PretendersBest Pretenders Albums Ranked
8.3
Avg Score
17
Opinions
16
Albums
7
Reviewers
Summary from 17 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Pretenders’s catalog across 16 albums from 17 opinions, with an overall average of 8.3/10. The top-rated Pretenders album is Pretenders (Expanded Edition) [2006 Remaster] (1979) with a 8.6/10 average from 4 ratings, followed by The Best of Pretenders (Remastered) and Relentless. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1979 to 2023.
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Learning to Crawl
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at Chrissie Hynde’s 1984 reinvention of her band, an album born of tragedy, chaos, and joy that becomes a no-holds-barred emotional rollercoaster.”
Pirate Radio
“Four-disc, one-DVD set celebrates the rich history of the famed post-punk band.”
Relentless
“If the Pretenders’ releases in the 2010s blurred the boundary between Chrissie Hynde the solo artist and watered-down iterations of the band that were over-reliant on session musicians, then Relentless goes some way to correcting this lack of continuity. This 12th album finds the partnership between Hynde and guitarist/songwriting foil James Walbourne – which so lit up 2020’s Hate for Sale – devel”
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