The Singles (Pretenders album)

The Singles
The album name in black and white
Compilation album by
The Pretenders
Released26 October 1987 (1987-10-26)[1]
Recorded1979–1986
GenreRock
Length57:18
LabelWEA
Sire Records
Producer
The Pretenders chronology
Get Close
(1986) 		The Singles
(1987) 		Packed!
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
New Musical Express9/10[4]
Robert ChristgauA[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

The Singles is The Pretenders' 1987 compilation album and features all the band's UK single hits to that date, as well as including "I Got You Babe" which Chrissie Hynde had performed with UB40 in 1985. The album reached #69 in the US album chart and #6 in the UK.[7]

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Chicago Tribune review
  4. ^ Gray, Louise (31 October 1987). "The Pretenders: The Singles". New Musical Express. p. 30.
  5. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  6. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 653. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone the pretenders album guide.
  7. ^ "BPI Certifications". BPI. Retrieved 24 June 2008.