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This week in 1979, the Blondie LP “Parallel Lines” went to #1 on the UK Albums Chart (February 17)

In June 1978 the band entered the Record Plant in New York to record their third album, and first with Australian producer Mike Chapman. However, Chapman found the band difficult to work with, remembering them as the worst band he ever worked with in terms of musical ability, although praising Frank Infante as "an amazing guitarist". 

Sessions with Chris Stein were hampered by his being stoned during recording, and Chapman encouraged him to write songs rather than play guitar. 

Similarly, according to Chapman, Jimmy Destri would prove himself to be far better at songwriting than as a keyboardist and Clem Burke had poor timing playing drums. 

As a result, Chapman spent time improving the band, especially Stein with whom Chapman spent hours rerecording his parts to ensure they were right. 

Bassist Nigel Harrison became so frustrated with Chapman's drive for perfection that he threw a synthesizer at him during recording.

Chapman recalled, “The Blondies were tough in the studio, real tough. 
None of them liked each other, except Chris and Debbie, and there was so much animosity. 

They were really, really juvenile in their approach to life—a classic New York underground rock band—and they didn't give a f*** about anything. They just wanted to have fun and didn't want to work too hard getting it.

Musically, Blondie were hopelessly horrible when we first began rehearsing for Parallel Lines, and in terms of my attitude they didn't know what had hit them. 

I basically went in there like Adolf Hitler and said, 'You are going to make a great record, and that means you're going to start playing better.'"

It certainly worked for Chapman and the band, as “Parallel Lines” was a breakthrough record for Blondie around the world, making it to #1 in the UK, #2 in Australia and Canada, #3 in New Zealand, #6 in the US, #7 in the Netherlands and Portugal, #9 in Germany and Sweden, and #11 in Italy and Finland.

The album is jam-packed with classic Blondie songs like “Hanging on the Telephone”, “Picture This”, “One Way Or Another”, “Sunday Girl”, and “Heart of Glass”.

In 2012  “Parallel Lines” was ranked at #140 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
In 2013, NME ranked it #45 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time…

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