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setting the stage for a series of angry

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neither as tough-sounding as Public Enemy nor as clever as Brand Nubian

the ambition remains

PACKED 2/5/2016 setting the stage for aBy 1990, the Pretenders had logged over a decade of touring and quite a few pop crossover hits. Certainly the band's sound matured, and there's a definite low key veneer to the foursome's fifth release. PACKED! is heavy on the melodic ballads, but then few imbue a simple mellow rocker with the passion of Chrissy Hynde, and as a group who's seen its share of true tragedy, the songs never ring insincere in the slightest. Opening single (and modern rock