Chrissie Hynde. Photo Credit: Ki Price
Legendary rocker Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders has released an album of stripped down, intimately-arranged duets with some of modern music’s biggest names.
“Duets Special” features Hynde performing with k.d. Lang, Dan Auerbach, Julian Lennon, the late Mark Lanegan, Dave Gahan, Cat Power, Rufus Wainwright, Brandon Flowers, Debbie Harry, Shirley Manson, Alan Sparhawk, Carleen Anderson and Lucinda Williams.
“Duets Special” Hynde’s fourth studio album under her name and follows the release of the latest studio release by The Pretenders, “Relentless.” And that album’s global tour generated a new live record, “Kick ’em Where It Hurts.”
When she’s not in the recording studio, Hynde has been indulging her passion for painting. Across the last seven years, her artwork has been exhibited in London, New York, and Massachusetts. Hynde’s flair for painting also graced the sleeve of her 2019 album of covers, “Valve Bone Woe;” as motifs on garments in Vivienne Westwood’s Spring-Summer 2021 collection; and most recently through a new exhibition of paintings titled “Hynde Sight.”
And, this timeless, enduring and badass rocker will, always, have ‘Brass in Pocket.”
Visit chrissiehynde.com, thepretenders.com and chrissiehynde.art for information.
The “Duets Special” Tracklist:
01. Me & Mrs Jones (feat. k.d. lang)
02. Can’t Help Falling In Love (feat. Mark Lanegan)
03. Sway (feat. Lucinda Williams)
04. Dolphins (feat. Dave Gahan)
05. First Of The Gang To Die (feat. Cat Power)
06. Always On My Mind (feat. Rufus Wainwright)
07. Every Little Bit Hurts (feat. Carleen Anderson)
08. I’m Not In Love (feat. Brandon Flowers)
09. It’s Only Love (feat. Julian Lennon)
10. Try To Sleep (feat. Debbie Harry)
11. County Line (feat. Alan Sparhawk)
12. Love Letters (feat. Shirley Manson)
13. (You’re My) Soul And Inspiration (feat. Dan Auerbach)
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