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The Pretenders discography

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The Pretenders discography
Pretenders (original line-up), Dominion Theatre, London, December 1981
Studio albums12
EPs1
Live albums6
Compilation albums4
Singles55
Video albums6

For over 40 years the discography of The Pretenders, a London, England-based rock band, reflects worldwide charting of 12 studio albums, four compilation albums, one extended play (EP), four live albums, six video albums and 55 singles.

Vocalist/guitarist Chrissie Hynde, guitarist/keyboardist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon and drummer Martin Chambers formed The Pretenders in 1978. Their chart-topping debut album, Pretenders, is widely regarded as one of the finest debut albums of all time.[1] The Pretenders' hit songs include "Brass in Pocket" (1979), "Talk of the Town" (1980), "Message of Love" (1981), "Back on the Chain Gang" (1982), "Middle of the Road" (1983), "2000 Miles" (1984), "Don't Get Me Wrong" (1986), "My Baby" (1986), and "I'll Stand by You" (1994).

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
GER
[4]
NLD
[5]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
US
[10]
Pretenders
  • Released: 11 January 1980
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
1 6 5 14 24 2 2 9
Pretenders II
  • Released: 7 August 1981
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
7 18 9 16 1 20 10
Learning to Crawl
  • Released: 13 January 1984
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
11 18 4 38 11 18 19 3 30 5
Get Close
  • Released: 20 October 1986[15]
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP
6 12 9 33 22 18 13 6 22 25
Packed!
  • Released: 14 May 1990[16]
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP
19 55 23 48 43 15 31 7 48
Last of the Independents
  • Released: 9 May 1994
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
8 22 25 42 50 16 14 6 26 41
¡Viva El Amor! 32 73 36 158
Loose Screw
  • Released: 12 November 2002
  • Label: Artemis / Eagle
  • Formats: CD, LP
55 179
Break Up the Concrete 35 58 32
Alone 40 150
Hate for Sale
  • Released: 17 July 2020
  • Label: BMG Rights Management
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
29 21 11
Relentless
  • Released: 15 September 2023
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
25 43 15
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes;

  • Break Up the Concrete was released in Europe only as a double-disc with The Best of Pretenders.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
BEL
[17]
US
[10]
Live at the Santa Monica Civic
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: LP
Superstar Concert Series
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Westwood One
  • Format: LP
The Isle of View
  • Released: 16 October 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, DVD
23 98 46 100
Loose in L.A.
  • Released: 23 September 2003
  • Label: Artemis
  • Format: DVD
Live in London
  • Released: 16 April 2010
  • Label: Strobosonic
  • Formats: CD, DVD, BD
Live in New York City
  • Released: 2011
  • Recorded: 1988
  • Label: Edge J26181
  • Format: DVD

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
NZ
[7]
SPA
[18]
SWE
[8]
US
[10]
The Singles
  • Released: 26 October 1987
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
6 19 11 48 50 69
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 18 September 2000
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP
21 99 23
Pirate Radio
  • Released: 14 March 2006
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CD, LP
The Best of Pretenders 35 56 58
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes;

  • The Best of Pretenders was released as a double disc with Break Up the Concrete in Europe and Brazil in June 2009, titled The Best of / Break Up the Concrete.

Extended plays

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Title EP details Peak chart positions
US
[10]
Extended Play
  • Released: 30 March 1981
  • Label: Sire
  • Formats: CS, 12-inch
27

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN NLD
[5]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
US
[10]
US
Alt

[10]
US
Main

[10]
US
Adult

[10]
1979 "Stop Your Sobbing" 34 25 65 Pretenders
"Kid" 33 90
"Brass in Pocket" 1 2 5 11 2 1 14
1980 "Precious"
"Talk of the Town" 8 55 24 Pretenders II (initially single-only releases)
1981 "Message of Love" 11 15 33 5
"Day After Day" 45 102 Pretenders II
"The Adultress" (airplay) 12
"I Go to Sleep" 7 9 28
"Louie Louie" 110
1982 "Back on the Chain Gang"
b/w "My City Was Gone"
17 11 5 31 14 5 4
11
Learning to Crawl
1983 "2000 Miles" 15 30 13 36
"Middle of the Road" 81 52 12 19 2
1984 "Time the Avenger" (airplay) 6
"Show Me" 28 8
"Thumbelina" (airplay) 57
"Thin Line Between Love and Hate" 49 32 83
1986 "Don't Get Me Wrong" 10 8 14 25 11 10 1 28 Get Close
"Hymn to Her" 8 7 38 46 15
1987 "My Baby" 84 56 50 64 1
"Room Full of Mirrors" (promo) 28
"Where Has Everybody Gone?" (promo) 26 The Living Daylights (soundtrack)
"If There Was a Man"
"Kid" (Remix) The Singles
1988 "Windows of the World" 117 21 1969 (soundtrack)
1990 "Never Do That" 81 107 26 4 5 Packed!
"Hold a Candle to This" (promo) 18
"Sense of Purpose" 129 72 23
1994 "I'm Not in Love" 74 Indecent Proposal (soundtrack)
"I'll Stand by You" 10 8 12 29 20 21 16 21 21 Last of the Independents
"Night in My Veins" 25 9 71 2 13
"977" 66
"Money Talk" (promo)
1995 "Kid '95" (live) 73 The Isle of View
"2000 Miles" (live) 168
1997 Fever Pitch The E.P.: "Goin' Back" 65 Fever Pitch (soundtrack)
1999 "Loving You Is All I Know" (promo) 22 The Other Sister (soundtrack)
"Human" 33 17 30 ¡Viva El Amor!
"Popstar" 97 59
2003 "You Know Who Your Friends Are" 84 Loose Screw
"Time" (Junior Vasquez Remixes)
"Saving Grace" 174
"The Losing"
2008 "Boots of Chinese Plastic" 6 Break Up the Concrete
"Love's a Mystery" 8
"Break Up the Concrete"
2016 "Holy Commotion" 5 Alone
2017 "Let's Get Lost"
"Gotta Wait"
2020 "The Buzz"[20] 21 Hate for Sale
"You Can't Hurt a Fool"[20]
"Hate for Sale"[20]
"Didn't Want to Be This Lonely"[20] 27
2023 "Let the Sun Come In"[21] Relentless
"I Think About You Daily"[22]
(featuring Jonny Greenwood)
"A Love"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes;

  • In 1980, "What You Gonna Do About It" (A-side) was released as a single with "Stop Your Sobbing (original demo version)" as the B-side as a special flexipop single in the UK.
  • The 1987 "If There Was a Man" UK release was accredited to The Pretenders for 007
  • In 1980, "Precious" (A-side) was released as a single in Spain with "Stop Your Sobbing" as the B-side.
  • In 1980, "Cuban Slide" (A-side) was released as a single in Japan, backed with "Stop Your Sobbing" as the B-side.
  • In 1982 "I Go to Sleep" (A-side) was released in Belgium with "English Roses" (album track) as the B-side.
  • In 1987, neither of the two tracks of the promotional single "Kid (Remix) b/w "Stop Your Sobbing (Demo Version)" actually appear on the album in those versions; rather they appear as the original single versions.
  • The Pretenders also appear on the UK Singles Chart for their appearance on the 1997 Fever Pitch The EP for which their cover of "Goin' Back" is listed. The EP charted at No. 65 for one week on 10 May 1997.
  • The column for US Adult chart positions consists of peak positions from Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for "Don't Get Me Wrong", "I'll Stand by You" and "Loving You Is All I Know", Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart for "Human" and Adult album alternative (AAA) for "Boots of Chinese Plastic" and "Love's a Mystery". In addition, "I'll Stand by You" also charted on Adult Top 40 chart, but its peak position (#23) was lower than on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Other appearances

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Year Song Album
1980 "Talk of the Town" Times Square soundtrack
1981 "The Wait", "Tattooed Love Boys", "Precious" Concert for Kampuchea soundtrack
1982 "Back on the Chain Gang" The King of Comedy soundtrack
1982 "In the Sticks" Attack of the Killer B's compilation album
1984 "Money" (live) (Beatles cover) Revenge of the Killer B's compilation album
1984 "Show Me" (live) Greenpeace compilation album
1986 "Don't Get Me Wrong" Peter's Friends soundtrack
1987 "If There Was a Man", "Where Has Everybody Gone" The Living Daylights soundtrack
1988 "Windows of the World", "1969" (Bacharach/Osterberg covers) 1969 soundtrack
1991 "Born for a Purpose" (Alimantado cover) Tame Yourself compilation
1993 "Bold as Love" (Hendrix cover) Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
1994 "Forever Young" (Dylan cover) With Honors soundtrack
1995 "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey cover) Boys on the Side soundtrack
1995 "Forever Young" (Dylan cover) Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home soundtrack
1997 "Goodbye" (Earle cover), "The Homecoming" G.I. Jane soundtrack
1999 "I Wish You Love" (cover) Eye of the Beholder soundtrack
1999 "Message of Love" and various tracks as backing band Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda memorial concert
1999 "Loving You Is All I Know" (Diane Warren cover) The Other Sister soundtrack
2002 "Get Out of London" (Interferon cover) The Wild Thornberrys soundtrack
2002 "Bless You" (Lennon cover) Uncut Presents: Instant Karma 2002; a Tribute to John Lennon[23]
2005 "Stop Your Sobbing", "Back on the Chain Gang", "Middle of the Road" Live Aid Anniversary Box Set. "Time the Avenger" and "Message of Love" also performed but not included.

DVDs

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  • The Isle of View (1995)[24]
  • Loose in L.A. (2003)[25]
  • 20 Years Ago Today – Live Aid (2005)[26]
  • Live in London (2010)[27]
  • Pretenders and Friends (2019)

References

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  4. ^ "Discographie von Pretenders". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Dutch Album Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Norwegian Album Chart". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
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  9. ^ "Swiss Album Chart". Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
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  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "British certifications – Pretenders". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 December 2022. Type Pretenders in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. ^ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Imgur.com.
  13. ^ "NVPI Certifications". NVPI. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "RIAA Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  15. ^ "BPI".
  16. ^ "BPI".
  17. ^ "Belgian album Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  18. ^ "Spanish Album Chart". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  19. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d Reilly, Nick (17 March 2020). "The Pretenders announce new album 'Hate for Sale' and share first track". NME. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  21. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (11 May 2023). "Pretenders share nostalgic new single, ' Let The Sun Come In'". NME. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  22. ^ Breihan, Tom (16 June 2023). "The Pretenders – "I Think About You Daily" (Feat. Jonny Greenwood)". Stereogum. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Uncut Presents: Instant Karma 2002; a Tribute to John Lennon: Various Artists". Amazon. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  24. ^ Discogs – the Isle of View (3 versions and tracklist) Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ Discogs – Loose in L.A. (5 versions and tracklist)
  26. ^ Discogs – 20 Years Ago Today – Live Aid (tracklist, credits, and notes)
  27. ^ Discogs – Live in London (3 versions and tracklist)