¡Viva El Amor!

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¡Viva El Amor!
Sarm West (London)
  • RAK (London)
  • Innovation (London)
  • Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
    • GenreAlternative rock
    Length45:05
    Label
    • Warner Bros.
    • WEA
    Producer
    The Pretenders chronology
    The Isle of View
    (1995)     		¡Viva El Amor!
    (1999)     		Greatest Hits
    (2000)
    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[1]
    BBC(average)[2]
    Los Angeles Times[3]
    Melody Maker[4]
    People(favorable)[5]
    Robert ChristgauA−[6]
    Rolling Stone[7]

    ¡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 the Brenda Blethyn film Saving Grace. The album charted in the UK, US and Sweden.

    Track listing

    1. "Popstar" (Chrissie Hynde, Adam Seymour) – 3:34
    2. "Human" (Shelly Peiken, Mark McEntee) – 3:55
    3. "From the Heart Down" (Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 3:31
    4. "Nails in the Road" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:25
    5. "Who's Who" (Hynde) – 4:11
    6. "Dragway 42" (Hynde) – 5:19
    7. "Baby's Breath" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:15
    8. "One More Time" (Hynde) – 3:15
    9. "Legalise Me" (Hynde) – 3:51
    10. "Samurai" (Hynde) – 4:43
    11. "Rabo de Nube" (Silvio Rodríguez) – 1:26
    12. "Biker" (Hynde) – 4:40

    2015 deluxe special edition

    The first disc contains the twelve tracks from the original album.

    Disc two
    B-sides
    1. "The Homecoming" (Street Version) (Hynde) – 4:16
    2. "Human" (Class Mix) (Peiken, McEntee) – 3:57
    3. "The Needle and the Damage Done" (Neil Young) – 3:46
    4. "Samurai" (Street Mix) (Hynde) – 5:47
    Bonus tracks
    2. "Back Down" (Hynde, Bernard Butler) – 4:16
    3. "California" (Hynde, Seymour) – 4:32
    4. "From the Heart Down" (alternate version) (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:41
    Songs for soundtracks
    2. "Goin' Back" (from Fever Pitch, 1997) (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:06
    3. "Goodbye" (from G.I. Jane, 1997) (Steve Earle) – 4:34
    4. "The Homecoming" (from G.I. Jane) (Hynde) – 4:22
    DVD
    Promo videos
    1. "Human"
    2. "Popstar"
    BBC TV appearances
    2. "From the Heart Down" (Later, May 1999)
    3. "Human" (Later, May 1999)
    4. "Talk of the Town" (Songwriters' Circle, July 1999)
    5. "Kid" (Songwriters' Circle, July 1999)
    6. "Back on the Chain Gang" (Songwriters' Circle, July 1999)

    Personnel

    Adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]

    The Pretenders

    Additional personnel

    Technical

    Deluxe special edition

    Charts

    Chart performance for ¡Viva El Amor!
    Chart (1999) Peak
    position
    German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 73
    Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 36
    UK Albums (OCC)[11] 32
    US Billboard 200[12] 158

    References

    1. ^ Allmusic review
    2. ^ BBC review
    3. ^ Los Angeles Times review
    4. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
    5. ^ People review
    6. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
    7. ^ Rolling Stone review
    8. ^ ¡Viva El Amor! - The Pretenders (Media notes). WEA. 1999.
    9. GfK Entertainment Charts
      . Retrieved December 28, 2021.
    10. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Pretenders – ¡Viva el Amor!". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
    11. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
    12. ^ "Pretenders Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
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