¡Viva El Amor!

¡Viva El Amor!
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1999
Recorded1999
Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length45:05
Label
Producer
The Pretenders chronology
The Isle of View
(1995)
¡Viva El Amor!
(1999)
Greatest Hits
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
BBC(average)
Los Angeles Times
Melody Maker
People(favorable)
Robert ChristgauA−
Rolling Stone
Trouser Press(favorable)

¡Viva El Amor! (Spanish for Long Live Love) 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.

The album, featuring a cover photograph of Hynde taken by friend Linda McCartney, saw moderate success in the United States and the United Kingdom. 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 as well as featuring in the soundtrack to the Brenda Blethyn film Saving Grace. The album charted in the UK, US and Sweden.