Pretenders 
The best album credited to Pretenders is Pretenders which is ranked number 574 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,932.
Pretenders is ranked number 395 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 4,876.
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- Billy Bremner
- Johnny Marr
- Chrissie Hynde
- See also:
- The Refreshments (SE)
- Chrissie Hynde & Pals
- The Smiths
- Modest Mouse
- The The
- The Cribs
- Electronic
- Rockpile
- Johnny Marr And The Healers
- Chrissie Hynde With The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble
Upcoming concerts
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Pretenders best albums
The following albums by Pretenders are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
Pretenders bestography composition
Pretenders best tracks
Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.
Pretenders ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/07/2025 22:48 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 | |
| 10/17/2023 10:06 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 | |
| 10/09/2023 16:05 |  hoyquarlow | 251 | 73/100 | |
| 09/23/2023 10:32 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 | |
| 09/21/2023 21:39 | LosWochos | 7,652 | 79/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some artists can have several thousand ratings)
This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.3.
Pretenders favourites
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Excellent band with one of the greatest front women in music history.
junodog4 04/25/2022 17:33 | #284649
Another quality band that is overlooked because of its genre and the decade it's associated with.
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