The Pretenders: Pretenders auf CD

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ROLLING STONE ALBUM GUIDE ***** "This is a band album, and the character of the songs isn't determinded by who wrote them, but who's playing.​ .​.​the music is a group effort, from the way Hynde's wry delivery plays off the churning, odd-metered guitar riffs of "Tattooed Love Boys" to the perfectly locked rhythm work propelling "The Wait" from chorus to chorus, what makes those songs work is the way the band backs her, adding soul to the sentimentality of "Kid" or putting bounce in each step of "Brass in Pocket".​ ALL MUSIC GUIDE ***** "Chrissie Hynde's tough girl persona, allied with the aggressive onslaught of Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott, and Martin Chambers, makes this the top debut of its year and prime evi- dence of the enlivening influence punk had on main- stream rock.​"