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Tucker Constable
Hello there, my name is Tucker. I love all sorts of music especially the music of yesteryear. I hope you enjoy my reviews, and I hope they entertain you, (I try to make my reviews funny and interesting), and maybe add a new perspective to an album you enjoy or do not enjoy.
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"Learning To Crawl", the Pretenders third studio album, is a much more accessible and easy to swallow album when compared to the previous two records while still offering quite an edge to it's radio friendly coating. Tracks such as "Middle Of The Road" and "Back On The Chain Gang" have Hynde's signature riot girl snarl coupled with Robbie McIntosh's subtle guitar work. Sometimes the album drifts a little to close to adult contemporary territory at points, what saves it is it's timeless arrangements and the dynamic vocal prowess of Chrissie Hynde.
A stand-out of the record would be side two's bluesy "My City Was Gone", which expresses environmental concerns from the perspective of a person revisiting their child hood town. It is a nice piece of songwriting and very subtly expresses a serious issue while never getting to preachy.
All in all, "Learning To Crawl" (hey that rhymed) is an incredibly well made album. It's running order is perfect, it's vocals are perfect, it's cover is perfect, and most of all, it's music is perfect. Highly recommended, that's all I have to say. I'm out.
Final Rating-9.8/10
Stand-Out Tracks- "Middle Of The Road", "My City Was Gone" and "Thin Line Between Love and Hate"
A stand-out of the record would be side two's bluesy "My City Was Gone", which expresses environmental concerns from the perspective of a person revisiting their child hood town. It is a nice piece of songwriting and very subtly expresses a serious issue while never getting to preachy.
All in all, "Learning To Crawl" (hey that rhymed) is an incredibly well made album. It's running order is perfect, it's vocals are perfect, it's cover is perfect, and most of all, it's music is perfect. Highly recommended, that's all I have to say. I'm out.
Final Rating-9.8/10
Stand-Out Tracks- "Middle Of The Road", "My City Was Gone" and "Thin Line Between Love and Hate"
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