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Break Up the Concrete

Artist: The Pretenders
Label: Shangri-La
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 56325

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.3

MPN: 101009
UPC: 811771010095
EAN: 0811771010095
ASIN: B001CVCB94

Release Date: October 7, 2008
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Tracks:

•	Boots of Chinese Plastic
•	Nothing Maker
•	Don't Lose Faith in Me
•	Don't Cut Your Hair
•	Love's a Mystery
•	Last Ride
•	Almost Perfect
•	You Didn't Have To
•	Rosalee
•	Break Up the Concrete
•	One Thing Never Changed

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Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars

This Is Why Chrissie Hynde Is In The Hall Of Fame ! October 6, 2008
Brien Comerford (Glenview, Illinois United States)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

" Break Up The Concrete" continues the Pretenders's consistently brilliant musical and vocal excellence. Chrissie Hynde is arguably rock music's greatest female vocalist and frontmen/women. She always puts together an exemplary group of musicians to accompany her. "Break Up The Concrete" is a new style of music for Hynde and her vocal diversity resonates with grandeur on folk, country, rockabilly, ballads and rock tracks. As usual her vocals range from being forceful to majestically tender. There are environmental themes throughout the lyrics. "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" should be a rock/country hit. The emotional "One Thing Never Changed" is one of Hynde's most endearing and yearning songs ever. Two truly unforgetable gems are the reflective" The Nothing Maker" and the gorgeous and infectious "Love's A Mystery."Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders have never released a subpar or average CD. "Break Out the Concrete" is one of their best and belongs in a class with "Learning To Crawl" and "Last Of The Independents". Hynde is a renowned animal activist and vegetarian who intermittently finds the time to create music that is equally sublime and divine.

5 out of 5 stars

Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders walk tall November 9, 2008
Bernard Davis (Birmingham, England)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

Over 29 years the one constant in The Pretenders has been Chrissie Hynde. But who cares? As long as she continues to give us music of this quality every couple of years. br / br /This time she went into the studio with the latest version of her band and laid down these 11 tracks in 12 days. Now, that's laying a gauntlet down.* When you do that you are leaving all your safety catches off. Either the material and performance stands up, or, down you fall. br / br /Chrissie and her Pretenders can walk tall with this record. br / br /This is an love letter - in eleven songs sized bites - to live in the studio recording, fender amps, and that wonderful instrument that is Chrissie Hynde's voice. I mean, it sounded great, confident and sexy in 1980. Today it has gained depth and richness without loosing those things. br / br /Second song The Nothing Maker shows why The Pretenders are still as precious as ever. It's a typical Hynde defence of artistic integrity. It has passion, integrity, and of course the wry humour: if you keep your artistic integrity you get to be a `nothing maker' in the eyes of the world. br / br /It's time to mention the superb musicianship here. Legendary drummer Jim Keltner took the stool for the album, however some of the most arresting work here is on the guitars. It all hangs together tight as they come. br / br /There's a beautiful simplicity about much of `Break Up The Concrete'. If, like me, you wore out your copy of the first Pretenders Album and found that the least produced tracks - `Kid' and `Stop Your Sobbing' hit home the hardest - here is a whole album based on that approach and feel. br / br /This version of the band can do raw power as well. Singe your ears on the slabs of dust bowl blues guitar on Rosalee. br / br /It has been reported that this album has a Rockabilly feel, but to me it sounds more like your basic rock'n'roll with a bit of folk country thrown it. Bruce Springsteen would be proud to record a record that feels this authentic. br / br / br /*Yes, I am thinking of the likes of U2 who tell us that every new album will be like the Second Coming. Boys, the Second Coming does not need an extra six months of remixes, does it? br /

5 out of 5 stars

Another quality album from Chrissie Hynde Co August 13, 2009
Andrew Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The line up may have changed again but Chrissie Hynde is in top form on the group's ninth LP. br / br /Opening song 'Boots Of Chinese Plastic' provides a flying start for the next 10 tracks. A straight forward rocker with a great chorus. br / br /There is no filler here. Each song is worthy of inclusion. br / br /Hynde's words and unique voice still sound up to date.

3 out of 5 stars

Not bad September 25, 2009
R. Harris (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Not bad but could have included more upbeat numbers. Nothing to compare with Brass in pocket.

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