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8.5
66594
8.5 |
Paste Magazine
No martyrdom or victimhood here. Bad love affairs? Sure. Owning pain? Absolutely. But, she still impales as well as she flinches
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8.0
66531
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Pretenders aficionados should check out House of Cards, where Hynde’s voice is in excelsis
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Chrissie Hynde still finds herself warning haters not to "fuck with this heart of mine" in that elastic voice
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
Like the syndrome named after the titular city, you’ll fall for these tunes with repeated exposure, but you’ll live without them once you’re free from them too
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6.0
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6.0 |
Uncut
Never strays far from the Pretenders template, albeit with fewer guitars
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
Eleven songs of nonchalant defiance, hard-edged resignation and occasionally crumpled vulnerability. Print edition only
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6.0
66477
6.0 |
The Irish Times
This nice collection will sate Pretenders enthusiasts, even if it doesn’t win Hynde any new fans
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Not all the tracks hit the spot, and some of her edge has been dulled by studio sheen
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6.0
66479
6.0 |
The Observer
There's enough character and cool in that husky voice that she can trot out what she wants and almost get away with it
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6.0
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6.0 |
Time Out
Hynde’s just a natural, isn’t she? Precision-guided melodies, interesting and intensely felt lyrics, a genius for phrasing – they’re simply in the toolbag
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Sounds like a tenth Pretenders album, and there’s little wrong with that
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6.0
66475
6.0 |
The Music
Hynde still armed with the voice of an angel with a light cold, Stockholm dispenses with any retroactive punk-ish obligations and settles into a cosy three-minute pop song bedsit
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5.8
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5.8 |
Pitchfork
As a distilled 5-song EP, Stockholm might have served as a refreshing slap in the face—a potent reminder of what a vibrant jolt of lightning Chrissie Hynde can be—but instead, it's a rather wan listen
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5.0
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5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
At its best, Stockholm is a solid and grounded album that speaks to Hynde’s strengths; at its worst, to crib a song title from the last group photo session, it’s a tad “Middle of the Road”
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5.0
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5.0 |
PopMatters
All in all, very little on Stockholm stands out, despite the best attempts by all involved
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4.0
66476
4.0 |
The Independent
The only time the album teeters on thrilling is when Neil Young’s Les Paul disturbs the peace of “Down the Wrong Way”
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