Blondie ‎– Parallel Lines

Parallel Lines has to be the best Blondie album on every level (even the cover is stunning).

Blondie started a bit punky and quickly became solid pop, keeping their sense of adventure. This album perfectly captures the transition and has strong pop with an edgy sound.

Debbie Harry was at her brazen, beautiful best. Her voice clear and loud and when I stopped to read the lyrics, I saw they were good. Fade away and Radiate.

This was released as an exclusive by Sunrise Records in Canada on November 23rd.

Folks trying to sell this for £60 already!. Go to HMV, my local had stacks of them.

My copy sounds really good. I mean i see the record usually for 9-13€, for that price i really recommend.

This version is the closest to my item but my price code is SE (cercled) on the back cover.

Parallel Lines never came with a poster in the UK. The 'Andy Warhol's BAD' poster came with The Best of Blondie.

For all the 1192s, how is one supposed to tell with a sealed copy, hype stickers and CRCs notwithstanding, whether it contains the original mix or the silly Disco job?

Completely brickwalled sound. Doesn't have any dynamics of earlier releases. Sounds compressed. Avoid.

Mine has the A side label on both sides. Annoying...

I might be able to add something to dating this one as I've just bought a stored copy of this release in as-new condition that has a flyer for the Blondie UK Fan Club in it. This item is equally pristine and there is reason to believe that it came with the disc. I'll scan and upload the flyer and perhaps a Blondie adept can shed some light on the last dated appearance of this item to constrain the maximum age of the release (sorry, I'm a palaeontologist by training...).