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Blondie: Parallel Lines (Chrysalis)

Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 9 September 1978

BLONDIE'S third album seems designed to cater for two distinct requirements: a) to satisfy the near-hysterical cries for the pure pop of the band's debut album; and b) to consolidate their popularity with the hard-rock audience that helped chart the second set, Plastic Letters.

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