Stop Pretending

Artist: The Pandoras
Label: Rhino Handmade
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 603497784721
EAN: 0603497784721
ASIN: B0001MMG7M

Release Date: 2004-01-01

Stop Pretending

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Tracks:

In and Out of My Life (In a Day)
I Didn't Cry
Anyone But You
You're All Talk
That's Your Way Out
You Don't Satisfy
Let's Do Right
I'm Your Girl
Way It's Gonna Be
Stop Pretending
Ain't Got No Soul
It Felt Alright
Hump
I Want My Caveman [#]
You Burn Me Up and Down [Live][#][Demo Version]
Bad Seed [Live][#][Demo Version]
She's Ugly [#][Demo Version]
Love Them, Leave Them [Live][#][Demo Version]
Something I Can't Have [Live][#][Demo Version]
You Don't Know [Live][#][Demo Version]
Never Get Enough [Live][#][Demo Version]
In and Out of My Life (In a Day) [Live][#][Demo Version]

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Customer Reviews:

Great CD - Just Try to Find It.......2005-11-02

This is a truly great album; one of my favorites from the 1980s. It's a perfect blending of 1960s-style and 1980s-style punk rock. I was lucky to see The Pandoras play live at UCLA in 1984; they blew me away and I went out & bought both their LPs within a few days. But I hope that someone from Rhino is reading this because this CD needs a general release. Rhino Handmade CDs are great but in my experience, by the time you hear about one, it's already sold out because they are limited editions! I hunted for The Fugs release for months before finding a copy, and I have NEVER seen this Pandoras in any store (and I live near many big music shops). So please, Rhino, I'm sure you'd recoup your investment on a regular CD issue of this. The original LP was awesome!

PAULA LIVES ON!!!.......2004-05-27

AT LAST! Rhino Handmade has issued the definitive edition of Paula Pierce's sophomore set on disc, in a limited run of 2500 (I have #691). When the "Stop Pretending" LP roared out of the gate in February of 1986, we were more than ready for it: the Pandoras' debut LP "It's About Time", on Voxx Records was already a solid fuzz-guitar fan's fave, and the new disc was as snarly and snotty as the first. The band's chops were growing by leaps and bounds, Pierce's songwriting craft was expanding, and the outstanding production of the new LP by Bill Inglot put Paula and company in the running for the BIG TIME. Rhino threw all their weight behind the record, pushed for all they were worth, but not enough radio stations climbed on board to get this set past cult status. Too bad. When Paula and company went to Elektra for the next LP, they were already falling apart. They shoulda stayed with Rhino and kept the fun in the music and a solid fan base. Hindsight is 20/20.
At least we have this GREAT, FUN, FUZZ-DRENCHED ALBUM, and this time around, it's chock fulla bonus goodies: the b-side of their single "In and Out of My Life (In a Day)", THE HUMP; a great pre-LP warmup recording of I WANT MY CAVEMAN; and EIGHT, count 'em, EIGHT DEMOS, SEVEN OF WHICH DIDN'T MAKE THE ALBUM (cuz there was only so much room on a vinyl record)! COOL BEYOND IMAGINING!
If you've never heard the Pandoras, ya GOTTA get this hunka hunka burnin' plastic! The sound of the band is straight outta 1965 by way of the Standells, the Stones, and every four-piece that just now learned the chords to "Louie, Louie" and churned it out with the sheer joy of being able to make rock and roll for the very first time.
Paula Pierce is gone, but her divine inspiration lives on. Grab this limited edition before it's gone too, and rockit till the break of dawn! DO THE HUMP!

R.I.P. Paula Pierce - YOU ROCKED!.......2004-03-22

Sixties rock wasn't always such a popular source of inspiration for post-Baby Boom musicians. Not only were The Pandoras paying homage before most, they were as good as their influences -- Paul Revere And The Raiders, The Standells, and the Shadows Of Knight, to name a few. Mixing pop pleasure with proto-riot grrrl bravado, they helped re-invigorate garage rock in the early '80s. The focal point of the all-female Pandoras was Paula Pierce, a saucy rocker whose brazen style and playful sexuality quickly became legendary on the L.A. scene. Joined by drummer Casey Gomez, bassist Debbie Mendy, and keyboardist/vocalist Gwynne Kahn, they signed with Greg Shaw's much-loved retro-garage label Bomp!, replaced Mendy with Bambi Lee Conway, and released their debut album, It's About Time, to considerable acclaim. But all was not well in the ranks. After a series of disagreements, Pierce parted with the band and lost the band name to Kahn, who had already registered it. Kahn also took the remaining members for what would be popularly known as the "Gwynnedoras." Pierce responded by recruiting new members Melanie Vammen on keys, Karen Blankfeld on drums, and Julie Patchouli on bass -- the "Pauladoras" side of the standoff. Verbal jabs were frequently exchanged, and ultimately Pierce's band (the one that would release this and subsequent records) won the fans' endorsement. Beginning with a bikini-clad cover photo for their next single, "Hot Generation," The Pandoras flaunted their sexuality with fun and abandon, winning the adoration of a new generation of "girl-band geeks." Patchouli was replaced by Kim Shattuck and the band signed with Rhino to record this album. Stop Pretending, released in 1986, contains The Pandoras' finest batch of songs. It also captures their creative synergy at its peak, spilling over with taut rhythms, feisty guitars, and wailing keyboards. Even its crotch-rock caterwaul had roots in the right region -- Pierce was known to pleasure herself in the vocal booth in order to hit the high notes. Evolving into a bigger, slicker rock outfit, The Pandoras made subsequent records for Elektra and then Restless, but none of them captured the elemental magic of the mid-'80s material. Vammen and Shattuck eventually joined the immensely popular Muffs. Pierce died unexpectedly of an aneurysm in 1991. This release presents Stop Pretending in its entirety, as well as 10 bonus tracks, including the b-side "The Hump," the pre-LP recording "I Want My Caveman," and eight demos. All tracks have been remastered from original sources. Liner notes include an essay by Paul Grant and many rare photos.

TRACKS:

IN AND OUT OF MY LIFE (IN A DAY) (2:54) // I DIDN'T CRY (3:01) // ANYONE BUT YOU (3:00) // YOU'RE ALL TALK (2:54) // THAT'S YOUR WAY OUT (2:49) // YOU DON'T SATISFY (3:34) // LET'S DO RIGHT (2:12) // I'M YOUR GIRL (2:14) // THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE (3:17) // STOP PRETENDING (2:36) // AIN'T GOT NO SOUL (2:33) // IT FELT ALRIGHT (3:41) // THE HUMP (2:41) // I WANT MY CAVEMAN (2:58) // YOU BURN ME UP AND DOWN (Demo) (2:40) // BAD SEED (Demo) (2:28) // SHE'S UGLY (Demo) (2:45) // LOVE THEM, LEAVE THEM (Demo) (2:14) // SOMETHING I CAN'T HAVE (Demo) (2:49) // YOU DON'T KNOW (Demo) (2:42) // NEVER GET ENOUGH (Demo) (3:26) // IN AND OUT OF MY LIFE (IN A DAY) (Demo) (2:53)

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