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- Summary: The first album for the British rock band in six years features Chrissie Hynde and a new lineup.
- Record Label: Shangri-La Music
- Genre(s): Rock
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Top Track
| Boots Of Chinese Plastic | |
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| One, two, three, four Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Buddha, please Can you help a little peasant that's begging on her knees Illusion fills my head like an... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 14 out of 18
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Mixed: 4 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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It just feels like a lively, deeply felt Pretenders album, one that has better songs and better performances than usual.
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MojoThis record is looser and more organic, and a different sonic palette for Hynde. [Jul 2009, p.106]
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The blues- and country-influenced songs on Break Up the Concrete are an engaging departure from the group's earlier hits, while Hynde's dynamic alto voice gives the set the unmistakable Pretenders identity.
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Working with a new band of co-conspirators, Hynde’s subversively hard-core Concrete serves up just enough old Pretenders swing to lure back fans confused by 2002’s relatively lackluster "Loose Screw."
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Many of Hynde's new songs call for honesty and compassion, and even if she never quite finds those things, her search yields some pretty vital rock 'n' roll.
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Break Up the Concrete seems a bit uneven: The faster numbers begin to sound the same after a while, and the album hits a slight lull halfway through.
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Why not take the five really good tracks on Break Up the Concrete ("Boots of Chinese Plastic," "Love's a Mystery," "Rosalee," "One Thing Never Changed," "Don't Cut Your Hair") and offer a stellar EP for download?
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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TSOct 29, 2008
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