January 19, 1990 (vol. 100, iss. 75) • Page Image 17
… usic a . i CNEMA DIRECTORY 1 of the Peter Shapiro NINE BEST OF THE EIGHTIES 1. ThePretenders The Pretenders Despite a second side that is tamed by Chryssie Hynde's maternal instincts, this record has the bitter drive of a lifetime of male oppression. 2. Tom Waits Swordfish Trombones The hippest man in America finally escaped the spectre of Rickie Lee Jones and Mose Allison to produce a work that evokes the grainy black and white underbelly ...…