Studio albums 10 Compilation albums 4 Singles 33 | Live albums 3 EPs 1 | |
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The discography of The Pretenders, a Hereford, England-based rock band, consists of ten studio albums, four compilation albums, one extended play (EP), two live albums, and 33 singles, though this does not include any solo material recorded by the individual members of The Pretenders.
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Vocalist/guitarist Chrissie Hynde, guitarist/keyboardist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon and drummer Martin Chambers formed The Pretenders in 1978, soon signing to the independent label Sire Records and releasing their debut album Pretenders. The Pretenders' second album, Pretenders II, came out in 1981. The following year bassist Farndon was fired because of his drug abuse and, two days later, guitarist Honeyman-Scott died of a drug related heart attack; Farndon later died in 1983 as a result of drug abuse. In January 1984 the band released Learning to Crawl. The band would later release two more albums before releasing the hit album Last of the Independents.
In 1993, the Pretenders contributed a song "Bold as Love" to the album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.
Viva el Amor, released in 1999, would be their first album to not chart in mainland Europe with the exception of Germany and Sweden; the album peaked at 158 on the Billboard 200. In 2002 they released Loose Screw peaking at 179 on the Billboard 200 and 55 on the UK Albums Chart. Break Up the Concrete was released in October 2008 and returned the Pretenders to the Top 40 on Billboard 200 when it peaked at 32. The album was not released in UK and Europe until June 2009 when it was released as a double album with a compilation album of hit songs, titled The Best of / Break Up the Concrete. The double-album package peaked at 35 in the UK, returning them to the UK Top 40 for the first time since 2000's Greatest Hits.
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