Ranking: Songs from Pretenders - s/t (80)

  The Pretenders debut album is one I took a chance on when it was released.  All I heard was "Brass In Pocket" and all I read was a review in Rolling Stone.  I didn't always take chances on records being good at 16 years of age. But something that day in the record store pushed me to buy it.  And to this day I'm proud to say that it was one of my greatest purchases.  

  The album is one of the best debut albums ever.  And it introduced a major talent in Chrissie Hynde.  Everything great about her is on this record.  She swaggers, she's sexy, she's got hooks lined up for days in her songs.

  And I was there from the debut album to what became of the Pretenders.  They deserved all their success.

1.  Brass In Pocket

2.  Mystery Achievement

3.  Kid

4.  Stop Your Sobbing

5.  Precious

6.  Tattooed Love Boys

7.  Up The Neck

8.  Private Life

9.  The Phone Call

10.  Lovers of Today

11.  The Wait

12.  Space Invader