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{{Infobox album

| name = Loose Screw

| type = studio

| artist = the Pretenders

| cover = LooseScrew.jpg

| alt =

| released = 12 November 2002

| recorded = June 2001 – April 2002

| studio = {{hlist|RAK (London)|Sony Music (London)|Axis (New York City)}}

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 42:40

| label = Artemis

| producer = Jonathan Quarmby, Kevin Bacon

| prev_title = Greatest Hits

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Pirate Radio

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 71/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/loose-screw/the-pretenders/critic-reviews|title=Loose Screw by The Pretenders|website=metacritic.com}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r611789|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B−{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,388443,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007215231/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,388443,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2008|title=Loose Screw|date=15 November 2002|website=Entertainment Weekly}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/pretenders-loose/|title=The Pretenders: Loose Screw|date=11 December 2002|website=popmatters.com}}

| rev5 = Robert Christgau

| rev5score = A−{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=pretenders|title=Robert Christgau: CG: pretenders|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pretenders2/albums/album/96394/review/5945066/loose_screw |title=Rolling Stone review |accessdate=2007-09-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107015835/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pretenders2/albums/album/96394/review/5945066/loose_screw |archivedate=November 7, 2007}}

| rev7 = Spin

| rev7score = 7/10

| rev8 = Stylus Magazine

| rev8score = C+{{cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-pretenders/loose-screw.htm|title=Stylus Magazine review|website=stylusmagazine.com}}

| rev9 = Uncut

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev10 = USA Today

| rev10score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/236311381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+12%2C+2002&author=Edna+Gundersen%3BElysa+Gardner%3BSteve+Jones%3BBrian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.06&desc=Bone+Thugs+%27n%27+Pearl+Jam+pounce+%3B+Phil+Collins+is+here+to+%27Testify%27%3B+Pretenders+have+%27Screw%27+loose|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717084212/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/236311381.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+12,+2002&author=Edna+Gundersen;Elysa+Gardner;Steve+Jones;Brian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.06&desc=Bone+Thugs+'n'+Pearl+Jam+pounce+;+Phil+Collins+is+here+to+'Testify';+Pretenders+have+'Screw'+loose|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2013|title=USA Today review|website=pqarchiver.com}}

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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.

Track listing

All songs written by Chrissie Hynde and Adam Seymour, except where noted.

=Original album=

  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{{sic|hide=y}} 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" (Jarvis Cocker, Richard Barratt, Dean Honer, Jason Buckle) – 4:42

=2003 special edition bonus tracks (Eagle Records)=

  2. "Complicada" ["Complex Person" Spanish version] – 2:57
  3. "I Wish You Love" (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) – 10:32 [from Eye of the Beholder soundtrack, 1999]

=2013 CD and DVD edition (Salvo Sound & Visions)=

The CD contains the twelve tracks from the original album.

DVD – Loose in L.A.

  1. "Lie to Me"
  2. "Time"
  3. "Message of Love" (Hynde)
  4. My Baby (Hynde)
  5. "Talk of the Town" (Hynde)
  6. "You Know Who Your Friends Are"
  7. "Time the Avenger" (Hynde)
  8. "The Homecoming" (Hynde)
  9. "Up the Neck" (Hynde)
  10. "Fools Must Die"
  11. "My City Was Gone" (Hynde)
  12. "The Losing"
  13. "Biker" (Hynde)
  14. "Complex Person"
  15. "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly)
  16. "Back on the Chain Gang" (Hynde)
  17. "Don't Get Me Wrong" (Hynde)
  18. "Kid" (Hynde)
  19. "Rebel Rock Me" (Hynde)
  20. "Night in My Veins" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly)
  21. "Tattooed Love Boys" (Hynde)
  22. "Precious" (Hynde)
  23. "I'll Stand by You" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly)
  24. "Middle of the Road" (Hynde)
  25. "Mystery Achievement" (Hynde)
  26. "Brass in Pocket" (Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott)

Personnel

The Pretenders

Additional personnel

Bonus tracks

:"Complicada"

  • Phil Manzanera – producer (Spanish vocals)
  • Lucho Brieva – producer (Spanish vocals)
  • Jamie Johnson – engineer
  • recorded at Gallery Studio, London, December 2002.

:"I Wish You Love"

  • Gary O'Toole – drums
  • Chris Elliott – piano, string arrangement, string conductor
  • Alexis Smith – programming
  • Marius De Vries – producer, string conductor
  • Mike Nielsen – mixing

Loose in L.A. DVD

  • Chrissie Hynde – vocals, guitar
  • Adam Seymour – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Andy Hobson – bass, backing vocals
  • Martin Chambers – drums, backing vocals
  • Zeben Jameson – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Loose Screw

! scope="col"| Chart (2002–2003)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|UK2|55|date=20030525|rowheader=true|access-date=3 September 2023}}
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pretenders-mn0000492331/awards|title=Pretenders – Awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=3 August 2023|archive-date=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908035711/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pretenders-mn0000492331/awards|url-status=dead}}

| 179

scope="row"| US Independent Albums (Billboard)

| 8

References

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External links

  • {{Metacritic album}}

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Category:The Pretenders albums

Category:2002 albums

Category:Albums produced by Kevin Bacon (producer)

Category:Albums produced by Jonathan Quarmby

Category:Artemis Records albums