- new wave, rock, pop rock, pop
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- Chrysalis
Parallel Lines is the third studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on September 8, 1978, by Chrysalis Records. An instant critical and commercial success, the album reached No.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and cool.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- Pitchfork9.7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4.5/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10
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Tracks
- A1Hanging on the Telephone2:23
- A2One Way or Another3:34
- A3Picture This2:56
- A4Fade Away and Radiate4:00
- A5Pretty Baby3:19
- A6I Know but I Don’t Know3:51
- B111:593:20
- B2Will Anything Happen?3:00
- B3Sunday Girl3:03
- B4Heart of Glass3:47
- B5I’m Gonna Love You Too2:07
- B6Just Go Away3:23
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Blondie
- Label
- Chrysalis
- Released
- 1978
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- PT
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