PRETENDERS - s/t LP

40th anniversary edition. 180 gram vinyl. Remastered.

Highly recommended.

The birth of Cool Wave!

Definitely one of the greatest debut albums of all-time embodying equal parts punk, ska and rock.

New Wave may have been born a few years earlier but Chrissie Hynde and company bring it to the next level.

James Honeyman-Scott's guitar talents are everywhere and songs like "Private Life" leave us with the promise of what could have been. Staples include the hit singles "Brass In Pocket", "Kid" and the raucous "Precious" but for pure punk enthusiasts "Up The Neck" separates The Pretenders from the pretenders.