instrumental than the others - Kind of more emotional than the first three tracks - Saved this song Track 5 – Pretty Baby - Feels like this one would be very popular at this time - Probably my second favorite thus far Track 6 – I Know But I Don’t Know - Dislike Track 7 – 11:59 - I like this one - Don’t love Chorus Track 8 – Will Anything Happen - Relatable song Track 9 – Sunday Girl - Cool Track 10 – Heart of Glass - Iconic, obviously Track 11 – I’m Gonna Love You Too - Ok PERSONAL ALBUM RATING: 6.7/10

U can tell its influence on current pop music. Fav songs hanging on the telephone

Would have been 2 stara except for Heart of Glass and One Way or Another. The rest was filler for me.

Some of these songs are pretty good. Others sound quite generic. Perhaps it’s because after all these years there have been a lot of copycats. For me it’s a perfect 3 - good, but doesn’t stand out in any way.

Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood, but I did not like this album as much as I thought I would. I am tired and it’s a super yucky cold rainy day. Anyway, although this was only 39 minutes it felt a lot longer and I couldn’t really get into it. Standout song: Heart of Glass - sure, I e heard it heaps before but it’s a gem. The rest? Meh. 01-11-2026

Finger in bum slapping around the sack

Objectively good, classic songs but not my vibe.

Fun listen. Of course Heart of Glass is fantastic, but it’s far from the only solid track on here. Overall, fun listen that I’ll come back to, but I don’t feel compelled to come back right away.

I like a lot of elements about this album but the weaker songs like pretty baby brings the rating down. I do like a powerful female voice though so this was hard

Some hits and some misses, maybe too many nothing burger songs that detract from the really good ones. Also are the first few songs just about stalking someone or...

I'm a big fan particularily of the bridge of one way or another

All of these songs felt slightly too fast and made me a bit on edge. Definitely some good songs but the live tracks were definitely unneeded.

I like the disco version Once I Had a Love (1978)

Heart of glass! Sunday girl! One way or another! Okay yes these are the classics…but for a reason! I will say that I perhaps didn't give this my full attention when listening and found that I wasn't as interested in the songs that hadn't been huge hits.

85/1001 First listen. I know two of these singles well. Never took an interest beyond that. This was one of the more enjoyable unheard albums to come from this list. I’m not so sure I’ll ever play it again though. Reluctantly three stars. 5/10

Amazing

Easy to listen to since I was in highschool when this album came out. The new wave thing crashed pretty quickly but the album bears all the transition be of the times: disco, pop, rock, and punk lite, her aspirations for being a girl rock band didn't quite but her lyrics were true to her vision; what I might call transfemetive. Not that girl but a new kind of of woman who is comfortable wanting the same things as the "Sunday Girl" buy different.

Today can last another million years Today could be the end of me Parallel lines

Parempi kuin odotin. 3/5.

Not a huge fan.

C'est encore un album qui est pas trop mon truc, donc mon avis est pas trop pointu, mais j'ai bien apprécié l'écoute, même si j'ai pas l'intention d'y revenir prochainement. Par contre, j'ai encore eu un moment "ah, mais c'est eux qui jouent ça ?" avec Heart of Glass, que j'avais déjà entendu plein de fois sans savoir le nom de la chanson ni qui la jouait. Et j'avoue, rien que pour ça, c'est intéressant d'écouter les 1089 albums.

Pretty fitting album name to transition me into the second half of the list, bring it on! This album is solid too, quite a few hits, serviceable filler.

Okay, obviously Blondie is iconic and they have so so many catchy tunes and lines... but getting through this album felt like a hard task all day. Maybe it was because I was pretty busy and felt like I couldn't really feel all of what was given to me as I was driving down a busy street. Maybe I truly just didn't like it like I thought I would. It's definitely not a favorite. I came out of it feeling like I do understand Blondie a bit better as a band... and there are a few songs that I really liked. The time between those songs felt a bit agonizing, though, because many of their songs were looooong or too repetitive. Again, maybe this Blondie album was just not the one for me. That's okay. I still love them.

A couple good songs, overall slightly underwhelming

Alright, not exactly my type of music but I enjoyed myself!

I’ve always been largely indifferent toward Blondie. It’s fine if it’s on, but I don’t search out Blondie’s music and it doesn’t do a whole lot for me. Parallel Lines, probably the best of their work, still doesn’t do a whole lot for me. I don’t hate it or anything, and I’d say there’s even some stuff about it that I like, but it doesn’t really make me want to hear any more Blondie than I have to. For me, it’s decent but forgettable. 3/5

I unfortunately liked only the most famous ones like heart of glass and hanging on the telephone. Maybe id appreciate more songs if i listened more to them or the discography in general.

The album has some songs that are good and some that make me question what the point of the song was.

A lot of fun in some parts. A lot of filler in other parts.

on a first listen, can’t say i love this or that it does anything for me but it’s a good, solid album. maybe it would hit better in a different mood, i don’t know. the song i really liked was ’11:59’. ‘one way or another’ - i’ve kind of heard it too much without probably actually hearing it too much. ‘heart of glass’ was a song i knew but never knew who made it so that was a fun surprise. i want to say that ’just go away’ sounds familiar? 3.5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌗

A few bangers, a few wannabe bangers that don’t quite make it.

dupy nie urywa ale jest pare bangerów

3.0 RYM

Not bad, a few good songs. Not sure if it is worthy of this list, but I enjoyed it.

You can hear the punk influence burning throughout the record, but most of the real gut punches are reserved for the singles. Outside of those tracks, the album settles into easy listening territory.

sinceramente stupita di me stessa di aver riconosciuto one way or another solo dalle prime note

норм.

Not bad, slightly punky, but mainly 70's 80's pop. Some familiar tunes

It was ok for sure, I enjoyed the popular hits and it had it's moments, but overall 3

First Album: Parallel Lines by Blondie | Listened on" 30.03.2026 Notes: - Really catchy guitar riffs but sometimes they are just a little repetitive in chorus or verse - I can really hear the bass properly but not in a metal heavy way. Rather the cool rock way in quite a few songs - Majestic vocals, she smashes it, great rock voice - Pretty versatile voice as well within one album - Love the synths? I think, very cool instrumental on top of the classic - Nice drum rolls throughout many of the songs - There are stronger (beginning) and weaker songs (especially middle second half) Guitar riff from "Will Anything Happen" eg. 1;50 is scratches the brain Nice ending from Sunday Girl Good ending song: nice layered vocals, nice guitar solo and synths Overall: Pretty good album I am not a fan of it necessarily but it is good music 100% Unfortunately this will be only 3 stars. Fav song: One Way or Another (Their most popular song I fear😭)

gut aber nicht in der richtigen Stimmung gehört :/

Pretty good, not bad. Iconic historically. That's about it.

This slaps more than I thought it would

High 3

Lyrically, below average. Harmonically very predictable for the most part, and really weird at times. Not that good of a record, but Heart of Glass makes it and grants it a bonus point.

Easy listening power pop. Tough to dislike anything here but not really blown away by anything either.

Middle of the road good

Ok but quite forgettable

Not bad, a few bangers but a lot of filler

It's a fun combination of pop, roxckand punk vibes. Not sure how big of an fan I am, but i definitely don't mind listening to this album.

Not bad.

Sång number 10 och 2 är bangers

I’m proud of myself for giving the whole album a chance. Had never heard 11:59 or Sunday Girl before. They were my “favorites.” I know Blondie and this album are beloved by many, it’s just not for me.

pop rock perfection with some timeless hits. “One Way or Another” and “Heart of Glass” are obviously classics, but the whole album is so fun

One Way or Another is a hit. Enjoyed Picture This, which I didn't know. Overall... Meh. Not my type! But I see the substance

It's got a couple great songs and then a bunch of duds.

I dunno. I know they’re seminal post-punk/disco/rock’n’roll. I know they have a great singer. I didn’t know they had such a great guitarist. I know they’re hit songs. But there’s a lot of lees than great stuff on here, so I’m jot sure I’m sure about Blondoe.

Blonde was always heart of glass to me and it’s only lately that five started to warm up to the idea that they are more. Glimpses of a punk aesthetic and I can appreciate their early embrace of hip hop. So for that I’ll give this a 3.

Got a 7” of “Heart of Glass” which is a banger for all time, rest of the album is fine.

There's a charm to this, but I don't really like it. Heart of Glass is pretty good, but but the rest of it is just fine.

Heart of Glass! Det er en låt jeg kan, men som jeg ville hatt store problemer med å si noe om dersom den kom opp på en quiz. Hanging on the Telephone har en greie gående som føles fresh, til tross for hvor mye de savner det amerikanske 50-tallet. Sverger på at minst ett av de altfor mange revival-banda fra tusenårsskiftet brukte denne låta som mal da de skulle spikre sounden sin. Er det The Killers jeg tenker på? Kanskje. One Way or Another er gøy, selv om nøler med å kalle den god. Bortsett fra det har jeg ikke så mye å si. Det er helt greit? Noen låter er litt kule, mange er litt uinteressante, men det har i det minste en energi som gjør at tiden flyver mens Blondie spiller.

Jeg trodde egentlig dette var et litt drittalbum som jeg hadde det gøy med i ungdomstida. Men det er overraskende morro. Veldig topptungt da.

I wish they leaned into the punk aspect of their music more. Some of the songs are absolute classics, I also really enjoyed 'I know but I don't know.' Overall, pretty fun and there are a lot of iconic hits in the album, but as I've complained with some other albums it just gets a bit same-y after a while because it doesn't feel like there is a story or an arc. Could've done with 3 or 4 less songs. 3.5

kinda of a punk album, a lot of repetitive songs boring, and then all of sudden boom heart of glass

This was crazy good, and very short (barely over half an hour). The album starts off hard and becomes more ethereal as it goes on until it hit that heart of glass sound then it goes back to the more rock sound. Pretty good album!

There are a few great songs in here and a bunch of other decent material.

Gøy lytting, glemt bort Blondie litt jeg.

Was okay, a couple hits I remember like one way or another

The lead singer has a very unique voice. Hit and miss album but some songs were a lot of fun.

¿Qué nos apostamos a que es el cupo de mujer de la semana al ser la vocalista mujer? No está mal, algunas canciones muy buenas, pero el disco entero me cansa.

¿Qué nos apostamos a que es el cupo de mujer de la semana al ser la vocalista mujer? No está mal, algunas canciones muy buenas, pero el disco entero me cansa.

I know more Blondie songs than I thought I did

Was only familiar with the singles from this record, and I was pleasently surprised by how good - better in some cases - the rest of the album is. It's a great balance of pop and rock sensibilities and the whole thing is worth a listen, although whether it's worth revisiting often is a different question as it's a bit lightweight.

Man the 70s seem like they would've been a blast. Great meld of pop, punk, and even a little disco. Favorite track: Heart of Glass

Fine to revisit, but no earth-shattering musical experience to be had.

I really loved playing a Guitar Hero-like game on my phone back in college, specifically the song "Hanging on the Telephone." It was simple and short.

Solid average album, nothing stood out to me though

Gostei, mas esperava um pouco mais..

Classic that I have heard but it’s not something I love! Good listen for anyone who wants to listen!

Love Blondie, but I think they have better albums.

Decent pop tracks but it doesn't move me emotionally or inspire.

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Some really good hits, but not a coherent album.

Even if my favorite Blondie songs are on this album, the rest of it is easily forgettable and the voice can get quite unpleasant

3 or 4 standout tracks and some not so great/forgettable ones in there. Still decent though

IT was fine

Pretty fun. Probably would have listened more earlier in my life.

Have had this album for a long time. Always enjoyed it but it’s not an album I ever get much desire to go back to. But whenever I do, it’s a good listen, with some great, catchy and overall essential new wave songs. But other bands from this era - Talking Heads, Television etc. - have always appealed more.

Good band, love a female lead singer in a rock band

This was good. Hits aside it’s quite forgettable, but solid nonetheless.

Absolute steaming turds

Tbh nawet nie wiedziałem kim jest ta wokalistka. A okazało się, że znam jej dwa utwory - "One Way or Another" i "Heart of Glass". Fajna płytka, technicznie bardzo solidna, skoczna, buja. Takie trochę The Go-Go's tbh. 3,5/5

Pretty solid album, I was surprised by the year it came out. I would have thought it was more recent.

Loved! Made me feel like a bee dancing.

2 beautiful hits 2 songs I have second chance (6&8) Rest set list maintains decent standard, but nothing interesting for me.

Nice but forgettable.

Some of their hits, good overall

Decent! Stand-out hits are great of course, although 'One Way or Another' is... kinda creepy.

i love her

278/1089 - The playing and singing is well done but I didn't like the songs (except for 11:59). It's kinda like the opposite of the Blue Album by Weezer (great songs but bad performances).

Appreciate it for how it likely stood out at the time it was released but that seems to be its greatest attribute. Aside from one single, does not stand out across time.

Average pop rock band is average

This was one of those exactly what I expected albums. I knew the hits and was not that surprised by the other tracks.

So blonde

Kinda feel harsh giving this a 3, but as an album it just kinda wore me out. Nearly 6 minutes of Heart of Glass is a lot. I might have preferred one of the earlier albums.

Best songs: One Way Or Another, Heart Of Glass Classic pop album with punk influences. It's a time capsule to the 80's, in good and bad. Overall a good album, but some songs, especially in the second disc feel a bit repetitive and samey. Its influence on the music of the 80's cannot be denied. 7/10

Upbeat, pop-rock with a couple of classics. And a few interesting turns. Enjoyable.

I’ve heard the big songs but everything else was new. Not my favorite but on some tracks (like 11:59 for example) they’re almost doing a proto-Smiths thing which was neat (2.5/5)

„Parallel Lines“ von Blondie erschien 1978 und wurde im Record Plant Studio in New York aufgenommen. Die US-amerikanische Band um Sängerin Debbie Harry verband auf diesem Album New Wave, Punk und Pop zu einem für die späten Siebziger stilprägenden Sound. Produziert wurde die Platte von Mike Chapman, der die bis dahin eher raue Energie der Gruppe in klar strukturierte Songs mit Radiopotenzial lenkte. Zu den bekanntesten Titeln gehören „Heart of Glass“, ein früher Disco-Crossover-Hit, „One Way or Another“ mit seinem treibenden Gitarrenriff und „Hanging on the Telephone“, eine Coverversion des Power-Pop-Songs von The Nerves. Auch „Sunday Girl“ zeigt die Band von ihrer melodischen Seite, während Stücke wie „Picture This“ und „Fade Away and Radiate“ das Spannungsfeld zwischen Punkattitüde und Popästhetik ausloten. „Parallel Lines“ markiert Blondies endgültigen Durchbruch und zählt zu den wichtigsten Alben des New-Wave-Zeitalters. Der Mix aus urbaner Coolness, stilistischer Offenheit und präziser Produktion macht es bis heute hörenswert.

This was fun and upbeat, didn't reach the level of 4, but still a good listen.

classics. no muy mi estilo pero si son buenas y iconicas

Heart of Glass is an all-time disco song.

Overall I really liked this. Few tunes didn’t do it for me but a couple of classics

Debbie Harry is obviously a star but this isn’t the most memorable record.

Alternates between 1 banger and 3 stinkers

Yllättävän hyvin aikaa kestänyt levy Blondielta ja varsinkin remasteroitua levyä kuunnellessa, voisi muutama biisi olla hyvin 2000 luvulta. Pari aika ajatonta klassikkoa joukossa, mutta muuten melko tasapaksua. Hyvä ääni naisella.

Tää on kyllä levy, mikä kiteyttää aikakauden hengen ja tulevaisuuden suunnan. Kai tää on ollut aika iso tekijä siinä, miksi New Wavesta tuli niin iso. Debbien ääni kyllä mahtava, todella punkki ja poppi samaan aikaan. Samat terveiset kyllä koko bändille. Kiva lätty, mutta en näkis että kuuntelisin kauheesti muita, kuin hittejä tältä levyltä.

Kyllähän tämä on ikivihreitä sisältävä levy, jossa on pääasiallisesti kaikki kohdillaan. Kai tää jotain uuden aallon ja power popin ristisiitosta. Ei hirveästi moitetta, mutta ei nyt herätä ihmeempiä tuntemuksiakaan. Mennään siis tylsimmällä arvosanalla.

Ihan ok. Avausraidan kohdalla ajattelin että tämähän on oikein menevää ja mukavaa kuunneltavaa, mutta oikeastaan mikään muu biisi ei oikein säväyttänyt, enkä levyn loputtua muistanut kuuntelemastani juuri mitään

Luulin että tältä levyltä olisi tuttuja biisejä ollut ainoastaan ne kolme isointa hittiä, mutta kyllähän sieltä kuuntelemalla löytyi muitakin tuttuja, esimerkiksi Sunday Girl. Ihan kiva levy, mutta siihen se jää. Ei noiden isojen hittien lisäksi mitään kauhean päräyttävää. Kivoja melodioita kylläkin levyn täydeltä, mutta tässäkin soundi jää aika ohkaiseksi. Meininki on välillä kuin jotain lastenlauluja kuuntelisi. Picture This toi tosi vahvasti 50-luvun rokettirollit mieleen. Selkeä kolme tähteä. Ei missään nimessä lähelläkään neljää tähteä, mutta jos saa samalle levylle tungettua Hanging on the telephonen, One way or anotherin ja vielä Heart of a glassin, niin ei tästä huonompaakaan arvosanaa voi antaa, vaikka muu tavara onkin vähän huttua.

Went into this really excited. I like Blondie’s hit and there’s a couple of them on here but it was just fine? Like a solid album but I guess I expected more. One Way Or Another though is such a fucking good song, that riff permeating through the whole thing is so good!

This one is decent.

The big songs are big, the others kind of meh. There is a harder rock element here than I'd previously imagined from Blondie, which was a bit of a surprise. It's also better than like 80% of the bands called new wave out there, but that's not saying much, and it's also, at least for me, because they don't sound as new wave as the most annoying bands in that genre. So two baning tracks, One Way or Another and Heart of Glass, and a bunch of stuf I forgot about 5 minutes after the album was over. 3/5.

OG rockin, fun stuff. Heart of glass is a 10/10

i like this album all well and good, the drums go crazy a lot of the time. but something’s missing from it for me, something about it is very sauceless

Great album!

I like this album, is quite playful and with a great voice of the lead singer Fav song - One Way Or Another and Heart Of Glass 3/5

Brings back memoies my friend had this album right when it came out !!! Great memories

It's like an album of A sides and B sides. Love the Blondie hits, but the other tracks are a little humdrum. 'Pretty baby' was the only other stand out track that sounded interesting.

fun stuff!

I'd only listened to what was on the radio back in the day. Surprisingly solid record. 3.5 stars

I like it but wish I loved it.

Some absolute classics but the rest is very filler

I hoped to like this more. Maybe I'm not being fair with it? The songwriting, playing, production all just kind of felt very ordinary. Some good pop songs and presented in a fine pop punky kind of way.. Just didn't grab me.

I swear I have heard the first 2 songs before

3/5 Probably my favourite New Wave band, they've been consistent in their quality all the way since the 70s. There's some real bangers on this album, could listen to this over and over again.

I can imagine rating this 5/5 if I had been 18 at the time it came out.

Some pop, some disco, some filler to round out an album with timeless hits like One Way or Another and Heart of Glass. This was the first time I'd ever seen the lyrics for Heart of Glass, which I've never understood. Cryptic lyrics in some other songs.

Was pleasantly surprised by the variety of sounds on this album. It's not one I would return to in its entirety, but there are a few gems like "Fade Away and Radiate" that aren't just Blondie's greatest hits.

Pretty classic

Another in the pattern of somewhat boring outside the singles albums.

The album was okay. 'Hanging On The Telephone' was a groovy start. 'One Way Or Another' is a classic. 'Fade Away and Radiate' and '11:59' were nice. Didn't care too much for the rest.

⭐️Fade Away And Radiate

Two well known hits included

Its ok

Few hits that I know of, but the rest of the album falls pretty flat. Otherwise, its a decent record that I probably won't be replaying very often. 3/5.

I love and respect Blondie's energy but good lord it's hard to match it. I don't really see this going into my regular rotation, but I really admire how much fun she seems to have! Also it's a shame this one doesn't even have my favorite Blondie song on it :(

Ohhhhhh, Heart Of Glass, THAT'S what the song is called!! Frankly it's unlikely that I'll come back to this, the songs are all good on their own but quickly blur together as an album. Enjoyable in the moment though! Standouts: One Way Or Another • 11:59 • Heart Of Glass

"new wave" pop with a bit harsher edge

I enjoyed this

Oldschool, like that it that way.

I had higher expectations based on the two songs I already knew. Oh well.

This was a fun one. I like disco. Didn't do anything too outstanding for me though.

Better than expected but I still HATE One Way Or Another.

I knew heart of glass which I love but the rest of the album was mostly forgettable and not of note.

On continue de dépoussiérer la discothèque imposé, et aujourd'hui, on tombe sur un morceau de choix, un disque qui sent bon le New York de la fin des seventies : "Parallel Lines" de Blondie. "Parallel Lines" c'est l'album de la bascule pour Blondie, celui qui les a fait passer du CBGB's aux stades, du punk-rock à la pop pour les radios FM. Et comme toute transition, ça grince un peu aux entournures. Avant d'aborder l'album, il faut se remettre dans le contexte. En 1978, d'un côté le punk a déjà planté ses épingles à nourrice dans le lard du rock'n'roll, mais il commence déjà à sentir le formol. Et de l'autre, le disco fait tourner sa boule à facettes jusqu'à l'overdose. Blondie, avec ce troisième album, se retrouve le cul entre deux chaises et Debbie Harry, avec son charisme de prédatrice peroxydée, a bien compris qu'il fallait choisir son camp, ou plutôt, créer le sien. Le producteur Mike Chapman, un Anglais qui avait façonné le son glam-rock, est appelé à la rescousse pour polir le diamant brut. Et le moins qu'on puisse dire, c'est qu'il a sorti le papier de verre le plus fin. Le résultat, c'est un objet hybride, à la fois excitant et un peu trop lisse. On sent le potentiel, la rage contenue, mais aussi la volonté de plaire, de passer sur les ondes. L'album est une machine à tubes, il y a trois ou quatre titres qui sont juste des monuments de pop. Prenez "Hanging on the Telephone", cette reprise des Nerves qui ouvre le disque. L'urgence est là, la mélodie est parfaite, la voix de Debbie vous attrape et ne vous lâche plus. C'est direct, sans fioritures, du grand art. Le genre de morceau qui me rappelle pourquoi j'ai passé des nuits entières à user des vinyles. Ensuite, il y a "Heart of Glass"... Le titre qui a fait hurler tous les punks. Blondie qui fait du disco ! Trahison ! Hérésie ! C'est vrai que la rythmique syncopée et les synthés Roland ont de quoi surprendre. Mais bordel, quelle chanson ! c'est le tube ultime, celui qui a fait danser la planète entière. C'est malin, c'est imparable, et ça a permis au groupe de s'acheter une crédibilité (et sans doute une belle maison) bien au-delà de la scène new-yorkaise. Et puis, il y a la perle, la douceur acidulée : "Sunday Girl". Une fausse ballade pop, faussement naïve, avec son petit côté yé-yé presque français dans le texte sur certaines versions. C'est frais, c'est léger, mais il y a cette mélancolie sous-jacente, cette solitude adolescente qui suinte. C'est là toute l'intelligence de Blondie : savoir emballer des thèmes pas si joyeux dans un papier cadeau scintillant. Ces quelques morceaux justifient à eux seuls la place de l'album dans cette foutue liste des "1001". Mais le reste ? Eh bien, le reste a moins bien vieilli, soyons honnêtes, et c'est là que mon 3/5 prend tout son sens. Des titres comme "Picture This" ou "One Way or Another" sont efficaces, de la bonne power pop, mais sans le génie des singles.On navigue entre des morceaux qui lorgnent vers le rock'n'roll plus classique ("I'm Gonna Love You Too") et des titres plus "new wave" qui peinent à se distinguer. On sent que le groupe cherche encore sa voie, tiraillé entre ses origines punk et son nouveau statut de superstar de la pop. "Fade Away and Radiate", avec la guitare de Robert Fripp en invité, est une tentative intéressante d'expérimentation, une sorte de ballade planante et cinématographique. Ça sort du lot, mais ça flotte un peu au milieu de l'album sans vraiment trouver sa place. Le reste oscille entre le sympathique et l'anecdotique, ça s'écoute sans déplaisir, mais on n'est pas non plus transporté. C'est du rock calibré, efficace, mais qui a perdu une partie de sa sauvagerie en route. "Parallel Lines" est un album schizophrène, un disque qui contient des chansons pop quasi parfaites, des hymnes qui ont traversé les décennies sans prendre une ride. Mais c'est aussi un album de compromis, celui d'un groupe qui a mis un peu d'eau dans son vin pour conquérir le monde. Ont-ils eu raison ? Commercialement, sans aucun doute. Artistiquement, le débat reste ouvert. Pour ma part, je garderai précieusement les singles sur une compilation et je laisserai le reste prendre gentiment la poussière. Un 3/5 pour reconnaître le talent d'un groupe qui a su, le temps de quelques chansons, toucher à la perfection pop.

Some great, some good, some alright

This is exactly what I expected Blondie to sound like. Nothing special. It’s not bad either . This sort of had the feel of what the Velvet Underground would have sounded like if they weren’t so drug induced and dark. Choice cut: Pretty Baby

Several classic jams on here that are still fun

Kändes som Mel’s, också fartfyllt och kul men lite trista melodier i bakgrunden ibland.

She can sing. Wish it had a little more but still pretty fun.

Завжди дивувало як аркейд файр так внаглу підрізали Heart Of Glass у своїй пісні Sprawl II

This was better than I was expecting. While I like the big songs like Heart of Glass, there was a lot more variety in style here, and some downright rock n roll bangers.

A good album but probably wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it in full. Some classics on here and appreciate their value. Nothing offensive so will score middle of the road!

She's good but a lot of this is very forgettable. I'm listening to it and get the sense she's capable of better. Needs a couple more bangers. I thought we'd got on to another banger but Spotify has moved onto a different album lol

Gran álbum, con canciones icónicas de la época, un buen álbum con las canciones justas, mis favoritas fueron pretty baby y fade away and radiate de la primera mitad del álbum, en general le doy un 7.6, no es tan de mi agrado los géneros qué contiene él álbum pero hay qué reconocer su sonido y importancia.

Fun listen. Heart of Glass is by far my favorite. Still has that disco feel to it. Not sure why it gets tagged as "punk" by some. It's more early new wave if anything.

Very throwback feeling more than I would have thought. It’s ok. I think I like “Heart Of Glass” more than I thought. That’s it. Definitely better than my other recent albums.

What a nice one! Great guitar work, very distinct. Superb drumming 3 has beautiful singing 4 a great power ballad. With a very cool transition rhymicly towards the end. Pretty Baby is cool as well. Nice group vocals. 11:59 is great. Love vocal and keyboard lines. Bass, guitar, and especially drums sound great as usual. Love the chorus on 8 9 is sweet. Good vocals from Harry. Heart of Glass is a classic for a very good reason. It's kind of ideal as a rock single from that era. The song that you are always happy when it's on the radio. Addictive tune. Just go away is a nice closer. Good blend between guitar and voice. A very solid rock album with some pretty significant highlights. Good addition here.

Some real earworms on this album. But between the hits I found a lot of filler. Inoffensive, but couldn’t find a lot to really get lost in. Standout(s): Hanging on the Telephone Heart of Glass

I'm not usually a fan of 70's pop rock and this was no exception

It’s got the hits! And some other songs or whatever. I don’t care.

Started strong, rest was medium. Some classics

Some epic tracks, and some that are more of a miss

some absolute classics (heart of glass, one way or another), but mostly filler. if only call me was on here too.

Decent. They have that one song

It was fine

Too country for me

Me gustó

Big big fan of the first half of this album, but the back half loses steam.

Sometimes there's an obvious reason why they chose the singles to be singles. Two truly iconic tunes on here with another ten less successful attempts. 3*

Alright. Couple bops. Not timeless like I thought. DEBBBBIE!

Loads of great hits, few duds. A really really solid 3 pushing 4

The album cover made a bad first impression but I found the material reasonably enjoyable; I think it was within striking distance of 4 stars. Highlight: "Heart of Glass" (which I also recently heard covered by Miley on Plastic Hearts).

Not excited to listen to Blondie because lowkey every time I've tried to listen to anything not-Call Me, I've disliked it. But I'm open. Love Debbie Harry as a bi-con and general girl icon. I like this album cover. Hanging on the Telephone: Pretty groovy rock n roll, actually. I like it much more than I'd thought. Cool guitar and I think Harry's vocals are pretty cool. And a cool ending as well. One Way or Another: Had NO idea this was a Blondie song. Isn't this Pat Benatar? I like it, obviously. Classic. The instrumentals are a little more lethargic and spongy than I thought but Harry makes up for it with stabbing vocals. Wow, cool guitar in the middle here that I had no idea even existed. Picture This: A little tamer than the last two songs, kinda ABBA and I don't dislike it. Not the bestest song I've ever heard but it's not bad by any means. I think it's nice and sentimental. Just not my style. Fade Away and Radiate: Very interesting beginning. Very alieny. I like it. Then it gets sorta boring again. Fade out. Yuck. Alright song. Pretty Baby: Also reminds me of ABBA. Nice and sweet but I don't love it that much. It's fine. I Know but I Don't Know: Haha, this is fun. Almost gives me a little Le Tigre at the beginning with that spoken stuff. Nice riff. Liking it. 11:59: Also happens to be the time that I turn in every single assignment ever. #Relatable! An alright song. Anything Will Happen: Alright. I think it's pretty okay but I had to go back and relisten because it really didn't grab me. It's pretty good. Sunday Girl: Aw, this is sweet. A pretty sweet band. American idealism (she sounds British, a little bit, though)! Very, very sweet. Heart of Glass: I've always found this song a little eerie and not-that-good-for-how-popular-it-is. I don't like her vocals or the pacing and I'm not huge on the lasery sound but it has some catchy party and I like the tktktktktk staccato at the beginning. It's alright but not really worth being one of their most popular songs. I'm Gonna Love You Too: I think this is a pretty charming and nicely fast paced song. I think this is one of the better songs on the album. Just Go Away: Whatever. I like the little gargly voice she doesn on "Go away!" kinda funny. Guitar and voice is kinda beautiful. Man, I just don't think this is particularly exciting or well produced or whatever. I think "cool rhymes with fool" is one of the lamer lyrics to be written by any rock band ever. I would have much preferred the last song as an ending than this one. Short n sweet album here! Blondies are quite short and quite sweet so it makes sense. I like it. I don't love it. I think I might listen to Hanging on the Telephone, One Way or Another, I know but I Don't Know, Sunday Girl, and I'm Gonna Love You Too a little more but none of them are mind-blowing. Solid 3, maybe even a weak 4 -- 3.67?? I like it. God bless Debbie Harry. Still a cool album cover and a fun band, I guess, just a little bland for me.

Mijn favoriet: Heart of Glass. Wist niet dat het origineel van One One or Another van Blondie was.

I ws looking forward to listening to Blondie, but oh boy, I think I was expecting way more from them. . The album is ok, but the lyrics are too simple and the instrumental is ok. Apart from the singles ("One way or another" is quite poor in lyrics), the songs donshine much and the album overall is meh.

Good music, but not much to add. Very much of its time I guess.

It was interesting

Great record

"One Way or Another" is pretty good. And quite iconic. The rest seems decent, but ultimately forgettable. 3/5

Miley Cyrus did Heart of Glass better, she probably would’ve done them all better, honestly.

I enjoyed the few songs that I knew but didn’t feel anything towards the others. I’m going to need another listen.

Very fun, a good listen, makes me happy.

I do like Blondie, a classic CBGB's band, but mainly the classics... 3.5 stars

***An ok album

Good album! That one sounded the most like what I listen to on the daily, especially the beginning of the album. There was some songs I didn't care for, hence why only 3 stars.

Sure, this is a fine album it's just not something I'm going to listen to by choice. One Way or Another & Heart of Glass are obviously big hits. Since this came out in 1978, I'm sure it influenced a lot of artists after her. 5.75/10 (2.875/5)

Listened to the vinyl version of the album. I knew more songs off this record than I thought I would. Pretty solid.

It was good. A nice pop-rock track with hits thrown in. The tracks, apart from the hits, were decent at best. Favourite Track(s): One Way Or Another, Heart Of Glass Least Favourite Track(s): Picture This

couple of classics!

Pretty solid, a few songs I’ll listen to again

I was expecting to rate this higher than I did - maybe my timing for listening to the album wasn’t good but it just didn’t keep my attention aside from the radio hits. 3.5 stars.

It’s pop - some of it very good. All of it, mostly, not for me.

Nice rocking album with solid vocals , good balance of music and quite a few hits

Some great songs. Love her voice

Vanskelig plate å komme helt inn på. Ved en annen lytting er det fullt mulig den hadde fått en stjerne mer, men den kunne like fint fått en mindre.

Got some bangers on it tbf

Overall there's something about her voice and the chord progressions that itch my ears nicely, I like the mixing in of minor chords here and there, the sort of rush off feeling of the melodies that give it flavour. More rock pop than new wave though. Ong its that one song! (One way or another) Pretty baby is nice 11:59 is such a vibe for like the last summer before university, nostalgia and epicness and dancing. ONG ITS THAT ONE SONG (heart of glass) Its that one song! (Bang a gong)

i like some of these songs

I mean… That's all right

Sunday Girl Heart of Glass

This one surprised me. Her voice is amazing.

Some classic songs

This album gets carried by Heart of Glass (which might actually be the greatest song of all time). Listening to this record can be summed up as waiting for Heart of Glass, listening to Heart of Glass and wishing Heart of Glass was playing again. Everything else is filler. This album could be a single. Favorite tracks include Heart of Glass.

Amazing voice, great production, but I am not too big a fan of the slightly more Motowny tracks? The choirs don't do much for me either. That being said, the overall songwriting I like. The hits are hits for a good reason, and most other tracks are pretty good as well. Second half is stronger than the first, nice.

Good first two songs, rest of the album was a bit meh.

not that interesting

Que delicia!

Very fun rock! Funny how on one album some songs sound so fresh and others so dated

Ok pop album. Not a good punk album. I don't like pop much.

Not bad! Obviously one way or another is the standout, but some solid tracks and a few gems here and there.

80s power pop for the masses. Fluffy, not stuffy. Not unpleasant but lacking any kind of substance….

7/10 Pretty good, some songs better than others. I like the pacing of this album

Some cool stuff outside the hits but kind of forgettable

I really like Blondie, their hits are absolutely fantastic. This album is super energetic pop rock. While it's not too pop, it does lean heavily into making catchy songs while using some fast paced rock instrumentation. I really liked the guitar lines, they work very well and set the mood for the songs. The standout of the band is obviously Harry's singing, she has a great, powerful voice which allows her to both work in the pop choruses and raise the energy when the record is more power-pop. On the other hand, the male backing vocals could really use some work, I didn't like the tone or the delivery at all. My favourite songs were the obvious classics "One Way or Another" and "Heart of Glass", which are truly great and clearly stand out. Aside from that, my favourite was "Will Anything Happen". Besides these though, I found there was a gap in quality between the best and the rest, some songs being pretty forgettable. This album has very high highs, but its lows feel pretty standard and unremarkable. While they're not bad, it's certainly not a consistent record, particularly around the middle of the record. It hurts me to say it, because I really like Blondie, but I don't feel this album is as good as its best songs.

Heart of Glass and One Way or Another were songs I had only ever heard in covers, listening to the originals did not disappoint! While I haven't heard much of Blondie, it is easy for me to understand why they were so popular in their era. The sound was energetic and paired perfectly with the crazy aesthetics of the 80s. There were a lot of songs on here that I liked as a whole, but loved specific pieces of them. What comes to mind is the guitar outro in Fade Away and Radiate, or the guitar solo in the middle of Picture This, or the fun organ in 11:59. I liked around half the songs, I would listen again!

Hang Up And Run To Me 1001 Albums Generator 42 (05/30/2025) Parallel Lines is the third album by American new wave sweethearts Blondie. Led by the charismatic Debby Harry, Parallel Lines was the band's international breakthrough, featuring two of their biggest hits of their career in One Way Or Another (famously covered by One Direction, according to my wife) and Heart Of Glass (famously covered by Miley Cyrus, according to my wife). Blondie were regulars at East Village's CBGB club, which was, in the 1970's, a sort of home base of some of America's most forward thinking punk acts. Artists from Patti Smith to Television to even Talking Heads frequented the club, but Blondie brought a sort of poppy energy to punk that many other bands in the scene lacked. Think less artsy fartsy, more dancey wancey, you heard? One Way Or Another is the first Blondie song I ever heard, as it was featured on Rock Band 2 (which is a totally cool and valid reason to know this song, unlike knowing the 1D cover, okay? Boy things are fucking sick and girl things are fucking lame-o). I always thought this song was so cool. The chorus is super catchy and that little octave riff the guitars go into between verses is really interesting. I love the little elements of surf punk in this song's rhythm too. Heart Of Glass is the other big hit here and was actually Blondie's international breakthrough single. This song is basically a disco song, which makes its huge success almost more impressive since it was competing with every disco song ever in 1978. I also really appreciate the bit that is in 7/4; very stylish. Other highlights include the infectious Hanging On The Telephone and the artsy, spacey Fade Away And Radiate, which features guitar from King Crimson's Robert Fripp. It's an absolutely insane crossover, but it works so well. When this album hits, it hits like crack, but unfortunately there are lots of songs here that aren't very good. Not bad, per say, but just not very interesting. The middle section from Pretty Baby to Will Anything Happen is especially guilty of this, and I find myself struggling to find anything particular to say about any of these songs. Parallel Lines is an album of mountains and valleys. The hits are amazing and there are some deeper cuts that deserve just as much praise, but about half of the album is not very memorable. Overall, 3.5/5, round down to 3. Favs: Hanging On The Telephone One Way Or Another Fade Away And Radiate Least Fav: I Know But I Don't Know

★★★½

very cool. surprisingly timeless. so many songs on this are very good. 3.5

heart of glass is probably one of my favourites of this era. Overall very good album probably somewhere in between 3 and 4 stars

Standout songs: One Way Or Another Pretty Baby 11:59 Heart Of Glass A decent album with good instrumentals. I do like Blondie’s voice but its out of rhythm with the music for parts of the album and it gets a little hard to listen to. Overall not bad though.

Great to hear an album from te '80's that's actually live recorded and withou over-produced drums! 3.5/5

Great Blondie album. Would definitely listen to it again

Pretty fun album all around. Blondie managed, somehow, to flirt with pop and progressivism on equal measure without coming off as unauthentic. It's enjoyable.

On the plus side, its the first album I've gotten all week that hasn't had me apologizing to my ears for putting them through an awful album. On the plus side, I still owe my ears some much better stuff. 3.00000001

This was good, but only 3/5 good. No more, no less.

Great hits. Good vibes. Nice Listen.

I figured I would enjoy this given the songs I had heard from Blondie but it all felt like the same thing. This may just be my general opinion on post-punk though.

I didn’t really like it, it wasn’t quite pop, but it was a little bit better than the pop. I’ve been listening to in this album sequence. I think I might come back to it and come to like it, but along the sound the same. It was decent

clássico. básico MUITO bem feito de sua época. hanging on the telephone, toma meu coração. one way or another, nem vamos falar sobre pois amo. agora.. in between what i find is pleasing?? and im feeling fine??? love is confusing theres no peace OF MIND?? 🤌🏼 3/5

Didn’t age great. Sounds dated and cheesy.

Energisk punket surfrock, giver lidt 60'er vibes, lidt dystert. Virkelig fed guitar og trommer. Lyt til det her hvis du føler dig lidt rebelsk eller bare har brug for energi.

Ima ovdje veoma zanimljivih pjesama s različitim utjecajima i stilovima. A ima i onih standardnih Blondie pjesama čiji nisam ljubitelj pa su malo srozale ukupni dojam. Opet je bolje od očekivanja.

Not punk. New wave, totally...

This one started off strong with Hanging on the Telephone, but devolved quickly into more bland, boring songs. It stayed in that zone for most of the rest of the album. While it never really got "bad" necessarily, very little of it was better than fine. It offers what you would expect from a pop record. The instrumentation is pleasant, but mostly unimpressive when you listen a little bit closer. It does what the song needs, so maybe it's more of a writing problem than a technical one. The vocals were also nice to listen to without really having a lot of substance to their content. All the songs seemed to have similar vibes and simplicity. I found it a bit interesting that some of the songs felt more like old pop than I would expect in 1978. There was an almost 50s-esque sound, just with updated production, on a couple tracks. The album worked as a whole given the details mentioned above, but there are definitely songs I'd rather hear again than the others. Heart of Glass is one of those, though was a song I was already familiar with and liked (brought down by this version having an extended "disco" edition that was unnecessarily long). Was the album fun? Yeah, mostly. Do I see why people like it? Absolutely. Is it anything special? I don't think it is. Overall: 2.75/5

I really want to give this one 3.5 stars. It's better than 3-stars, certainly.

Teetering on a 4 star but couldn't quit get there. The singles are fantastic but the rest is mediocre to good.

This was surprisingly pretty damn good

Jossain määrin tuttu albumi. Muistan että tästä jäi jo vuosia sitten hyvä fiilis. Nyt oli pieni pettymys. Pari tosi hyvää biisiä, mutta aika paljon hailakkaakin kamaa. Antaisin 2,5 tähteä.

It was a treat listening to Zak’s special lady. This album isn’t all winners. I’m pretty forgettable songs on here, but I would say more than half of the album is salad the songs that are popular. Still hold up the nerves cover at the beginning gets get pumped right out of the gate although the original is so much better and it kind of bums me out that people think it’s a Blondie original do yourself a favor and check out the rest of the nerve songs. They’re great. My favorite part about listening to this album is a realization that one of my favorite female artist has been taking their vocal style from DebbieHarry play book, Kim Deal. Are certain parts of the album. I could’ve sworn I was listening to Kim deal it’s crazy. Best example of this is Sunday girl on this album. There is a song on Kim Del’s new album that basically rips off this song and I shall give you a link below to be your own judge overall solid album would listen to it again only reason I’m giving it a three is because there are some pretty forgettable songs on here as well. One last thing, “I’m gonna love you too” is pretty close to “I wanna be sedated “…. Checked Debbie’s dating history… I see a Mr. Joey Ramone listed coincidence I think not

debbie harry is hot. she reminds me of my wife, who i am VERY attracted to. too bad my wife can't sing. shes awful! HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE and ONE WAY OR ANOTHER are kick ass. I've heard the former a bajillion times, but I prefer the prior. PICTURE THIS and FADEAWAY are a snooze. I KNOW BUT I DON'T KNOW has a great bass line and groove thats sounds a little bit like a punk song. Solo is great too 11:59 has a pace im enjoying, another groovy riff..and a surprise organ! Vocals seem too concerned with sounding pretty, i want that snarl from my wife i mean debbie. WILL ANYTHING HAPPEN sounds super punk. This record is getting better as it goes on for me. HEART OF GLASS is a classic IM GONNA LOVE YOU TOO has a little growl. JUST GO AWAY like the backing vocals. overall enjoyable, but not something i'd often come back to. its just a little too tidy for me. 3.

Generally it’s pretty good nothing to ride home about tbh Though I did add that one song “Ima find ya, Ima getcha getcha getcha getcha” to my playlist

this is pretty objectively good

Blondie's always been my least favorite band that came out of the CBGB scene in the 70s. I do think there's some good songs here -- I always liked "One Way Or Another" and their cover of "Hanging on the Telephone", and even though I've heard it a million times, "Heart of Glass" is a good tune. I think the rest of the album is kind of a mixed bag for me. 3.5 stars.

Very strong 3.5. You have a spate of bona fide pearly classic singles amongst of which the shimmery sleek discoey Heart Of Glass is my favourite. And Debbie Harry is on pretty delicious top form throughout. One of the coolest front ladies. But then besides that you have a strong delineation of quite firmly so-so new wavey filler. The white lines on the album cover were all actually filled in with Poly Filla. Definitely a top 1001 album cover and probably a top 1001 as well.

3 songs: 5 stars the rest: 1-2 stars Album: 3 stars

The album is really good from the musical standpoint. Every member of Blondie makes the album sound great and the production is top notch. However I found that the album was too long for the type of music it's about (Spotify told me it was 16 tracks) and halfway through it, I lost interest in it.

3 It’s ok. A few of the songs I remember from when I was I kid but it’s not really me. 2 or 3 out of 5

pretty good

Good album, lots of Blondie classics

I knew a couple of Blondie songs going into this listen, and I was left a little underwhelmed by the album. One Way or Another and Heart of Glass were, of course, fantastic. I also loved Picture This. However, the other songs were just alright. I felt the sound of some of them began to feel slightly repetitive as the album progressed.

Two classics on here but overall it was just an alright album.

I liked some tracks a lot, but i wish it was more disco-y, apple music lied! I wonder if the recording on it is affecting my perception… feels kinda flat just like the talking heads

Mucho mistrust… good album

Really 3.5*, couple bangers rest solid, the sound you'd expect

I liked this a lot. I've never listened to a Blondie album and was pretty impressed with this. Sunday Girl is one of the best melodies I've heard in a long time. Extremely memorable. Of course Heart of Glass is a monster of a song,.but then again I have a soft spot for disco. Debbie Harry is a great singer. I plan on listening through this album more.

Quite enjoyed the album. Many of the Blondie biggest hits are on this album but there were one or two surprises I didn't know yet. Hanging on the telephone is a nice track to open the album.

Ganz oki, aber nicht ganz meins

Wijze dingen gehoord

"I know but I don't know" is more my style but that's probably the Stooges aspect. Some songs are too "beachy" for me but I can respect the path Blondie created