Viva el Amor

Infobox Album
Name = ¡Viva el Amor!
Type = studio
Artist = The Pretenders


Released = June 22, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 45:05
Label = Warner Bros. Records WEA Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3xktk6kxekrh link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pretenders2/albums/album/212250/review/5940684/viva_el_amor link]
Last album = "The Isle of View" (1995)
This album = "Viva el Amor" (1999)
Next album = "Loose Screw"
(2002)

"¡Viva El Amor!" is the seventh studio album by the rock band The Pretenders, released in 1999. The band's lineup for the album is the same as that credited on 1994's "Last of the Independents": Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar) Martin Chambers (drums), Andy Hobson (bass) and Adam Seymour (guitar). This time, however, the credited line-up actually plays on most of the album, although Hobson is replaced on bass by session musicians on a few cuts.

"Viva", featuring a cover photograph of Hynde taken by friend Linda McCartney, saw moderate success in the United States. Its two lead singles were "Popstar" and "Human," the latter a Divinyls cover. The "Class Mix" of "Human" was used as the theme music to the short-lived American TV series" Cupid".

Track listing

# "Popstar" (Chrissie Hynde, Adam Seymour) - 3:34
# "Human" (Shelly Peiken, Mark McEntee) - 3:55
# "From the Heart Down" (Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) - 3:31
# "Nails in the Road" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) - 3:25
# "Who's Who" (Hynde) - 4:11
# "Dragway 42" (Hynde) - 5:19
# "Baby's Breath" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) - 3:15
# "One More Time" (Hynde) - 3:15
# "Legalise Me" (Hynde) - 3:51
# "Samurai" (Hynde) - 4:43
# "Rabo de Nube" (Silvio Rodriguez) - 1:26
# "Biker" (Hynde) - 4:40

Personnel

*Adam Seymour - lead guitar, bass
*Chrissie Hynde - rhythm guitar, vocals, harmonica
*Andy Hobson - bass
*Martin Chambers - drums

Additional personnel

*Jeff Beck - guitar (on "Legalise Me")
*Andy Duncan - percussion, programming
*Stephen Hague - keyboards
*Chuck Norman - percussion
*Jules Shear - backing vocals