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Those who heard "Precious," "Tattooed Love Boys" and "The Wait" thought they were hearing a punk band. But the LP that contained those, 1980’s "The Pretenders," also showed the razor-sharp Hynde hooks that would send the Pretenders to arenas for years to come. Also here are "Pretenders II" (’81), "Learning to Crawl" (’84; those first three LPs went Top 10), "Get Close" (’86) and "Last of the Independents" (’94); along with key album cuts like the aforementioned, you get the hits "Brass in Pocket," "Stop Your Sobbing," "Back on the Chain Gang," "Middle of the Road," "Show Me," "Thin Line Between Love and Hate," "Don’t Get Me Wrong," "My Baby," "Night in My Veins," "I’ll Stand by You" and more!