Learning To Crawl - Pretenders

Simultaneously raw, honest, angry and poignant (2155 words)
by GentleGenius - written on 11/05/09 (Very useful, 52 readings)
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on Thin Line Between Love And Hate ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY CHRISSIE HYNDE, EXCEPT FOR "THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE" =================================== "Learning To Crawl" was The P Pretenders third album, and it reached no.11 in the UK album charts in January of 1984. Two promotional singles were taken from the album, the first of which was "Back On The Chain Gang" which reached no.17 in the UK singles charts in October 1982, and the second was "2000 Miles" which made no.15 in November 1983. It s interesting to note that the album didn t chart until well over a year after "Back On The Chain Gang" was at no.17. I m ...

The Singles - Pretenders

The Singles - at least up until 1987 (950 words)
by geranium72 - written on 02/08/09 (Very useful, 43 readings)
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out of my huge CD pile. Some people aren t huge fans of Greatest Hits type albums, but I always like to have the well known songs together. The P Pretenders were formed back in the late 1970s I think and had most of their hits in the 1980s. I don t remember being in to them at the time, in fact I can t remember when I did get into them to be honest. Maybe I was rifling through my Mum s record collection! The lead singer in Chrissis Hynde who was originally from the States but the band were formed here. They had massive critical acclaim both in the UK and the USA and this is their first greatest hits album. It was released in 1987. They seem to be classed as New Wave or ...