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''Break Up the Concrete'' is the ninth (and to date, final) studio album by rock group The Pretenders. It is their first studio album since ''Loose Screw'' in 2002. Several "exclusive" editions of the disc exist (see track listing below); each appends a new countrified version of a Pretenders classic, in keeping with the general sound of the album. The title song "Break Up the Concrete" was used in the opening scene of an episode of ''House M.D.'' ("5 to 9", season 6, episode 14). The first edition of ''Break Up the Concrete'' also includes a small sheet of "handmade seed paper", which can be planted, and if cared for, promise to sprout within a few weeks. ''Break Up the Concrete'' was the first Pretenders album since 1994's ''Last of the Independents'' not to feature Martin Chambers on drums. In an interview, Chrissie Hynde said that she was looking for a different style that she didn't believe that Martin was capable of playing to her satisfaction. Session drummer Jim Keltner took his place in the studio, although Chambers would return for the tour in support of the album. ==Reception== The album so far has a score of 74 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally positive reviews".〔 ''Mojo'' gave the album four stars out of five and said that it was "looser and more organic, and a different sonic palette for Hynde."〔 ''Q'' also gave it four stars out of five and said, "It's Hynde who steals the show with her lip-curling vibrato, part Elvis, part Dusty, never more intoxicating than on the seductive 'Almost Perfect.'"〔 ''The Boston Globe'' gave it a positive review and said that the album "just might be () most congenial, and certainly rootsiest, collection yet."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hynde gets to the roots )〕 Other reviews are average or mixed: ''Under the Radar'' gave the album six stars out of ten and said it had "a few throwaway tunes", but that it was "probably the best Pretenders album since ''Get Close''."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Break Up The Concrete )〕 ''Uncut'' gave it three stars out of five and said that the album might be "a bargain... but the triumphs of yore tend to expose the new album's low-fi rockabilly and country strums."〔 ''The Observer'' also gave it three stars out of five and said that Chrissie Hynde was "reinvestigating her roots with some rockabilly and a Dylan vibe."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CD: Pop review: The Pretenders, Best/Break Up the Concrete )〕 ''The Austin Chronicle'', however, gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five and asked, "Why not take the five really good tracks... and offer a stellar EP for download?"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Review: The Pretenders - Music - The Austin Chronicle )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Break Up the Concrete」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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