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Sales Rank: 34446
Category: Music
Artist: The Pretenders
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Label: Rhino / Wea
Format: Box Set, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 6.1 x 0.9
MPN: 73270
UPC: 081227327026
EAN: 0081227327026
ASIN: B000E1ZBHC
Release Date: March 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Disc 1
| • | Precious (Regent Park Demo)* | | • | Stop Your Sobbing | | • | The Wait (Single Version) | | • | Kid | | • | Tattooed Love Boys | | • | Mystery Achievement | | • | Brass In Pocket | | • | Porcelain | | • | Talk Of The Town (U.K. Single Version) | | • | Message Of Love | | • | Cuban Slide | | • | What You Gonna Do About It | | • | The Adultress | | • | Bad Boys Get Spanked | | • | I Go To Sleep | | • | Day After Day | | • | The English Roses | | • | Time The Avenger | | • | Watching The Clothes (Denmark Street Demo)* | | • | Show Me |
Disc 2
| • | Back On The Chain Gang | | • | Thumbelina | | • | Thin Line Between Love And Hate | | • | My City Was Gone | | • | Middle Of The Road | | • | Tequila* | | • | 2000 Miles | | • | When I Change My Life (Alternate Version)*8. | | • | My Baby | | • | Worlds Within Worlds* | | • | Don?t Get Me Wrong | | • | Hymn To Her | | • | Tradition Of Love | | • | Room Full Of Mirrors | | • | Reconsider Me* | | • | Hold A Candle To This (Alternate Version)* | | • | Windows Of The World | | • | Never Do That | | • | No Guarantee | | • | Not A Second Time |
Disc 3
| • | Sense Of Purpose | | • | Downtown (Akron) | | • | How Do I Miss You | | • | Bold As Love | | • | When Will I See You | | • | Hollywood Perfume | | • | Night In My Veins | | • | 977 | | • | All My Dreams | | • | Angel Of The Morning (Original Version)* | | • | Money Talk | | • | Rebel Rock Me | | • | I?ll Stand By You | | • | Every Mothers? Son (Demo)* | | • | Love Colours | | • | Private Life (Live) | | • | Lovers Of Today (Live) | | • | Creep (Live) | | • | Criminal (Live) | | • | Revolution (Live) |
Disc 4
| • | Everyday Is Like Sunday | | • | Human (Class Mix) | | • | Popstar | | • | Back Down* | | • | California* | | • | The Needle And The Damage Done | | • | From The Heart Down (Alternate Version)* | | • | Who?s Who | | • | Biker | | • | Nails In The Road | | • | Legalize Me | | • | The Homecoming (Live)* | | • | Up The Neck (Live)* | | • | Fools Must Die (Live)* | | • | Nothing Breaks Like A Heart | | • | Lie To Me | | • | Complex Person | | • | You Know Who Your Friends Are | | • | I Should Of | | • | The Losing |
Disc 5
| • | Talk Of The Town | | • | The Adultress | | • | The Wait | | • | Hollywood Perfume | | • | Brass In Pocket | | • | 977 | | • | Never Do That | | • | Thumbelina | | • | 2000 Miles | | • | Night In My Veins | | • | My City Was Gone | | • | Tattooed Love Boys | | • | Middle Of The Road | | • | Don?t Get Me Wrong | | • | Criminal | | • | Room Full Of Mirrors | | • | Louie, Louie | | • | Stop Your Sobbing | | • | Tattooed Love Boys/Up The Neck |
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Album Description
On "Brass in Pocket," one of the pretenders earliest singles-and their first to chart in the U.S., scoring #14 in Billboard-Chrissie Hynde sings, "I'm special, so special, I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me." Formed in London in '78 with Hynde, James Honeyman Scott, Martin Chambers, and Pete Farndon, the band received massive attention for that hit and other stellar songs from their 1980 self-titled debut album. Via impeccable musicianship and Hynde's charismatic persona-equal parts cool swagger, tough-but vulnerable lyrics and vocals, and idiosyncratic rhythm guitar-the Pretenders reinvented the concept of a woman in rock 'n' roll and became one of the most popular and distinctive acts in the world. Chrissie Hynde's singular presence has never ceased to build on their artistic legacy, chronicled now for the first time in Pirate Radio.
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Holding the Pretenders' Pirate Radio box set in your hand, you may be tempted to ask: What took you so long? Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, the Pretenders' impact on popular music goes without saying, and for a quarter century Chrissie Hynde has remained one of the smartest, sassiest, sexiest, and shaggiest women in rock. So this in-depth collection seems, if not overdue, at least a long time in coming. At 81 tracks, Pirate Radio will satisfy die-hard fans with more fully remastered big hits and deep cuts than the earlier Singles and Greatest Hits compilations, as well as some previously unreleased gems--covers of "Angel of the Morning" and Warren Zevon's "Reconsider Me" are both standouts. The career-spanning live DVD is also a treat, with many performances featuring the original lineup. Add in a 60-page booklet jammed with chronological liner notes and reflections from band members, and you've got a powerful package. What's striking is how coherent this set sounds throughout all four discs, largely due to Hynde's unmistakable voice: From the punk swagger of their immortal 1979 debut to the reggae-informed sounds of 2003's Loose Screw, and after more personnel changes than Spinal Tap's percussion section, it all sounds like no one other than the Pretenders. --Ben Heege
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Price worth the Video February 9, 2008
The video included in the box set is worth the price of the CD. The remastering of the tracks is well done. The original CD release always sounded so flat and lifeless. The only complaint is the use of a crummy demo version of "Precious" my favorite song.
 Compilation with little that is rare. May 22, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was hoping for rarities, but it mostly has all the songs from the original tracks. The DVD is the most worthwhile part, in my opinion.
 TOO PRECIOUS! one of the best box sets May 21, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Chrissie Hynde is fierce. Listening to this collection it's refreshing to realize this music never sounds dated nor were they ever 'punk' - The Pretenders are pure rock and roll. I don't think there is a female singer who can match Chrissie's attitude, delivery and snarl. She is the unchallenged queen of rock and roll!
This box set is very comprehensive and beautifully compiled. Chronologically laid out it is an aural pleasure to listen consecutively to one disc after the other - which is becoming rarer and rarer with these erratic box set releases. The main pleasure is getting to hear her later releases in this context. As a hardcore Chrissie fan I have purchased all her music and I disagree with one of the reviewers who felt her later output was not as dynamic as the earlier releases. I feel she truly found her vocal style and sly delivery the older she has grown.
The set includes great alternate takes and thankfully the non-album soundtrack cuts, most notably her remarkable covers of Dionne Warwick's "Windows Of The World" and Morrisey's "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (listen to the chord similarity to 'Back On The Chain Gang' !)
This is a must own box set and also would make a great gift seeing as it so NEVER sucks! And no one has ever made the phrase F*** off sound so sexy! Thank you Chrissie and the boys.
KILLER COLLECTION, EVEN WITHOUT "GOODBYE" May 21, 2006
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
As a lifelong Pretenders fan (yep - I still have all the original vinyl, bought @ Tower Records way back when Lp's were $5.99) I waspsyched to finally see a quality representation of the band's output available - not just Chrissie, mind you, but the BAND as well. Don't mistake - she's a phenomenal writer/performer/musician - it's just that I like to see credit given where deserved - and in Ms. Hynde's case, she couldn't have done better than to be backed-up by her excellent compadres, namely Pete Farndon (RIP), Martin Chambers & James Honeyman-Scott (again, RIP). One caveat though - since so much of this collection features Chrissie & Co. in her post-partum period (i.e. still spry but definitely more mellow) I *DO* wish they'd had the sense to include my personal favorite track from the period, namely "Goodbye" from the GI Jane soundtrack... the public missed the boat by not making this a #1 chart hit as it so clearly deserved. If you missedthis one, by all means do yourselfa huge favor and pick-up the film's soundtrack, featuring TWO excellent Pretenders songs and some other great musical choices, including a killer track from Exene Cervenka's Auntie Christ outfit & much, much more!
Fantastic May 19, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I got this as a birthday gift, and what a great gift it was. I love the Pretenders, one of my favorite bands of all time. Since I only have two of their albums on CD this was a real treat. I have most of their stuff on vinyl. It's great having all the good songs in one place. I have been listening to this set for the last two weeks, every day. Some of the photos in the booklet are a nice touch. A nice bonus are the previously unreleased covers of "Angel of the Morning" and Warren Zevon's "Reconsider Me", both are great. The sound quality is fantastic, someone put a lot of work into this set, and it shows. A great box set from one of the greatest bands ever.
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