Extended Play (The Pretenders EP)

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Extended Play
Extended Play cover
EP by The Pretenders
Released March 1981
Recorded 1980-1981
Genre Rock
Length 17:45
Label Sire Records
Producer Chris Thomas
Professional reviews
The Pretenders chronology
Pretenders
(1980)
Extended Play
(1981)
Pretenders II
(1981)

EP is an EP released by the new wave band The Pretenders. "Message of Love" and "Talk of the Town" were included on their second album released later in the year. "Porcelain" and "Cuban Slide," outtakes from the first album, were included on the 2006 remastered edition of Pretenders, as well as the Pirate Radio boxed set. The blistering live version of "Precious" from Central Park has not been reissued as of 2007.


[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Chrissie Hynde unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Message of Love" – 3:24
  2. "Talk of the Town" – 2:42
  3. "Porcelain" (Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott) – 3:53
  4. "Cuban Slide" (Hynde, Honeyman-Scott) – 4:29
  5. "Precious" (Live) – 3:17 recorded live in Central Park, August 30, 1980

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums 27