Alone (The Pretenders album)

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Alone
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Studio album by
The Pretenders
Released21 October 2016
Recorded2016
StudioEasy Eye Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Rock
Length46:19
Label BMG Rights Management
Producer Dan Auerbach
The Pretenders chronology
Break Up the Concrete
(2008)		Alone
(2016)		 Hate for Sale
(2020)

Alone is the tenth studio album by English-American rock band The Pretenders. The album was released on 21 October 2016, by BMG Rights Management. [1] [2]

Contents

Chrissie Hynde is the only member of the band to appear on the album (which may explain the chosen album title), with the backing band consisting of session musicians; this was also the case with Packed! (1990), the first Pretenders album that used this method. The album is the band's second consecutive album not to include drummer Martin Chambers.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Consequence of Sound B [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Alone received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77 based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chrissie Hynde, except where noted

Alone track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alone"Hynde, Dan Auerbach, Richard Swift 3:49
2."Roadie Man" 3:54
3."Gotta Wait" 2:58
4."Never Be Together"Hynde, Björn Yttling, Fyfe Dangerfield 4:01
5."Let's Get Lost"Hynde, Dave McCracken 3:03
6."Chord Lord" 3:14
7."Blue Eyed Sky" 4:51
8."The Man You Are" 3:45
9."One More Day" 4:15
10."I Hate Myself"Hynde, Auerbach4:43
11."Death Is Not Enough"Marek Rymaszewski3:11
12."Holy Commotion" 4:12

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 113
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 198
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] 31
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 40
US Billboard 200 [16] 150

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