![]() The band’s last record, 2016's Alone, produced by Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and featuring the musicians from his band The Arcs emphasized that point. There's much truth in the notion that since the deaths of original guitarist Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott who OD'd less than a year apart between 1982-83, The Pretenders have been a Hynde solo project with varying degrees of success. "Too old to know better/ too young for her age," Chrissie Hynde sings, flashing by a mirror in the slow soul music sway of "You Can't Hurt a Fool" from Hate For Sale. See more Your browser does not support the audio element. Forty years on, Chrissie's back with the band. And a revved up rockabillyized Bo Diddley beat gives "Didn't Want to Be This Lonely" a spirited snap. The reasonably credible reggae of "Lightning Man" is another tribute, this time to Richard Swift, a chief mover behind Alone. Single "The Buzz," an immediately recognizable return to a vintage Pretenders sound, has changes and rhythms similar to "Kid" from the band's 1980 eponymous debut album. Energized by a solid batch of co-writes between Hynde and touring guitarist James Walbourne, Hate for Sale opens with the snarling title track that both savages an ex-lover, and according to Hynde, serves as a tribute to punk outfit The Damned, whose members she once jammed with just before they became a band. With original drummer Martin Chambers aboard, this also feels and sounds like the first true "band" album in a very long time-a throwback move where Hynde, still in good voice, again sounds emotionally engaged. Now under the steady hand of producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Cranberries, Blur), Hynde and her touring band of 15 years have hatched an album that will especially resonate with fans of the band's early work. ![]() Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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