Parallel Lines

88 / 1069 Not for me - I knew quite a few of these from their endless radio and TV adverts plays. I can see the appeal it would have for a lot of people, but I just can’t.

The boy-bandification of Punk.

One way or another is so sickeningly overplayed that I had to skip it. Pretty Baby annoying and forgettable 50's inspired song. Sunday Girl fun and boppy. Heart of Glass the obvious star here, very different from all the other songs as it departs from the vaguely 50's theme. Just Go Away pretty funny and lighthearted. Overall a fairly forgettable album other than Heart of Glass and one I'd like to forget with One Way or Another.

Just OK for me, she must have been an incredible performer because the album left me underwhelmed.

List should be renamed "1001 albums that made me die." The singles are singles for a reason. Rest is generic stuff. Pretty terrible era for music.

Poppi hittejä, aika hyvä.

Idk man just didn’t vibe

Vocals sound like the lead singer was joking or messing around somehow on a few tracks, which is annoying Some tracks sound kinda Honky tonk, but some still stand up Not really my jam

I suppose I didn't hate this, but having said that, I'm pretty certain I would be happy to never listen to this album again and wouldn't be opposed to never hearing a single one of these songs again.

Knew it, doesn't really like.

Blonde – Parallel Lines Blondie isn’t a band I’ve listened to that much. Let’s se ehow good they are. - Don’t Leave Me Hangin’ on the Telephone – Straightforward rock with some surprisingly good guitar. I especially like the background trills in the choruses. Pretty good track. - One Way or Another – A poppier track, and not one I particularly like. It lacks the aggression and sinister vibes of better yandere songs. It predates “Every Breath You Take” by the Police, but it’s definitely a worse song. Apparently singer Debbie Harry was almost kidnapped by Ted Bundy, and this was her way of dealing with that event. It’s not a pleasnant listen though. Way too repetitive. - Picture This – It’s a song about longing for various things (a street with a view, a guy etc.) Not really a fan. - Fade Away and Radiate – Much more low key song, with muted instruments and softer singing. Describes how dreams and people can die so quickly (the lines “dusty grames that still arrive die in 1955” references James Dean’s untimely death, for instance), but television causes them to live on. IT’s conceptually kinda interesting, but not one I like that much. Parts of the outro are kinda good I guess. - Pretty Baby – A song about child star Brooke Shields who played the role of child prostitute in the film Pretty Baby at only 12 years old. ICK. I don’t like the song that much, either. - I Know But I Don’t Know – I don’t like it. The backing vocals from Frank Infante are kinda bad. The end solo is nice though. - 11:59 – I don’t like the keyboard playing. The parts don’t really fit together for me. - Will Anything Happen? – Stuff happens, but it’s not particuarlly good. Rockier than most, but has enough awkward parts and goes on for too long that it fails to make the cut. - Sunday Girl – Don’t like. - Heart of Glass – The pure disco track of the album and one of the two lead singles. The quavering keys are nice, and the bass has a nice beat on this one. The “mucho mistrust” lyric is dumb though, lol. Are those enough to carry a song I otherwise don’t like much? Not quite. - I’m Gonna Love You Too – Generic 80s pop rock love song. I don’t like. The guitar solo is decent, but that’s it. - Just Go Away – Please do. Of all the albums I’ve listened to, this is probably my least favorite so far. The only track I’d save for later is the first one. The rest are either annoying, boring, or vapid. I like some Blondie songs, but very few from this album. Top Tracks: - Don’t Leave Me Hanging On the Telephone – Rockiest track and only one that didn’t kind of annoy me. It’s also a cover, lol. - Fade Away and Radiate – the most unique and conceptually interesting, though it doesn’t quite live up to that potential.

If you had asked me a year and a half ago, I would have told you that Blondie rules and that Cyndi Lauper sucks. This was based entirely on a general feeling and not actual experience. Well, if the albums featured here are any indicator, I was completely wrong! This album is pretty soulless and feels very perfunctory.

Helt OK.

Nokkur fín lög en platan barn síns tíma.

Ekkert spes, en ekkert glatað heldur. Mjög svona la la.

Je pense que ça a été un album influent: il y a one way or another et heart of glass, deux classiques pas fan mais très respectable

It’s ok…

Ok, not really my style but some good songs.

Heart of Glass is the only reason this album is not getting one star. Not a fan of Blondie.

Eh, precursor to some great 80s music. This just isn't it.

One Way or Another ist ein Banger my Memes become Dreams I'm gonna love you too lowkey banger

Meh. Some good hits that are super catchy, but also a bunch of really bad songs. I certainly wouldn't go so far as to call this Punk either. Def new wave. There are some hints of punk. But really, I find it far too poppy. Has no edge. No angst. No anger. I'll be fine hearing the 2 hits on classic radio. No need to hear this again.

A few well known songs, but I was underwhelmed by the album as a whole.

eh

2/5.

бесячая группа

A couple of classic tracks, but it's mostly pretty dull. My dad likes blondie for some reason

Meh, never really got it.

Meh

I don't like pop music. Ein paar songs kennt man wohl. Finds aber ehr mittelmäßig alles. Brauch ich nicht nochmal. Aber es war jetzt nicht bodenlos. Deshalb 2*

knew like 2 songs. cool sound. not fitting for doing art. too hectic and gives off socialising vibes

It's a fine album, but nothing that made me be like "yassss!!"

Bottle blonde at best.

eh

rätt ösigt utan supercatchiga refränger

I hate it SO much. I try to be very careful with 1 star ratings, but this album made me angry that I was listening to it.

blow my shit smooove off before I listen to all of it

Boring but some good guitar riffs

A few hits

Me gustaron 3 canciones. No mi tipo

too 70’s for me

Определенно нет….

i like one way or another but that might just be because of hocus pocus

2/10. 2 one hit wonder songs and that’s pretty much it🤷🏼‍♂️.

Trivial pop rock. I never saw the allure of this band.

Ass

Reminds me of americana or beach music, there's that one song that everyone knows but it just feels all samey because the musical dynamics rarely change, which might be for someone else, but not me

Struggle with Blondie. I will turn the radio over when they come on. Find them overrated and dated. Maybe I’m in a mood but really couldn’t wait for this album to end.

Not for me

Why do 70s “punk” bands sound just like 50s doo woo?

This is one of the those artists where I knew a lot of there songs already. Highlights: None Not likely to return.

Whew. This one is not for me. It was hard to get through it.

Listened to this while working out so no track-by-track. Didn't care for much of it really. It was fine. Nothing offensive nothing amazing. Fav tracks: Hanging On The Telephone One Way Or Another

Brondie

Also shite

stooped at "just go away". annoying and abbaesque...

Outside of two wildly overplayed songs, not much to enjoy on this album. Unremarkable and generic, and honestly a bit grating to listen to. Wouldn't recommend

Grating, boring, and influential for all the wrong reasons.

I don’t care for it. 1

Not a fan. Like at all. Old timey beepbop music, if thats a thing.

Never liked blondie, just run of the mill pop.

Didn’t really like it

Did the band record their stuff first, then hand it over to the singer? Raw and unrefined noise. Not for me.

Fuck Blondie. One hit wonder. I don't even like that one hit. The only good thing about Blondie. They were supposedly the first band to introduced rap into the music industry.

Didn’t like it .

nice poppy sound for that era

so bored

Harto de bodrios.

...I have always hated Blondie. As a kid when they were at their "peak" it was an immediate jab at dad's radio presets in the station wagon when they'd come on. So admittedly I've never sat through an album...sigh...ok let's do this. Yeah still don't like the singles at all, not even for nostalgia. Nor do I like the album cuts. Well. <wipes hands on pants> That wraps this one up. 2/10 1 star. *(some detail for only my future-self to laugh at. I'm not exactly sure why this band elicits such anger in me - I don't love Debbie's voice sure but it's more (or less) than that - there are too many acts from that 70s-NYC scene that I dislike... that punky vibe is it really that different from something like ~The Cars (whose first album is unassailable to me)? Might also be partially the mix/production; this dry mix gives me some B52s vibes which are bad bad vibes. Ahh who tf is this review for other than me - I hated this group in 1980 and still really really don't like this band and really don't like this record. My 8 yr old self was right. OWNING IT.)

really hope that I some day forget that I listened to this decent drummer

Not for me. I don't find this groovy. Sounds troll.

Discilo

Nao rolou para mim. Achei ruim

Again. It's fine... But not really my jam.

I can see why it was recommended but it’s not my cup of tea. Had a few good songs that I decently liked but nothing amazing.

nah

Little not to like here. Blondie displays a great homage to the rock acts that came prior (Patti Smith for sure), but there's the gentle push toward new wave, or at least an 80's pop rock sound -- almost dabbling in punk territory. Interesting guitar work, great vocal performances, lyrics have a deceptive depth. Fade Away offers a dark, somewhat unsettling vibe that I wish was present more, somewhat continued by I Don't Know and Will Anything Happen (the latter of which is probably my favorite on the record). One can only dream of being able to listen to this album outside of time, as certain Swiffer commercials render a certain song laughable... but that's just my being a product of my generation. Overall a great balance of radio friendliness and original intrigue.

Hh