The Pretenders - Pretenders Album

Over a quarter of a century after its release, The Pretenders album will still thrill and excite you when you hear it today. This white-hot collaboration between an American expatriate and three tremendously talented Englishmen at the tail end of the punk movement resulted in a 12-song disc that in its quality, influence, vision, range, ambition and plain old rock and roll energy has yet to be matched. The Pretenders hop from genre to genre with such ease and fluidity, you barely notice the experimentation. From reggae (“Private Life Drummer”) to avant guarde jazz (“Tattooed Love Boys”) to top forty (Brass in Pocket), these boys lay it out behind Chrisse Hynde’s powerful vocals. For the true rock aficionado this is a must have.