{"product_id":"chrissie-hynde-a-musical-biography-hardback-9781477310397","title":"Chrissie Hynde; A Musical Biography (Hardback) 9781477310397","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChrissie Hynde\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Musical Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdam Sobsey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477310397, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA musical force across four decades, a voice for the ages, and a great songwriter, Chrissie Hynde is one of America’s foremost rockers. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, she and her band The Pretenders have released ten albums since 1980. The Pretenders’ debut LP has been acclaimed as one of the best albums of all time by VH1 and \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. In a business filled with “pretenders” and posers, Hynde remains unassailably authentic. Although she blazed the trail for countless female musicians, Hynde has never embraced the role of rock-feminist and once remarked, “It’s never been my intention to change the world or set an example for others to follow.” Instead, she pursued her own vision of rock-a band of “motorcycles with guitars.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChrissie Hynde: A Musical Biography\u003c\/i\u003e traces this legend’s journey from teenage encounters with rock royalty to the publication of her controversial memoir \u003ci\u003eReckless\u003c\/i\u003e in 2015. Adam Sobsey digs deep into Hynde’s catalog, extolling her underrated songwriting gifts and the greatness of The Pretenders’ early classics and revealing how her more recent but lesser-known records are not only underappreciated but actually key to understanding her earlier work, as well as her evolving persona. Sobsey hears Hynde’s music as a way into her life outside the studio, including her feminism, signature style, vegetarianism, and Hinduism. She is “a self-possessed, self-exiled idol with no real forbears and no true musical descendants: a complete original.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne. Talk of the Town: Beginnings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo. Up the Neck: \u003ci\u003ePretenders\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree. Birds of Paradise: \u003ci\u003eExtended Play\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePretenders II\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour. Time the Avenger: Lear\u003ci\u003ening to Crawl\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive. Don’\u003cbr\u003et Get Me Wrong: \u003ci\u003eGet Close\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Packed!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix. Legalise Me: \u003ci\u003eLast of the Independents\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e¡\u003cbr\u003eViva El Amor!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven. Complex Person: \u003ci\u003eLoose Screw\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreak Up the Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight. You or No One: \u003ci\u003eFidelity!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStockholm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReckless\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources and Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Discography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670807834904,"sku":"9781477310397","price":18.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chrissie-hynde-a-musical-biography-hardback-9781477310397","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}