Loose Screw

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Loose Screw
Studio album by
the Pretenders
Released12 November 2002
RecordedJune 2001 – April 2002
Studio
  • RAK (London)
  • Sony Music (London)
  • Axis (New York City)
GenreAlternative rock
Length42:40
LabelArtemis
ProducerJonathan Quarmby, Kevin Bacon
The Pretenders chronology
Greatest Hits
(2000) 		Loose Screw
(2002) 		Pirate Radio
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[2]
BlenderStarStarStarStar[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[1][4]
Robert ChristgauA−[5]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[6]
Spin7/10[1]
Stylus MagazineC+[7]
UncutStarStarStarStar[1]
USA TodayStarStarHalf star[8]
Trouser Press(favorable)[9]

Loose Screw is the eighth studio album by rock group the Pretenders, and was released in 2002. It was the first time that the Pretenders had the same credited band line-up (Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, Andy Hobson and Adam Seymour) on three consecutive studio albums.

Track listing

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All songs written by Chrissie Hynde and Adam Seymour, except where noted.

Original album

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  1. "Lie to Me" – 2:23
  2. "Time" – 3:58
  3. "You Know Who Your Friends Are" – 3:30
  4. "Complex Person" – 2:47
  5. "Fools Must Die" – 2:36
  6. "Kinda Nice, I Like It" – 3:37
  7. "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 3:28
  8. "I Should Of" – 4:03
  9. "Clean Up Woman" – 3:25
  10. "The Losing" – 4:51
  11. "Saving Grace" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:20
  12. "Walk like a Panther" (Jarvis Cocker, Richard Barratt, Dean Honer, Jason Buckle) – 4:42

2003 special edition bonus tracks (Eagle Records)

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  2. "Complicada" ["Complex Person" Spanish version] – 2:57
  3. "I Wish You Love" (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) – 10:32 [from Eye of the Beholder soundtrack, 1999]

2013 CD and DVD edition (Salvo Sound & Visions)

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The CD contains the twelve tracks from the original album.

DVD – Loose in L.A.

  1. "Lie to Me"
  2. "Time"
  3. "Message of Love" (Hynde)
  4. My Baby (Hynde)
  5. "Talk of the Town" (Hynde)
  6. "You Know Who Your Friends Are"
  7. "Time the Avenger" (Hynde)
  8. "The Homecoming" (Hynde)
  9. "Up the Neck" (Hynde)
  10. "Fools Must Die"
  11. "My City Was Gone" (Hynde)
  12. "The Losing"
  13. "Biker" (Hynde)
  14. "Complex Person"
  15. "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly)
  16. "Back on the Chain Gang" (Hynde)
  17. "Don't Get Me Wrong" (Hynde)
  18. "Kid" (Hynde)
  19. "Rebel Rock Me" (Hynde)
  20. "Night in My Veins" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly)
  21. "Tattooed Love Boys" (Hynde)
  22. "Precious" (Hynde)
  23. "I'll Stand by You" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly)
  24. "Middle of the Road" (Hynde)
  25. "Mystery Achievement" (Hynde)
  26. "Brass in Pocket" (Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott)

Personnel

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The Pretenders

Additional personnel

Bonus tracks

"Complicada"
  • Phil Manzanera – producer (Spanish vocals)
  • Lucho Brieva – producer (Spanish vocals)
  • Jamie Johnson – engineer
  • recorded at Gallery Studio, London, December 2002.
"I Wish You Love"
  • Gary O'Toole – drums
  • Chris Elliott – piano, string arrangement, string conductor
  • Alexis Smith – programming
  • Marius De Vries – producer, string conductor
  • Mike Nielsen – mixing

Loose in L.A. DVD

  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals, guitar
  • Adam Seymour – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Andy Hobson – bass, backing vocals
  • Martin Chambers – drums, backing vocals
  • Zeben Jameson – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

Charts

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Chart performance for Loose Screw
Chart (2002–2003) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 55
US Billboard 200[11] 179
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 8

References

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