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The Pretty Things Rage...Before Beauty Release Date: 1999 03 09 Running Time: 64:27 Label: Repertoire Records The key to the success of the Pretty Things first studio recording in 19 years is that most of it sounds as if it were made during their mid-'60s heyday rather than at the time of their early '80s demise. It's downfall is overwrought, out-of-style songs like "Love Keeps Hanging On," which sounds like something the fictional band, Strange Fruit, would've come up with. Cover songs like "Eve of Destruction" and "Play with Fire" are completely redundant, yet the openers, the jangly guitar workout, "Passion of Love," and the Bo Diddley-beat tribute to an old bandmate, "Vivian Prince," make the disc worthwhile. Denise Sullivan, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Passion of Love May, Saint John 3:22 2 Vivian Prince May, Povey, Holland 5:15 3 Everlasting Flame Holland, May, Saint John 3:46 4 Love Keeps Hanging On May 8:55 5 Eve of Destruction Sloan 3:02 6 Not Givin' In May 4:01 7 Pure Cold Stone Taylor, May 5:46 8 Blue Turns to Red May, Holland 4:00 9 Goodbye, Goodbye Klein, Povey, May 2:45 10 Goin' Downhill May, Tolson 4:11 11 Play With Fire Jagger, Richards 4:07 12 Fly Away May 4:30 13 Mony Mony Cordell, Bloom, Gentry, James 4:44 14 God Give Me the Strength [To Carry on] Saint John, May 6:03 Releases: Year Type Label 2002 CD Repertoire Records 2001 CD Original Masters 1999 CD Madfish

Group Members: John Povey John Clark Gordon Edwards Frank Holland Twink More >> Similar Artists: The Yardbirds The Animals The Who The Kinks The Rolling Stones More >>

Influenced By: Bo Diddley Chuck Berry John Lee Hooker Jimmy Reed Albert King More >> Followers: The High Dials Ronnie Bird Tell-Tale Hearts The Saints Herman Brood More >>

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