The Pretenders. regarded as one of the best debut albums ever recorded, Pretenders was chocked full of moxie and attitude. As a part of the second British Invasion, they joined artists such as Elvis Costello, The Clash and Joe Jackson in redefining music in the late ’70s and early ’80s. The band punches us in the stomach with the punk-inspired track “Precious,” but that was just the beginning of the thrashing as “The Wait” and “Tattooed Love Boys” added fuel to the fire. They did go soft on us with the Kinks’ “Stop Your Sobbing,” “Lovers of Today” and “Kid.” They even managed to get a pop song on the radio with “Brass in Pocket.” Chrissie and company have churned out several albums since their debut and have had some hits, but this recording remains to be the band’s best.
Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978. The original band comprised 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 Chrissie Hynde as the only consistent member, and Chambers returning after an absence of several years.Their self-titled debut album was released at the end of December 1979 and was a success in the United Kingdom and the United States Pretenders was subsequently named one of the best albums of all time by Rolling Stone,
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