Pretenders is the debut studio album by British-American band The Pretenders, released on 7 January 1980 under Real Records in the UK, and Sire Records in the United States. A combination of rock, punk and pop music, this album made the band famous. Nick Lowe produced the Pretenders' first single, "Stop Your Sobbing", but decided not to work with them again as he thought the band was "not going anywhere". Chris Thomas took over on the subsequent recording sessions.

Pretenders II is the second studio album by British rock band the Pretenders, issued on Sire Records in August 1981. It incorporates two songs that had been released as singles in the UK and placed on an EP in the US. It peaked at #7 on the UK Albums Chart and #10 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified a gold record for sales by the RIAA. It is the final album by the original line-up, as the following year bassist Pete Farndon was dismissed and guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died in the same week. Farndon died in 1983, and a new line-up would make the band's next album, Learning to Crawl.

Learning to Crawl is the third studio album by the rock band the Pretenders. It was released in January 1984 after a hiatus during which band members James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon died of drug overdoses. The album's title of "Learning to Crawl" was given in honor of Chrissie Hynde's then-infant daughter, Natalie Rae Hynde. She was learning to crawl at the time that Chrissie was trying to determine a name for the album.

"Pretenders" is the first studio album by the British-American new wave band The Pretenders. It was released in 1979 and featured the singles "Stop Your Sobbing", "Kid", and "Brass in Pocket". The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart in the week of its release and stayed there for four consecutive weeks. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1982. "Pretenders" has been declared to be one of the best albums of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine and VH1.

"Pretenders II", released in 1981, rose to #10 in Billboard, and delivered the hit single "The Adultress". It also featured the band's signature classics: "Message Of Love", "Talk Of The Town" and "Pack It Up"; plus, another sublime cover of The Kinks' "I Go To Sleep" by Ray Davies. "Pretenders II" was eventually certified gold in 2001.

"Learning To Crawl" is Pretenders’ 1984 Platinum-selling masterpiece. The album is widely considered one of Rock N’ Roll’s greatest classics. Reaching the Billboard Top Five, the recording includes the astounding tunes “Middle Of The Road”, “Back On The Chain Gang”, “2000 Miles” and “My City Was Gone”. "Learning To Crawl" remains one of the band’s finest albums.

"Get Close" is the fourth album by rock group The Pretenders, released in 1986. The album contains the band's two biggest Mainstream Rock Tracks chart hits, "Don't Get Me Wrong" and "My Baby", both of which reached #1.