Length 49:14 Release date 10 May 1994 | Artist The Pretenders Label Sire Records | |
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Released 9 May 1994 (UK)
10 May 1994 (US) Recorded 1994 in London at The Townhouse Studio and Sarm Studio West, and in Bath at The Wool Hall Last of the Independents
(1994) The Isle of View
(1995) Genres Rock music, Alternative rock Producers Stephen Street, Ian Stanley, Chris Thomas Similar The Pretenders albums, Rock music albums | ||
Last of the Independents is the sixth album by rock group The Pretenders, released in 1994. For this album, the band is officially credited as being Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar), Adam Seymour (guitar), Andy Hobson (bass) and Martin Chambers (drums). However, this line-up only plays together on one track ("All My Dreams"); the rest of the album is performed by Hynde and Seymour in conjunction with a rotating series of musicians on bass and drums. These musicians include Hobson and Chambers, as well as bassists Andy Rourke, Tom Kelly and David Paton, and drummers Jimmy Copley and J.F.T. Hood. A few other session musicians also appear, including Ian Stanley, and one-time Pretenders guitarist Robbie McIntosh, who plays alongside Hynde and Seymour on "I'm a Mother".
Contents
The album also marked the official return of Chambers, who had been fired by Hynde eight years prior.
Track listing
- "Hollywood Perfume" (Chrissie Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 3:55
- "Night in My Veins" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:15
- "Money Talk" (Hynde) – 3:38
- "977" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:54
- "Revolution" (Hynde) – 4:32
- "All My Dreams" (Hynde) – 3:12
- "I'll Stand by You" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:59
- "I'm a Mother" (Hynde, J.F.T. Hood) – 5:18
- "Tequila" (Hynde) – 1:13
- "Every Mother's Son" (Hynde) – 3:41
- "Rebel Rock Me" (Hynde) – 3:08
- "Love Colours" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 4:32
- "Forever Young" (Bob Dylan) – 5:04
Note: The version of "Tequila" presented here is an arrangement of a fragment of the song. Full versions can be heard on the two-CD version of Pretenders and the Pirate Radio box set.
Personnel
Songs
1Hollywood Perfume3:56
2Night in My Veins3:17
3Money Talk3:40