Pretenders

Couple classic hits, very 80s girl punk mixed with slower jams. Not my speed though, just a miss for me first listen

-Female Lou Reed -Mediocre.... Brass in Pocket obviously is a really well-known one, but I was thoroughly unimpressed.

2.6

Eh.

ENOUGH FUCKING NEW WAVE JESUS CHRIST 2/5.

One of those acts that scans as the real deal and vital for folks just 10 years older and to me as careerist, conservative trend-hopping fakes. Probably what other folks think of some of my favs.

Not

j'ai essayé… i fear que c'est pas ma vibe et c'est ok

Another very forgettable rock album, even though I generally like the genre. Wish more of these had better sounding songs

was zur hölle?????????

This is trying to be like "raunchy" and have "attitude" but it's so fucking cringe. There's a very specific kind of unhygienic about them, like cigarette breath and cat hair, like wearing the same stained pants because they're your cool rocker pants (until you pop the button trying to do them up). And like, they're sloppy drunk and all over you and when you don't reciprocate they try to neg you by asking if you're gay? And they don't even have any tunes, except "Back on the Chain Gang," and that isn't even on this album.

Just please stop giving me garbage

Nää

We have too many of these, especially on social media.

Ysjdcsksbuscs gs

I’m just bored listening to this album yeah this might be the first album that I’ve liked one song but still give it a one star. It was very boring not my cup of tea. I mean if you like the album cool but I’m not pretending this one ain’t it it’s a no for me dog.

i will tear you apart bird guy from reddit

Not my style at all. Couldn’t get through it

Mich hatten die dann damals schon genervt

Not my style just speaking with instruments weird

Quite punk ! Freaky lyrics… Fav song is ‘Mystery Achievement’.

Ordinary in every way. Never liked them as there's just nothing that grabs you and they sound like a good pub band at best

shi

5/20 Je n'ai vraiment pas aimé l'album Que ce soit la voix de la chanteuse, les musiques parfois vraiment horrible (et sinon, simplement pas très belles), et l'ambiance globale de l'album, rien ne m'a plu. Vraiment, j'aurais préféré ne pas connaître l'existence de cet album. Seul palmarès, le titre Space Invader, seule musique instrumentale de l'album, qui est écoutable. Sans être exceptionnelle, c'est clairement la moins pire de tous, et la seule que je pourrais réécouter (mais uniquement sous la contrainte, jamais de mon plein gré).

Saai

Really uneven, second half sounds like an entirely different album. Her wailed lyrics are unintelligible and maybe would be better in a different language? Better "pop girl rock" music here than the "punk" efforts in the first 6 tracks. Oftentimes sounds like the lyrics are completely detached from the music, like the band recorded the song in one room, then shipped it across the world to their singer, who sat on it for 12 months and then slapped some half-finished personal poetry overtop "Brass in pocket" almost stretches this to a 2, but... nah.

I pretended I didn't hear a harmonica! shite

If someone asked me what a stereotypical punk sounding, female fronted, 80's band sounded like. I'd show them this.

punks punk

Not for me. 1/5

Not a fan of this one. I can’t stand the dramatic performative nature of 80s music at the best of times, let alone when it’s as washed up and forgettable as this. The songs are so forgettable, instrumentals are bland but my biggest issue is the singing. Every lyric is delivered with this smug swagger but is completely mumbled. The things she’s singing about don’t make any sense or you can’t make them out at all. Her singing is really unplesant Brass is Pocket is arguably the only good song but it’s floating in a pool of shit which really brings It down. Fav tracks - Brass in Pocket Worst track - The Phone Call ( seriously what the fuck)

pass

22 maj Precious - alltså den är svängig men hade inte lyssnat på den annars The Phone Call - nej. Up The Neck - det här är inte riktigt min typ av musik. Tattooed Love Boys - den här musiken är lite pappa core Space Invader - tror inte dom sjöng nåt i den här The Wait - alltså låtarna är svängiga men jag tycker bara inte om dom Stop Your Sobbing - börjar bli less på detta album. Kid - känns som npc ahh musik Private Life - nu vill jag att det ska vara över Zoonade ut under dom sista låtarna Betyg: 1/10 förlåt

This is the hundred third album I’m rating. I have no idea what this shit is. Adding to my Playlist - Space Invader, The Wait, Stop your Sobbing, Kid, Brass in Pocket, and Mystery Achievement. Not Adding to my Playlist - Precious, The Phone Call, Up the Neck, Tattooed Love Boys, Private Life, and Lovers of Today. All in all I liked 6/12 songs. Not the greatest thing in the world but it was ok.

Didn't get anything out of it.

Har redan hört. Aldrig gillat pretenders tyvärr. Törs inte lyssna. Tråkigt att få denna som andra album.

I don't like this song I don't like the beat and I don't like how they sound. The second song was the same it is boring and it is to quiet . I do not recommend this album the songs are to slow.

the first song i didt really like its not bad but its also not good its not really my style of music the second one i dont really like ethier its just not my style of music. i dont like genre the third one i dont like ehtier the lyrics are werid and i just dont like the song and the type of music

the first song is okay the lyrics were alr the background music was good but there was something making it sound a little weird idk if it was the voice but it sounds weird . the second song is okay to but now I know its the voice thats making it sound weird

I hate British people Bland and uninspired

sbatti smith

Not on Apple Music? Boo hoo!

I just dont like it

stop it

I just couldn’t see the appeal. None of it resonated with me.

awful.

not sure

Nicht meine Richtung

Didn't really liked it

Very much a ‘back in my day’ album that doesn’t hold up now

hate that one song. and the vocals are way too upfront. hate it

Monotonous and dreadful Punk Rock.

Brass in Pocket was a really good song and that was the only good song. Wish I could say I liked it but 20+ songs later and i definitely was waiting for it to end.

This album.. And probably band gets an award for an artist and/or album that I didn't expect to hate as much as I did. I truly thought this wouldn't get any less than a 3 star. Thinking it would just be a very generic, mediocre rock album. I did not expect how much I disliked what was being presented. Especially the vocals! Her voice isn't terrible.... But it doesn't sound like it goes with the music. It's as if she's singing over different music. Her melodies are so poorly written in relation to the music. The choices she has done with her vocals is absolutely uninspiring and just bad. The guitar is far too cheesy. Not CC DeVille level of cheesy... But I'm certain every member of this band is trying to show off and not cator to the song. It comes out messy and all over the place. The bass player is the only enjoyable member. What a shocking disappointment. I'm half way through this record and am very confident that this gets what I'm rating it.

Meh

langweilig und doof.

On the strength of one single

singer has a good voice but songs are just boring and all sound the same

Yawn. This album is so boring and overrated to me. The vocal delivery is droll, and the songs go absolutely nowhere. I find myself feeling this way about many albums released in 1979. Definitely a low point in music history for me. Hard pass.

Space Invader Cuban Slide Tequila What a start with precious. Not a good start either. I like the instrumental but the lyrics are just so bad. Not a fan at all. Way too long for that quality.

Weinig werk van de Pretenders was mij bekend. Dit album is me compleet nieuw. De stem van de zangeres prikkelt mij niet. De teksten staan me niet echt aan (of eigenlijk écht niet). Verder is het instrumenteel behoorlijk goed. Eigenlijk zonde. De stem maakt of breekt het vaak, bij deze is het breekt. Toch wat enkele lichtpuntjes, instrumentaal nummer Space Invader bijvoorbeeld. Rating: 5,5 Highlight: Space Invader

so fucking boring

Couldn't find the album on apple music

Not for me dawg

Nikdy jsem o Pretenders neslyšela, nevěděla jsem, co čekat a přesto jsem byla zklamaná. Ze začátku to působilo jako rádoby punk, druhá půlka už byla pomalejší a víc vibe za mě. Ale celkově? Hrůza. Nejvíc ze všeho to zabíjely texty, ty byly naprosto otřesný, divný, občas se do erotiky přimíchala mateřská témata a už jsem se děsila, kam to ještě zaběhne. Někdy jsem byla dost znejistěna, jestli “baby” referuje k milenci, nebo skutečně k dítěti… a to je v písničce, co se jmenuje “Lovers of Today” docela problém, dle mého skromného názoru. Cenila jsem ženské vokály, ale ty texty… Melodie byly vesměs podobné, nicneříkající a neuvěřitelně nudné, prostě totální učebnicový punk přes kopírku, což je přesně to, o čem punk není. Pozdější písně už byly chytlavější, ale už to nemohlo zachránit to, co bylo spácháno na mých uších. Vracet se opravdu nebudu, je to rozhodně jedno z těch horších alb tady. Nevím, čím byla kapela přínosná a asi mě to ani nezajímá. Jedině mě napadá ženská reprezentace v punku, což je smutné… Nejlepší: Kid, Private Life (texty nic moc, ale dalo se to aspoň poslouchat) Nejhorší: Precious, Up the Neck, Tattooed Love Boys, Stop Your Sobbing, Lovers of Today (a další… prostě ne, děkuji) Verdikt: 3/10 (nic pro mě, texty příšerný, občasná vibe melodie to nezachránila)

Couldn't be bothered with this that I stopped doing 1001 for about 6 months.

Nah

Slip on a leather jacket, slap on a bass, scowl through some sunglasses and you too can pretend. But we don't have to make-believe too.

Really not my cup of tea. Didn't even finish the album.

The sound of this album is painfully stuck in the late 70's/ early 80's and the lyrics come off as trying to be angsty and edgy.

missery

another very meh album...not for me....

Nicht meins

De manier van zingen is me te gemaakt. Klinkt daardoor ook gedateerd. Elvis Costello met een baarmoeder. Ik ben er geen fan van. Het begint als een soort punk-omdat-het-moet, maar richting het einde van het album laten ze die act ook maar vallen omdat ze er zelf net zo moe van werden als ik als luisteraar. Helemaal aan het einde herontdekt ze nog dat ze als kind in een ketel met vibrato is gevallen en mogen we nog genieten van wat kattengejank. Dit was vast ooit heel cool, maar nu is het momrock voor rokende, vergane glorie, gescheiden vrouwen die hun haar nog elke vier weken (zelf) zwart verven met een potje Kruidvat huismerk haarverf en daarna in de lokale kroeg zelfingenomen kijkend slechte whisky zitten te drinken fantaserend dat ze elke man nog om hun vinger zouden kunnen winden als ze zouden willen, wat dan weer bevestigd wordt doordat stamgast gekke Henkie nog wel eens een rondje wil geven als ie zelf al de hele avond zit te tanken. Favoriete artiesten Janis Joplin, Blondie (waarvan ze 1 nummer kennen) en Kiss (2 à 3 nummers). Maar misschien vul ik nu te veel in.

говно

Do not like pretenders. Struggled through half an hour of this 1;45 album. Just confirmed to me I don’t like them

not my cuppa tea

Did not like

Sometimes there's a reason you've only ever heard one song from an ablum.

Spero di non essere stato l'unico. Ma a parte la prima traccia, che mi era quasi piaciuta, ma poi anche no, il resto m'ha proprio fatto schifo.

ruim

Average at best - bit wishy washy

I made it about 3 tracks in. I felt like I was being punished for a crime I did not commit.

Why

Not a fan of the pretenders

Sounds like 60s rock - I think the second song might've been up my alley.