"On songs like 'Tattooed Love Boys', you're wondering, Who is Chrissie singing about when she says, 'I shot my mouth off and you showed me what that hole was for?' That was just one of those obsessive-listening records for me." In her autobiography, Hynde confirms she is singing about herself and her own personal experience. "This is one of the most astonishing debut albums in the history of music," enthused author Michael Chabon.In 2020, Rolling Stone included the band's debut album in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list.
In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 155 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, with Pretenders maintaining the rating in the 2012 revised list, and moving up to number 152 on the 2020 revision. Pretenders has been named one of the best albums of all time by VH1 (#52). In 2012, Slant Magazine listed Pretenders at number 64 on its list of the best albums of the 1980s. In 1989, Rolling Stone ranked Pretenders the 20th best album of the 1980s.
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Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores These include BBC sessions on The Kid Jensen Show, and performances at The Paris Theatre in London and Paradise Theater in Boston. " Sabre Dance" features Chrissie Hynde singing portions of "Stop Your Sobbing" over lengthy solos by James Honeyman-Scott and Martin Chambers' insistent drumming, making it a truly unique version.Ī cover version of "Brass in Pocket" and the master version of "Precious" are available as downloadable content for Rock Band.Īnother deluxe edition of the album, curated by Hynde, was released on Novemand features the original album remastered by Chris Thomas, alongside demos, rarities, and many live performances.
There were no bonus tracks included.Ī shortened version of "Tequila" would be performed nearly 15 years later on the Last of the Independents. The song "The Phone Call" is missing some of the telephone effects on this release because the effects were "flown in" after the master was completed for the song and, as a result, were not on the original master tape. However, this remaster suffered from unauthorized, heavy limiting supposedly applied after engineer Steve Hoffman's digital master was created and approved for CD manufacturing. Pretenders was also reissued in 2009 by Audio Fidelity as a limited-edition audiophile gold CD, using the original master tapes. The tracks "Message of Love", "Talk of the Town", "Porcelain" and "Cuban Slide" alongside a live version of the album's opening track, "Precious", were released on a follow-up EP entitled Extended Play soon after. The Regents Park demo of "Stop Your Sobbing" was included initially as a flexi-single in the May 1981 edition of Flexipop magazine.
"Cuban Slide" and "Porcelain" originally appeared as B-sides to "Talk of the Town" and "Message of Love", while "Swinging London" and "Nervous But Shy" both appeared on the flip side of "Brass in Pocket". Pretenders was remastered and re-released in 2006 and included a bonus disc of demos, B-sides and live cuts, many previously unreleased. It also made the top 10 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum during 1982 by the RIAA. Pretenders debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart in the week of its release and stayed there for four consecutive weeks.
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