Description
Pretenders – ¡Viva El Amor! / WEA Audio CD 1999 / 3984271522
UPC 639842715225
¡Viva El Amor! (Spanish for Long Live Love) is the seventh studio album by the rock band the Pretenders, released in 1999. The band's lineup for the album is the same as that credited on 1994's Last of the Independents: Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar) Martin Chambers (drums), Andy Hobson (bass) and Adam Seymour (guitar). This time, however, the credited line-up actually plays on most of the album, although Hobson is replaced on bass by session musicians on a few cuts.
The album, featuring a cover photograph of Hynde taken by friend Linda McCartney, saw moderate success in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its two lead singles were "Popstar" and "Human", the latter a Divinyls cover. The Class Mix of "Human" was used as the theme music to the short-lived American TV series Cupid as well as featuring in the soundtrack to Brenda Blethyn movie Saving Grace. The album charted in the UK, US and Sweden.
| Label: | WEA – 3984271522 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
May 17, 1999 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Blues Rock, Acoustic, Pop Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Popstar |
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3:34 |
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| 2 | Human |
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3:55 |
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| 3 | From The Heart Down |
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3:31 |
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| 4 | Nails In The Road |
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3:25 |
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| 5 | Who's Who |
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4:10 |
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| 6 | Dragway 42 | 5:20 | |
| 7 | Baby's Breath |
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3:15 |
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| 8 | One More Time | 3:15 | |
| 9 | Legalise Me | 3:51 | |
| 10 | Samurai | 4:43 | |
| 11 | Rabo Du Nube |
|
1:26 |
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| 12 | Biker |
4:42 |
- Arranged By [Strings], Viola – John Metcalfe (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 12)
- Backing Vocals – David Johansen (tracks: 1), Jules Shear (tracks: 2, 5)
- Bass – Andy Hobson (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10, 12)
- Bass, Backing Vocals – Tom Kelly
- Cello – Ivan McCready (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 12)
- Drums – Martin Chambers
- Engineer – David Boucher, Doug Wynne, Julie Gardner, Richard Norris
- Guitar – Jeff Beck (tracks: 9)
- Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards – Adam Seymour
- Keyboards – Lindsay Edwards (tracks: 2)
- Keyboards, Accordion – Stephen Hague (tracks: 9, 11)
- Keyboards, Programmed By – Chuck Norman (tracks: 1, 5)
- Mastered By – Ian Cooper
- Mixed By – Bob Clearmountain (tracks: 4, 6, 8 to 12)
- Percussion – Preston Heyman (tracks: 2)
- Percussion, Drum Programming – Andy Duncan (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9)
- Producer – Stephen Hague (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11), Stephen Street (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10, 12)
- Strings – The Duke Quartet (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 12)
- Violin – Louisa Fuller (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 12), Richard Koster (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 12)
- Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Written-By – Chrissie Hynde
