Independent review

In 78, punk rock no longer had the power it had a year ago. Such styles are fleeting, for they are based on surprise and provocation. To replace it, as often happens, came post. Post-punk. And new wave. Founding fathers, and in the case of Deborah Harry - founding mother, became Blondie. At the very least, they were in the vanguard of the new musical movement. What is the essence of the band's success? Simple punk rhythms without buzzing guitars, without protest, provocation, and dirt. And a little synthesizers, which at that time were so mandatory that even Queen gave in. Commercial punk rock with pleasant female vocals and memorable guitars. One Way or Another and 11:59 - are certainly the personification of the band's style, Heart of Glass suits everyone, and the cosmic ballad Fade Away and Radiate shows that the band has richer potential. If the second Blondie album became platinum in Britain (it was there, in the homeland of punk, that the American band found its initial success), then Parallel Lines became platinum already in the USA, reaching the 6 spot on Billboard. In Britain, the record climbed to the very top. In the UK, the band repeated its success with the longplay Eat to the Beat, but in America, such success could not be achieved, although the band maintained huge popularity until 1980, with a subsequent comeback in 1999.

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