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Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.136) - Ranked # 12 in Rolling Stone's "Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums"Rolling Stone - Ranked # 20 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey (November 1989).Rolling Stone (p.113) - 5 stars out of 5 - "PRETENDERS stands as a stunning confluence of hooks, sonics and substance - it's one of those rare albums on which every move turns out to be the right one."Alternative Press (7/01, p.96) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Women's Rock Albums" - "...An absolute classic album...a set of tough, distinctive pop songs..."CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980".41.46196

Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.136) - Ranked # 12 in Rolling Stone's "Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums"Rolling Stone - Ranked # 20 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey (November 1989).Rolling Stone (p.113) - 5 stars out of 5 - "PRETENDERS stands as a stunning confluence of hooks, sonics and substance - it's one of those rare albums on which every move turns out to be the right one."Alternative Press (7/01, p.96) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Women's Rock Albums" - "...An absolute classic album...a set of tough, distinctive pop songs..."CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980".41.46196

Uncut (p.110) - "Hynde's smartness and candour are always in evidence....[The album] overflows with energy and romance..."41.23046

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Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.136) - Ranked # 12 in Rolling Stone's "Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums"Rolling Stone - Ranked # 20 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey (November 1989).Rolling Stone (p.113) - 5 stars out of 5 - "PRETENDERS stands as a stunning confluence of hooks, sonics and substance - it's one of those rare albums on which every move turns out to be the right one."Alternative Press (7/01, p.96) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Women's Rock Albums" - "...An absolute classic album...a set of tough, distinctive pop songs..."CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980".33.21587

Rolling Stone (7/8-22, p.147) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...VIVE EL AMOR! is professional in the best sense: confident, mature, buffed to a sparkle..."Q (6/99, p.106) - Excellent - "...it's all so sharp, from the writing to the production, to those unexpected vocal twists and insinuating little guitar riffs..."Melody Maker (6/12/99, p.35) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...more attitude than a billion surly shop assistants....sure pisses over Blondie."32.98437

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Entertainment Weekly (10/27/95) - "...this set of rearranged hits and album tracks is a gentle stunner, not to mention the best Pretenders album since LEARNING TO CRAWL..." - Rating: AAlternative Press (2/96, p.66) - "...pleasant, genuine, and occasionally moving. Hyde has mellowed....she has deepened....an album that won't force itself into your life, but may add a new appreciation of how subtlety and delicacy can be as powerful as the hottest power chords."NME (Magazine) (11/4/95, p.46) - 8 (out of 10) - "...Not an MTV production...but up there with their best (Nirvana, Neil Young)....a loving, gentle punt along the leafy backwaters of the band's 16 years, and never has the delicacy and emotive force of Hynde's songs sounded better..."29.12589

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Rolling Stone (6/2/94, p.69) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS outlines the life of a woman who grew up wanting to be a boy, then discovered she could bear children and nurture them without jettisoning some rock & roll requisites...what really sticks are the album's moments of pure pop joy..."Alternative Press (8/94, p.90) - "...Hynde actually sounds like she means it again. Up there with Costello's BRUTAL YOUTH--artistic rejuvenation of the year..."Musician (6/94, p.79) - "...Atop musical settings ranging from pop to funk to rockabilly, Hynde outswaggers all comers, from Anais Nin to Camille Paglia to Thelma and Louise, with her tough-to-tender switchbacks...an inspired, combo-punching return to her inimitable peak form...."Mojo (Publisher) (1/95, p.51) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "Ballsy rock-chick attitude, sturdy four-square rock-outs and big, anthemic ballads..."28.86132

Rolling Stone (6/2/94, p.69) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS outlines the life of a woman who grew up wanting to be a boy, then discovered she could bear children and nurture them without jettisoning some rock & roll requisites...what really sticks are the album's moments of pure pop joy..."Alternative Press (8/94, p.90) - "...Hynde actually sounds like she means it again. Up there with Costello's BRUTAL YOUTH--artistic rejuvenation of the year..."Musician (6/94, p.79) - "...Atop musical settings ranging from pop to funk to rockabilly, Hynde outswaggers all comers, from Anais Nin to Camille Paglia to Thelma and Louise, with her tough-to-tender switchbacks...an inspired, combo-punching return to her inimitable peak form...."Mojo (Publisher) (1/95, p.51) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "Ballsy rock-chick attitude, sturdy four-square rock-outs and big, anthemic ballads..."28.86132

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Rolling Stone (p.78) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he best Pretenders record in years, a mix of galloping rockabilly and country & western songs, delivered in Hynde's trademark snarl..."Entertainment Weekly (p.71) - "[W]ith her velvet-sandpaper vocals and unflappable rock-chick cool, Hynde is more than enough to build an album around....She cuts loose with an effortlessness it takes years to cultivate..." -- Grade: BQ (Magazine) (p.129) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Hynde who steals the show with her lip-curling vibrato, part Elvis, part Dusty, never more intoxicating than on the seductive 'Almost Perfect'..."Blender (Magazine) (p.76) - "The Pretenders' ninth studio album is a pleasant roots record....Hynde sings about May-September romance and the search for the paved-over soul of her busted hometown, Akron, Ohio..."Paste (magazine) (p.57) - "Hynde's voice is as recognizable as ever -- all slow vibrato, unrestrained high notes and staccato alto..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The steel guitar of Son Volt's Eric Heywood is a new voice to the mix, while Jim Keltner adds a veteran's deft touch to the rhythm tracks."0.3968598

Rolling Stone (No. 969, p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[U]niting Radiohead-ish British rock and symphonic pop...tenor Hales delivers keenly focused keyboard-based drama that blows away all pretenders trailing in Coldplay's wake..."0.3968598

Mojo (Publisher) (10/99, p.99) - "...here again are Chris Squire's elastic bass, Steve Howe's skittering rock-jazz guitar and Jon Anderson's high-altitude vocals....generally the results sound pretty good....younger prog pretenders could still learn a lot from the old masters."0.3968598

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Rolling Stone (12/12/02, p.98) - "...Chrissie Hynde and collaborator Adam Seymour have matched expansive songs to roomy reggae-ish bottoms.."Spin (12/02, p.41) - 7 out of 10 - "...The best Pretenders record since 1994's LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS..."Entertainment Weekly (11/8/02, p.134) - "...It's hard not to be enchanted by Chrissie Hynde's silky-smooth voice..." - Rating: B-Uncut (6/03, p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The Pretenders remain the real thing. Sheer class, but never afraid to get its heart dirty..."CMJ (12/02, p.59) - "...A tightly rendered mixed bag of style and substance....Crisp, classy and slightly ill at ease..."0.374163

Rolling Stone (12/12/02, p.98) - "...Chrissie Hynde and collaborator Adam Seymour have matched expansive songs to roomy reggae-ish bottoms.."Spin (12/02, p.41) - 7 out of 10 - "...The best Pretenders record since 1994's LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS..."Entertainment Weekly (11/8/02, p.134) - "...It's hard not to be enchanted by Chrissie Hynde's silky-smooth voice..." - Rating: B-Uncut (6/03, p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The Pretenders remain the real thing. Sheer class, but never afraid to get its heart dirty..."CMJ (12/02, p.59) - "...A tightly rendered mixed bag of style and substance....Crisp, classy and slightly ill at ease..."0.374163

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CMJ - "Alternating between acoustic ballads and upbeat rock anthems, this hopeful 10-track collection provides a varying yet cohesive listen, combining alt-country, rock and folk melodies."Paste (magazine) (p.89) - "Harper Blynn sports a savvy modern-pop sheen and indelible hooks..."0.364644

Alternative Press (p.107) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "DEAD THRONE forges the volcanic eruptions of the band's ZOMBIE EP with a more generous helping of the celestially sung vocals of their early hits."0.364644

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Q (Magazine) (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hat a voice. It's a rich, deep, anguished rumble, hewn from the very depths of her stomach."0.312552

"...With enormous wingspans and nasty, lizard-like bodies, able to incinerate large areas and swallow humans in a single tasty gulp, the dragons are creatures of a certain creepy elegance as well as undeniable potency..." Los Angeles Times "...It has a jamming B-picture buzz -- the kind of swift filmmaking and high spirits that have been missing from movies for a while..." New York Times "...A rip-roaring videogame-busy, Mad Maximum entertainment....The story is enlivened by a throwaway good humor rare as dragon's eggs..." Entertainment Weekly "...A seamless merging of high concept and technology that dwarfs all previous pretenders....[With] Oscar-caliber visual effects and art direction..." Box Office0.2645732

"...With enormous wingspans and nasty, lizard-like bodies, able to incinerate large areas and swallow humans in a single tasty gulp, the dragons are creatures of a certain creepy elegance as well as undeniable potency..." Los Angeles Times "...It has a jamming B-picture buzz -- the kind of swift filmmaking and high spirits that have been missing from movies for a while..." New York Times "...A rip-roaring videogame-busy, Mad Maximum entertainment....The story is enlivened by a throwaway good humor rare as dragon's eggs..." Entertainment Weekly "...A seamless merging of high concept and technology that dwarfs all previous pretenders....[With] Oscar-caliber visual effects and art direction..." Box Office0.2645732

Q (8/02, p.138) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Consistently charming....Even the least essential tracks here could teach pretenders to the their crown a thing or two..."Alternative Press (8/02, p.78) - 7 out of 10 - "...An infectious collection of unrealeased tracks..."NME (Magazine) (7/13/02, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...30 toned minutes of, erm, Green Day. No acoustic stinkers. No Live And Unrehearsed At K-ROQ radio sessions. No remixes. Just Green Day, playing solid, familiar idiot-savant punk rock..."0.2645732

Rolling Stone (8/30/01, p.125) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This sounds more like peak '70s Pretenders than anyone in black music history....HOW DO I does that rare thing: It provides an original direction..."Q (May 2002, p.119) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Res offers a hotchpotch of musical styles....one minute swooping soulfully, the next a husky mutter..."NME (Magazine) (4/6/02, p.34) - 7 out of 10 - "...[Res] can probably only be understood...in relevance to a life lived as a classically trained prodigy who gets as much from '70s soul as Pearl Jam..."0.2645732

Uncut (p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "That voice, along with the gritty material and the redneck noir settings, make for an extended-release musical narcotic."Dirty Linen (p.88) - "[The] high-profile guests will hopefully help bring some attention to his brand of simmering blues."No Depression (p.124) - "White's lyrical vision remains as sharp as a cottonmouth's fang, and he can still pack more emotional wallop into a whisper than a lot of cowpunk pretenders can summon..."0.2645732

Spin (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Track after track, pretenders to the throne are slashed and burned with detailed dynamics, elephantine riffs, and actual grooves."Alternative Press (p.166) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[They imbue] their own impossibly epic ruminations with a near-biblical sense of high drama..."CMJ (p.37) - "In many ways, this is Neurosis' heaviest album, not only musically, but emotionally....Neurosis has truly transcended 'heavy metal' on this album."0.2645732

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Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.135) - Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "Women In Rock: The 50 Essential Albums" - "...With STORIES, Harvey moved from punk to celestial..."Rolling Stone (1/4/01, pp.106,110) - Ranked #6 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of 2000" - "...Her most optimistic and straightforward album yet....Her magnificent diva-with-a-grudge voice testifies, swoons, purrs and whispers..."Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #7 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]".Spin (12/00, pp.215-8) - 8 out of 10 - "...Her return to the down'n'dirty....ending up in the heaven of great records..."Entertainment Weekly (11/3/00, p.82) - "...High-voltage love songs....the rugged melodies...sink their teeth in and don;t let go. A bracing reminder of the days when female musicians reached for guitars..." - Rating: A-Q (1/01, p.92) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".Q (12/00, p.133) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The dominant sound is that of a 3-piece garage band, fused with enough production panache to prove that Harvey remains an admirably intelligent auteur..."Alternative Press (11/00, p.124) - 5 out of 5 - "...A mature, intelligent album shining gracefully with passion. It is unquestionably one of the best releases of the year."The Wire (12/00, p.49) - "...[This] has the pulse and momentum that recalls [her] earliest albums. STORIES mostly derives its greatest strength from an authority of its own making. It's the best way forward."CMJ (1/08/01, p.16) - Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000.CMJ (10/23/00, p.4) - "...Undoubtedly New York....spare, contemplative and as explosive as anything she's done in years..."Melody Maker (10/24/00, p.59) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Pleasant. Inoffensive. 'The Pretenders'....A comforting swell of an album..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.65) - Ranked #25 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[T]he skyscraping spirit of Harvey's commercial blockbuster was distilled entirely from the Big Apple."Mojo (Publisher) (11/00, p.112) - "...Recallign a young Patti Smith...[its] an artist taking a supremely confident step back from the Zeitgeist..."NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.77) - Rated #3 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".NME (Magazine) (10/21/00, p.42) - 9 out of 10 - "...A traditional New York record, both in texture and imagery....[Her] best album since 1991's DRY, a return to the feral intensity of that remarkable debut..."0.2291271

Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.135) - Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "Women In Rock: The 50 Essential Albums" - "...With STORIES, Harvey moved from punk to celestial..."Rolling Stone (1/4/01, pp.106,110) - Ranked #6 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of 2000" - "...Her most optimistic and straightforward album yet....Her magnificent diva-with-a-grudge voice testifies, swoons, purrs and whispers..."Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #7 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]".Spin (12/00, pp.215-8) - 8 out of 10 - "...Her return to the down'n'dirty....ending up in the heaven of great records..."Entertainment Weekly (11/3/00, p.82) - "...High-voltage love songs....the rugged melodies...sink their teeth in and don;t let go. A bracing reminder of the days when female musicians reached for guitars..." - Rating: A-Q (1/01, p.92) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".Q (12/00, p.133) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The dominant sound is that of a 3-piece garage band, fused with enough production panache to prove that Harvey remains an admirably intelligent auteur..."Alternative Press (11/00, p.124) - 5 out of 5 - "...A mature, intelligent album shining gracefully with passion. It is unquestionably one of the best releases of the year."The Wire (12/00, p.49) - "...[This] has the pulse and momentum that recalls [her] earliest albums. STORIES mostly derives its greatest strength from an authority of its own making. It's the best way forward."CMJ (1/08/01, p.16) - Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000.CMJ (10/23/00, p.4) - "...Undoubtedly New York....spare, contemplative and as explosive as anything she's done in years..."Melody Maker (10/24/00, p.59) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Pleasant. Inoffensive. 'The Pretenders'....A comforting swell of an album..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.65) - Ranked #25 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[T]he skyscraping spirit of Harvey's commercial blockbuster was distilled entirely from the Big Apple."Mojo (Publisher) (11/00, p.112) - "...Recallign a young Patti Smith...[its] an artist taking a supremely confident step back from the Zeitgeist..."NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.77) - Rated #3 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".NME (Magazine) (10/21/00, p.42) - 9 out of 10 - "...A traditional New York record, both in texture and imagery....[Her] best album since 1991's DRY, a return to the feral intensity of that remarkable debut..."0.2291271

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Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, p.154) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...the artists on this collection...concoct the sonic stew that Parsons called 'cosmic American music'....There's not a bad track among the thirteen here....Parsons fans won't be disappointed..."Spin (8/99, p.152) - 8 (out of 10) - "...Because many of the acts on ANGEL share parson's love for country tragedy along with his remove from it...they take the same freedoms with his songs that he took with his source material..."Entertainment Weekly (7/23/99, p.67) - "...plays it straight, with most contributors confident enough to just play the songs, not reinvent them..." - Rating: B+CMJ (6/14/99, p.26) - "...a beautifully orchestrated collection of some of [Gram Parsons'] most influential songs, covered by artists who owe much to his powerful yet subtle brilliance..."Dirty Linen (12/99-1/00, pp.70-1) - "...once the list of the top 10 tribute albums of the decade is tallied up this one has a good chance of making the list."0.208368

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