![]() ![]() Just don't buy it looking for a hits collection. While the jumbled sequencing leads to sometimes odd juxtapositions between earlier, harder-rocking Pretenders tracks and later, more melodic ones, this is a good selection of material, reflecting the overall consistency of the band's output. Otherwise, this is an album of lesser-known Pretenders songs, either also-ran A-sides like "Never Do That" and "Sense of Purpose" or favorite early tracks like "The Wait" and "Tattooed Love Boys." The live cover of Barrett Strong's "Money" is a fairly obscure non-LP B-side that Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde caustically dedicates to the bands who played the US Festival as well as those who didn't because they weren't offered large enough fees. Top 20 and the cover of the Persuaders' "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" was a chart entry in both countries. ![]() The leadoff song and title track, "Don't Get Me Wrong," reached the Top Ten in both countries the final song, "Brass in Pocket," was a British chart-topper and U.S. and/or U.S., this is not an album of 14 hits. ![]() She has recently produced a memoir, a book of paintings, and a jazz album featuring tunes by other great songwriters. But although every one of those tracks was released on one or the other side of a single in the U.K. Chrissie Hynde, the lead singer and principal songwriter of the Pretenders, will be touring with her band again this summer. She first came into national attention with the rock band Scandal and went on to record and perform as a solo artist. "Fourteen classic tracks," proclaims the cover of this discount-priced compilation, and given that the recordings are drawn from the Pretenders' 1979-1990 catalog, that's a fair description. The Pretenders Jon Bon Jovi Jon Bon Jovi has set the bar for nearly three decades as the lead singer of one the worlds most successful rock bands, Bon Jovi. Patricia Smyth (born June 26, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. ![]()
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