Alone (The Pretenders album)

Alone
Studio album by The Pretenders
Released October 21, 2016
Recorded 2016
Genre Rock
Length 46:19
Label BMG Rights Management
Producer Dan Auerbach
The Pretenders chronology
Break Up the Concrete
(2008)		 Alone
(2016)

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
American Songwriter[5]
Consequence of SoundB[6]
The Guardian[7]
The Independent[8]
The Observer[9]
Rolling Stone[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

No. Title Length
1. "Alone"   3:49
2. "Roadie Man"   3:54
3. "Gotta Wait"   2:58
4. "Never Be Together"   4:01
5. "Let's Get Lost"   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"   4:43
11. "Death Is Not Enough"   3:11
12. "Holy Commotion"   4:12

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

References

  1. ↑ "Alone by Pretenders on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. ↑ Blistein, Jon (2016-09-08). "Pretenders Team With Dan Auerbach for New Album 'Alone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Alone by Pretenders". Metacritic. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  4. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2016-10-21). "Alone - Pretenders | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  5. ↑ Horowitz, Hal (2016-10-20). "The Pretenders: Alone". Americansongwriter.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  6. ↑ Geslani, Michelle (2016-10-19). "The Pretenders – Alone". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  7. ↑ Caroline Sullivan. "Pretenders: Alone review – Chrissie Hynde still a magnificent one-off". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  8. ↑ Andy Gill (2016-10-19). "Album reviews: Lady Gaga - Joanne, Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker, Pretenders - Alone, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  9. ↑ Kitty Empire (1970-01-01). "The Pretenders: Alone review – crunch, swing and one of rock's finest voices". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  10. ↑ Hermes, Will (2016-10-21). "Review: The Pretenders' 'Alone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Pretenders – Alone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Pretenders – Alone" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Pretenders – Alone". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Pretenders | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Pretenders – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Pretenders. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
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