The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
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Artist: The PretendersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Soundtracks:
- Middle Of The Road
- Back On The Chain Gang
- Time The Avenger
- Watching The Clothes
- Show Me
- Thumbelina
- My City Was Gone
- Thin Line Between Love And Hate
- I Hurt You
- 2000 Miles
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Free Music Review: "Show Me" the CD verison with 7 bonus tracks right now
Hit: 4 Stars
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.
The Pretenders for a myriad of reasons are one of a handful bands those that grew up with 60's and 70's rock and roll have more than a passing interest. Their finely constructed three minute rockers, sincerity in the lyrical presentation, and homage to those that rocked before them have given the Pretenders ears of many generations.
If the band needed one more superlative for the resume it was their ability to overcome the devastating losses of bass player James Honeyman-Scott and guitarist Pete Farndon. The consensus that Malcolm Foster and Robbie McIntosh would help carry the torch was nearly unanimous.
January 21, 1984 "Learning To Crawl" hits the record store shelves and gave the consumer enough quality tunes to satisfy the hungriest craving.
"Middle Of The Road" is explosive out of the shoot. The band had to prove that the energy would not be zapped and the opening notes solidified their intentions. "Back On The Chain Gang" with timeless lyrics was one of the few songs seen on MTV that the video and song were equal in brilliance. It finally was not about being a Hair Band to get on heavy rotation. "Show Me" may be the most underrated song on the album. The softer edge gets our ears and we don't even consider moving out of the room. "My City Was Gone" was a realistic daily event of our towns being reduced to parking spaces by the over zealous corporate builders. "Thin Line Between Love And Hate" is the finest cover of the terrific Persuaders hit. Chrissie clearly delivered the knockout with the passion in every verse.
If you need one more reason to take the plunge and get a CD copy, the remastered version with seven bonus cuts gives you a wall shaking cover of Money." The legendary track covered flawlessly by everyone from the Beatles to those on the Motown label, sees the Pretenders adding their name to the list!
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
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The departure of bassist Pete Farndon, and the drug-related death of lead guitarist James Honeyman Scott in 1982, left Chrissie Hynde's Pretenders in disarray, but she and drummer Martin Chambers rallied to produce the stunning 1983 single, "Back on the Chain Gang" (dedicated to Scott), and over the course of the next year, cobbled together enough material for a new album, some of whose tracks included new members: guitarist Robbie McIntosh and bassist Malcolm Foster. Nontheless, the album held together due to Hynde's uniformly strong material, which ranged from the rocking, bluesy "Middle of the Road" to the near-protest tune "My City Was Gone," to the piercing "Time the Avenger." --Billy AltmanAlternative Rock Music CDs
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