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)Viva el Amor1999 Loose Screw (2002) Break Up the Concrete (2008)Break Up the Concrete2008

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(71/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Blender
Entertainment Weekly	B−
PopMatters
Robert Christgau	A−
Rolling Stone
Spin	(7/10)
Stylus Magazine	C+
Uncut
USA Today

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

External links

• Loose Screw at Metacritic