Pretenders je britsko-americká rocková skupina založená v roku 1978 v Hereforde. Pôvodnú zostavu tvorili zakladateľka a hlavná autorka Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Pete Farndon a Martin Chambers. Kapela kombinuje rock, punk a new wave.
Debutový štúdiový album Pretenders vyšiel v januári 1980 vo vydavateľstve Real Records a okamžite sa stal úspechom — v britských rebríčkoch dosiahol prvú pozíciu. Táto rozšírená reedícia na 3 CD zostavená samotnou Chrissie Hynde prináša popri pôvodnej nahrávke aj mnohé demo verzie a živé záznamy, celkovo 55 skladieb. Album obsahuje klasické singly ako Brass in Pocket, Stop Your Sobbing a Kid. Balenie má formát LP s CD vo vnútri.
Na albume sa podieľali James Honeyman-Scott, Martin Chambers, Chrissie Hynde, Pete Farndon, Carwyn Ellis a Nick Wilkinson.
Skladby
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)
