The Pretenders:
Break Up The Concrete

By: Dennis Cook It starts so promisingly that one almost thinks Chrissie Hynde is back upstairs changing tires with those tattooed love boys. The speedy rockabilly of "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" is the liveliest thing she's come up with in years. Unfortunately, that restless energy only returns in fits & spurts on Break Up The Concrete (released October 7 on Shangri-La Music). Much of this ("The Nothing Maker," "Love's A Mystery," "The Last Ride") is the sort of room temperature, popcorn mo...

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