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Music CD - The Pretenders: The Isle of View
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Music CD: The Isle of View
Artist: The Pretenders
List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $2.90
Your Save: $ 7.08 ( 71% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Sense Of Purpose
2. Chill Factor
3. Private Life
4. Back On The Chain Gang
5. Kid
6. I Hurt You
7. Criminal
8. Brass In Pocket
9. 2000 Miles
10. Hymn To Her
11. Lovers Of Today
12. The Phone Call
13. I Go To Sleep
14. Revolution
15. Bonus Track 1
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624608523
Format: Live
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 1995-10-24
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Ageless Classic
Comment: I've had this CD since it came out - and it is still one of the CD's in my most listened to pile.
Such a great live acoustic set with so much feeling added into the songs from Chrissie. If your a pretenders fan or not, you're sure to love it.
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Summary: CHRISSIE HYNDE 5 STAR PERFORMANCE
Comment: Love Chrissie's Sound, Style, Poetry you will absolutely love the work she has done here !
Must Have.
Turn it up and Hit the Replay All Button.
ENJOY
PEACE
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Summary: Bring on the revolution
Comment: Chrissie Hynde's bad attitude was always more refreshing than most - she has no patience for celebrity, no desire to sugarcoat her "message," barely even a desire to give anyone asking her a question the time of day. One of the great shocks of The Isle of View, then, is Hynde's vulnerability in full play. It's an acoustic set, but it's an coustic set of a particular bent - the guitar parts of old get morphed into string arrangements, and on occasion, the songs themselves morph in tone. The result is remarkable - it's not just a shift in tone during a song like "Back On The Chain Gang," it's a somber, moving refocusing of that song's true nature of loss and nostalgia. The best moments of the album are like that - versions of "Kid," "Sense of Purpose," or "2000 Miles" that take the songs in directions you didn't realize they'd gone all along, which proves just what a deft poet Chrissie Hynde can be. It needs to be said that not all the moments are perfect - the laconic version of "I Go To Sleep" is just laconic, and the rejiggering of their obscure debut album song "Lovers Of Today" might only prove that the song should have been forgotten in the first place. Still, by the time Hynde arrives at her last extraordinary "Freedom!" in "Revolution," the strings blazing with galvanic charm, it gets difficult to imagine a much better live attempt than this one - a winning, sly, cleverly concocted minimalist set.
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Summary: Warm Intimate and Rewarding
Comment: I am a lukewarm Pretenders fan, enjoyed the first three albums, felt they lost a bit along the way after that, but still always willing to give Chrissie and friends the benefit of the doubt.
Here they turn in a surprisingly strong live, acoustic set, covering old, new, and forgotten songs from their catalogue, with tasteful backing from a string quartet. Some tunes work better than others: "Private Life" and "I Hurt You" work especially well, as Chrissie's mournful voice mixes perfectly with the delicate acoustic guitar and string backup. "Back on the Chain Gang," on the other hand, is a bit awkward and forced.
But with picture-perfect versions of "2000 Miles," "Chill Factor," and a strong opener, "Sense of Purpose," this is overall a very strong addition to the Pretenders canon, worth picking up for its unique and somewhat experimental handling of these classic songs.
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Summary: A surprisingly good acoustic set
Comment: This little gem snuck into The Pretenders' discography after Chrissie took a latter day incarnation of The Pretenders on an A&E concert TV special. (That show is available as "The Isle Of View" DVD.) The surprise is just how effective and intimate Chrissie sounds in the "Unplugged" setting. She split the set between obvious songs and crowd pleasers ("Brass In Pocket," "Back On The Chain Gang") a surprise or two (I always thought "Sense Of Purpose," the best song on "Packed," was unjustly ignored -- and here it's the show opener), and some delightful reworks. In particular, the string laden version of "Kid" here takes on a greater sense of maturity some twenty years down the line. While I'd have a hard time recommending "The Isle Of View" as the most potent of Pretenders albums, it remains a personal fave of mine for more relaxing moments. If you're just getting into 80's or The Pretenders' music, start with their debut, "Learning to Crawl" or the updated (and import only, come on Warners) greatest hits. But if you're already a fan and this one slipped under your radar, "The Isle Of View" is a serious contender for your listening dollars.
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Editorial Reviews:
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There are a lot of diehard Pretenders boosters out there who'll warm to this unplugged hits set much faster than Last of the Independents. Hynde's singing has never been finer, and it was a brilliant stroke to incorporate a string quartet into the acoustic soundscape. Everything here is first-rate (notably the little-known "I Hurt You" and "Criminal"), but it's the ultra-fresh versions of "Brass in Pocket," "Private Life," and "2000 Miles" that will bring a lump to the throat of thirtysomething fans. --Jeff Bateman
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