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Parallel Lines - Blondie

post #1 of 9
9/18/08 at 12:49pm
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This is one of those albums I get frustrated that I didn't know about. One of the best pop records ever? Certainly feels that way.
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post #2 of 9
9/18/08 at 12:58pm
This album and the first album by the Cars cover alot of ground for that time period in music.
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post #3 of 9
9/18/08 at 1:11pm
You're not wrong, Ripolli, you're not wrong.

Now go pick up "Eat to the Beat", "Blondie" and "Autoamerican".
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post #4 of 9
9/18/08 at 2:26pm
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It's the exact right combination of punk, new wave and pop that hits me so hard. It's got the energy and aggressiveness of punk, the sounds of new wave, the hooks of pop. Best of all worlds, ever.
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post #5 of 9
9/18/08 at 2:41pm
We could probably nominate Blondie for the Greatest Album Runs thread, at least up to The Hunter.
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post #6 of 9
9/18/08 at 9:50pm
This was my fave album for quite some time.

If you like this, you should pick up Eat to the Beat (many diehard Blondie fans' fave of their catalogue), its closest cousin musically, ASAP. The first 2 Blondies discs, Blondie and Plastic Letters, have got more of a CBGB-punk influence. They're both excellent, though not as pop-hooky and polished as Parallel Lines. Autoamerican gets a critical lashing as the beginning of the weak point of their dynasty, though I find it to be very, very underrated and worth the time. The less said about The Hunter, the better. Don't care for their two latter-day albums (No Exit, The Curse of Blondie). It's just not the same band to me.

I'd also recommend picking up Debbie Harry's first 2 solo albums, Koo Koo and Rockbird. I think you'll especially love Rockbird--it's a straight-ahead return to the pop craft that made Harry famous when she was apart of Blondie, and it's quite addictive and likeable. I also own her 3rd solo disc, Def, Dumb, and Blonde, but haven't really listened to it all that much to give a recommendation.
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post #7 of 9
9/18/08 at 11:04pm
As much as I love Parallel lines and the first album (Plastic Letters to a lesser extent), I've actually never heard all of Eat to the Beat. I'll be remedying this shortly.
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post #8 of 9
9/18/08 at 11:12pm
You'll love it Dave. I'll be shocked if you don't. Eat to the Beat incorporated some cool disco and doo-wop influences into the already impressive musical palette they established with Parallel Lines.
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post #9 of 9
9/18/08 at 11:16pm
I used to have this on record by I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE!!
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