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Blondie - Parallel Lines

Steve Lamacq plays Blondie's third studio album from 1978 in full, introduced with an archive interview from 1977 with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.

Steve Lamacq plays Blondie's third studio album from 1978 in full, introduced with an archive interview from 1977 with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.

The album features some of the band's seminal hits including Hanging On The Telephone, Heart Of Glass and One Way Or Another. It was produced by Mike Chapman and recorded in just six weeks in the band's hometown, New York City. The record reached number one in the UK album charts in February 1979 and number six in the US two months later - making it their commercial breakthrough on both sides of the Atlantic as well as many other countries across the world.

1 hour

Music Played

  • The Paragons

    The Tide Is High

    • Island.
  • Hamish Hawk

    Calls To Tiree

    • Post Electric Records.
  • The Darling Buds

    Burst

  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 1.
  • Blondie

    One Way Or Another

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 2.
  • Blondie

    Picture This

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 3.
  • Blondie

    Fade Away And Radiate

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 4.
  • Blondie

    Pretty Baby

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 5.
  • Blondie

    I Know But I Don't Know

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 6.
  • Blondie

    11:59

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 7.
  • Blondie

    Will Anything Happen?

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 8.
  • Blondie

    Sunday Girl

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 9.
  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • BEST GIRL POWER ALBUM...EVER!.
    • Castle.
  • Blondie

    I'm Gonna Love You Too

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 11.
  • Blondie

    Just Go Away

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 May 2021 18:00