Vinyl LP
1979 original release vinyl LP on the ARIOLA record label Cat n# 201 560-320 Made in GERMANY
The album cover is in EX/NM condition. no splits or tears, some light fading. the inner picture/credits sleeve is also in EX/NM condition, split at the bottom of sleeve.
The vinyl itself is in EX/NM condition. There is a couple very light papercuts seen under a 1500watt strong light which will give an occasional click/pop when the LP is played. there are no deep scratches on this LP.
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THIS IS AS GOOD EXAMPLE OF WELL LOOKED AFTER OLD LP RECORD
Full track list
Side One
1. "Precious" – 3:36
2."The Phone Call" – 2:29
3."Up the Neck" – 4:27
4."Tattooed Love Boys" – 2:59
5."Space Invader" (Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott) – 3:26
6."The Wait" (Hynde, Farndon) – 3:35
7."Stop Your Sobbing" (Ray Davies) – 2:38 .
Side Two
8."Kid" – 3:06
9."Private Life" – 6:25
10."Brass in Pocket" (Honeyman-Scott, Hynde) – 3:04
11."Lovers of Today" – 5:51
12."Mystery Achievement" – 5:23 .
All songs written by Chrissie Hynde unless otherwise indicated..
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THE BAND
The Pretenders
Martin Chambers – drums, backing vocals
Pete Farndon – bass guitar, backing vocals
James Honeyman-Scott – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Chrissie Hynde – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Additional musicians
Fred Berk – bass guitar on CD2, track 3
Geoff Bryant – horn
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 the British-American band The Pretenders, released on 27 December 1979 under Real Records (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 "wasn't going anywhere".[this quote needs a citation] 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 magazine ranked the album number 155 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and, in 1989, ranked it the 20th best album of the 1980s. The track "Private Life" was covered that same year by Grace Jones, on her album Warm Leatherette. In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at #64 on its list, "Best Albums of the 1980s".[7]
Pretenders was remastered and re-released in 2006 and included a bonus disc of demos, B-sides and live cuts, many previously unreleased. "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". The Regents Park Demo of "Stop Your Sobbing" was included initially as a flexi-single in the May 1981 edition of Flexipop magazine. 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. "Message of Love" contains the Oscar Wilde line "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" from the play Lady Windermere's Fan.[1]
Pretenders was also reissued in 2009 by Audio Fidelity as a limited edition, audiophile gold CD using the original master tapes. However, this remaster suffered from limiting supposedly applied after engineer Steve Hoffman's digital master was created and approved. The song "The Phone Call" is missing some of the sound effects on this release because they were flown in after the master was completed for the song and, as a result, weren't on the original master tape.[citation needed] There were no bonus tracks included.
A shortened version of "Tequila" would be performed nearly fifteen years later on the Last of the Independents. "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.
The song "Tattooed Love Boys" is featured as a playable track in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 music video game Guitar Hero II. The instrumental "Space Invader" contains sound effects from the video game Space Invaders. "Private Life" is featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on fictional radio station Emotion 98.3. A cover version of "Brass in Pocket" and the master version of "Precious" are available as downloadable content for Rock Band.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Few rock & roll records rock as hard or with as much originality as the Pretenders' eponymous debut album. A sleek, stylish fusion of Stonesy rock & roll, new wave pop, and pure punk aggression, Pretenders is teeming with sharp hooks and a viciously cool attitude. Although Chrissie Hynde establishes herself as a forceful and distinctively feminine songwriter, the record isn't a singer/songwriter's tour de force -- it's a rock & roll album, powered by a unique and aggressive band. Guitarist James Honeyman-Scott never plays conventional riffs or leads, and his phased, treated guitar gives new dimension to the pounding rhythms of "Precious," "Tattooed Love Boys," "Up the Neck," and "The Wait," as well as the more measured pop of "Kid," "Brass in Pocket," and "Mystery Achievement." He provides the perfect backing for Hynde and her tough, sexy swagger. Hynde doesn't fit into any conventional female rock stereotype, and neither do her songs, alternately displaying a steely exterior or a disarming emotional vulnerability. It's a deep, rewarding record, whose primary virtue is its sheer energy. Pretenders moves faster and harder than most rock records, delivering an endless series of melodies, hooks, and infectious rhythms in its 12 songs. Few albums, let alone debuts, are ever this astonishingly addictive
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