
Artist
Pretenders
Pretenders is a rock artist from Hereford, England, UK formed in 1978. 47 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Hereford, England, UK · Best rock albums
- 47
- Releases
- 1979–2026
- Active years
- 1978
- Formed

Artist
Pretenders is a rock artist from Hereford, England, UK formed in 1978. 47 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Hereford, England, UK · Best rock albums

Most popular
Last of the Independents
1994

Learning to Crawl
1984

The Best Of / Break Up the Concrete
2009

Get Close
1986

Packed!
1990

Pretenders
1980

Break Up the Concrete
2008

Pretenders II
1981

Loose Screw
2002

The Singles
1987

Alone
2016

Pretenders Live - Kick 'Em Where It Hurts! (Live Album)
2025

Relentless
2023

Big Hits in Concert (Live)
2020

Live In New York (Live)
2017

Alone (Special Edition)
2017

Get Close (2007 Remaster)
2013

Original Album Series
2011
The Best of Pretenders
2008

Learning to Crawl (US Release)
2006

Pirate Radio
2006

The Isle of View
2004
Greatest Hits
2000
¡Viva El Amor!
1999

Viva El Amor
1999

Learning to Crawl (2018 Remaster)
1984

Pretenders II (2018 Remaster)
1981

Pretenders (2018 Remaster)
1980

Didn't Want To Be This Lonely
Single · 2026

Let's Get Lost
Single · 2026

The Buzz
Single · 2026

Turf Accountant Daddy
Single · 2026

You Can't Hurt a Fool
Single · 2026

Pretenders Live - Kick 'Em Where It Hurts! (Live)
Single · 2025

I Think About You Daily
Single · 2023

A Love
Single · 2023

Let the Sun Come In
Single · 2023

If There Was A Man (1992 Remaster)
Single · 2022

Stop Your Sobbing (BBC Live Session)
Single · 2021

Precious (Live in Santa Monica, Sept. 1981)
Single · 2021

2000 Miles
Single · 2020

Hate for Sale
Single · 2020

2000 Miles (Symphonic Version)
Single · 2018

'Loose Screws' The Remix E.P.
EP · 2004

Louie Louie / In the Sticks (2009 Remaster)
Single · 1981
Stop Your Sobbing
Single · 1979
Kid
Single · 1979
The Pretenders were one of the seminal bands of the second British Invasion, rising out of London in 1979 with a forceful, self-titled first album. Their melodic but hard-charging sound suggested a union of punk and New Wave approaches. Moreover, being older and more seasoned than their punk peers, they drew inspiration from bands of the first British Invasion, including the Kinks and the Who, as well American soul music. Leader Chrissie Hynde was, in fact, an American expatriate who grew up in Akron, Ohio, and moved to London in the hope of finding her way into the music business. It took several years to put a band together, but once guitarist/singer Hynde assembled the definitive Pretenders lineup - guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon and drummer Martin Chambers, all from rustic Hereford - they took off almost instantly. Throughout their volatile history, which has included the drug-related deaths of two founding members, the Pretenders have remained a vehicle for Hynde’s songs and breathy, dark-timbered alto. From the outset the Pretenders were an explosive combination of precision and flamboyance. The group mastered the blistering tempos and brute force of p…