Break Up The Concrete
by Pretenders
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Pretenders bestography
Break Up The Concrete is ranked 10th best out of 18 albums by Pretenders on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pretenders is Pretenders which is ranked number 593 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,810.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Break Up The Concrete track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Break Up The Concrete rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2008 | 88/95 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2008 | 81/90 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 53 Music Albums of 2008 | 19/53 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1301-1400 | 36/100 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 68 Music Albums of 2008 | 66/68 | 0 |
| 2025 |  jwammo12 | Top 63 Music Albums of the 2000s | 49/63 | 5 |
| 2024 | Finky | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2024 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2022 | amirmishali | Top 18 Music Albums of 2008 | 12/18 | 2 |
| 2022 |  pavelthevelvet | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 98/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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Break Up The Concrete ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/09/2026 10:43 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/27/2025 05:40 | Tamthebam | 23,375 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/15/2025 22:46 | PapaShiz86 | 11,762 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.4.
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pedro1976 08/28/2023 07:26 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 06/21/2017 11:52 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Milk Of Human KindnessBreak Up The Concrete comments
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jwammo12 03/10/2021 20:18 | #267207
Chrissie goes for more ballads and adds a dash of country to the sound, but it's still a Pretenders record, great sound and great songwriting. The youthful aggression is all gone now, but I think there's more depth. Great album!
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/19/2012 14:25 | #35463
Their first album in 6 years. The rockers sound really fine, but the majority of the disc is ballads. More country than you've ever heard the band. And Chrissie Hynde still rules.
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