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Greatest Hits (Pretenders album)

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Released
  
November 7, 2000

Length
  
72:52

Artist
  
The Pretenders

Label
  
Warner.ESP

Recorded
  
1978–1999

Greatest Hits (2000)
  
Loose Screw (2002)

Release date
  
7 November 2000

Genres
  
New wave, Power pop

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Similar
  
The Pretenders albums, New wave albums

Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by rock band The Pretenders in 2000. It was only their second greatest hits in 22 years, but less successful than its predecessor, The Singles, released in 1987. It contained only seven songs ("Human", "Forever Young", "Night in My Veins", "Spiritual High (State of Independence)", "Breakfast in Bed", "Popstar" and "I'll Stand by You") not featured on the previous compilation.

Contents

The track "Human" is a cover of the 1995 song "Human on the Inside" by Australian rock duo, Divinyls.

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Track listing

1. "Brass in Pocket" (James Honeyman-Scott, Chrissie Hynde) – 3:06

  • From 1980 album The Pretenders

    • 2. "Message of Love" (Chrissie Hynde) – 3:25

  • From 1981 EP Extended Play and album Pretenders II

    • 3. "Don't Get Me Wrong" (Chrissie Hynde) – 3:48

  • From 1986 album Get Close

    • 4. "Kid" (Chrissie Hynde) – 3:04

  • From 1980 album The Pretenders

    • 5. "Human" (Mark McEntee, Shelly Peiken) – 3:48

  • Tin Tin Out remix of track from 1999 album Viva el Amor

    • 6. "I Go to Sleep" (Ray Davies) – 2:56

  • From 1981 album Pretenders II

    • 7. "Forever Young" (Bob Dylan) – 5:04

  • From 1994 album Last of the Independents

    • 8. "I Got You Babe" (performed by UB40 with Chrissie Hynde) (Sonny Bono) – 3:11

  • From UB40 1985 album Baggariddim

    • 9. "Night in My Veins" (Chrissie Hynde, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:17

  • From 1994 album Last of the Independents

    • 10. "Spiritual High (State of Independence)" (performed by Moodswings featuring Chrissie Hynde) (Jon Anderson, Vangelis) – 4:30

  • From Moodswings' 1992 album Moodfood

    • 11. "Talk of the Town" (Chrissie Hynde) – 3:13

  • From 1981 EP Extended Play and album Pretenders II

    • 12. "Stop Your Sobbing" (Ray Davies) – 2:38

  • From 1980 album The Pretenders

    • 13. "Hymn to Her" (Meg Keene) – 4:57

  • From 1986 album Get Close

    • 14. "2000 Miles" (Chrissie Hynde) – 3:40

  • From 1984 album Learning to Crawl

    • 15. "Breakfast in Bed" (performed by UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde) (Eddie Hinton, Donnie Fritts) – 3:17

  • From UB40 1988 album UB40

    • 16. "Popstar" (Chrissie Hynde, Adam Seymour) – 3:34

  • From 1999 album Viva el Amor

    • 17. "Middle of the Road" (Chrissie Hynde) – 4:08

  • From 1984 album Learning to Crawl

    • 18. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" (Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter, Jackie Members) – 3:33

  • From 1984 album Learning to Crawl

    • 19. "Back on the Chain Gang" (Chrissie Hynde) – 3:44

  • From 1984 album Learning to Crawl

    • 20. "I'll Stand by You" (Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 3:59

  • From 1994 album Last of the Independents

    • Songs

    1Brass in Pocket3:05
    2Message of Love3:26
    3Don't Get Me Wrong3:48

    References

    Greatest Hits (Pretenders album) Wikipedia
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