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THE PRETENDERS - TALK OF THE TOWN (SONG)
Year:1980
Music/Lyrics:Chrissie Hynde
Producer:Chris Thomas
World wide:
nl  Peak: 24 / weeks: 7
be  Peak: 28 / weeks: 1 (Vl)

7" Single
Real ARE 12 (uk)



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TRACKS
31/04/1980
7" Single Real ARE 12 [uk]
1. Talk Of The Town
3:12
2. Cuban Slide
4:29
   

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VersionLengthTitleLabel
Number
Format
Medium
Date
3:12Talk Of The TownReal
ARE 12
Single
7" Single
31/04/1980
2:42Extended PlaySire
MINI 3563
Album
12" EP
25/03/1981
2:46Pretenders IIReal
56.924
Album
LP
14/08/1981
3:12The SinglesWEA
242 229-1
Album
LP
17/11/1987
3:14Sound Of The SuburbsCrimson
CRIMIDCD52
Compilation
CD
31/07/1998
3:14Greatest HitsWSM
8573 84607 2
Album
CD
20/10/2000
3:15Pirate RadioRhino
812 273270 2
Album
CD
07/04/2006
3:16The Best Of / Break Up The ConcreteRhino
2564689334
Album
CD
29/05/2009
3:13Rock And New Wave - The Ultimate CollectionUnion Square / Rhino
ULTIM5CDW34
Compilation
CD
28/05/2021
3:13Now Yearbook '80Now
CDYBNOW80
Compilation
CD
15/07/2022
3:13Now 80s AlternativeNow
CDNNNOW141
Compilation
CD
16/06/2023
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2000 Miles
2000 Miles [Live] (Pretenders)
977 (Pretenders)
A Love
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All My Dreams (Pretenders)
Almost Perfect (Pretenders)
Alone (Pretenders)
Angel Of The Morning
Baby's Breath (Pretenders)
Back Down
Back On The Chain Gang
Bad Boys Get Spanked
Biker (Pretenders)
Birds Of Paradise
Blue Eyed Sky (Pretenders)
Bold As Love
Boots Of Chinese Plastic (Pretenders)
Brass In Pocket
Break Up The Concrete (Pretenders)
California
Chill Factor
Chord Lord (Pretenders)
Clean Up Woman (Pretenders)
Complex Person (Pretenders)
Complicada
Creep
Criminal
Cuban Slide
Dance!
Day After Day
Death Is Not Enough (Pretenders)
Didn't Want To Be This Lonely (Pretenders)
Domestic Silence (Pretenders)
Don't Cut Your Hair (Pretenders)
Don't Get Me Wrong
Don't Lose Faith In Me (Pretenders)
Downtown (Akron)
Dragway 42 (Pretenders)
Every Mother's Son (Pretenders)
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Fast Or Slow The Law's The Law
Fools Must Die (Pretenders)
Forever Young (Pretenders)
From The Heart Down (Pretenders)
Goin' Back
Goodbye
Gotta Wait (Pretenders)
Hate For Sale (Pretenders)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Hold A Candle To This
Hollywood Perfume (Pretenders)
Holy Commotion (Pretenders)
How Do I Miss You
How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?
Human (Pretenders)
Hymn To Her
I Didn't Know When To Stop (Pretenders)
I Go To Sleep
I Hate Myself (Pretenders)
I Hurt You
I Remember You
I Should Of (Pretenders)
I Think About You Daily (Pretenders with Jonny Greenwood)
If There Was A Man
I'll Stand By You (Pretenders)
I'm A Mother (Pretenders)
I'm Not In Love
In The Sticks
Into Vienna
Jealous Dogs
Junkie Walk (Pretenders)
Just Let It Go (Pretenders)
Kid
Kid [Remix] (Pretenders)
Kinda Nice, I Like It (Pretenders)
Legalise Me (Pretenders)
Let The Sun Come In (Pretenders)
Let's Get Lost (Pretenders)
Let's Make A Pact
Lie To Me (Pretenders)
Light Of The Moon
Lightning Man (Pretenders)
Look Away (Pretenders)
Losing My Sense Of Taste (Pretenders)
Louie Louie
Love Colours (Pretenders)
Lovers Of Today
Love's A Mystery (Pretenders)
Loving You Is All I Know
Lust For Life (Tom Jones with The Pretenders)
May This Be Love
Maybe Love Is In N.Y.C. (Pretenders)
Merry Christmas Message 1981 (Pretenders)
Merry Widow (Pretenders)
Message Of Love
Middle Of The Road
Millionaires
Money Talk (Pretenders)
My Baby
My City Was Gone
Mystery Achievement
Nails In The Road (Pretenders)
Nervous But Shy
Never Be Together (Pretenders)
Never Do That (Pretenders)
Night In My Veins (Pretenders)
No Guarantee
Not A Second Time (Pretenders)
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (Pretenders)
One More Day (Pretenders)
One More Time (Pretenders)
One Thing Never Changed (Pretenders)
Pack It Up
Popstar (Pretenders)
Porcelain
Precious
Private Life
Rabo du nube (Pretenders)
Ramblin' Rob
Rebel Rock Me (Pretenders)
Reconsider Me
Revolution (Pretenders)
Roadie Man (Pretenders)
Room Full Of Mirrors
Rosalee (Pretenders)
Samurai (Pretenders)
Saving Grace (Pretenders)
Sense Of Purpose (Pretenders)
She (The Pretenders & Emmylou Harris)
Show Me
Something To Believe In
Space Invader
Spirit Of Life (Pretenders)
Spiritual High (State Of Independence)
Stop Your Sobbing
Swinging London
Talk Of The Town
Tattooed Love Boys
Tequila (Pretenders)
The Adultress
The Buzz (Pretenders)
The Copa (Pretenders)
The English Roses
The Homecoming
The Last Ride (Pretenders)
The Losing (Pretenders)
The Man You Are (Pretenders)
The Needle And The Damage
The Nothing Maker (Pretenders)
The Phone Call
The Promise Of Love (Pretenders)
The Wait
Thin Line Between Love And Hate
Thumbelina
Time (Pretenders)
Time The Avenger
Tradition Of Love
Turf Accountant Daddy (Pretenders)
Up The Neck
Vainglorious (Pretenders)
Walk Like A Panther (Pretenders)
Waste Not Want Not
Watching The Clothes
What You Gonna Do About It
When I Change My Life
When Will I See You
Where Has Everybody Gone?
Who's Who (Pretenders)
Windows Of The World (Pretenders)
Worlds Within Worlds
You Can't Hurt A Fool (Pretenders)
You Didn't Have To (Pretenders)
You Know Who Your Friends Are (Pretenders)
Your House Is On Fire (Pretenders)
ALBUMS BY THE PRETENDERS
ˇViva el amor! (Pretenders)
2 In 1: Get Close / Last Of The Independents
Alone (Pretenders)
Break Up The Concrete (Pretenders)
Don't Get Me Wrong
Extended Play
Get Close
Greatest Hits
Hate For Sale (Pretenders)
Last Of The Independents (Pretenders)
Learning To Crawl
Live - Live Radio Broadcast
Live From New York City
Live In London
Loose Screw (Pretenders)
Loose Screw / Loose In L.A.
Original Album Series
Packed!
Pirate Radio
Pretenders
Pretenders II
Relentless (Pretenders)
The Best Of / Break Up The Concrete
The Isle Of View (Pretenders)
The Singles
With Friends (Pretenders)
DVDS BY THE PRETENDERS
Live In London
Loose In L.A. - Live At The Wiltern Theatre 2003
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.08 (Reviews: 39)
*****
Sehr Gutter und Schöner Song von Chrissie Hynde und Ihrer Leute....... in Mai/Juni 1980 war es das zweiter Hit in Holland (7 Wochen - Rang 24).
Last edited: 30.11.2005 19:26
****
Stabiler Rocksong
****
Die Nachfolgesingle zu einem Lied, das so überragend war, dass es gar keinen geeigneten Nachfolger geben konnte, "Brass In Pocket".<br><br>Ordentlicher Versuch, # 8 in GB im Frühling 1980.
****
War ihre 4. Hitsingle in GB (#8 im April 1980). Geht so.
****
▓ Goede plaat van "Chrissie Hynde" en "The Pretenders" uit mei 1980 !!! Maar jammergenoeg dacht het Nederlandse publiek er anders over !!! (NL Top 40: 3 wk / # 31) !!!
****
solide
***
hier konnten auch nur die briten hitqualität erkennen..
****
sicher nicht sensationell, aber gut hörbar.
***
geht so
******
sehr gut
*****
Noch so'n alter Klassiker!
****
Das, was wohl der Refrain sein soll ist sehr gelungen, die Strophen mit den abrupten Wechseln gefallen mir nicht so. Ordentliche 4.
***
Peaked at #55 in Australia, 1980.
****
Ganz ordentliche Nummer.
****
goeie plaat
******
Zeer tof!
***
Goede plaat, niets mis mee.
****
artig rockendes Stück aus 1980 – hätte ruhig noch mehr Biss haben dürfen, die Grossstadt schläft nie – 3.75...
****
Akzeptabel, aber begeistern tut's mich keineswegs.....
*****
klassieker
*****
Tof nummer van The Pretenders uit 1980.
*****
Mit ihrer glasklaren Stimme hebt sie diesen Song locker aus der Durchschnittlichkeit heraus!
***
... maximal 3 + ...
***
Matig plaatje.
****
lekkere plaat
****
'Talk Of The Town' was in 1980 de opvolger van het erg succesvolle 'Brass In Pocket'. Ondanks dat het zeker geen slechte song is, kende de singel niet echt veel succes in de officiële Vlaamse charts (slechts één week notering, meer bepaald op positie 28).<br>4+
**
Trop soft.
****
Prima Pretenders nummer
****
Naja geht so, ich finde das eine bisschen unspektakuläre Nummer, irgendwie vermisse ich hier so ein richtiges Highlight!
****
prima nummertje
*****
Classic Pretenders met hun typische sound - hoewel niet hun meest opvallende nummer, wel eentje waaruit de kwaliteit van de groep blijkt. In dit geval misschien juist omdat het er iets minder uitspringt, blijft het een leuk nummer om af en toe terug te horen - mag dus best eens vaker op radiostations voorbij komen.
****
<br>****
***
Ein typischer Pretenders-Sound, der von mir nur durchschnittlich gewertet wird. Im Apr mit # 8 in UK ein weiterer Single-Erfolg.
****
Die zahlreichen Bewertungen mit "ordentlich" und "solide" treffen es hier.
*****
Ich finde das Lied sehr gut.
****
Kratzt gerade so noch an der 4 und am Prädikat "hörbar". Vor allem dieser extrem leiernde Refrain geht mir ein wenig auf die Nerven.
****
ich habe schon schlechtere Songs gehört
*****
Great
****
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