Pretenders (studio album)
by Pretenders
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Pretenders is ranked as the best album by Pretenders.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 45 hours ago |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 4 days ago | SD100852 | 1,241 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 23:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 3,993 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2025 19:45 |  Milhaud | 1,652 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:07 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Chrissie Hynde's provocative band project rocks as hard as any male dominant group on The Pretenders alt-rock eponymous release. James Honeyman-Scott's multidimensional lead guitar playing is on par with the greats of the time. The bone crunching drumming of Martin Chambers and bassist Peter Farndon round out the rhythm section. "Precious", "Brass in My Pocket" and a Kinks cover song, "Stop Your Sobbing" are the highlights however each song on the album can stand on its own. One of the great debut albums of all time.
Really enjoyed this. Space Invader is one of my favourite instrumental tracks ever. I also liked Mystery Achievement, Private Life, Brass In Pocket and Up The Neck.
Definitely unique album, I like instrumentals, vocals are hit (Brass In Pocket) or miss (The Wait) for me, some tracks are too long (Lovers Of Today, Private Life).
Best tracks: Brass In Pocket, Up The Neck
decent guitar etc and the iconic bass in pocket pop
So damn good.
Simple, catchy, enjoyable, my favorites are tracks 5 and 8.
seb7 12/11/2020 16:49 | #262539
Honestly, I like learning to crawl better. In term's of appreciation, this and learning to crawl are the same.
planetneutral 11/27/2020 16:04 | #261496
It takes a lot of confidence to stick the strongest tracks at the end of your debut album.
llibnanoon 07/10/2020 15:59 | #255367
Meh! Brass In Pocket is a great throwback. Rating (72.92)
ChrisPBacon 04/03/2020 15:19 | #249468
What an album to kick off the 80's! I liked it the first time I heard it, then I liked it better , with each listen.
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