Home / Music / Parallel Lines was the UK's biggest-selling album of 1979Music linernotes album music blondieParallel Lines was the UK's biggest-selling album of 1979Parallel Lines hit number one on the UK Albums Chart in February 1979 and reached number six on the US Billboard 200. It went on to become the UK’s biggest-selling album of the entire year. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesParallel Lines produced three UK Top 20 singles beyond Heart of GlassBlondie's Eat to the Beat was one of the first video albumsMike Chapman's perfectionist sessions for Parallel Lines produced Blondie's tightest soundBlondie's Eat to the Beat arrived September 28, 1979Blondie recorded Eat to the Beat across three New York studiosExploreThe Dreaming reached No. 3 in the UK but sold less than Kate Bush's three previous albumsLinda Ronstadt's backing musicians became the EaglesElis Regina got a full album with Tom Jobim as a label anniversary giftGeorge Jones' 'The Grand Tour' hit #1 on the country singles chartThe Incredible String Band's highest-charting album peaked at #5Previous Ross Fraser produced John Farnham's The Age of ReasonNext Parallel Lines produced three UK Top 20 singles beyond Heart of Glass