Parallel Lines

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This article is about the Blondie album. For the geometric concept, see Parallel (geometry).
Parallel Lines
Studio album by Blondie
Released September 1978
Recorded June–July 1978, Record Plant
(New York City, New York)
Genre New Wave
Length 38:20
Label Chrysalis
Producer Mike Chapman
Blondie chronology
Plastic Letters
(1978)		 Parallel Lines
(1978)		 Eat to the Beat
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars[1]
BBC Music (positive)[2]
Blender 5/5 stars[3]
Pitchfork Media (9.7/10)[4]
Robert Christgau (A)[5]
Rolling Stone (positive)[6]
Slant Magazine 4.5/5 stars[7]

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 number six in the United States in April 1979. It contains several of the best-known Blondie 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,[8] Parallel Lines was ranked at number 140 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[9] number eighteen on NME's 100 Best Albums of All Time,[10] and number seven on Blender's 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time.[11] Parallel Lines has sold over twenty million copies worldwide.[12]

Contents

[edit] Purported "Parallel Lines" song

In the liner notes for the Parallel Lines vinyl album, there are lyrics listed for a "Parallel Lines" song, though no such song exists on the album.

"The lines I have that you read between. The lines on the pages. The lines on the screen. Of lines spoken—I say what I mean. It's parallel lines that will never meet.

Ships in the desert. Ships in the night. Ships that pass in the night.

Evangeline stream—Evangeline's dream, It's parallel lines that will never meet."

[edit] Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Hanging on the Telephone"   Jack Lee 2:22
2. "One Way or Another"   Deborah Harry, Nigel Harrison 3:35
3. "Picture This"   Harry, Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri 2:56
4. "Fade Away and Radiate"   Stein 4:02
5. "Pretty Baby"   Harry, Stein 3:18
6. "I Know But I Don't Know"   Frank Infante 3:56
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "11:59"   Destri 3:20
8. "Will Anything Happen?"   Lee 3:00
9. "Sunday Girl"   Stein 3:05
10. "Heart of Glass"   Harry, Stein 3:54
11. "I'm Gonna Love You Too"   Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty 2:06
12. "Just Go Away"   Harry 3:33
Notes
  • The album version of "Heart of Glass" was replaced with the disco version (5:50 minutes long) on pressings of the album released as of March 1979.
  • A promotional CD of the album was given away free with the British newspaper The Mail on Sunday on December 5, 2010, including the bonus tracks "What I Heard" and "Girlie Girlie" from the band's 2011 album Panic of Girls.[13]

[edit] Personnel

Band
Additional

[edit] Charts

[edit] Weekly charts

Chart (1978–79) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 2
Austrian Albums Chart[14] 24
Canadian Albums Chart[15] 2
Dutch Albums Chart[16] 7
New Zealand Albums Chart[17] 3
Norwergian Albums Chart[18] 16
Swedish Albums Chart[19] 9
UK Albums Chart[20] 1
US Top LPs[21] 6

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification
Canada 4× Platinum[22]
United Kingdom Platinum[23]
United States Platinum[24]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Parallel Lines – Blondie". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/parallel-lines-r2076. Retrieved August 7, 2004. 
  2. ^ Easlea, Daryl (April 23, 2007). "Review of Blondie – Parallel Lines". BBC Music. BBC Online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/mf54/. Retrieved July 9, 2008. 
  3. ^ "Blondie – Parallel Lines". Blender. Alpha Media Group. http://www.blender.com/guide/reissue/52208/parallel-lines.html. Retrieved August 6, 2009. 
  4. ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (August 1, 2008). "Blondie: Parallel Lines: Deluxe Edition". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12058-parallel-lines-deluxe-edition/. Retrieved August 1, 2008. 
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Blondie". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Blondie. Retrieved April 15, 2006. 
  6. ^ Tucker, Ken (November 3, 1982). "Parallel Lines by Blondie". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/parallel-lines-19821103. Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
  7. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (October 7, 2003). "Blondie: Parallel Lines". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/blondie-parallel-lines/339. Retrieved July 9, 2008. 
  8. ^ Che, Cathay (1999). Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde. André Deutsch. p. 59. ISBN 0233994963. 
  9. ^ "500 Greatest Albums: Parallel Lines – Blondie". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. November 18, 2003. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/parallel-lines-blondie-19691231. Retrieved October 2, 2007. 
  10. ^ "2003 NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time". TimePieces.nl. March 2003. http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100%27s/2003NME.html. Retrieved November 26, 2009. 
  11. ^ "100 Greatest American Albums of All Time". Blender. Alpha Media Group. http://www.blender.com/photos/55659/100-greatest-american-albums-all-time.html. Retrieved May 22, 2009. 
  12. ^ Graff, Gary (May 20, 2008). "Blondie Celebrating 30th Birthday Of 'Parallel Lines'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/blondie-celebrating-30th-birthday-of-parallel-1003805626.story. Retrieved August 30, 2011. 
  13. ^ "Free download of "Mother" now available!". blondie.net. December 5, 2010. http://www.blondie.net/blog/free-download-of-mother-now-available/. Retrieved August 30, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Blondie – Parallel Lines" (in German). IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blondie&titel=Parallel+Lines&cat=a. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  15. ^ "100 Albums". RPM (Library and Archives Canada) 31 (7). May 12, 1979. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4774a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=u8vgsed0q287tkel3m581lt052. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  16. ^ "Blondie – Parallel Lines" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Blondie&titel=Parallel+Lines&cat=a. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Blondie – Parallel Lines". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Blondie&titel=Parallel+Lines&cat=a. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  18. ^ "Blondie – Parallel Lines". Verdens Gang. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blondie&titel=Parallel+Lines&cat=a. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  19. ^ "Blondie – Parallel Lines". Swedish Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blondie&titel=Parallel+Lines&cat=a. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  20. ^ "Blondie – Parallel Lines". The Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=38728. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  21. ^ "Parallel Lines – Blondie – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/parallel-lines-r2076/charts-awards/billboard-album. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  22. ^ "Gold Platinum Database". Music Canada. June 1, 1980. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Parallel+Lines&sa=Blondie&smt=0. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
  23. ^ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. February 6, 1979. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
  24. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. June 6, 1979. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Parallel+Lines%22. Retrieved July 25, 2011. 
Preceded by
Action Replay by various artists		 UK Albums Chart number-one album
17 February 1979 – 10 March 1979		 Succeeded by
Spirits Having Flown by Bee Gees
Preceded by
Saturday Night Fever by Bee Gees		 UK Albums Chart biggest-selling album of the year
1979		 Succeeded by
Super Trouper by ABBA
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