{"product_id":"the-isle-of-view","title":"The Isle of View","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e The Pretenders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Color\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartNumber:\u003c\/b\u003e R2970196\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 10-11-2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\n\nFans of the Pretenders' 1995 live CD,\nThe Isle of View, will be delighted that the DVD release of the band's televised performance at London's Jacob Street Studios (the source for that album) is an even greater thrill. Clearer now is the Pretenders' experimental intention to transform and unify its songbook with majestic pop arrangements--comparable to, say, George Martin revisiting a load of diverse Beatles songs and making them all sound and feel, for an hour or two, like \"Yesterday.\" For the Pretenders, the result is exquisite. Familiar recordings such as \"Sense of Purpose\" and \"I Hurt You\" are renewed with brilliant, acoustic-based pop clarity; other songs are almost unbearably beautiful as their subtlest values intensify. A cover of Radiohead's \"Creep\" proves a bathetic misstep, but the emotional fulfillment of \"Kid,\" \"Criminal,\" and \"Revolution\" make\nThe Isle of View an essential live set.\n--Tom Keogh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 603497019625\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0766483329266\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModel:\u003c\/b\u003e R2970196\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e DVD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51459664707881,"sku":"AT-YRR9-WFZC","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/6225\/6681\/files\/41x-EtU2JQL.jpg?v=1762030357","url":"https:\/\/konnichiwa.ca\/products\/the-isle-of-view","provider":"こんにちはマート | KON NICHIWA MART","version":"1.0","type":"link"}