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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
Released	12 November 2002
Recorded	June 2001 – April 2002
Studio	RAK Studios (London) Sony Music Studios (London) Axis Studios (New York City)
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Artemis
Producer	Jonathan Quarmby, Kevin Bacon
The Pretenders chronology
Viva el Amor (1999) Loose Screw (2002) Pirate Radio (2006)

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]

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

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

References

External links

• Loose Screw at Metacritic

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