Loose Screw

Loose Screw is the eighth studio album by rock group the Pretenders, and was released in 2002. It was the first time that the Pretenders had the same credited band line-up (Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, Andy Hobson and Adam Seymour) on three consecutive studio albums.

Loose Screw
Studio album by
the Pretenders
Released12 November 2002
RecordedJune 2001 – April 2002
Studio
  • RAK (London)
  • Sony Music (London)
  • Axis (New York City)
GenreAlternative rock
Length42:40
LabelArtemis
ProducerJonathan Quarmby, Kevin Bacon
The Pretenders chronology
Greatest Hits
(2000)		 Loose Screw
(2002)		 Pirate Radio
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
PopMatters[1][4]
Robert ChristgauA−[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin7/10[1]
Stylus MagazineC+[7]
Uncut[1]
USA Today[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Seymour and Chrissie Hynde, except where noted.

  1. "Lie to Me" – 2:23
  2. "Time" – 3:58
  3. "You Know Who Your Friends Are" – 3:30
  4. "Complex Person" – 2:47
  5. "Fools Must Die" – 2:36
  6. "Kinda Nice, I Like It" – 3:37
  7. "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 3:28
  8. "I Should Of" – 4:03
  9. "Clean Up Woman" – 3:25
  10. "The Losing" – 4:51
  11. "Saving Grace" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:20
  12. "Walk like a Panther" (Richard Barratt, Jason Buckle, Jarvis Cocker, Dean Honer) – 4:42

2003 UK and Brazil Eagle Records edition bonus tracks

  1. "Complicada" ["Complex Person" Spanish version] – 2:57
  2. "I Wish You Love" (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) – 10:32

Personnel

The Pretenders

Additional personnel

Charts
Chart performance for Loose Screw
Chart (2002–2003) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 55
US Billboard 200[10] 179
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] 8

References
  1. "Loose Screw by The Pretenders". metacritic.com.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. "Loose Screw". ew.com. 15 November 2002.
  4. "The Pretenders: Loose Screw". popmatters.com. 11 December 2002.
  5. "Robert Christgau: CG: pretenders". www.robertchristgau.com.
  6. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  7. "Stylus Magazine review". stylusmagazine.com.
  8. "USA Today review". pqarchiver.com.
  9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  10. "Pretenders – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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