The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde Publicizes Duets Album

The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde has introduced a brand new duets album entitled Duets Particular, arriving October seventeenth through Rhino.

The album sees Hynde performing a number of covers and requirements alongside a star-studded forged of fellow rock/pop vocalists together with Rufus Wainwright, who sings with Hynde on the lead single — a tackle the basic ballad “All the time on My Thoughts.” Their world-class pipes shine over the moody and minimal instrumentation, with the remainder of the album sharing this stripped-down vibe.

It was a dialog with Rufus Wainwright’s husband, Jörn, that impressed Hynde to collaborate with Rufus and finally craft a whole album of duets.

“I by no means thought of doing a Duets album earlier than,” Hynde mentioned through a press launch. “I feel the thought happened in 2023. I used to be speaking to Jörn, Rufus Wainwright’s husband, on the telephone. I feel we had been recommending novels to one another, and for some motive, I mentioned ‘Hey, perhaps Rufus and I ought to do one thing,’ and shortly scribbled out 10 songs off the highest of my head. So Jörn requested Rufus, who was up for it, and that’s the way it began. A spontaneous and what I believed can be a enjoyable factor.”

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The theme connecting the tune choices was merely “nice melodies.” Different vocalists on the album embrace the late Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan, Cat Energy, Carleen Anderson, Brandon Flowers, Julian Lennon, Debbie Harry, Alan Sparhawk, Shirley Manson, and Dan Auerbach.

You possibly can pre-order/pre-save Duets Particular through this location. Stream Hynde’s duet with Rufus Wainwright under.

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