The Singles (Pretenders album)

The Singles
Compilation album by The Pretenders
Released 17 November 1987
Recorded 1979–1986
Genre Rock
Length 57:18
Label WEA
Sire Records
Producer
The Pretenders chronology
Get Close
(1986)Get Close1986		 The Singles
(1987)		 Packed!
(1990)Packed!1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Robert ChristgauA[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The Singles is The Pretenders' 1987 compilation album and features all the band's UK single hits to that date, as well as including "I Got You Babe" which Chrissie Hynde had performed with UB40 in 1985. The album reached #69 in the US album chart and #6 in the UK.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Stop Your Sobbing" – 2:37 (Ray Davies)
  2. "Kid" – 3:05 (Chrissie Hynde)
    • From 1979 album Pretenders
  3. "Brass in Pocket" – 3:04 (Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott)
    • From 1979 album Pretenders
  4. "Talk of the Town" – 3:12 (Hynde)
  5. "I Go to Sleep" – 2:55 (Ray Davies)
    • From 1981 album Pretenders II
  6. "Day After Day" – 4:01 (Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott)
    • From 1981 album Pretenders II
  7. "Message of Love" – 3:24 (Hynde)
    • From 1981 EP Extended Play and album Pretenders II
  8. "Back on the Chain Gang" – 3:50 (Hynde)
  9. "Middle of the Road" – 4:12 (Hynde)
    • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  10. "2000 Miles" – 3:38 (Hynde)
    • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  11. "Show Me" – 4:07 (Hynde)
    • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  12. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – 3:39 (Richard Poindexter/Robert Poindexter/Jackie Members)
    • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  13. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:48 (Hynde)
  14. "Hymn to Her" – 4:28 (Meg Keene)
    • From 1986 album Get Close
  15. "My Baby" – 4:07 (Hynde)
    • From 1986 album Get Close
  16. "I Got You Babe" (performed by UB40 with Hynde) – 3:11 (Sonny Bono)

Charts

Year Chart Position
1987 US Billboard Album Chart 69
1987 UK Album Chart 6

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
France (SNEP)[6] Gold 128,500[7]

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Chicago Tribune review
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 653. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ <"BPI Certifications". BPI. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  6. ↑ "French album certifications – The Pretenders – Last of the Independents" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  7. ↑ "Les Albums Or". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
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