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David Browne
David Browne is EW's music critic and author of ''Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley'' (HarperCollins)
THE PRETENDERS Isle of View (Warner Bros.) The last thing the planet needs is another bunch of rock veterans showing their mature side with a live unplugged album. But then, adulthood has always suited Chrissie Hynde just fine, and this set of rearranged hits and album tracks is a gentle stunner, not to mention the best Pretenders album since Learning to Crawl 11 years ago. With their new-wave guitars replaced by radiant strings, oldies like ''Kid'' and ''Criminal'' become melancholy, autumnal pop-like Lulu after too many cigarettes and bourbons. Survival never sounded so luminous. A
Posted Oct 27, 1995
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