5.6K views · 169 reactions | Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders ( Learning to Crawl ) 1984 | The songs of my life | Facebook

Happy 40th Anniversary to The Pretenders’ Learning to Crawl! The band's third album is full of resolve, momentum, and vulnerability. Chrissie Hynde’s voice energizes each song with its own characterization, and Martin Chamber’s drums match Hynde’s voice in their versatility and depth. Newcomers Robbie McIntosh and Malcom Foster lock in effortlessly with stellar guitar and bass riffs, solos, and grooves, completing this lineup of The Pretenders. Learning to Crawl adds several classics to the band

354K views · 13K reactions | 'Learning To Crawl', the third studio album from The Pretenders was released today in 1984, 41 years ago. -PretendersHQ | Pretenders | Facebook

42 years ago this week, Pretenders released ‘Learning To Crawl’. -PretendersHQ | Pretenders

🎸 My City Was Gone 🎸 Another standout from Learning To Crawl, and definitely one of those Pretenders tracks that hits with even more power live. Today’s clip is “My City Was Gone”, performed at the Fox Theatre in April 1984 — a killer version that really shows the band firing on all cylinders 🔥 The song reflects Chrissie’s hometown of Akron, Ohio, capturing how the city changed over time as green spaces disappeared and development took over. It’s raw, honest, and absolutely electric on stage.