Pretenders (album)

Pretenders
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Album by The Pretenders
Released January 19, 1980
Recorded ???
Genre New Wave
Length ?? min ?? sec
Record label Sire Records
Producer Chris Thomas. Nick Lowe produced "Stop Your Sobbing"
Professional reviews
Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 [1] (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60146561&loc=109&PageFormat=7)

Pretenders Chronology
Pretenders
(1980)
Pretenders II
(1981)
Learning To Crawl
(1984)

Pretenders is an album by The Pretenders, released on January 19, 1980 (see 1980 in music). A mix of hard rock, punk and New Wave, Pretenders established the band's career.

Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Pretenders as moving "faster and harder than most rock records, delivering an endless series of melodies, hooks, and infectious rhythms in its 12 songs".

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Pretenders the 52nd greatest album of all time; Rolling Stone magazine placed it at number 155 in a similar list.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Precious" (Hynde) - 3:36
  2. "Phone Call" (Hynde) - 2:29
  3. "Up the Neck" (Hynde) - 4:27
  4. "Tattooed Love Boys" (Hynde) - 2:59
  5. "Space Invader" (Farndon/Honeyman-Scott) - 3:26
  6. "Wait" (Farndon/Hynde) - 3:35
  7. "Stop Your Sobbing" (Ray Davies) - 2:38
  8. "Kid" (Hynde) - 3:06
  9. "Private Life" (Hynde) - 6:25
  10. "Brass in Pocket" (Honeyman-Scott/Hynde) - 3:04
  11. "Lovers of Today" (Hynde) - 5:51
  12. "Mystery Achievement" (Hynde) - 5:23

Personnel

  • The Pretenders - Performer
  • Henry Lowther - Trumpet
  • Geoff Bryant - Horn
  • Martin Chambers - Drums, Vocals
  • Pete Farndon - Bass, Vocals
  • James Honeyman-Scott - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Chrissie Hynde - Guitar, Vocals
  • Nick Lowe - Producer
  • Chris Mercer - Saxophone
  • Bill Price - Engineer
  • Chris Thomas - Keyboards, Producer
  • Chalkie Davies - Photography
  • Kevin Hughes - Cover Design
  • Jim Wilson - Trumpet

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts - album

1980	Pop Albums	                No. 9

Billboard Music Charts - single

1980     Brass in Pocket/Mysterey Achievement/Precious    Club Play Singles     No. 28
1980     Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)     Pop Singles     No. 14
1980     Stop Your Sobbing     Pop Singles     No. 65

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