Alone
Studio album by
The Pretenders
Released21 October 2016
Recorded2016
StudioEasy Eye Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreRock
Length46:19
LabelBMG Rights Management
ProducerDan 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]

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

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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

All tracks are written by Chrissie Hynde, except where noted

Alone track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alone"Hynde, Dan Auerbach, Richard Swift3:49
2."Roadie Man" 3:54
3."Gotta Wait" 2:58
4."Never Be Together"Hynde, Björn Yttling, Fyfe Dangerfield4:01
5."Let's Get Lost"Hynde, Dave McCracken3:03
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

References

  1. ^ "Alone by Pretenders on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. ^ Blistein, Jon (8 September 2016). "Pretenders Team With Dan Auerbach for New Album 'Alone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Reviews for Alone by Pretenders". Metacritic. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (21 October 2016). "Alone - Pretenders | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ Horowitz, Hal (20 October 2016). "The Pretenders: Alone". Americansongwriter.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ^ Bray, Ryan (18 October 2016). "The Pretenders – Alone". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. ^ Caroline Sullivan. "Pretenders: Alone review – Chrissie Hynde still a magnificent one-off". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  8. ^ Andy Gill (19 October 2016). "Album reviews: Lady Gaga - Joanne, Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker, Pretenders - Alone, and more". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. ^ Kitty Empire (1 January 1970). "The Pretenders: Alone review – crunch, swing and one of rock's finest voices". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  10. ^ Hermes, Will (21 October 2016). "Review: The Pretenders' 'Alone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Pretenders – Alone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Pretenders – Alone" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Pretenders – Alone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Pretenders | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Pretenders Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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