Pretenders е британско-американска рок група, основана през 1978 г. в Херефорд. Първоначалният състав включва основателката и основен автор Chrissie Hynde, Джеймс Хъниман-Скот, Пийт Фарндън и Мартин Чембърс. Групата съчетава рок, пънк и нова вълна.
Дебютният студиен албум Pretenders излезе през януари 1980 г. от издателство Real Records и веднага пожъна успех, достигайки първа позиция в британските класации. Тази разширена преиздадена версия на 3 CD, съставена от самата Chrissie Hynde, предлага освен оригиналния запис също и множество демо версии и концертни записи, общо 55 песни. Албумът включва класически сингли като Brass in Pocket, Stop Your Sobbing и Kid. Опаковката е във формат на LP с CD-та във вътрешни джобове.
В албума участват Джеймс Хъниман-Скот, Мартин Чембърс, Chrissie Hynde, Пийт Фарндън, Карвин Елис и Ник Уилкинсън.
Композиции
CD1
1. Precious
2. The Phone Call
3. Up the Neck
4. Tattooed Love Boys
5. Space Invader
6. The Wait
7. Stop Your Sobbing
8. Kid
9. Private Life
10. Brass in Pocket
11. Lovers of Today
12. Mystery Achievement
13. Cuban Slide
14. Porcelain
15. The Wait (Nick Lowe Version)
16. Nervous But Shy
17. Swinging London
CD2
1. The Phone Call (Demo)
2. Suicide (Demo)
3. Brass in Pocket (Demo)
4. Precious (Demo)
5. The Wait (Demo)
6. I Can t Control Myself (Demo)
7. Stop Your Sobbing (Demo)
8. Tequila (Demo)
9. Kid (Demo)
10. I Go to Sleep (Demo)
11. Do I Love You (Demo)
12. The Wait (The Kid Jensen Show February 5th 1979)
13. Up the Neck (The Kid Jensen Show February 5th 1979)
14. Stop Your Sobbing (The Kid Jensen Show February 5th 1979)
15. Private Life (The Kid Jensen Show February 5th 1979)
16. Cuban Slide (The Kid Jensen Show February 5th 1979)
17. Mystery Achievement (The Kid Jensen Show July 2nd 1979)
18. I Need Somebody (The Kid Jensen Show July 2nd 1979)
19. Tattooed Love Boys (The Kid Jensen Show July 2nd 1979)
CD3
1. The Wait (Live at Paris Theatre London January 2nd 1979)
2. Stop Your Sobbing (Live at Paris Theatre London January 2nd 1979)
3. Kid (Live at Paris Theatre London January 2nd 1979)
4. Cuban Slide (Live at Paris Theatre London January 2nd 1979)
5. Brass in Pocket (Live at Paris Theatre London January 2nd 1979)
6. Tattooed Love Boys (Live at Paris Theatre London January 2nd 1979)
7. Mystery Achievement (Live at Paris Theatre London January 2nd 1979)
8. Space Invader (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
9. The Wait (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
10. Precious (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
11. Kid (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
12. Private Life (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
13. Cuban Slide (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
14. The Phone Call (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
15. Talk of the Town (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
16. Tattooed Love Boys (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
17. Up the Neck (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
18. Mystery Achievement (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
19. Stop Your Sobbing (Live at the Paradise Theater Boston March 23rd 1980)
