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Blondie turned to British pop producer Mike Chapman for their third album. On this album, they abandoned any pretensions to new wave legitimacy, which was a wise move given the decline of the new wave genre at the time. Instead, they emerged as a pure pop band. However, it wasn’t just Chapman that made Parallel Lines Blondie’s best album. The band’s own songwriting was also a key factor. This included contributions from Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, and James Destri, with “Picture This” being one of their notable songs. Harry and Stein’s “Heart of Glass,” and Harry and new bass player Nigel Harrison’s “One Way or Another” were also big hits. Additionally, non-band member Jack Lee contributed two songs, “Will Anything Happen?” and “Hanging on the Telephone.” These songs were enough to give Blondie a number one on both sides of the Atlantic with “Heart of Glass” and three more U.K. hits. However, what impresses most about the album is its depth and consistency. Even the album tracks like “Fade Away and Radiate” and “Just Go Away” are as impressive as the songs pulled for singles. The result is state-of-the-art pop rock circa 1978, with Harry’s tough-girl glamour setting the pattern that would be exploited over the next decade by a host of successors led by Madonna.
1 – 1 – Hanging On The Telephone
1 – 2 – One Way Or Another
1 – 3 – Picture This
1 – 4 – Fade Away And Radiate
1 – 5 – Pretty Baby
1 – 6 – I Know But I Don’t Know
1 – 7 – 0.499305555555556
1 – 8 – Will Anything Happen?
1 – 9 – Sunday Girl
1 – 10 – Heart Of Glass
1 – 11 – I’m Gonna Love You Too
1 – 12 – Just Go Away
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