Parallel Lines - Blondie LP
Until 1978, Blondie, bred from the New York punk scene, was perceived mostly as a '60s-referencing, British-invasion-meets-girl-group band. When veteran producer Mike Chapman helmed their third album, though, everything changed for the group. Honing in on Blondie's strongest points - Debbie Harry's come-hither vocals and Clem Burke's powerhouse drumming - Chapman had the band recast as a power pop powerhouse of the new wave. Driven by the punk-meets-disco chart-topping hit Heart Of Glass, the herky-jerky One Way Or Another and a muscular cover of The Nerves' Hanging On The Telephone, Parallel Lines established Blondie as major players in the music scene.
Until 1978, Blondie, bred from the New York punk scene, was perceived mostly as a '60s-referencing, British-invasion-meets-girl-group band. When veteran producer Mike Chapman helmed their third album, though, everything changed for the group. Honing in on Blondie's strongest points - Debbie Harry's come-hither vocals and Clem Burke's powerhouse drumming - Chapman had the band recast as a power pop powerhouse of the new wave. Driven by the punk-meets-disco chart-topping hit Heart Of Glass, the herky-jerky One Way Or Another and a muscular cover of The Nerves' Hanging On The Telephone, Parallel Lines established Blondie as major players in the music scene.
Until 1978, Blondie, bred from the New York punk scene, was perceived mostly as a '60s-referencing, British-invasion-meets-girl-group band. When veteran producer Mike Chapman helmed their third album, though, everything changed for the group. Honing in on Blondie's strongest points - Debbie Harry's come-hither vocals and Clem Burke's powerhouse drumming - Chapman had the band recast as a power pop powerhouse of the new wave. Driven by the punk-meets-disco chart-topping hit Heart Of Glass, the herky-jerky One Way Or Another and a muscular cover of The Nerves' Hanging On The Telephone, Parallel Lines established Blondie as major players in the music scene.
