1979–1999

Tracklist

• CD 1: Pretenders
• 1
  Precious
  3:35
  4.4 ★
• 2
  The Phone Call
  2:29
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Up the Neck
  4:26
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Tatooed Love Boys
  2:59
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Space Invader
  3:27
  3.5 ★
• 6
  The Wait
  3:35
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Stop Your Sobbing
  2:38
  3.5 ★
• 8
  Kid
  3:05
  4.5 ★
• 9
  Private Life
  6:25
  3.4 ★
• 10
  Brass in Pocket
  3:02
  4.4 ★
• 11
  Lovers of Today
  5:49
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Mystery Achievement
  5:25
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Swinging London
  1:53
• 14
  Nervous but Shy
  1:43
• 15
  Cuban Slide
  4:31
• 16
  Porcelain
  3:52
• 17
  Precious (live)
  3:25
• 18
  Kid (1987 extended remix)
  5:19
• CD 2: Pretenders
• 1
  The Phone Call (late 1977)
  2:21
• 2
  Brass in Pocket (February 1978)
  3:46
• 3
  Precious (April 1978)
  3:43
• 4
  The Wait (April 1978)
  3:07
• 5
  Stop Your Sobbing (April 1978)
  2:22
• 6
  I Can’t Control Myself (April 1978)
  4:22
• 7
  Tequila (April 1978)
  5:20
• 8
  Kid (December 1978)
  4:04
• 9
  Sabre Dance (The Marquee, April 1979)
  3:51
• 10
  I Need Somebody (The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979)
  4:04
• 11
  Mystery Achievement (The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979)
  4:52
• 12
  Precious (The Paradise Theatre, March 1980)
  3:25
• 13
  Tatooed Love Boys (The Paradise Theatre, March 1980)
  3:04
• DVD-Video 3: Pretenders
• 1
  Stop Your Sobbing
• 2
  Kid
• 3
  Brass in Pocket
• 4
  Stop Your Sobbing (TOTP, February 1979)
• 5
  Kid (TOTP, July 1979)
• 6
  Brass in Pocket (TOTP, November 1979)
• 7
  Brass in Pocket (TOTP, December 1979)
• 8
  Kid (Swap Shop, December 1979)
• 9
  Brass in Pocket (TOTP, January 1980)
• CD 4: Pretenders II
• 1
  The Adultress
  3:58
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Bad Boys Get Spanked
  4:06
• 3
  Message of Love
  3:25
  4.0 ★
• 4
  I Go to Sleep
  2:56
• 5
  Birds of Paradise
  4:16
• 6
  Talk of the Town
  2:43
• 7
  Pack It Up
  3:51
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Waste Not Want Not
  3:44
• 9
  Day After Day
  3:46
• 10
  Jealous Dogs
  5:35
• 11
  The English Roses
  4:29
• 12
  Louie Louie
  3:29
• CD 5: Pretenders II
• 1
  Talk of the Town (demo)
  2:46
• 2
  I Go to Sleep (guitar version – outtake)
  2:58
• 3
  Pack It Up (radio mix – outtake)
  3:51
• 4
  In the Sticks
  2:39
• 5
  What You Gonna Do About It
  2:44
• 6
  The Wait
  3:22
• 7
  The Adultress
  4:05
• 8
  Message of Love
  3:28
• 9
  Louie Louie
  3:42
• 10
  Talk of the Town
  3:17
• 11
  Birds of Paradise
  4:17
• 12
  The English Roses
  4:51
• 13
  Up the Neck
  5:57
• 14
  Bad Boys Get Spanked
  3:02
• 15
  Stop Your Sobbing
  3:26
• 16
  Private Life
  7:04
• 17
  Kid
  3:48
• 18
  Day After Day
  4:41
• 19
  Brass in Pocket
  3:11
• 20
  Higher and Higher
  4:17
• DVD-Video 6: Pretenders II
• 1
  Talk of the Town
• 2
  Message of Love
• 3
  Day After Day
• 4
  I Go to Sleep
• 5
  Message of Love (TOTP, February 1981)
• 6
  I Go to Sleep (TOTP, November 1981)
• CD 7: Learning to Crawl
• 1
  Middle of the Road
  4:14
  4.8 ★
• 2
  Back on the Chain Gang
  3:51
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Time the Avenger
  4:55
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Watching the Clothes
  2:52
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Show Me
  4:08
• 6
  Thumbelina
  3:17
  3.0 ★
• 7
  My City Was Gone
  5:24
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 9
  I Hurt You
  4:35
  3.0 ★
• 10
  2000 Miles
  3:37
  3.0 ★
• CD 8: Learning to Crawl
• 1
  Fast or Slow (The Law’s the Law)
  3:11
• 2
  Money (live)
  4:36
• 3
  Time the Avenger (live)
  4:22
• 4
  Bad Boys Get Spanked (live)
  3:10
• 5
  My City Was Gone (live)
  4:40
• 6
  Tequila
  3:33
• 7
  I Hurt You (August 1982)
  4:05
• 8
  When I Change My Life (August 1982)
  4:42
• 9
  Ramblin’ Rob (August 1982)
  3:31
• 10
  Watching the Clothes (August 1982)
  2:50
• DVD-Video 9: Learning to Crawl
• 1
  Back on the Chain Gang
• 2
  2000 Miles
• 3
  Middle of the Road
• 4
  Show Me
• 5
  Thin Line Between Love and Hate
• 6
  2000 Miles (rehearsal and interview, Breakfast Time, December 1983)
• 7
  2000 Miles (TOTP, December 1983)
• CD 10: Get Close
• 1
  My Baby

  The Pretenders
  4:07
  2.0 ★
• 2
  When I Change My Life

  The Pretenders
  3:37
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Light of the Moon

  The Pretenders
  3:57
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Dance!

  The Pretenders
  4:43
• 5
  Tradition of Love

  The Pretenders
  5:19
• 6
  Don’t Get Me Wrong

  The Pretenders
  3:47
  4.2 ★
• 7
  I Remember You

  The Pretenders
  2:37
• 8
  How Much Did You Get for Your Soul?

  The Pretenders
  3:47
• 9
  Chill Factor

  The Pretenders
  3:26
• 10
  Hymn to Her

  The Pretenders
  4:54
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Room Full of Mirrors

  The Pretenders
  4:35
• CD 11: Get Close
• 1
  Dance (full length version)

  The Pretenders
  6:48
• 2
  Room Full of Mirrors (extended version)

  The Pretenders
  9:48
• 3
  Tradition of Love (extended remix)

  The Pretenders
  6:11
• 4
  Thumbelina (live)

  The Pretenders
  5:02
• 5
  Middle of the Road (live)

  The Pretenders
  4:29
• 6
  Private Life (live)

  The Pretenders
  7:16
• 7
  Dance (take 1)

  The Pretenders
  5:06
• 8
  Don’t Get Me Wrong (live in Austin, 1987)

  The Pretenders
  3:50
• 9
  Hold a Candle to This (alternate version)

  The Pretenders
  3:42
• 10
  World Within Worlds

  The Pretenders
  3:46
• 11
  When I Change My Life (alternate version)

  The Pretenders
  3:59
• 12
  Reconsider Me (Monitor mix)

  The Pretenders
  3:18
• 13
  Where Has Everybody Gone (from “The Living Daylights”)

  The Pretenders
  3:37
• 14
  If There Was a Man (from “The Living Daylights”)

  The Pretenders
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Windows of the World (from “1969”)

  The Pretenders
  3:00
• 16
  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

  The Pretenders
  4:37
• DVD-Video 12: Get Close
• 1
  Don’t Get Me Wrong
• 2
  Hymn to Her
• 3
  My Baby
• 4
  Don’t Get Me Wrong (Wogan, October 1986)
• 5
  Don’t Get Me Wrong (TOTP, October 1986)
• CD 13: Packed!
• 1
  Never Do That

  The Pretenders
  3:19
• 2
  Let’s Make a Pact

  The Pretenders
  3:18
• 3
  Millionaires

  The Pretenders
  3:04
• 4
  May This Be Love

  The Pretenders
  2:43
  2.0 ★
• 5
  No Guarantee

  The Pretenders
  3:46
• 6
  When Will I See You

  The Pretenders
  4:54
• 7
  Sense of Purpose

  The Pretenders
  3:02
• 8
  Downtown (Akron)

  The Pretenders
  2:43
• 9
  How Do I Miss You

  The Pretenders
  4:22
• 10
  Hold a Candle to This

  The Pretenders
  3:39
• 11
  Criminal

  The Pretenders
  3:50
• 12
  Not a Second Time
  2:13
• 13
  Spirit of Life
  4:05
• DVD-Video 14: Packed!
• 1
  Never Do That
• 2
  Sense of Purpose
• 3
  Never Do That (Wogan, June 1990)
• 4
  Millionaires (The Late Show, June 1990)
• 5
  Criminal (The Late Show, June 1990)
• CD 15: Last of the Independents
• 1
  Hollywood Perfume
  3:55
• 2
  Night in My Veins
  3:16
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Money Talk
  3:39
• 4
  977
  3:53
• 5
  Revolution
  4:32
• 6
  All My Dreams
  3:14
• 7
  I’ll Stand by You
  3:58
  3.5 ★
• 8
  I’m a Mother
  5:17
• 9
  Tequila
  1:04
• 10
  Every Mother’s Son
  3:35
• 11
  Rebel Rock Me
  3:07
• 12
  Colours
  4:32
• 13
  Forever Young
  5:04
• CD 16: Last of the Independents
• 1
  Angel of the Morning (from “Friends”)
  4:06
• 2
  Bold as Love
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Hollywood Perfume (live)
  4:13
• 4
  Kid (live)
  3:56
• 5
  I’ll Stand by You (live)
  4:04
• 6
  Back on the Chain Gang (live)
  4:19
• 7
  Night on My Veins (live)
  3:40
• 8
  Precious (live)
  4:26
• 9
  Angel of the Morning (original version)
  3:31
• 10
  Every Mother’s Son (demo)
  3:46
• 11
  I’m Not in Love (from “Indecent Proposal”)
  3:51
• 12
  Everyday Is Like Sunday (from “Boys on the Side”)
  3:38
• DVD-Video 17: Last of the Independents
• 1
  I’ll Stand by You
• 2
  Night in My Veins
• 3
  I’ll Stand by You (TOTP, April 1994)
• 4
  Night in My Veins (Later, May 1994)
• 5
  977 (Later, May 1994)
• 6
  Hollywood Perfume (Later, May 1994)
• 7
  Night in My Veins (TOTP, July 1994)
• 8
  Don’t Get Me Wrong (Danny Baker Show, October 1994)
• 9
  977 (Danny Baker Show, October 1994)
• CD 18: The Isle of View
• 1
  Sense of Purpose

  The Pretenders
  3:49
• 2
  Chill Factor

  The Pretenders
  4:00
• 3
  Private Life

  The Pretenders
  4:42
• 4
  Back on the Chain Gang

  The Pretenders
  4:17
• 5
  Kid

  The Pretenders
  3:58
• 6
  I Hurt You

  The Pretenders
  4:21
• 7
  Criminal

  The Pretenders
  4:17
• 8
  Brass in Pocket

  The Pretenders
  3:23
• 9
  2000 Miles

  The Pretenders
  3:32
• 10
  Hymn to Her

  The Pretenders
  3:52
• 11
  Lovers of Today

  The Pretenders
  5:20
• 12
  The Phone Call

  The Pretenders
  2:55
• 13
  I Go to Sleep

  The Pretenders
  2:57
• 14
  Revolution

  The Pretenders
  6:02
• 15
  The Isle of View

  The Pretenders
  0:42
• 16
  Creep
  4:03
• 17
  Happy Christmas
  4:53
• 18
  Night of My Veins
  3:47
• 19
  Tequila (acoustic live)
  3:10
• DVD-Video 19: The Isle of View
• 1
  Sense of Purpose
• 2
  Chill Factor
• 3
  I Hurt You
• 4
  Back on the Chain Gang
• 5
  Thumbelina
• 6
  Kid
• 7
  Private Life
• 8
  Creep
• 9
  Criminal
• 10
  Brass in Pocket
• 11
  2000 Miles
• 12
  Hymn to Her
• 13
  Blue Sun
• 14
  Lovers of Today
• 15
  The Phone Call
• 16
  I Go to Sleep
• 17
  Revolution
• 18
  Night in My Veins
• 19
  Kid (TOTP, September 1995)
• 20
  Criminal (Pebble Mill, November 1995)
• 21
  2000 Miles (Pebble Mill, November 1995)
• CD 20: ¡Viva el Amor!
• 1
  Popstar
  3:32
• 2
  Human
  3:55
• 3
  From the Heart Down
  3:31
• 4
  Nails in the Road
  3:24
• 5
  Who’s Who
  4:10
• 6
  Dragway 42
  5:20
• 7
  Baby’s Breath
  3:15
• 8
  One More Time
  3:15
• 9
  Legalise Me
  3:50
• 10
  Samurai
  4:43
• 11
  Rabo de Nube
  1:25
• 12
  Biker
  4:40
• CD 21: ¡Viva el Amor!
• 1
  The Homecoming (Street version)
  4:16
• 2
  Human (Class mix)
  3:57
• 3
  The Needle and the Damage Done
  3:46
• 4
  Samurai (Street mix)
  5:47
• 5
  Back Down
  4:16
• 6
  California
  4:32
• 7
  From the Heart Down (alternate version)
  3:41
• 8
  Goin’ Back (from “Fever Pitch”)
  4:06
• 9
  Goodbye (from “G.I. Jane”)
  4:34
• 10
  The Homecoming (from “G.I. Jane”)
  4:22
• DVD-Video 22: ¡Viva el Amor!
• 1
  Human
• 2
  Popstar
• 3
  From the Heart Down (Later, May 1999)
• 4
  Human (Later, May 1999)
• 5
  Talk of the Town (Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999)
• 6
  Kid (Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999)
• 7
  Back on the Chain Gang (Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999)

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Release credits

• Adam Seymour
  guitar [1-3, 5-13]
• Andrew Bodner
  bass guitar [8], vocal [8]
• Andy Hobson
  bass [1, 6, 13]
• Andy Rourke
  bass [2-3, 5, 9-12]
• Bernie Worrell
  keyboard [3, 8], organ [7, 9], synthesizer [10.1, 10.4, 10.7, 10.9, 11.1]
• Bill Price
  engineer [1-12], mix [1-9, 11-12]
• Billy Bremner
  guitar [2, 7-8], vocal [8]
• Blair Cunningham
  drums (drum set) [3, 7-8], membranophone [10.9, 11.1, 11.16], percussion [4]
• Bob Clearmountain
  mix [10.1-11, 16.2, 11.1, 11.15-16, 15.3-4, 15.6, 15.12], producer [10.1-10, 11.1, 11.16]
• Bruce Body
  organ [11.1, 10.4, 10.8]
• Bruce Lampcov
  engineer [10.1-10, 11.1], recording [16]
• Bruce Thomas
  bass [1]
• Carlos Alomar
  percussion [3], synthesizer [3]
• Chris Thomas
  producer [4.1-12, 7.1-4, 7.6-10, 1.1-6, 1.8-12]
• Chrissie Hynde
  background vocals [2], guitar [4.3, 15.1-3, 15.5-13, 7.1-4, 7.6-10, 11.1, 10.1-11], lead vocals [2], vocal [11.1, 15.1-13, 4.3, 10.1-11, 7.1, 7.3-4, 7.6-10]
• Chucho Merchán
  bass [11.1, 10.2, 10.6, 10.10], bass guitar [4], percussion [11.1, 10.4]
• Howard Gray
  engineer [11]
• Ian Stanley
  producer [1-2, 5, 7, 9-11, 13]
• J.F.T. Hood
  drums (drum set) [1, 7-8, 13]
• James Honeyman‐Scott
  guitar [3]
• Jeremy Allom
  assistant [8-9]
• Jimmy Copley
  drums (drum set) [2, 5-11]
• Jimmy Iovine
  producer [11.1, 11.16, 10.1-10]
• John Barry
  arranger [13-14], producer [13-14]
• John McKenzie
  bass [5]
• Johnny Marr
  guitar [15]
• Julie Gardner
  assistant [3-4, 6, 12]
• Malcolm Foster
  bass [11], bass guitar [1, 3-4, 6, 8-10], vocal [8-9]
• Martin Chambers
  background vocals [2], drums (drum set) [4.3, 7.1-4, 7.6-10, 10.11], instrument [3-4, 6, 12], vocal [8-9]
• Mel Gaynor
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Michael Paul Stavrou
  mix [10]
• Nick Lowe
  producer [11.15, 1.7]
• Pat Seymour
  keyboard [1]
• Paul Carrack
  piano [8], vocal [8]
• Paul Staveley O’Duffy
  producer [13-14]
• Pete Farndon
  bass guitar [3]
• Pretenders
  performer [13-14]
• Robbie McIntosh
  guitar [11.1, 11.16, 7.1, 7.3-4, 7.6, 7.8-10, 10.1-3, 10.5-11], vocal [8-9]
• Rupert Black
  keyboard [11]
• Scott Litt
  recording [16]
• Shankar
  violin [5]
• Simon Phillips
  drums (drum set) [2, 5, 10]
• Stephen Street
  engineer [16.2, 15.3-4, 15.6, 15.12], producer [15.3-4, 15.6, 15.12, 16.2]
• Steve Boyer
  assistant [16]
• Steve Churchyard
  engineer [1-4, 6-10]
• Steve Jordan
  drums (drum set) [6], percussion [6]
• Steve Lillywhite
  producer [11]
• Steve Nye
  additional [1-12]
• Steve Williams
  engineer [1-2, 5, 7, 9-11, 13]
• T. M. Stevens
  bass [10.3, 10.7-9, 11.16], bass guitar [4]
• Tommy Mandel
  synthesizer [10]
• Tony Butler
  background vocals [2], bass guitar [2, 7]
• Wix
  keyboard [2], piano [6], synthesizer [6]
• Show all credits (53)

Issues

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  P
  Pretenders 1979–1999

  14x CD, 8x DVD-Video
  16 February 2015