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| Genre : | Rock & Pop | Catalogue Number : | R2.73270 |
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| Format : | CD | Label : | Rhino/atlantic |
| Issued : | 01 Apr 2006 | Item sourced from : | USA |
| Number of Discs : | 4 | ||
| Other : | +DVD, Collection | ||
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HMV Review
To say that Warner/Rhino/Sire's 2006 four-CD, one-DVD box set Pirate Radio is for the die-hard Pretenders fan may be stating the obvious -- after all, career-spanning multi-disc sets heavy on rarities are by definition for diehards. But die-hard Pretenders fans are different than other die-hard fans, since they can be easily split into two separate camps: those who followed Chrissie Hynde throughout her career, and those who lost interest somewhere after 1983's Learning to Crawl, the triumphant third album that proved Hynde was above all a survivor. After that, Pretenders records were notoriously hit-or-miss affairs, sometimes holding together a little better than others, but patchy enough to whittle down their audience to just the dedicated, while still indicating that a killer comp could be pieced together from these records.
Is Pirate Radio that comp? No, not really. It has almost all of their charting singles and many of their best album tracks, but it's not a lean collection of nothing but the best from the Pretenders; it has too many rarities and treats each portion of their career too evenhandedly to be that. By the end of the first disc, Pirate Radio has already dipped into Learning to Crawl, and well over half the collection is devoted to music released from 1990 on -- an era that had two solid albums (1994's Last of the Independents and 2002's Loose Screw) and one strong one (1999's Viva el Amor), plus a popular if subdued live album (1995's Isle of View). This era was certainly good, but in no way matched the intensity of their first five years as a band, particularly in its first incarnation when Hynde was in a gang with guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon, and drummer Martin Chambers. The first disc bears this out through its rarities, where the original 1978 demo of Precious is nearly as tough as the one on the group's peerless debut, while the Nick Lowe-produced single version of The Wait has a reckless energy. Even songs that seemed like throwaways at the time have aged into mini-masterpieces: there are the two songs that had been stranded on the 1981 Extended Play EP -- the tense, dramatic Porcelain and the infectious Cuban Slide -- plus a dynamic take on the Small Faces' What You Gonna Do About It. All three enhance the reputation of the original Pretenders while filling out corners in their history, something that can't quite be said about the deluge of rarities that follows over the next three discs. Not that the 13 previously unreleased cuts and six stray songs (mostly from B-sides and tribute singles) are bad by any means -- there are quite a few gems in this batch, particularly the terrific country tune Tequila (dating from the first days of the band, but cut during Learning to Crawl), the searching outtake When I Change My Life, and a bunch of covers, including takes on the Beatles' Not a Second Time, Warren Zevon's Reconsider Me, Radiohead's Creep, and Merrilee Rush's Angel of the Morning. But as the box shifts into second gear halfway through the second disc, it stops being a set that holds appeal to both camps of Pretenders fans and becomes the province of those who have faithfully followed Hynde throughout her ups and down. For those fans, Pirate Radio is pretty much an unqualified delight. It rounds up the best of the uncollected songs, it presents an accurate and thorough history, it sounds terrific, it has great and comprehensive notes from Ben Edmonds (along with some track-by-track comments from Hynde), and the DVD is filled with thrilling television performances (eight of the 19 clips on the disc are from the original lineup, plus there are two from the Learning to Crawl group), which is alone worth the price of the set for the truly devoted. And ultimately that's who Pirate Radio is for -- for fans who love Hynde, warts and all. It's for the fans who believe that, despite (or perhaps because of) the peaks and valleys, she is indeed how Nick Lowe describes her: she's still the same girl we were all in love with nearly 30 years ago...
and Chrissie's still the coolest girl in the world. For those who agree with Basher, Pirate Radio is proof that their love has not been in vain. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Is Pirate Radio that comp? No, not really. It has almost all of their charting singles and many of their best album tracks, but it's not a lean collection of nothing but the best from the Pretenders; it has too many rarities and treats each portion of their career too evenhandedly to be that. By the end of the first disc, Pirate Radio has already dipped into Learning to Crawl, and well over half the collection is devoted to music released from 1990 on -- an era that had two solid albums (1994's Last of the Independents and 2002's Loose Screw) and one strong one (1999's Viva el Amor), plus a popular if subdued live album (1995's Isle of View). This era was certainly good, but in no way matched the intensity of their first five years as a band, particularly in its first incarnation when Hynde was in a gang with guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon, and drummer Martin Chambers. The first disc bears this out through its rarities, where the original 1978 demo of Precious is nearly as tough as the one on the group's peerless debut, while the Nick Lowe-produced single version of The Wait has a reckless energy. Even songs that seemed like throwaways at the time have aged into mini-masterpieces: there are the two songs that had been stranded on the 1981 Extended Play EP -- the tense, dramatic Porcelain and the infectious Cuban Slide -- plus a dynamic take on the Small Faces' What You Gonna Do About It. All three enhance the reputation of the original Pretenders while filling out corners in their history, something that can't quite be said about the deluge of rarities that follows over the next three discs. Not that the 13 previously unreleased cuts and six stray songs (mostly from B-sides and tribute singles) are bad by any means -- there are quite a few gems in this batch, particularly the terrific country tune Tequila (dating from the first days of the band, but cut during Learning to Crawl), the searching outtake When I Change My Life, and a bunch of covers, including takes on the Beatles' Not a Second Time, Warren Zevon's Reconsider Me, Radiohead's Creep, and Merrilee Rush's Angel of the Morning. But as the box shifts into second gear halfway through the second disc, it stops being a set that holds appeal to both camps of Pretenders fans and becomes the province of those who have faithfully followed Hynde throughout her ups and down. For those fans, Pirate Radio is pretty much an unqualified delight. It rounds up the best of the uncollected songs, it presents an accurate and thorough history, it sounds terrific, it has great and comprehensive notes from Ben Edmonds (along with some track-by-track comments from Hynde), and the DVD is filled with thrilling television performances (eight of the 19 clips on the disc are from the original lineup, plus there are two from the Learning to Crawl group), which is alone worth the price of the set for the truly devoted. And ultimately that's who Pirate Radio is for -- for fans who love Hynde, warts and all. It's for the fans who believe that, despite (or perhaps because of) the peaks and valleys, she is indeed how Nick Lowe describes her: she's still the same girl we were all in love with nearly 30 years ago...
and Chrissie's still the coolest girl in the world. For those who agree with Basher, Pirate Radio is proof that their love has not been in vain. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Credits
Adam Seymour(Guitar), Adam Seymour(Vocals), Andrew Bodnar(Bass), Andrew Bodnar(Vocals), Andy Duncan(Percussion), Andy Hobson(Bass), Andy Rourke(Bass), Bernie Worrell(Synthesizer), Billy Bremner(Guitar), Billy Bremner(Vocals), Blair Cunningham(Drums), Bruce Brody(Organ), Bruce Thomas(Bass), Chris Mercer(Sax (Tenor)), Chrissie Hynde(Guitar), Chrissie Hynde(Vocals), Chucho Merchan(Bass), Chuck Norman(Keyboards), Colin Elliot(Percussion), Damon Albarn(Piano), David Paton (Pilot)(Bass), Dominic Miller(Bass), Dominic Miller(Guitar), Gerry Mackleduff(Drums), Henry Lowther(Trumpet), J.F.T. Hood(Drums), James Eller(Bass), James Honeyman-Scott(Guitar), James Honeyman-Scott(Keyboards), James Honeyman-Scott(Vocals), James Hood(Drums), Jeff Beck(Guitar), Jim Copley(Drums), Jim Wilson(Trumpet), John McKenzie(Bass), Johnny Marr(Guitar), Jonathan Quarmby(Keyboards), Kevin Bacon(Bass), Lindsay Edwards(Keyboards), Malcolm Foster(Bass), Malcolm Foster(Vocals), Mark Cooper Smith(Percussion), Martin Chambers(Drums), Martin Chambers(Vocals), Mel Gaynor(Drums), Mitchell Froom(Keyboards), Pat Seymour(Keyboards), Pat Seymour(Synthesizer), Paul Carrack(Piano), Paul Carrack(Vocals), Pete Farndon(Bass), Pete Farndon(Vocals), Pretty Tony(Bass), Richard Koster(Violin), Robbie Mcintosh(Guitar), Robbie Mcintosh(Vocals), Rupert Black(Keyboards), Shankar(Violin), Simon Phillips(Drums), Stephen Hague(Keyboards), Steve Jordan(Drums), Stuart Gordon(Violin), T.m. Stevens(Bass), Tchad Blake(Guitar), Tom Kelly(Bass), Tom Kelly(Guitar), Tom Kelly(Piano), Tommy Mandel(Synthesizer), Will MacGregor(Bass), Adam Seymour(Vocals (Background)), Billy Bremner(Guitar (Rhythm)), Billy Bremner(Vocals (Background)), Blair Cunningham(Vocals (Background)), Chrissie Hynde(Harmonica), Chrissie Hynde(Vocals (Background)), Dominic Miller(Vocals (Background)), Duke Quartet(Strings), Geoff Bryant(French Horn), Ivan McCready(Cello), John McKenzie(Vocals (Background)), John Metcalfe(Viola), Jules Shear(Vocals (Background)), London Community Gospel Choir(Choir, Chorus), Mark Hart(Vocals (Background)), Mark Sheridan(Vocals (Background)), Priscilla Jones(Vocals (Background)), Stuart Gordon(Viola), Tim Finn(Vocals (Background)), Tom Kelly(Vocals (Background)), Will MacGregor(Vocals (Background)), Adam Seymour(Harmonium), Ian Stanley(Special Effects), Bill Price(Engineer), Bob Clearmountain(Producer), Brian Kehew(Engineer), Bruce Lampcov(Engineer), Chris E. Thomas(Producer), David Boucher(Engineer), David Nicholas(Engineer), Doug Wynne(Engineer), Howard Gray(Engineer), Ian Stanley(Producer), Jimmy Iovine(Producer), Jonathan Quarmby(Producer), Julie Gardner(Engineer), Kevin Bacon(Producer), Mitchell Froom(Producer), Nick Lowe(Producer), Richard Norris(Engineer), Stephen Hague(Producer), Stephen Street(Engineer), Stephen Street(Producer), Steve "Syco Steve" Williams(Engineer), Steve Churchyard(Engineer), Steve Lillywhite(Producer), Steve Nye(Engineer), Tchad Blake(Engineer), Adam Seymour(Composer), Albert Hammond Jr(Composer), Bernard Butler(Composer), Bill Inglot(Compilation Producer), Bill Inglot(Remastering), Bill Price(Mixing), Billy Steinberg(Composer), Bob Clearmountain(Mixing), Brian Potter(Composer), Burt Bacharach(Composer), Chalkie Davies(Photography), Chip Taylor(Composer), Chrissie Hynde(Composer), Colin Greenwood(Composer), Dan Hersch(Remastering), David Lord(String Arrangements), Ebet Roberts(Photography), Ed Obrien(Composer), Fin Costello(Photography), Geoff Foster(Assistant Engineer), Hal David(Composer), Ian Samwell(Composer), Jackie Members(Composer), James Honeyman-Scott(Composer), Jeremy Allom(Assistant Engineer), Jeremy Green(Assistant Engineer), Jimi Hendrix(Composer), John Lennon(Composer), Ｊｏｈｎ Ｌｅｎｎｏｎ(Composer), John Metcalfe(String Arrangements), Johnny Marr(Composer), Jon Walls(Assistant Engineer), Jonathan Quarmby(Mixing), Jonny Greenwood(Composer), Julie Gardener(Assistant Engineer), Kevin Bacon(Mixing), Mark McEntee(Composer), Mike Hazelwood(Composer), Mike Stavrou(Mixing), Morrissey(Composer), Neil Young(Composer), Nick Lowe(Mixing), Paul McCartney(Composer), Pete Farndon(Composer), Phil Selway(Composer), Rachel Gutek(Art Direction), Rachel Gutek(Design), Ray Davies(Composer), Richard Poindexter(Composer), Rob Jaczko(Assistant Engineer), Robert Matheu(Cover Photo), Robert Matheu(Photography), Robert Poindexter(Composer), Shelly Peiken(Composer), Simon Fowler(Photography), Stephen Street(Composer), Teo Miller(Assistant Engineer), Thom Yorke(Composer), Tom Kelly(Composer), Warren Zevon(Composer), Alice Calamar(Production Supervisor), David May(Project Assistant), Gary Peterson(Project Assistant), Hugh Brown(Project Assistant), Jeff Beck(Soloist), Julie Gardener(Assistant Producer), Karen LeBlanc(Project Assistant), Kieron Tyler(Annotation), Kieron Tyler(Compilation), Nikki Monninger(Project Assistant), Robin Hurley(Project Assistant), Steve Woolard(Discographical Annotation), Steven Chean(Project Assistant), Vanessa Atkins(Editorial Supervision), Adam Seymour(Author), Admiral S. Clay Wilson(Poster Illustration), Ben Edmonds(Essay), Chrissie Hynde(Author), Kenny Nemes(Product Manager), Martin Chambers(Author), Nick Lowe(Author), Taunia DeMosley(Research Assistant)
Songs
Disc 1
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1Precious - (Regent Park Demo)
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2Stop Your Sobbing
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3Wait, The - (Single Version)
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4Kid
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5Tattooed Love Boys
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6Mystery Achievement
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7Brass in Pocket
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8Porcelain
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9Talk of the Town
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10Message of Love
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11Cuban Slide
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12What You Gonna Do About It
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13Adultress, The
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14Bad Boys Get Spanked
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15I Go to Sleep
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16Day After Day
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17Birds of Paradise
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18English Roses, The
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19Time the Avenger
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20Watching the Clothes - (Denmark Street Demo)
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21Show Me
Disc 2
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1Back on the Chain Gang
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2Thumbelina
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3Thin Line Between Love and Hate
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4My City Was Gone
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5Middle of the Road
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6Tequila
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72000 Miles
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8When I Change My Life - (alternate take)
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9My Baby
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10Worlds Within Worlds
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11Don't Get Me Wrong
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12Hymn to Her
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13Tradition of Love
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14Room Full of Mirrors
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15Reconsider Me
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16Hold a Candle to This - (alternate take)
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17Windows of the World
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18Never Do That
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19No Guarantee
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20Not a Second Time
This is the list of tracks for Disc 1 and 2. To see the list of tracks for all discs click here
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sohn | osaka | 不明 | 10/April/2006
さすがRHINO。ボックスセットの鏡と言っても過言ではない。CDは文句なしに素晴らしいがすごかったのはDVD。 約80分で様々なテレビ出演時が収められていてバンドの成長ぶりが伺える。 口パクも数曲あるが生演奏も半分以上あり。ライセンス取るの大変だったでしょうね。こういう映像集は意外と少ないと思います。希少価値（？）なロック姐さん、クリッシー・ハインドの姿はなんとも熱い。 蛇足ながら装丁はいわゆるデジブック形式ながら今までにない試みで扱いやすい。CDは紙ジャケケース、ブックレットもケース収納なので取り外せて とても見やす0 people agree with this review
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