The Pretenders je britsko-americká rocková skupina založená v roku 1978 v Hereforde iniciátorkou a autorkou väčšiny piesní Chrissie Hynde. Kapela zažila počas osemdesiatych rokov úmrtia dvoch členov spojené s drogami a následné personálne zmeny, pričom Hynde zostala jedinou stálou členkou.
Album Pretenders II vyšiel v auguste 1981 u vydavateľstva Sire Records ako druhý štúdiový album skupiny a dosiahol 7. priečku v britskom rebríčku a 10. miesto v americkom Billboard 200. Toto trojdiskové rozšírené vydanie zostavila sama Chrissie Hynde a zahŕňa pôvodnú nahrávku z roku 1981 s piesňami Message of Love, Talk of the Town či Day After Day, ďalej demo verzie a živé nahrávky z koncertu v newyorskom Central Parku z augusta 1980. Ide o posledný album v pôvodnej zostave, predtým než kapelu nasledujúci rok zasiahla smrť gitaristu Jamesa Honeyman-Scotta.
V čase vydania albumu tvorili The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde (spev, gitara), James Honeyman-Scott (gitara, klávesy, sprievodné vokály), Pete Farndon (basová gitara, sprievodné vokály), Martin Chambers (bicie), Carwyn Ellis a Nick Wilkinson.
Skladby
CD1
1. The Adultress (3.55)
2. Bad Boys Get Spanked (4.04)
3. Message of Love (3.26)
4. I Go to Sleep (2.55)
5. Birds of Paradise (4.14)
6. Talk of the Town (2.45)
7. Pick It Up (3.5)
8. Waste Not Want Not (3.43)
9. Day After Day (3.45)
10. Jealous Dogs (5.36)
11. The English Roses (4.28)
12. Louie Louie (3.3)
CD2
1. Talk of the Town (Demo)
2. What You Gonna Do About It (Bonus Track)
3. I Go to Sleep (Guitar Version) (Demo)
4. Pack It Up (Radio Mix) (Bonus Track)
5. Day After Day (Single Mix) (Bonus Track)
6. In the Sticks (Bonus Track)
7. Louie Louie (Monitor Mix) (Bonus Track)
8. Precious (Live in Central Park NYC August 30th 1980)
9. Space Invader (Live in Central Park NYC August 30th 1980)
10. Cuban Slide (Live in Central Park NYC August 30th 1980)
11. Porcelain (Live in Central Park NYC August 30th 1980)
12. Tattooed Love Boys (Live in Central Park NYC August 30th 1980)
13. Up the Neck (Live in Central Park NYC August 30th 1980)
CD3
1. The Wait (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
2. The Adultress (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
3. Message of Love (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
4. Louie Louie (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
5. Talk of the Town (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
6. Birds of Paradise (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
7. The English Roses (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
8. Stop Your Sobbing (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
9. Private Life (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
10. Kid (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
11. Day After Day (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
12. Up the Neck (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
13. Bad Boys Get Spanked (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
14. Tattooed Love Boys (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
15. Precious (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
16. Brass in Pocket (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
17. Mystery Achievement (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
18. Higher and Higher (Live at the Santa Monica Civic September 4th 1981)
