The Pretenders - Get Close

Artist:

Pretenders

UPC:

081227999889

See Also:

Who (The) Beatles (The) Hynde, Chrissie Velvet Underground (The) Dylan, Bob Stewart, Dave (Guitar, Producer

Description:

The Pretenders: Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar); Robbie McIntosh (guitar); T.M. Stevens (bass); Blair Cunningham (drums).
Additional personnel: Shankar (violin); Pat Seymour, Bernie Worrell, Wix, Bruce Brody, Tommy Mandel, Rupert Black (keyboards); Bruce Thomas, T.M. Stevens, Chucho Merchan, John McKenzie, Malcolm Foster (bass); Martin Chambers, Simon Phillips, Mel Gaynor (drums); Steve Jordon (drums, percussion); Carlos Alomar (percussion, programming).
Producers: Jimmy Iovine, Bob Clearmountain, Steve Lillywhite.
Recorded at AIR Recording Studios, London; Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, New York; Right Track Recording and Power Station, New York, New York.
Personnel: Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar); Robbie McIntosh (guitar); Shankar (violin); Wix (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Bernie Worrell (organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Bruce Brody (organ); Simon Phillips (keyboards, drums); Rupert Black, Pat Seymour (keyboards); Tommy Mandel (synthesizer); Blair Cunningham, Steve Jordan (drums, percussion); Martin Chambers, Mel Gaynor (drums); Chucho Merch?n, Carlos Alomar (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Bob Clearmountain.
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Recording information: AIR Recording Studios, London, England; Bearsville Sound Studios, Bearsville, NY; Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Power Station, New York, NY; Right Track Recording, New York, NY.
Photographers: David Swan Montgomery; Richard Houghton.
GET CLOSE, the Pretenders fourth album, has its drawbacks. There are a few too many mid-tempo songs, the production is unnecessarily slick, and at least one song--the unconvincing funk put-down "How Much Did You Get For Your Soul"--simply doesn`t work. Yet GET CLOSE still packs a considerable wallop. One may long for the punk panache head Pretender Chrissie Hynde displayed on the band`s early records, but frankly, if she has to celebrate the joys of motherhood, we should be thankful that the resultant "Hymn to Her" is such an exquisite a bit of neo-folk rock. (Gratitude is also the correct response to guitar god Robbie McIntosh`s work throughout the album, which is, as usual, utterly succinct and thrilling).
Attention must also be paid to two of Hynde`s loveliest ballads: the beguiling "My Baby" and the Memphis soul-tinged "Chill Factor." A very effective cover of Jimi Hendrix`s "Room Full of Mirrors" closes the album. The cherry on top is the infectious "Don`t Get Me Wrong," a Motown pastiche that`s probably Hynde`s most consistently ingratiating tune.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. My Baby
2. When I Change My Life
3. Light of the Moon
4. Dance!
5. Tradition of Love
6. Don`t Get Me Wrong
7. I Remember You
8. How Much Did You Get for Your Soul?
9. Chill Factor
10. Hymn to Her
11. Room Full of Mirrors
12. Hold a Candle to This - (alternate take, Bonus Track)
13. World Within Worlds - (Bonus Track)
14. Tradition of Love - (Remix, remix, Bonus Track)
15. Dance - (previously unreleased, Take 1, Bonus Track)
16. Don`t Get Me Wrong - (previously unreleased, live, Bonus Track)
17. Thumbelina - (live, Bonus Track)

Album Information

Release Date:

06/05/2007

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Rhino

Catalog Number:

8122799988

Original Release Year:

1986

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

45 : 6

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