? The Pretenders II ? Near Mint 1981 Sire Records Original Vinyl LP w/Insert ????

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Pretenders II Studio album by  The Pretenders Released 15 August 1981 Recorded 1980–81 Studio Wessex Studios, London and Pathe Marconi Studios, Paris Genre New wave, punk rock, rock Length 46:11 Label Sire Producer Chris Thomas The Pretenders chronology Extended Play
(1981) Pretenders II
(1981) Learning to Crawl
(1984) Singles from Pretenders II

1. "Talk of the Town"
   Released: April 1980
2. "Message of Love"
   Released: February 1981
3. "Day After Day"
   Released: August 1981 (UK)
4. "Louie, Louie"
   Released: August 1981 (US)
5. "I Go to Sleep"
   Released: November 1981

Pretenders II is the second studio album by British rock band the Pretenders.

History

The success of the Pretenders' 1979 debut album created a great demand for more material from the fledgling band; however, a lack of songs precluded the quick release of a follow-up album. In the UK, the band released two hit singles in 1980 and early 1981: "Talk of the Town" and "Message of Love", respectively. In the US, where standalone singles had become rare, these tracks were combined with three others for a stopgap EP release called Extended Play, in March 1981. Their second album, Pretenders II, was released a scant two months later, to mixed critical reception, partly because two of the better songs on the album had been previously released, and partly because many of the songs were viewed as overly-similar (though not quite as groundbreaking) to the band's debut. Nevertheless, several of the album's songs became hits and the album has increased in critical stature with time.

The album is notable for the inclusion of a cover of The Kinks' "I Go to Sleep" (they had covered that band's "Stop Your Sobbing" on their debut album, and band leader Chrissie Hynde would have a personal relationship with Kinks' frontman Ray Davies), as well as the sexually-forward tunes "Bad Boys Get Spanked" and "The Adultress". Perhaps the album's most ambitious track, "Day After Day" spins a common second-album narrative of unaccustomed celebrity, with the band rushing from gig to gig, hotel to hotel, head-spun from the swiftness of it all. The song ends suddenly, mid-guitar-solo, with the sound of a crashing fighter plane. The song "Louie, Louie" is an original composition and not a version of identically titled and often covered song by Richard Berry.

The album would be the final release from the original line-up of the band, as shortly afterwards the band would be fractured by the drug abuse that would take the lives of guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon, leading to a long recording hiatus.

In 2000 it was voted number 403 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

Twenty years after its release, it was certified gold (500,000 sold) in 2001 in the United States.

The front cover portrait was photographed by Gavin Cochrane.

Track listing

All tracks by Chrissie Hynde except where noted.

1. "The Adultress" – 3:55
2. "Bad Boys Get Spanked" – 4:04
3. "Message of Love" – 3:26
4. "I Go to Sleep" (Ray Davies) – 2:55
5. "Birds of Paradise" – 4:14
6. "Talk of the Town" – 2:45 (edit of the 3:13 single)
7. "Pack It Up" (Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott) – 3:50
8. "Waste Not Want Not" – 3:43
9. "Day After Day" (Hynde, Honeyman-Scott) – 3:45
10. "Jealous Dogs" – 5:36
11. "The English Roses" – 4:28
12. "Louie Louie" – 3:30