Blondie: Deborah Harry (vocals); Chris Stein (guitar, 12-string guitar, E-bow); Frank Infante (guitar); Jimmy Destri (keyboards); Nigel Harrison (bass); Clem Burke (drums).

Additional personnel: Robert Fripp (guitar).

Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Recording information: The Record Plant, New York City, NY.

Madonna and Michael Jackson aside, this is supreme pop music and as good as the genre can ever get. Everybody loved Blondie--fans, children, critics, other musicians, and senior citizens--and not just because Debbie Harry was its frontperson. This is an unintentional greatest-hits record that doesn't let up until the last note of "Just Go Away" has died. If one wanted to carp, you could have asked for "Denis" and "Call Me" to have been included, but that would be just plain greedy. One of the greatest "up" records of all time.

Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.135) - Ranked #6 in Rolling Stone's "Women In Rock: The 50 Essential Albums" - "...[Featuring] gemlike visions of obsessive love, equal parts jangle and reverie..."

CMJ (1/6/03, p.10) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"

CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #1 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1979".

NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #16 in NME's list of "The Greatest Albums of the '70s"

NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #52 in NME's list of "The Greatest Albums of All Time"

Blender (Magazine) (p.87) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "PARALLEL LINES was a perfect album in 1978 and hasn't gained a pound since -- every song memorable, distinct, well-shaped and over before you get antsy."