Released March 30, 1981 Length 17:45 Artist The Pretenders Producer Chris Thomas Genre Rock music | Recorded 1980–81 Extended Play
(1981) Pretenders II
(1981) Release date 30 March 1981 Label Sire Records | |
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Extended Play is a 1981 EP released by new wave band Pretenders. "Message of Love" and "Talk of the Town" were included on their second album released later in the year. "Porcelain" and "Cuban Slide", outtakes from the first album, were included on the 2006 remastered edition of Pretenders, as well as the Pirate Radio boxed set. The live version of "Precious" from Central Park was reissued on the 2015 UK boxset from Edsel / Rhino Records. It is on Disc One of the Pretenders debut album grouped with the B-sides bonus tracks.
Contents
This EP was released mainly in the US, not in the UK. In the UK the tracks were released as the singles "Message of Love" b/w "Porcelain" and "Talk of the Town" b/w "Cuban Slide". "Precious" is unique to this release though.
"Message of Love" contains the Oscar Wilde line "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" from the play Lady Windermere's Fan.[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Chrissie Hynde unless otherwise indicated.
Side one
- "Message of Love" – 3:24
- "Talk of the Town" – 2:42 (edit of the 3:13 single)
- "Porcelain" 3:53
Side two
- "Cuban Slide" (Hynde, Honeyman-Scott) – 4:29
- "Precious" – 3:17 (Live in Central Park, August 30, 1980)
Personnel
Charts
Album
Songs
1Message of Love3:26
2Talk of the Town2:42
3Porcelain3:53