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SE 1, EP 28: Blondie - Parallel Lines


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Released in 1978, Blondie's third album, Parallel Lines, became their biggest album largely off the strength of the most popular song of 1979, Heart of Glass. The making of this album is interesting: the band was given six months to make the record, yet it was finished in six weeks, despite the producer calling Blondie the worst band he'd ever worked with. Loathed by members of the burgeoning 1970s NYC music scene for its disco appeal, Blondie, one of the last bands to sign a recording deal from that era, became the scene's best-selling groups. And Tony introduces many of our listeners to the Nerves, whose lead guitarist wrote two songs for this album.

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