Parallel Lines
''Parallel Lines'' is the third studio album by American Rock music, rock band Blondie (band), Blondie, released in September 1978, by Chrysalis Records to international commercial success. The album reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in February 1979 and proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough in the United States, where it reached No. 6 in April 1979. In ''Billboard'' magazine, ''Parallel Lines'' was listed at No. 9 in the top pop albums year-end chart of 1979. The album spawned several successful singles, notably the international hit "Heart of Glass (song), Heart of Glass". Background Blondie's second studio album ''Plastic Letters'' was their last album produced by Richard Gottehrer, whose sound had formed the basis of Blondie's new wave music, new wave and punk rock, punk output. During a tour of the West Coast of the United States, west coast of the US in support of ''Plastic Letters'', Blondie encountered Australian producer Mike Chapman in California. Peter Le ...
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Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American Rock music, rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the American New wave music, new wave scene of the mid-1970s in New York. Their first two albums contained strong elements of Punk rock, punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the UK and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground music, underground band in the U.S. until the release of ''Parallel Lines'' in 1978. Over the next five years, the band achieved several hit singles including "Heart of Glass (song), Heart of Glass," "Call Me (Blondie song), Call Me," "Atomic (song), Atomic," "The Tide Is High," and "Rapture (Blondie song), Rapture". The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, also incorporating elements of disco, pop music, pop, reggae, and early hip hop music, rap music. Blondie disbanded after the release of its sixth studio album, ''The Hunter (Blondie album), The Hunter'', in 1982. Debbie Harry con ...
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