Official Pretenders

The Pretenders' debut album was such a powerful, monumental record that its sequel was bound to be a bit of a disappointment, and Pretenders II is.

This new reissue of the Pretenders' 1987 compilation features the 2018 remasters by Chris Thomas for tracks from the first three albums and brand-new remasters for the singles from GET CLOSE.

"Too old to know better/ too young for her age," Chrissie Hynde sings, flashing by a mirror in the slow soul music sway of "You Can't Hurt a Fool" from Hate For SaleAlone, produced by by Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and featuring the musicians from his band The Arcs emphasized that point.

Almost 14 hours of the Pretenders' Music. Includes all studio and official live albums, plus the "Singles" compilation. Most of the albums presented in their original non-remastered quality, excepting the Rhino's Remasters, which featuring the Bonus discs with rare tracks, outtakes and live recordings. Also has added some "Audiophile" releases and 1x SACD ISO (Playstation3 rip).

"Pretenders II", released in 1981, rose to #10 in Billboard, and delivered the hit single "The Adultress". It also featured the band's signature classics: "Message Of Love", "Talk Of The Town" and "Pack It Up"; plus, another sublime cover of The Kinks' "I Go To Sleep" by Ray Davies. "Pretenders II" was eventually certified gold in 2001.

"Pretenders" is the first studio album by the British-American new wave band The Pretenders. It was released in 1979 and featured the singles "Stop Your Sobbing", "Kid", and "Brass in Pocket". The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart in the week of its release and stayed there for four consecutive weeks. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1982. "Pretenders" has been declared to be one of the best albums of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine and VH1.

"Learning To Crawl" is Pretenders’ 1984 Platinum-selling masterpiece. The album is widely considered one of Rock N’ Roll’s greatest classics. Reaching the Billboard Top Five, the recording includes the astounding tunes “Middle Of The Road”, “Back On The Chain Gang”, “2000 Miles” and “My City Was Gone”. "Learning To Crawl" remains one of the band’s finest albums.

The Pretenders are a British rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott in 1982 and Farndon in 1983, the band experienced numerous personnel changes; American-born Hynde has been the band's only continuous member.

"Get Close" is the fourth album by rock group The Pretenders, released in 1986. The album contains the band's two biggest Mainstream Rock Tracks chart hits, "Don't Get Me Wrong" and "My Baby", both of which reached #1.