dj zenn<p>1000 Day Album Challenge (#76) Pretenders: Pretenders (1980) [16.03.24]</p><p>you asked me for advice I said use the door /<br>but you're still clinging to somebody you deplore…</p><p>this was not part of the plan at all. on the first when I posted Marcus Garvey I decided to to create a file with 30+ album covers for the month of March. I even planned out the first 15 in advance. so I didn’t have a specific album chosen for today but I had more than 15 from which to choose. then earlier today I was cleaning up a generic 1980s rock playlist that I created ages ago. I came upon a chunk of this album in the playlist and started listening and was immediately drawn in. so here we are.</p><p>I have memories of listening to Pretenders on cassette in my friend Jeff Cohen’s car in the senior parking lot at Newark Academy. I don’t know if I actually bought the LP while I was in college or later. I’m pretty sure the first Pretenders album I bought was their third, Learning to Crawl which came out during my junior year of college. still this was the album that got me into the band.</p><p>not an all-time great debut. maybe just a notch below. still this rocks quite hard, harder than most New Wave bands of the era.Chrissie Hynde’s got more tough sexy swagger than just about any Mick Jagger wannabe I can come up with off the top of my head.</p><p>great song writer. great band. charismatic singer. as a great modern philosopher once said, “it’s only rock &amp; roll, but I like it.”</p><p>added bonus: a great cover of a song written by her future Baby Daddy.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/1000DayAlbumChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000DayAlbumChallenge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pretenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pretenders</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/StopYourSobbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopYourSobbing</span></a></p>