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The Pretenders' debut album, Pretenders, was released in January 1980 and was a great success in both the United Kingdom and the US, both critically and with chart-topping sales. Pretenders was subsequently named one of the best albums of all time by VH1 (#52) and Rolling Stone (#155).

The second full-length album, Pretenders II, was released in August 1981. Most critics at the time called it disappointing, although it is now generally considered a great album. Pretenders II is more spread-out than the debut, and included the Extended Play hit singles, the MTV video hit "Day After Day" and popular album-radio tracks "The Adulteress", "Birds of Paradise" and "The English Roses". According to some critics, "Talk of the Town" is an unrequited-love song about Hynde's old friend Johnny Rotten.

The Pretenders' album Viva el Amor was released in 1999, as was their collaboration with Tom Jones on the album Reload. A Greatest Hits compilation followed in 2000 and Loose Screw in 2002. In early 2006, The Pretenders has their latest release, a box set entitled Pirate Radio, which they are currently touring to promote.