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500 Greatest Albums of All Time

140

Blondie, 'Parallel Lines'


Blondie, 'Parallel Lines'
140/500

Chrysalis, 1978

New Wave's big pop breakthrough, Parallel Lines is a perfect synthesis of raw punk edge, Sixties-pop smarts and downtown-New York glamour. Debbie Harry created a new kind of rock & roll sex appeal that brought New York demimonde style to the mainstream. Madonna was surely watching.


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