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Pretenders II

Pretenders

Pretenders II

Pretenders

Pretenders II

Release information

Release information

Label: Edsel • Format: CD, • Date: 16/02/2015 Cat#: EDSG8048 • Barcode: 740155804831 • Genre: Pop, Rock Sub Genre: New Wave, Punk

Track Listing

  1. The Adultress
  2. Bad Boys Get Spanked
  3. Message Of Love
  4. I Go To Sleep
  5. Birds Of Paradise
  6. Talk Of The Town
  7. Pack It Up
  8. Waste Not Want Not
  9. Day After Day
  10. Jealous Dogs
  11. The English Roses
  12. Louie Louie
  1. Talk Of The Town [demo]
  2. I Go To Sleep [guitar version]
  3. Pack It Up [radio mix]
  4. In The Sticks
  5. What You Gonna Do About It
  6. The Wait
  7. The Adultress
  8. Message Of Love
  9. Louie Louie
  10. Talk Of The Town
  11. Birds Of Paradise
  12. The English Roses
  13. Up The Neck
  14. Bad Boys Get Spanked
  15. Stop Your Sobbing
  16. Private Life
  17. Kid
  18. Day After Day
  19. Brass In Pocket
  20. Higher And Higher
  1. Talk Of The Town
  2. Message Of Love
  3. Day After Day
  4. I Go To Sleep
  5. Message Of Love [TOTP, February 1981]
  6. I Go To Sleep [TOTP, November 1981]
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About this release

Second album “Pretenders II” was released in August 1981 and leaped straight in to the Top Ten. It was preceded by the Chrissie Hynde-penned hit singles “Talk Of The Town” and “Message Of Love” and also contained “Day After Day” and another hit version of a Ray Davies song, “I Go To Sleep”.

The twenty bonus tracks include b-sides, rarities and the entirety of a 15 song concert from the Santa Monica Civic, recorded in September 1981, while the DVD features the four promo videos, along with two BBC TV appearances from Top Of The Pops. The booklet in this digipak edition features all the lyrics for the first time, the singles sleeves and photos.
CD1 – Pretenders II (tracks 1-12)
CD2 – Bonus Tracks (tracks 1-5), Pretenders Live at the Santa Monica Civic 1981 (tracks 6-20)
DVD – Promo Videos (tracks 1-4), BBC TV Appearances (tracks 5-6)

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