Loose Screw

Studio album by The Pretenders

Released

November 12, 2002

Recorded

June 2001–April 2002

Jonathan Quarmby, Kevin Bacon

The Pretenders chronology

Viva el Amor
(1999)

Loose Screw
(2002)

Break Up the Concrete
(2008)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100) ^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Blender	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B− ^[3]
PopMatters	^[1]^[4]
Robert Christgau	A− ^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Spin	(7/10) ^[1]
Stylus Magazine	C+ ^[7]
Uncut	^[1]
USA Today	^[8]

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

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

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

2003 UK and Brazil Eagle Records edition bonus tracks

"Complicada" [Complex Person Spanish version] – 2:57
"I Wish You Love" (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) – 10:32

Personnel

Chrissie Hynde – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Adam Seymour – lead guitar, backing vocals
Andy Hobson – bass
Martin Chambers – drums

Additional personnel

Kevin Bacon – bass
Jonathan Quarmby – keyboards
Colin Elliot – percussion
Mark Smith – percussion
Priscilla Jones – backing vocals
Tom Kelly – backing vocals
Mark Sheridan – backing vocals
Duke Quartet – strings, brass
Kick Horns – brass

References

1 2 3 4 5 Critic reviews at Metacritic
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ PopMatters review
↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2007)
↑ Stylus Magazine review
↑ USA Today review

External links

Loose Screw at Metacritic

The Pretenders

Chrissie Hynde Martin Chambers Nick Wilkinson James Walbourne Eric Heywood James Honeyman-Scott Pete Farndon Robbie McIntosh Malcolm Foster Blair Cunningham T. M. Stevens Johnny Marr Adam Seymour Andy Rourke Andy Hobson

Studio albums	Pretenders Pretenders II Learning to Crawl Get Close Packed! Last of the Independents Viva el Amor Loose Screw Break Up the Concrete

Live albums	The Isle of View Live in London

Extended plays	Extended Play

Compilation albums	The Singles Greatest Hits Pirate Radio The Best of Pretenders

Singles	"Stop Your Sobbing" "Kid" "Brass in Pocket" "Precious" "Talk of the Town" "Message of Love" "Day After Day" "The Adultress" "I Go to Sleep" "Louie Louie" "Back on the Chain Gang" "My City Was Gone" "2000 Miles" "Middle of the Road" "Time the Avenger" "Show Me" "Thumbelina" "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" "Don't Get Me Wrong" "Hymn to Her" "My Baby" "Room Full of Mirrors" "Where Has Everybody Gone?" "If There Was a Man" "Kid" (remix) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "Windows of the World" "Never Do That" "Hold a Candle to This" "Sense of Purpose" "I'm Not in Love" "Night in My Veins" "I'll Stand by You" "977" "Money Talk" "Kid '95" "2000 Miles" (live) "Fever Pitch EP (Going Back)" "Loving You Is All I Know" "Human" "Popstar" "The Losing" "You Know Who Your Friends Are" "Time (Remixes)" "Saving Grace" "Boots of Chinese Plastic" "Break Up the Concrete" "Love's a Mystery"

Related articles	Discography Members John McKenzie

Book:The Pretenders

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