Learning to Crawl (1984) is the third Pretenders LP and pretty much every song is good. The album's title probably refers to the baby Chrissie Hynde recently had with Kinks frontman, Ray Davies. A lot of the songs (especially "Back in the Chain Gang") contain hints of longing & regret most likely due to the fact that two former members of the band had recently passed away from drug overdoses. Just say no kids!
Besides "Chain Gang", there's "Middle of the Road", "Show Me", "My City was Gone" and the xmasy, "2000 Miles." This is Chrissie Hynde at her peak. Her voice is gritty and sultry, oozing her devil-may-care sexiness. Her lyrics poignant and nostalgic. Great riffs throughout.
RATING: 4.5 black eyeliners out of a possible 5
No comments:
Post a Comment