Loose Screw

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Loose Screw | type = studio | artist = the Pretenders | cover = LooseScrew.jpg | alt = | released = 12 November 2002 | recorded = June 2001 – April 2002 | studio = {{hlist|RAK (London)|Sony Music (London)|Axis (New York City)}} | genre = Alternative rock | length = 42:40 | label = Artemis | producer = Jonathan Quarmby, Kevin Bacon | prev_title = Greatest Hits | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Pirate Radio | next_year = 2006 }} {{Album ratings | MC = 71/100<ref name=meta>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/loose-screw/the-pretenders/critic-reviews|title=Loose Screw by The Pretenders|website=metacritic.com}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r611789|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''Blender'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=meta /> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,388443,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007215231/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,388443,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2008|title=Loose Screw|date=15 November 2002|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> | rev4 = ''PopMatters'' | rev4score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref name=meta /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/pretenders-loose/|title=The Pretenders: Loose Screw|date=11 December 2002|website=popmatters.com}}</ref> | rev5 = Robert Christgau | rev5score = A−<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=pretenders|title=Robert Christgau: CG: pretenders|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pretenders2/albums/album/96394/review/5945066/loose_screw |title=Rolling Stone review |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2007-09-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107015835/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pretenders2/albums/album/96394/review/5945066/loose_screw |archivedate=November 7, 2007}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Spin'' | rev7score = 7/10<ref name=meta /> | rev8 = ''Stylus Magazine'' | rev8score = C+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-pretenders/loose-screw.htm|title=Stylus Magazine review|website=stylusmagazine.com}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Uncut'' | rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=meta /> | rev10 = ''USA Today'' | rev10score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/236311381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+12%2C+2002&author=Edna+Gundersen%3BElysa+Gardner%3BSteve+Jones%3BBrian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.06&desc=Bone+Thugs+%27n%27+Pearl+Jam+pounce+%3B+Phil+Collins+is+here+to+%27Testify%27%3B+Pretenders+have+%27Screw%27+loose|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717084212/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/236311381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+12,+2002&author=Edna+Gundersen;Elysa+Gardner;Steve+Jones;Brian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.06&desc=Bone+Thugs+'n'+Pearl+Jam+pounce+;+Phil+Collins+is+here+to+'Testify';+Pretenders+have+'Screw'+loose|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2013|title=USA Today review|website=pqarchiver.com}}</ref> | rev11 = ''Trouser Press'' | rev11Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/pretenders/ |title=Pretenders }}</ref> |noprose=yes}} '''''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.

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

===Original album=== #"Lie to Me" – 2:23 #"Time" – 3:58 #"You Know Who Your Friends Are" – 3:30 #"Complex Person" – 2:47 #"Fools Must Die" – 2:36 #"Kinda Nice, I Like It" – 3:37 #"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (Hynde, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 3:28 #"I Should{{sic|hide=y}} Of" – 4:03 #"Clean Up Woman" – 3:25 #"The Losing" – 4:51 #"Saving Grace" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:20 #"Walk like a Panther" (Jarvis Cocker, Richard Barratt, Dean Honer, Jason Buckle) – 4:42

===2003 special edition bonus tracks (Eagle Records)=== #<li value=13>"Complicada" ["Complex Person" Spanish version] – 2:57</li> #"I Wish You Love" (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) – 10:32 [from ''Eye of the Beholder'' soundtrack, 1999]

===2013 CD and DVD edition (Salvo Sound & Visions)=== The CD contains the twelve tracks from the original album.

'''DVD – ''Loose in L.A.''''' #"Lie to Me" #"Time" #"Message of Love" (Hynde) #My Baby (Hynde) #"Talk of the Town" (Hynde) #"You Know Who Your Friends Are" #"Time the Avenger" (Hynde) #"The Homecoming" (Hynde) #"Up the Neck" (Hynde) #"Fools Must Die" #"My City Was Gone" (Hynde) #"The Losing" #"Biker" (Hynde) #"Complex Person" #"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) #"Back on the Chain Gang" (Hynde) #"Don't Get Me Wrong" (Hynde) #"Kid" (Hynde) #"Rebel Rock Me" (Hynde) #"Night in My Veins" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) #"Tattooed Love Boys" (Hynde) #"Precious" (Hynde) #"I'll Stand by You" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) #"Middle of the Road" (Hynde) #"Mystery Achievement" (Hynde) #"Brass in Pocket" (Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott) *DVD recorded live at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, February 2003.

==Personnel== '''The Pretenders''' *Chrissie Hynde – rhythm guitar, lead vocals *Adam Seymour – lead guitar, backing vocals *Andy Hobson – bass *Martin Chambers – drums

'''Additional personnel''' *Kevin Bacon – bass, production, mixing *Jonathan Quarmby – keyboards, production, mixing *Mark "Wiff" Smith – percussion *Colin Elliot – percussion (3, 10) *Tom Kelly – backing vocals (7) *Priscilla Jones – backing vocals (10) *Mark Sheridan – backing vocals (3, 7) *The Kick Horns – brass (6) *The Duke Quartet – strings (8) *Raj Gupta – production assistant *Ian Cooper – mastering *Simon Fowler – photography *Stylorouge – design, art direction

'''Bonus tracks''' :'''"Complicada"''' *Phil Manzanera – producer (Spanish vocals) *Lucho Brieva – producer (Spanish vocals) *Jamie Johnson – engineer *recorded at Gallery Studio, London, December 2002. :'''"I Wish You Love"''' *Gary O'Toole – drums *Chris Elliott – piano, string arrangement, string conductor *Alexis Smith – programming *Marius De Vries – producer, string conductor *Mike Nielsen – mixing

'''''Loose in L.A.'' DVD''' *Chrissie Hynde – vocals, guitar *Adam Seymour – lead guitar, backing vocals *Andy Hobson – bass, backing vocals *Martin Chambers – drums, backing vocals *Zeben Jameson – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Loose Screw'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2002–2003) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|UK2|55|date=20030525|rowheader=true|access-date=3 September 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pretenders-mn0000492331/awards|title=Pretenders – Awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=3 August 2023|archive-date=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908035711/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pretenders-mn0000492331/awards|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 179 |- ! scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="AM"/> | 8 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Metacritic album}}

Category:The Pretenders albums Category:2002 albums Category:Albums produced by Kevin Bacon (producer) Category:Albums produced by Jonathan Quarmby Category:Artemis Records albums