The Pretenders - Loose Screw

Ever since she lost her original guitarist to drugs, Chrissie Hynde has been typecast as a survivor—and every Pretenders album has been viewed as a comeback. Truth is, Hynde’s material has often been woefully uneven. Here, there’s a preponderance of mediocre reggae and dodgy songs about dishonesty. Still, Hynde does possess one of rock’s great voices, an instrument that mixes aching boredom with rugged insouciance. And the album contains at least one memorable song: the strutting “Walks Like a Panther.”