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…