Loose Screw

Loose Screw
Studio album by The Pretenders
Released	November 12, 2002
Recorded	June 2001–April 2002
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Artemis Records
Producer	Jonathan Quarmby, Kevin Bacon
The Pretenders chronology
Viva el Amor (1999) Loose Screw (2002) Break Up the Concrete (2008)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B− [3]
PopMatters	[1][4]
Robert Christgau	A− [5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	(7/10) [1]
Stylus Magazine	C+ [7]
Uncut	[1]
USA Today	[8]

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 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

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

Personnel

• Chrissie Hynde – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Adam Seymour – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Andy Hobson – bass
• Martin Chambers – drums

Additional personnel

• Kevin Bacon – bass
• Jonathan Quarmby – keyboards
• Colin Elliot – percussion
• Mark Smith – percussion
• Priscilla Jones – backing vocals
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals
• Mark Sheridan – backing vocals
• Duke Quartet – strings, brass
• Kick Horns – brass

References

External links

• Loose Screw at Metacritic

The Pretenders
Chrissie Hynde Martin Chambers Nick Wilkinson James Walbourne Eric Heywood James Honeyman-Scott Pete Farndon Robbie McIntosh Malcolm Foster Blair Cunningham T. M. Stevens Johnny Marr Adam Seymour Andy Rourke
Studio albums	Pretenders Pretenders II Learning to Crawl Get Close Packed! Last of the Independents Viva el Amor Loose Screw Break Up the Concrete Alone
Live albums	The Isle of View
Extended plays	Extended Play
Compilation albums	The Singles Greatest Hits The Best of Pretenders
Singles	"Stop Your Sobbing" "Kid" "Brass in Pocket" "Precious" "I Go to Sleep" "Back on the Chain Gang" "My City Was Gone" "2000 Miles" "Middle of the Road" "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" "Don't Get Me Wrong" "Hymn to Her" "My Baby" "Where Has Everybody Gone?" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "I'm Not in Love" "I'll Stand by You" "Human"
Related articles	Discography Members John McKenzie
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