Learning To Crawl [Import] by Pretenders (CD, 2007, Rhino) *NEW* *FREE Shipping*

Description: Learning To Crawl by Pretenders [Import] [Reissue] [Bonus Tracks] [CD] Track Listing: 1 Middle Of The Road2 Back On The Chain Gang3 Time The Avenger4 Watching The Clothes5 Show Me6 Thumbelina7 My City Was Gone8 Thin Line Between Love And Hate9 I Hurt You10 2000 Miles11 Fast Or Slow (The Law's The Law) [Bonus Track]12 Tequila [Bonus Track]13 I Hurt You (Denmark Street Demo) [Bonus Track]14 When I Change My Life (Denmark Street Demo) [Bonus Track]15 Ramblin' Rob (Denmark Street Demo) [Bonus Track]16 My City Was Gone (Live) [Bonus Track]17 Money (Live) [Bonus Track]LEARNING TO CRAWL, the Pretender's stellar third album, debuted in 1984 and hit #5 on the Billboard 200. Produced by Chris Thomas, it features the all-time Pretenders classics "Middle of the Road", "My City was Gone", "Show Me" and "Back on the Chain Gang", a #5 pop single. Also includes the band's memorable cover of the Persuaders '71 hit "Thin Line Between Love and Hate", and Hynde's gorgeous contemporary Christmas classic "2000 Miles". This re-release import presents seven bonus tracks - two previously unissued - including live versions of "My City Was Gone" and "Money". Bonus material also features three Denmark Street demos including "I Hurt Your" and "When I Change My Life". --- Chrissie Hynde took a long, hard road to rock & roll stardom, but when her band, the Pretenders, finally broke through in 1979, they wasted no time, growing from promising newcomers on the British music scene to major international stardom with a pair of smash albums to their credit in a mere three years. But the Pretenders' meteoric rise came to a crashing halt in 1982, when drug abuse claimed the life of guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and forced Hyde and drummer Martin Chambers to dump bassist Pete Farndon, who would also succumb to an OD in April 1983. Hynde was forced by circumstance to reinvent the Pretenders for their third album, 1984's Learning to Crawl, but if the new edition of the group lacked some of the spark of the band that made the first two LPs, through sheer force of will Hynde created a masterpiece. While Hynde hardly held back in her emotionally potent songwriting in the Pretenders' early work, on Learning to Crawl there's a gravity to her lyrics that blended with her tough but wiry melodic sense and streetwise intelligence to create a set of truly remarkable tunes. "Back on the Chain Gang" is a touching tribute to her fallen comrades that still sounds bitterly rueful, "Middle of the Road" is a furious rocker that explores the emotional and physical toll of a musician's life, "Time the Avenger" is a taut, literate examination of a businessman's adulterous relationship, "My City Was Gone" deals with the economic and cultural decay of the Midwest in a manner both pithy and genuinely heartfelt, and "2000 Miles" is a Christmas number that demonstrates Hynde can be warm without getting sappy. As a guitarist, Robbie McIntosh brought a simpler and more elemental style to the Pretenders than James Honeyman-Scott, but his tough, muscular leads fit these songs well, and bassist Malcolm Foster's solid punch fits Chambers' drumming perfectly. Three albums into her recording career, Chrissie Hynde found herself having to put the past to bed and carve out a new beginning for herself with Learning to Crawl, but she pulled it off with a striking mixture of courage, strength, and great rock & roll; with the exception of the instant-classic debut album, it's the Pretenders' finest work. ~ Mark Deming, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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