Packed!

Packed!
Studio album by Pretenders
Released	14 May 1990
Studio	AIR Studios (London) Mayfair Studios (London) Abbey Road Studios (London) Sunset Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
Genre	Alternative rock, new wave
Length	38:38
Label	Sire WEA Records
Producer	Mitchell Froom
Pretenders chronology
The Singles (1987) Packed! (1990) Last of the Independents (1994)
Singles from Packed!
"Never Do That" Released: May 1990 "Sense of Purpose" Released: October 1990

Packed! is the fifth studio album by rock group Pretenders, released in 1990.

Besides band leader Chrissie Hynde, no other person is pictured anywhere within the album package. At the time the album was recorded, the only other remaining official member from the band's previous album was drummer Blair Cunningham, who plays on all tracks, though he is not credited as part of the band. As all other musicians appearing on the album are session musicians, some observers have characterized the album as a Hynde solo recording using the Pretenders name to satisfy contractual obligations.^[1] However, the lineup that recorded the album has some consistency with past studio lineups of the band: guitarist Billy Bremner, who had previously played with the band as a session musician on their "Back on the Chain Gang"/"My City Was Gone" single, appears on most of the tracks, as does bassist John McKenzie, who had played some bass on the band's previous studio album, Get Close (1986).

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Robert Christgau	A−[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Rolling Stone	[7]