PRETENDERS

Sire/Rhino 0190296691812 (3CD) and 0190296691874 (3 CD). 2021. Chris Thomas, prod.; Bill Price, Tim Young, Chris Thomas, Dave Schultz, Dan Hersch, engs.

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There were women rockers before Chrissie Hynde, but she rocked harder than almost all of them.1 An American exhippie in punk-era London, Hynde spent years toiling on the margins of the music