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Learning to Crawl

Album

Learning to Crawl

Pretenders

1984Rock · Music · Alternative · College Rock · Rock & Roll · Pop · Pop/Rock · Arena Rock · New Wave · Hard Rock

A band no longer on its knees.
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Details

Release date
Record label
Rhino/Warner Records
Tracks
10

℗ 1984 Warner Music UK Ltd

Tracks

  1. 1
    Middle of the Road
    Pretenders
    4:13
  2. 2
    Back On the Chain Gang
    Pretenders
    3:52
  3. 3
    Time the Avenger
    Pretenders
    4:55
  4. 4
    Watching the Clothes
    Pretenders
    2:53
  5. 5
    Show Me
    Pretenders
    4:08
  6. 6
    Thumbelina
    Pretenders
    3:17
  7. 7
    My City Was Gone
    Pretenders
    5:24
  8. 8
    Thin Line Between Love and Hate
    Pretenders
    3:40
  9. 9
    I Hurt You
    Pretenders
    4:39
  10. 10
    2000 Miles
    Pretenders
    3:39

About this album

After losing guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon to drug-related deaths, a sobered Pretenders returned to the spotlight with Learning to Crawl. Chrissie Hynde turned her distinctive contralto to sentimental songs, both romantic and reflective, that retained her trademark, clear-eyed bravado. Poignant singles like the shimmering love song "Show Me" and the rueful "Back on the Chain Gang" meshed perfectly with attitude-driven rockers "Middle of the Road" and "My City Was Gone".