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Length
  
38:38

Producer
  
Mitchell Froom

Label
  
Sire WEA Records

Released
  
14 May 1990 (UK) 22 May 1990 (US)

Recorded
  
London at Air Studios, Mayfair Studios and Abbey Road Studios Los Angeles at Sunset Sound Factory

Genre
  
Alternative rock, new wave

Packed! is the fifth album by rock group The Pretenders, released in 1990. For this album, the only real member of the group is Chrissie Hynde; no other person is pictured anywhere within the album package, and a rotating cast of session musicians (rather than a set band) is used to back Hynde throughout, essentially making this a de facto solo album by Hynde, only using the Pretenders name to satisfy contractual obligations. However, drummer Blair Cunningham plays on all tracks, though he is not credited as part of the band.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Chrissie Hynde, except as noted.

  1. "Never Do That" – 3:19
  2. "Let's Make a Pact" – 3:18
  3. "Millionaires" – 3:04
  4. "May This Be Love" (Jimi Hendrix) – 2:43
  5. "No Guarantee" – 3:49
  6. "When Will I See You" (Hynde, Johnny Marr) – 4:54
  7. "Sense of Purpose" – 3:02
  8. "Downtown (Akron)" – 2:43
  9. "How Do I Miss You" – 4:22
  10. "Hold a Candle to This" – 3:40
  11. "Criminal" – 4:18

Personnel

  • Chrissie Hynde – guitar (1-3,5-11), vocals (1-11), backing vocals (6,7)
    • Additional personnel
  • Blair Cunningham – drums (1-11), backing vocals (1,8)
  • Tchad Blake – guitar (4,5)
  • Billy Bremner – guitar (1-6,8,9,11), backing vocals (1,3,8)
  • Tim Finn – backing vocals (6)
  • Mitchell Froom – keyboards (2,4-6,9,11)
  • Mark Hart – backing vocals (6)
  • Will MacGregor – bass guitar (1), backing vocals (1)
  • John McKenzie – bass guitar (2,5,6,8,10,11), backing vocals (8)
  • Dominic Miller – guitar (7,10), bass guitar (7), backing vocals (7)
  • Teo Miller – backing vocals (3)
  • David Rhodes – guitar (3,11)
  • Tony "Gad" Robinson – bass guitar (9), backing vocals (9)
  • Duane Delano Verh – bass guitar (4)
  • Adey Wilson – backing vocals (3)
    • Technical
  • Tchad Blake - engineer
  • Geoff Foster, Rob Jaczko, Teo Miller - studio assistants
  • Jill Furmanovsky - photography

    • References

    Packed! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA