Pretenders 1-CD1-1 Precious 3:35 1-CD1-2 The Phone Call 2:29 1-CD1-3 Up The Neck 4:26 1-CD1-4 Tatooed Love Boys 2:59 1-CD1-5 Space Invader 3:27 1-CD1-6 The Wait 3:35 1-CD1-7 Stop Your Sobbing 2:38 1-CD1-8 Kid 3:05 1-CD1-9 Private Life 6:25 1-CD1-10 Brass In Pocket 3:02 1-CD1-11 Lovers Of Today 5:49 1-CD1-12 Mystery Achievement 5:25
Demos 1-CD2-1 The Phone Call (Late 1977) 2:21 1-CD2-2 Brass In Pocket (February 1978) 3:46 1-CD2-3 Precious (April 1978) 3:43 1-CD2-4 The Wait (April 1978) 3:07 1-CD2-5 Stop Your Sobbing (April 1978) 2:22 1-CD2-6 I Can't Control Myself (April 1978) 4:22 1-CD2-7 Tequila (April 1978) 5:20 1-CD2-8 Kid (December 1978) 4:04
Live 1-CD2-9 Sabre Dance (The Marquee, April 1979 3:51 1-CD2-10 I Need Somebody (The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979) 4:04 1-CD2-11 Mystery Achievement (The Kid Jensen Show, July 1979) 4:52 1-CD2-12 Precious (The Paradise Theatre, March 1980) 3:25 1-CD2-13 Tatooed Love Boys (The Paradise Theatre, March 1980) 3:04
Pretenders II 2-CD1-1 The Adultress 3:58 2-CD1-2 Bad Boys Get Spanked 4:06 2-CD1-3 Message Of Love 3:25 2-CD1-4 I Go To Sleep 2:56 2-CD1-5 Birds Of Paradise 4:16 2-CD1-6 Talk Of The Town 2:43 2-CD1-7 Pack It Up 3:51 2-CD1-8 Waste Not Want Not 3:44 2-CD1-9 Day After Day 3:46 2-CD1-10 Jealous Dogs 5:35 2-CD1-11 The English Roses 4:29 2-CD1-12 Louie Louie 3:29
Bonus Tracks 2-CD2-1 Talk Of The Town (Demo) 2:46 2-CD2-2 I Go To Sleep (Guitar Version - Outtake) 2:58 2-CD2-3 Pack It Up (Radio Mix - Outtake) 3:51 2-CD2-4 In The Sticks 2:39 2-CD2-5 What You Gonna Do About It 2:44
Pretenders Live At The Santa Monica Civic, 1981 2-CD2-6 The Wait 3:22 2-CD2-7 The Adultress 4:05 2-CD2-8 Message Of Love 3:28 2-CD2-9 Louie Louie 3:42 2-CD2-10 Talk Of The Town 3:17 2-CD2-11 Birds Of Paradise 4:17 2-CD2-12 The English Roses 4:51 2-CD2-13 Up The Neck 5:57 2-CD2-14 Bad Boys Get Spanked 3:02 2-CD2-15 Stop Your Sobbing 3:26 2-CD2-16 Private Life 7:04 2-CD2-17 Kid 3:48 2-CD2-18 Day After Day 4:41 2-CD2-19 Brass In Pocket 3:11 2-CD2-20 Higher And Higher 4:17
Learning To Crawl 3-CD1-1 Middle Of The Road 4:14 3-CD1-2 Back On The Chain Gang 3:51 3-CD1-3 Time The Avenger 4:55 3-CD1-4 Watching The Clothes 2:52 3-CD1-5 Show Me 4:08 3-CD1-6 Thumbelina 3:17 3-CD1-7 My City Was Gone 5:24 3-CD1-8 Thin Line Between Love And Hate 3:44 3-CD1-9 I Hurt You 4:35 3-CD1-10 2000 Miles 3:37
B-Sides / Live 3-CD2-1 Fast Or Slow (The Law's The Law) 3:11 3-CD2-2 Money (Live) 4:36 3-CD2-3 Time The Avenger (Live) 4:22 3-CD2-4 Bad Boys Get Spanked (Live) 3:10 3-CD2-5 My City Was Gone (Live) 4:40 3-CD2-6 Tequila 3:33
Demos 3-CD2-7 I Hurt You (August 1982) 4:05 3-CD2-8 When I Change My Life (August 1982) 4:42 3-CD2-9 Ramblin' Rob (August 1982) 3:31 3-CD2-10 Watching The Clothes (August 1982) 2:50
Packed! 5-CD-1 Never Do That 3:19 5-CD-2 Let's Make A Pact 3:18 5-CD-3 Millionaires 3:04 5-CD-4 May This Be Love 2:43 5-CD-5 No Guarantee 3:46 5-CD-6 When Will I See You 4:54 5-CD-7 Sense Of Purpose 3:02 5-CD-8 Donwtown (Akron) 2:43 5-CD-9 How Do I Miss You 4:22 5-CD-10 Hold A Candle To This 3:39 5-CD-11 Criminal 3:50
Bonus Tracks 5-CD-12 Not A Second Time 2:13 5-CD-13 Spirit Of Life 4:05
Last Of The Independents 6-CD1-1 Hollywood Perfume 3:55 6-CD1-2 Night In My Veins 3:16 6-CD1-3 Money Talk 3:39 6-CD1-4 977 3:53 6-CD1-5 Revolution 4:32 6-CD1-6 All My Dreams 3:14 6-CD1-7 I'll Stand By You 3:58 6-CD1-8 I'm A Mother 5:17 6-CD1-9 Tequila 1:04 6-CD1-10 Every Mother's Son 3:35 6-CD1-11 Rebel Rock Me 3:07 6-CD1-12 Colours 4:32 6-CD1-13 Forever Young 5:04
B-sides... Plus 6-CD2-1 Angel Of The Morning (From "Friends") 4:06 6-CD2-2 Bold As Love 3:24 6-CD2-3 Hollywood Perfume (Live) 4:13 6-CD2-4 Kid (Live) 3:56 6-CD2-5 I'll Stand By You (Live) 4:04 6-CD2-6 Back On The Chain Gang (Live) 4:19 6-CD2-7 Night On My Veins (Live) 3:40 6-CD2-8 Precious (Live) 4:26
Bonus Tracks 6-CD2-9 Angel Of The Morning (Original Version) 3:31 6-CD2-10 Every Mother's Son (Demo) 3:46
Songs For Soundtracks 6-CD2-11 I'm Not In Love (From "Indecent Proposal") 3:51 6-CD2-12 Everyday Is Like Sunday (From "Boys On The Side") 3:38
The Isle Of View 7-CD-1 Sense Of Purpose 3:49 7-CD-2 Chill Factor 4:00 7-CD-3 Private Life 4:42 7-CD-4 Back On The Chain Gang 4:17 7-CD-5 Kid 3:58 7-CD-6 I Hurt You 4:21 7-CD-7 Criminal 4:17 7-CD-8 Brass In Pocket 3:23 7-CD-9 2000 Miles 3:32 7-CD-10 Hymn To Her 3:52 7-CD-11 Lovers Of Today 5:20 7-CD-12 The Phone Call 2:55 7-CD-13 I Go To Sleep 2:57 7-CD-14 Revolution 6:02 7-CD-15 The Isle Of View 0:42
B-Sides 7-CD-16 Creep 4:03 7-CD-17 Happy Christmas 4:53 7-CD-18 Night In My Veins 3:47 7-CD-19 Tequila 3:10
Viva El Amor! 8-CD1-1 Popstar 3:32 8-CD1-2 Human 3:55 8-CD1-3 From The Heart Down 3:31 8-CD1-4 Nails In The Road 3:24 8-CD1-5 Who's Who 4:10 8-CD1-6 Dragway 42 5:20 8-CD1-7 Baby's Breath 3:15 8-CD1-8 One More Time 3:15 8-CD1-9 Legalise Me 3:50 8-CD1-10 Samurai 4:43 8-CD1-11 Rabo De Nube 1:25 8-CD1-12 Biker 4:40
B-Sides 8-CD2-1 The Homecoming (Street Version) 4:16 8-CD2-2 Human (Class Mix) 3:57 8-CD2-3 The Needle And The Damage Done 3:46 8-CD2-4 Samurai (Street Mix) 5:47
Bonus Tracks 8-CD2-5 Back Down 4:16 8-CD2-6 California 4:32 8-CD2-7 From The Heart Down (Alternate Version) 3:41
Songs For Soundtracks 8-CD2-8 Goin' Back (From "Fever Pitch") 4:06 8-CD2-9 Goodbye (From "G.I. Jane") 4:34 8-CD2-10 The Homecoming (From "G.I. Jane") 4:22
Edsel launched an impressive overhaul of the Pretenders' catalog in 2015, adding bonus tracks to each album -- sometimes it amounted to a full CD of extra material -- along with a DVD containing promo clips and BBC television appearances. It goes considerably further than Rhino's revision of the catalog, which stopped after Get Close but also included a 2006 box called Pirate Radio, a rarities-heavy set that sees some (but not all) of its material surfacing here. Basically, what 1979-1999 offers is a very simple, easy way to get all of the expanded versions of the Pretenders' Sire albums in one fell swoop. Apart from Packed!, which is a little skimpy with just two bonus cuts, each of the albums is generously expanded in this vault-clearing expedition. A good and affordable way to get it all. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
