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Pretenders II

Pretenders II
Studio album by
The Pretenders
Released7 August 1981[1]
Recorded1980–81
Studio
Genre
Length46:11
LabelSire
ProducerChris Thomas
The Pretenders chronology
Extended Play
(1981) 		Pretenders II
(1981) 		Learning to Crawl
(1984)
Singles from Pretenders II
  1. "Talk of the Town"
    Released: March 1980
  2. "Message of Love"
    Released: February 1981
  3. "Day After Day"
    Released: August 1981 (UK)
  4. "Louie, Louie"
    Released: August 1981 (US)
  5. "I Go to Sleep"
    Released: November 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Austin Chronicle[5]
Blender[6]
Chicago Tribune[7]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[8]
PopMatters9/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[12]
Uncut8/10[13]

Pretenders II is the second studio album by British-American rock band the Pretenders, issued on Sire Records in August 1981. It incorporates two songs that had been released as singles in the UK and placed on an EP in the US. It peaked at #7 on the UK Albums Chart and #10 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified a gold record for sales by the RIAA. It is the final album by the original line-up, as the following year bassist Pete Farndon was dismissed and guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died in the same week. Farndon died in 1983, and a new line-up would make the band's next album, Learning to Crawl.

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