LOVE’S LABOR LOST
Pat Benatar grows up. Well, we all do, so they say (those who make it, anyway), but once you get there, you realize that nobody is “grown up” in the same way. And if you’re already successful, you can sometimes grow up the way you want to. Which is sort of what’s happening here.
LOVE’S LABOR LOST
PAT BENATAR Tropico (Chrysalis)
Michael Davis
Pat Benatar grows up. Well, we all do, so they say (those who make it, anyway), but once you get there, you realize that nobody is “grown up” in the same way. And if you’re already successful, you can sometimes grow up the way you want to. Which is sort of what’s happening here. Pat Benatar’s unquestionable success with an aggressive rock role has allowed her and the band to simultaneously relax and expand musically; this is the LP-after-thelive-album, after all, and growth is considered socially acceptable at this point, right?