'Parallel Lines' is widely regarded as Blondie's

best Album, & one of the greatest Pop Albums ever.

 

The UK's 'Mail On Sunday' is giving that CD away -

Free Gift - in every copy of tomorrow's, (December

5th), Issue! It will acually be inside - rather

than a Token that you have to take to a Store.

 

The 'Paper sells about 2,200,000 each Sunday, so

that is how many copies of the Blondie Album are

being given away.

 

To me, it cheapens the Music. Turns it into

a sort of, 'Free can of peas with every copy'.

 

LINK:,

 

http://smurl.name/4fv7

 

 

It's an album everyone should have anyway, really.... and it's not my favourite Blondie album - that's either 'Eat To The Beat' or 'Autoamerican', which is hugely underrated, I think.

I've have all the Blondie albums on vinyl, I still need to own them on CDs, I rate Parallel Lines as pretty average, I mostly agreed with Russ, Autoamerican is brilliant, I think this is the album that has Die Young, Stay Pretty which is the best track on the album or I'm mixing it with the Eat To The Beat album. Eat To The Beat is exceptional.

What's weird is the bonus tracks, including a cover of Sophia George - Girlie Girlie :lol: I guess they're new songs from the forthcoming album.

Oooh might have to get that!

Parallel Lines is an amazing album that has now been re-released to death. There's not much mileage left in it for the band now decades after it's release so why not give it away? More people will get to hear the music who perhaps wouldn't bother without getting it free and maybe they will investigate further as a result.

I've have all the Blondie albums on vinyl, I still need to own them on CDs, I rate Parallel Lines as pretty average, I mostly agreed with Russ, Autoamerican is brilliant, I think this is the album that has Die Young, Stay Pretty which is the best track on the album or I'm mixing it with the Eat To The Beat album. Eat To The Beat is exceptional.

 

yes 'Die Young Stay Pretty' is on "Eat To The Beat"

 

I repurchased the remastered/re-issued "Blondie", "Plastic Letters", "Parallel Lines", "Eat To The Beat" & "Autoamerican" albums a coupe of years ago, as well as bonus tracks on each album, all have new extra liner notes too.

 

blondie fan site

Great album already own it. Not sure that classic albums like that should be given away free though.

I know they've done this sort of thing before given away full albums instead of the usual cheap compilations.

 

2.2m copies of The Mail on Sunday sold each Sunday? Surely there aren't that many fascists out there?

2.2m copies of The Mail on Sunday sold each Sunday? Surely there aren't that many fascists out there?

 

I know. But I think a large section of these readers are people who routinely buy tabloid papers but think buying The Daily Mail is 'upmarket'. There is equally enough celebrity toot and general fabricated bollocks, so it's a seamless read from The Sun to The Mail!

Parallel Lines is probably their best overall although I have at times preferred 'Blondie', 'Autoamerican' and 'Eat To The Beat' (not Plastic Letters though, never that fussed on it). So not my personal outright favourite but a worthy best album.

Edited December 7, 201014 yr by John_Squire

2.2m copies of The Mail on Sunday sold each Sunday? Surely there aren't that many fascists out there?

:lol: :lol:

 

Nah, but there are significantly more than 2.2 million prats out there....

 

I can kinda see both sides of the argument here, giving this away does seem a bit like turning music into a coupon for McDonalds Happy Meal or something, but, on the other hand, newspapers have been giving away DVDs of old films and TV shows, and stuff as well....