Reviews
"...Hynde actually sounds like she means it again. Up there with Costello's BRUTAL YOUTH--artistic rejuvenation of the year...", "...Atop musical settings ranging from pop to funk to rockabilly, Hynde outswaggers all comers, from Anais Nin to Camille Paglia to Thelma and Louise, with her tough-to-tender switchbacks...an inspired, combo-punching return to her inimitable peak form....", Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "Ballsy rock-chick attitude, sturdy four-square rock-outs and big, anthemic ballads...", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS outlines the life of a woman who grew up wanting to be a boy, then discovered she could bear children and nurture them without jettisoning some rock & roll requisites...what really sticks are the album's moments of pure pop joy..."