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The Pretenders, 'The Pretenders'
Sire, 1980
Bad-news girl Chrissie Hynde flees Ohio, goes punk in London, becomes a rock star and tells Rolling Stone, "For every act of sodomy I was forced to perform, I'm getting paid £10,000 now."
Essential moment: "Up the Neck," a painfully beautiful swirl of anger, lust, revenge and guitars.
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