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The Singles (Pretenders album)

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Released
  
17 November 1987

Length
  
57:18

Artist
  
The Pretenders

Label
  
Sire Records

Recorded
  
1979–1986

The Singles (1987)
  
Packed! (1990)

Release date
  
17 November 1987

Genre
  
Rock music

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Producers
  
Bob Clearmountain, Pablo Falconer, Jimmy Iovine, Nick Lowe, Chris Thomas

Similar
  
Get Close, Pretenders II, Greatest Hits, Learning to Crawl, Loose Screw

The Singles is The Pretenders' 1987 compilation album and features all the band's UK single hits to that date, as well as including "I Got You Babe" which Chrissie Hynde had performed with UB40 in 1985. The album reached #69 in the US album chart and #6 in the UK.

Contents

Track listing & Chart positions

1. "Stop Your Sobbing" – 2:37 (Ray Davies) UK #34, US #65

  • From 1979 album Pretenders
  • 2. "Kid" – 3:05 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #33

  • From 1979 album Pretenders
  • 3. "Brass in Pocket" – 3:04 (Chrissie Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott) UK #1, US #14

  • From 1979 album Pretenders
  • 4. "Talk of the Town" – 3:12 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #8

  • From 1981 EP Extended Play and album Pretenders II
  • 5. "I Go to Sleep" – 2:55 (Ray Davies) UK #7

  • From 1981 album Pretenders II
  • 6. "Day After Day" – 4:01 (Chrissie Hynde/James Honeyman-Scott) UK #45

  • From 1981 album Pretenders II
  • 7. "Message of Love" – 3:24 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #11

  • From 1981 EP Extended Play and album Pretenders II
  • 8. "Back on the Chain Gang" – 3:50 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #17, US #5

  • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  • 9. "Middle of the Road" – 4:12 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #81, US #19

  • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  • 10. "2000 Miles" – 3:38 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #15

  • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  • 11. "Show Me" – 4:07 (Chrissie Hynde) US #28

  • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  • 12. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – 3:39 (Richard Poindexter/Robert Poindexter/Jackie Members) UK #49, US #83

  • From 1983 album Learning to Crawl
  • 13. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:48 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #10, US #10

  • From 1986 album Get Close
  • 14. "Hymn to Her" – 4:28 (Meg Keene) UK #8

  • From 1986 album Get Close
  • 15. "My Baby" – 4:07 (Chrissie Hynde) UK #84, US #65

  • From 1986 album Get Close
  • 16. "I Got You Babe" (performed by UB40 with Chrissie Hynde) – 3:11 (Sonny Bono)

  • From UB40 1985 album Baggariddim
  • Songs

    1Stop Your Sobbing2:39
    2Kid3:06
    3Brass in Pocket3:05

    References

    The Singles (Pretenders album) Wikipedia