Pretenders - S/t CD

Klassikkobändin eka eeppinen albumi.

"Precious" – 3:36

"The Phone Call" – 2:29

"Up the Neck" – 4:27

"Tattooed Love Boys" – 2:59

"Space Invader" (Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott) – 3:26

"The Wait" (Hynde, Farndon) – 3:35

"Stop Your Sobbing" (Ray Davies) – 2:38

"Kid" – 3:06

"Private Life" – 6:25

"Brass in Pocket" (Honeyman-Scott, Hynde) – 3:04

"Lovers of Today" – 5:51

"Mystery Achievement" – 5:23

Personnel

The Pretenders

• Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (except CD1, track 5)
• Martin Chambers – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Pete Farndon – bass guitar, backing vocals
• James Honeyman-Scott – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Fred Berk – bass guitar on CD2, track 3
• Geoff Bryant – French horn
• Nick Lowe – production on CD1, track 7
• Henry Lowther – trumpet
• Gerry Mackelduff – drums on CD1, track 7 and CD2, tracks 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
• Chris Mercer – saxophone
• Nigel Pegrum – drums on CD2, track 3
• Chris Thomas – keyboards, sound effects, production
• Jim Wilson – trumpet

Pretenders is the debut studio album by British-American band The Pretenders, released on 7 January 1980 under Real Records in the UK, and on 27 December 1979 on Sire Records in the United States. A combination of rock, punk and pop music, this album made the band famous. The album features the singles "Stop Your Sobbing", "Kid" and "Brass in Pocket".

Nick Lowe produced the Pretenders' first single, "Stop Your Sobbing", but decided not to work with them again as he thought the band was "not going anywhere". Chris Thomas took over on the subsequent recording sessions.

Pretenders debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in the week of its release and stayed there for four consecutive weeks. It also made the top 10 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum during 1982 by the RIAA. Pretenders has been named one of the best albums of all time by VH1 (#52). In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 155 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. In 1989, the magazine ranked it the 20th best album of the 1980s. In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at #64 on its "Best Albums of the 1980s".