THE PRETENDERS

Albums recorded by The Pretenders, with release dates and UK CD availability.

 

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Pretenders

01/80

New or Used

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Pretenders II

08/81

New

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Learning To Crawl

01/84

New or Used

4

Get Close

11/86

New

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Packed

05/90

New or Used

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Last Of The Independents

05/94

New or Used

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Isle Of View [live]

10/95

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¡Viva El Amor!

05/99

New or Used

9

Loose Screw

11/02

New

10

Break Up The Concrete

10/08

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1) PRETENDERS

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Precious
The Phone Call
Up The Neck
Tattooed Love Boys
Space Invader
The Wait
Stop Your Sobbing
Kid
Private Life
Brass In Pocket
Lovers Of Today
Mystery Achievement


Geoff Bryant
Martin Chambers
Pete Farndon
James Honeyman-Scott
Chrissie Hynde
Henry Lowther
Chris Mercer
Chris Thomas
Jim Wilson

Producer:

French Horn
Drums, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar
Trumpet
Tenor Saxophone
Keyboards
Trumpet

Nick Lowe (Track 7),
Chris Thomas

2) PRETENDERS II

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The Adultress
Bad Boys Get Spanked
Message Of Love
I Go To Sleep
Birds Of Paradise
Talk Of The Town
Pack It Up
Waste Not Want Not
Day After Day
Jealous Dogs
The English Roses
Louie Louie


Geoff Bryant
Martin Chambers
Pete Farndon
James Honeyman-Scott
Chrissie Hynde
Henry Lowther
Chris Mercer
Chris Thomas
Jim Wilson

Producer:

French Horn
Drums, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar
Trumpet
Tenor Saxophone
Odds ‘n’ Ends
Trumpet

Chris Thomas

3) LEARNING TO CRAWL

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Middle Of The Road
Back On The Chain Gang
Time The Avenger
Watching The Clothes
Show Me
Thumbelina
My City Was Gone
Thin Line Between Love And Hate
I Hurt You
2000 Miles


Andrew Bodner
Billy Bremner

Tony Butler
Paul Carrack
Martin Chambers
Malcolm Foster
Chrissie Hynde
Robbie McIntosh

Producer:

Bass, Vocals (Track 8)
Guitar (Tracks 2,7,8),
Vocals (Track 8)
Bass (Tracks 2,7)
Piano, Vocals (Track 8)
Drums, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Vocals, Guitar
Guitar, Vocals

Chris Thomas

4) GET CLOSE

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My Baby
When I Change My Life
Light Of The Moon
Dance!
Tradition Of Love
Don't Get Me Wrong
I Remember You
How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?
Chill Factor
Hymn To Her
Room Full Of Mirrors


Carlos Alomar
Rupert Black
Bruce Brody
Martin Chambers
Blair Cunningham
Malcolm Foster
Mel Gaynor
Chrissie Hynde
Steve Jordan
Tom Mandel
Robbie McIntosh
John McKenzie
Chucho Merchán
Simon Phillips
Patrick Seymour
Lakshminarayana Shankar
TM Stevens
Bruce Thomas
Paul "Wix" Wickens
Bernie Worrell

Producer:

Synthesiser, Percussion
Keyboards
Organ
Drums
Drums
Bass
Drums
Vocals, Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Synthesiser
Guitar
Bass
Bass
Drums
Keyboards, Synthesiser
Violin

Bass
Bass
Synthesiser, Piano
Keyboards, Synthesiser

Bob Clearmountain,
Jimmy Iovine,
Steve Lillywhite (Track 11)

5) PACKED

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Never Do That
Let's Make A Pact
Millionaires
May This Be Love
No Guarantee
When Will I See You
Sense Of Purpose
Downtown (Akron)
How Do I Miss You
Hold A Candle To This
Criminal


Tchad Blake
Billy Bremner

Blair Cunningham

Tim Finn
Mitchell Froom
Tony Gad
Mark Hart
Chrissie Hynde
Will MacGregor
John McKenzie

Dominic Miller

Teo Miller
David Rhodes
Duane Verh
Adey Wilson

Producer:

Guitar (Tracks 4,5)
Guitar (Tracks 1-6,8,9,11),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,3,8)
Drums (Tracks 1-11),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,8)
Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Keyboards (Tracks 2,4-6,9,11)
Bass, Backing Vocals (Track 9)
Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Vocals, Guitar
Bass, Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Bass (Tracks 2,3,5,6,8,10,11), Backing Vocals (Track 8)
Guitar (Tracks 7,10),
Backing Vocals (Track 7)
Backing Vocals (Track 3)
Guitar (Tracks 3,11)
Bass (Track 4)
Backing Vocals (Track 3)

Mitchell Froom

6) LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS

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Hollywood Perfume
Night In My Veins
Money Talk
977
Revolution
All My Dreams
I'll Stand By You
I'm A Mother
Tequila
Every Mother's Son
Rebel Rock Me
Love Colours
Forever Young


Martin Chambers
Jimmy Copley
Andy Hobson
JFT Hood
Chrissie Hynde
Tom Kelly


Robbie McIntosh
David Paton
Andy Rourke
Adam Seymour
Ian Stanley




Producer:

Drums (Tracks 3,4,6,12)
Drums (Tracks 2,5,8-11)
Bass (Tracks 1,6,13)
Drums (Tracks 1,7,13)
Vocals, Guitar
Bass (Track 4),
Piano (Tracks 4,7),
Guitar (Track 7)
Guitar (Track 8)
Bass (Track 7)
Bass (Tracks 2,3,5,9-12)
Guitar
Organ (Track 5),
Keyboards (Track 8)
London Gospel Community Choir (Track 7)

Ian Stanley,
Chris Thomas (Track 8)

7) ISLE OF VIEW

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Sense Of Purpose
Chill Factor
Private Life
Back On The Chain Gang
Kid
I Hurt You
Criminal
Brass In Pocket
2000 Miles
Hymn To Her
Lovers Of Today
The Phone Call
I Go To Sleep
Revolution

Recorded live at Jacob Street Studios, London in May 1995


Damon Albarn
Martin Chambers
Louisa Fuller
Andy Hobson
Chrissie Hynde
Richard Koster
Ivan McCready
John Metcalfe
Adam Seymour
Mark ‘Wiff’ Smith

Producer:

Piano
Drums, Vocals
Violin
Bass
Vocals, Guitar
Violin
Cello
Viola
Guitar, Harmonium, Vocals
Percussion

Stephen Street

8) ¡VIVA EL AMOR!

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Popstar
Human
From The Heart Down
Nails In The Road
Who's Who
Dragway 42
Baby's Breath
One More Time
Legalise Me
Samurai
Rabo De Nube
Biker


Jeff Beck
Martin Chambers
Andy Duncan

Lindsay Edwards
Louisa Fuller
Stephen Hague

Preston Hayman
Andy Hobson
Chrissie Hynde
David Johansen
Tom Kelly


Richard Koster
Ivan McCready
John Metcalfe
Chuck Norman

Adam Seymour



Jules Shear

Producer:

Guitar (Track 9)
Drums (Tracks 1-10,12)
Percussion (Tracks 1,4,9),
Programming (Track 5)
Keyboards (Track 2)
Violin (Tracks 2,3,6,12)
Keyboards (Track 9),
Accordion (Track 11)
Percussion (Track 2)
Bass (Tracks 3,6,7,10,12)
Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Bass (Tracks 1,2,4,8,9),
Guitar (Track 11),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,4)
Violin (Tracks 2,3,6,12)
Cello (Tracks 2,3,6,12)
Viola (Tracks 2,3,6,12)
Keyboards (Tracks 1,5),
Programming (Track 5)
Guitar (Tracks 1-12),
Bass (Track 5),
Keyboards (Track 10),
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,5)

Stephen Hague
(Tracks 1,2,4,5,8,9,11),
Stephen Street
(Tracks 3,6,7,10,12)

9) LOOSE SCREW

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Lie To Me
Time
You Know Who Your Friends Are
Complex Person
Fools Must Die
Kinda Nice, I Like It
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
I Should Of
Clean Up Woman
The Losing
Saving Grace
Walk Like A Panther


Kevin Bacon
Martin Chambers
Colin Elliot
Andy Hobson
Chrissie Hynde
Priscilla Jones
Tom Kelly
Jonathan Quarmby
Adam Seymour
Mark Sheridan
Mark "Wiff" Smith



Producer:

Bass
Drums
Percussion (Ttracks 3,10)
Bass
Vocals, Guitar
Backing Vocals (Track 10)
Backing Vocals (Track 7)
Keyboards
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals (Tracks 3,7)
Percussion
The Kick Horns (Track 6)
The Duke Quartet (Track 8)

Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Quarmby

10) BREAK UP THE CONCRETE

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Boots Of Chinese Plastic
The Nothing Maker
Don't Lose Faith In Me
Don't Cut Your Hair
Love's A Mystery
The Last Ride
Almost Perfect
You Didn't Have To
Rosalee
Break Up The Concrete
One Thing Never Changed


Eric Heywood

Chrissie Hynde
Jim Keltner
James Walbourne

Nick Wilkinson

Producer:

Pedal Steel Guitar,
Backing Vocals
Vocals, Guitar
Drums, Backing Vocals
Guitar, Piano, Accordion,
Backing Vocals
Bass

The Pretenders