Alone (The Pretenders album)

Alone
Studio album by The Pretenders
Released	October 21, 2016
Recorded	2016
Genre	Rock
Length	46:19
Label	BMG Rights Management
Producer	Dan Auerbach
The Pretenders chronology
Break Up the Concrete (2008) Alone (2016)

Alone is the tenth studio album by English-American rock band The Pretenders. The album was released on October 21, 2016, by BMG Rights Management.^[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
American Songwriter	[5]
Consequence of Sound	B[6]
The Guardian	[7]
The Independent	[8]
The Observer	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]

Alone received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77 based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Alone"	3:49
2.	"Roadie Man"	3:54
3.	"Gotta Wait"	2:58
4.	"Never Be Together"	4:01
5.	"Let's Get Lost"	3:03
6.	"Chord Lord"	3:14
7.	"Blue Eyed Sky"	4:51
8.	"The Man You Are"	3:45
9.	"One More Day"	4:15
10.	"I Hate Myself"	4:43
11.	"Death Is Not Enough"	3:11
12.	"Holy Commotion"	4:12

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	113
French Albums (SNEP)[13]	198
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14]	31
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	40
US Billboard 200[16]	150

References

1. "Alone by Pretenders on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
2. Blistein, Jon (2016-09-08). "Pretenders Team With Dan Auerbach for New Album 'Alone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
3. "Reviews for Alone by Pretenders". Metacritic. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
4. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2016-10-21). "Alone - Pretenders | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
5. Horowitz, Hal (2016-10-20). "The Pretenders: Alone". Americansongwriter.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
6. Geslani, Michelle (2016-10-19). "The Pretenders – Alone". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
7. Caroline Sullivan. "Pretenders: Alone review – Chrissie Hynde still a magnificent one-off". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
8. Andy Gill (2016-10-19). "Album reviews: Lady Gaga - Joanne, Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker, Pretenders - Alone, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
9. Kitty Empire (1970-01-01). "The Pretenders: Alone review – crunch, swing and one of rock's finest voices". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
10. Hermes, Will (2016-10-21). "Review: The Pretenders' 'Alone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
11. "Ultratop.be – Pretenders – Alone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
12. "Ultratop.be – Pretenders – Alone" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
13. "Lescharts.com – Pretenders – Alone". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
15. "Pretenders | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved October 29, 2016.
16. "Pretenders – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Pretenders. Retrieved November 1, 2016.