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The Pretenders Learning To Crawl - Original Master Recording 180 Gram - Sealed US vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
The Pretenders' Learning to Crawl Is the Sound of a Band Overcoming Tragedies with Gutsy Performances: Includes "Back on the Chain Gang" and "2000 Miles"
Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM LP Plays with Punchy, Immediate Sonics
1/2" / 30 IPS analog master direct to lathe
Sourced from the original master tapes for this reissue, Learning to Crawl finally possesses the combination of whisper-in-your-ear intimacy and nerve-checking toughness that it's always demanded on Mobile Fidelity's super-quiet LP. Leader Chrissie Hynde's voice is made viscerally apparent, wavering between vigorous determination and solemn reflection, while drummer Martin Chamber's punchy backbeats register with requisite punch. To say nothing of how fresh the effort's hit singles ("Middle of the Road," "Back on the Chain Gang") and incredible deep cuts sound.
The story behind Learning to Crawl is directly connected to the powerful, moving music within. After releasing two records that swept the world by storm (Pretenders and Pretenders II), the group's fortunes reversed after guitarist James Honeyman-Scott was found dead of a drug overdose in 1982. Shortly thereafter, founding member Pete Fardon, fired just two days before his partner's death, also succumbed to an overdose, leaving the band's state in tatters. Would there still be a Pretenders?
Hynde answers this question with a resounding "yes" on Learning to Crawl, which still contains signs of the band's early, street-wise rawness but also adds new wrinkles, with more streamlined melodies, sensitive ballads, and reflective tones. "Back on the Chain Gang," the Pretenders' most commercially successful hit, functioned as a bittersweet tribute to her ex-mates while the Christmas-themed "2000 Miles" holds rank as one of the most effecting, penetrating love songs of Hynde's career. Throughout the record, the Pretenders are again one.
New guitarist Robbie McIntosh supplies simpler, bluesier, basic guitar lines and the foursome know how to all-out rock, with the furious "Middle of the Road" and socially conscious "My City Was Gone" testifying to a stinging, thrilling sensibility that can exist only because of the devastation that the band survived. Call it the rise of the phoenix or triumph of the human will, but any way you see it, Learning to Crawl occupies a rare territory that registers in the pits of the human soul.
Side One
1. Middle of the Road
2. Back on the Chain Gang
3. Time the Avenger
4. Watching the Clothes
5. Show Me
Side Two
1. Thumbelina
2. My City Was Gone
3. Thin Line Between Love and Hate
4. I Hurt You
5. 2000 Miles
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
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| Year of Release: |
2012 |
| Artist: |
The Pretenders (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Learning To Crawl (click here for more of the same title) |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Catalogue No: |
MFSL1-339 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
PTNLPLE878915 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
821797133913 |
| Genres: |
Rock
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| Related Artists: |
Chrissie Hynde, The Foster Brothers |
| Complete Stock List: |
The Pretenders |
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