Blondie- Parallel Lines. Heavyweight 180g Gatefold vinyl with MP3 download code

This Limited edition 180 gram vinyl LP repressing of this classic album from the new wave icons Blondie includes a voucher code to download the MP3 version of the album.

Parallel Lines is the third studio album by Blondie. It was released in September 1978 by Chrysalis Records to international commercial success. The album reached #1 in the United Kingdom in February 1979 and proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough in the United States, where it reached #6 in April 1979. The album spawned several successful singles, notably the international hit "Heart of Glass", and the top 40 hit "One Way or Another". Blondie was founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American new wave and punk scenes of the mid-late 1970s.

Until 1978, Blondie was perceived mostly as a '60s-referencing, British-invasion-meets-girl-groups band. With veteran producer Mike Chapman at the helm for their third album, though, everything changed for this group bred from the New York punk scene.

Honing in on Blondie's strongest points - Debbie Harry's come-hither vocals and Clem Burke's powerhouse drumming - Chapman helped recast the band to the power pop side of new wave, and with impressive results.

Driven by the punk-meets-disco chart-topping hit, "Heart of Glass", and the herky-jerky "One Way or Another", as well as a muscular cover of The Nerves' "Hanging On The Telephone", Parallel Lines established Blondie as major stars.