Pretenders

Pretenders is the debut studio album by the British New Wave band The Pretenders, released on 19 January 1980 on Real Records (Sire Records in the United States). A combination of rock, punk, and pop music, this album made the band famous. This album, their first, compiles several previously released tracks from their 1979 singles "Stop Your Sobbing"/"The Wait," "Kid"/"Tattooed Love Boys," and "Brass in Pocket"/"Swinging London"/"Nervous but Shy," as well as seven new tracks (and a re-recorded version of "The Wait"). Nick Lowe produced the Pretenders' first single, "Stop Your Sobbing," but decided not to work with them again as he thought the band "wasn't going anywhere." Chris Thomas took over on the subsequent recording...