The Pretenders Break Up the Concrete
Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he best Pretenders record in years, a mix of galloping rockabilly and country & western songs, delivered in Hynde's trademark snarl..."
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CD Details
- Released: October 7, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Artist First
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.78
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he best Pretenders record in years, a mix of galloping rockabilly and country & western songs, delivered in Hynde's trademark snarl..."Entertainment Weekly - p.71
"[W]ith her velvet-sandpaper vocals and unflappable rock-chick cool, Hynde is more than enough to build an album around....She cuts loose with an effortlessness it takes years to cultivate..." -- Grade: BQ (Magazine) - p.129
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Hynde who steals the show with her lip-curling vibrato, part Elvis, part Dusty, never more intoxicating than on the seductive 'Almost Perfect'..."Blender (Magazine) - p.76
"The Pretenders' ninth studio album is a pleasant roots record....Hynde sings about May-September romance and the search for the paved-over soul of her busted hometown, Akron, Ohio..."Paste (magazine) (p.57) - "Hynde's voice is as recognizable as ever -- all slow vibrato, unrestrained high notes and staccato alto..."
Record Collector (magazine) - p.92
3 stars out of 5 -- "The steel guitar of Son Volt's Eric Heywood is a new voice to the mix, while Jim Keltner adds a veteran's deft touch to the rhythm tracks."Tracks:
- 1.Boots of Chinese Plastic
- 2.The Nothing Maker
- 3.Don't Lose Faith in Me
- 4.Don't Cut Your Hair
- 5.Love's a Mystery
- 6.The Last Ride
- 7.Almost Perfect
- 8.You Didn't Have To
- 9.Rosalee
- 10.Break Up the Concrete
- 11.One Thing Never Changed
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- UPC: 811771010095
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