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Break Up the Concrete by The Pretenders
Break Up the Concrete is an album by The Pretenders, released in 2008. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Love's A Mystery”, on 6 lists with a best position of #63.
Break Up the Concrete, the Pretenders' ninth studio album, came out on Shangri-La Music in 2008, their first studio set since Loose Screw in 2002. Chrissie Hynde went after a rootsier, twangier sound this time, so much so that the special editions each added a countrified version of a vintage Pretenders song to match.
That new direction cost Martin Chambers his seat in the studio: for the first time since 1994's Last of the Independents he isn't on drums, because Hynde wanted a style she didn't think he could give her. Session ace Jim Keltner played instead, though Chambers was back for the tour. The sleeve parodies Joe Jackson's 1979 debut Look Sharp!, first pressings came with a sheet of seed paper you could plant, and the title track opened an episode of House. "Love's A Mystery" later made a countdown.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Break Up the Concrete on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love's A Mystery | 6 | #63 | – | 2008–2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.