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Parallel Lines [LP]
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turned to British
producer
for their third album, on which they abandoned any pretensions to
legitimacy (just in time, given the decline of the
) and emerged as a pure
band. But it wasn't just
that made
's best album; it was the band's own songwriting, including
,
, and
's
and
and new bass player
plus two contributions from nonbandmember
That was enough to give
a number one on both sides of the Atlantic with
and three more U.K. hits, but what impresses is the album's depth and consistency -- album tracks like
are as impressive as the songs pulled for singles. The result is state-of-the-art
circa 1978, with
's tough-girl glamour setting the pattern that would be exploited over the next decade by a host of successors led by
. ~ William Ruhlmann