In Brief

* * * Pat Benatar, “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Chrysalis. The one-time queen of hard rock and her songwriting partner-guitarist-husband Neil Giraldo are back to what they do best after a one-album foray into torch-song blues, and they sound reinvigorated. Benatar sings with the command and subtlety of someone who’s been practicing for nearly two decades.

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