"Anyone else have a favorite first albums by an artist?" Pretenders self-titled debut album (1979) is brilliant. Stylistically nothing like Joni, Chrissie Hynde's lyrics and musical sensibility combine elements of hard rock, reggae, soul and Brit pop all on one influential record. Chrissie is a self-proclaimed JM fanatic, nearly causing a brawl with Carly Simon at a NYC Joni gig a few years back (maybe some of you were there? Would love to hear the non-Rolling Stone version of what went down!).
