The Pretenders – The Singles
(Real Records 1987 WX135)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– hype sticker on front
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Poster in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
The Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon, the band has experienced numerous subsequent personnel changes, with Hynde as the only consistent member, and Chambers returning after an absence of several years.
Hynde launched a solo career in 2014, and the Pretenders were dormant as a band between 2012 and 2016. However, The Pretenders are once again active, having issued an album and toured in 2016.
The Singles is The Pretenders’ 1987 compilation album and features all the band’s UK single hits to that date, as well as including “I Got You Babe” which Chrissie Hynde had performed with UB40 in 1985. The album reached #69 in the US album chart and #6 in the UK.
Track listing
1. “Stop Your Sobbing” – 2:37 (Ray Davies) UK #34, US #65
- From 1979 album Pretenders
2. “Kid” – 3:05 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #33
- From 1979 album Pretenders
3. “Brass in Pocket” – 3:04 (Chrissie Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott) UK #1, US #14
- From 1979 album Pretenders
4. “Talk of the Town” – 3:12 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #8
- From 1981 EP Extended Play and album Pretenders II
5. “I Go to Sleep” – 2:55 (Ray Davies) UK #7
- From 1981 album Pretenders II
6. “Day After Day” – 4:01 (Chrissie Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott) UK #45
- From 1981 album Pretenders II
7. “Message of Love” – 3:24 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #11
- From 1981 EP Extended Play and album Pretenders II
8. “Back on the Chain Gang” – 3:50 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #17, US #5
- From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
9. “Middle of the Road” – 4:12 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #81, US #19
- From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
10. “2000 Miles” – 3:38 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #15
- From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
11. “Show Me” – 4:07 (Chrissie Hynde) US #28
- From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
12. “Thin Line Between Love and Hate” – 3:39 (Richard Poindexter/Robert Poindexter/Jackie Members) UK #49, US #83
- From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
13. “Don’t Get Me Wrong” – 3:48 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #10, US #10
- From 1986 album Get Close
14. “Hymn to Her” – 4:28 (Meg Keene) UK #8
- From 1986 album Get Close
15. “My Baby” – 4:07 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #84, US #65
- From 1986 album Get Close
16. “I Got You Babe” (performed by UB40 with Chrissie Hynde) – 3:11 (Sonny Bono)
- From UB40 1985 album Baggariddim
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