The Best of the Pretenders/Break Up the Concrete

Original Release Date:  June 9, 2009

Track Listing

• 1. Talk of the Town
• 2. Kid
• 3. Back on the Chain Gang
• 4. Brass in Pocket
• 5. Message of Love
• 6. Night in My Veins
• 7. Don't Get Me Wrong
• 8. Middle of the Road
• 9. I'll Stand by You
• 10. Stop Your Sobbing
• 11. Hymn to Her
• 12. Precious
• 13. Thumbelina
• 14. Cuban Slide
• 15. My City Was Gone
• 16. Day After Day
• 17. I Go to Sleep
• 18. Thin Line Between Love and Hate
• 19. Fools Must Die
• 20. Up the Neck
• 21. 2000 Miles
• 22. Tattooed Love Boys
• 23. Boots of Chinese Plastic
• 24. The Nothing Maker
• 25. Don't Lose Faith in Me
• 26. Don't Cut Your Hair
• 27. Love's a Mystery
• 28. The Last Ride
• 29. Almost Perfect
• 30. You Didn't Have To
• 31. Rosalee
• 32. Break Up the Concrete
• 33. One Thing Never Changed

Credits

• Phil Manzanera: Introduction
• Pretenders: Producer, Compilation
• Jim Keltner: Drums, Vocals (Background)
• Dan Hersch: Remastering
• Chrissie Hynde: Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
• Bill Inglot: Compilation, Remastering
• Robert Kidney: Composer
• Stephen Marcussen: Mastering
• Don Smith: Engineer, Mixing
• Eric Heywood: Pedal Steel, Vocals (Background)
• Rachel Gutek: Art Direction, Design
• Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff: Art Direction
• Lawrence Azerrad: Graphic Design, Art Direction
• Martin Pradler: Engineer
• Giovanni Scatola: Mastering
• Jamie Johnson: Engineer
• James Walbourne: Guitar, Piano, Accordion, Vocals (Background)
• Alex Pavlides: Mixing Assistant
• Steve Bing: Executive Producer
• Adrianne Callaway: Photography
• Nick Wilkinson: Bass, Vocals (Background)