''Last of the Independents'' is the sixth studio album by

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group

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, released in 1994. For this album, the band is officially credited as being

Chrissie Hynde Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band the Pretenders, and one of the band's two remaining original members alon ...

(vocals, guitar), Adam Seymour (guitar), Andy Hobson (bass) and

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(drums). However, this line-up only plays together on one track ("All My Dreams"); the rest of the album is performed by Hynde and Seymour in conjunction with a rotating series of musicians on bass and drums. These musicians include Hobson and Chambers, as well as bassists

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, Tom Kelly and David Paton, and drummers

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and J.F.T. Hood. A few other session musicians also appear, including

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(formerly of

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), and one-time Pretenders guitarist Robbie McIntosh, who plays alongside Hynde and Seymour on "I'm a Mother". The album marked the official return of Chambers, who had been fired by Hynde eight years prior. In addition to a cover of " Forever Young" the band previously recorded for the film '' With Honors'' and was also featured in the closing credits to '' Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home'', the album featured several songs Hynde co-wrote with the songwriting team of

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and Kelly, who wrote several hits for other musicians. That collaboration resulted in singles "Night In My Veins" and "

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" with the latter becoming a hit.

Track listing

#"Hollywood Perfume" (

, Tom Kelly) – 3:55 #"Night in My Veins" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:15 #"Money Talk" (Hynde) – 3:38 #"977" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:54 #"Revolution" (Hynde) – 4:32 #"All My Dreams" (Hynde) – 3:12 #"

I'll Stand by You "I'll Stand by You" is a song recorded by English-American rock band the Pretenders from their sixth studio album, '' Last of the Independents'' (1994). The song was written by Chrissie Hynde and the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Ste ...

" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:59 #"I'm a Mother" (Hynde, J.F.T. Hood) – 5:18 #"Tequila" (Hynde) – 1:13 #"Every Mother's Son" (Hynde) – 3:41 #"Rebel Rock Me" (Hynde) – 3:08 #"Love Colours" (Hynde, Steinberg, Kelly) – 4:32 #" Forever Young" (

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) – 5:04 Note: The version of "Tequila" presented here is an arrangement of a fragment of the song. Full versions can be heard on the two-CD version of ''

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'' and the ''Pirate Radio'' box set, as well as the 1995 single release of "2000 Miles" and "Happy Christmas".

Personnel

–

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(1–3, 5–12),

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* Adam Seymour –

(1–13) *Andy Hobson –

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(1, 6, 13) *

–

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(3, 4, 6, 12) *

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– guitar (8) *

– bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 9–12) *

–

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(5), special effects (2), keyboards (8) *J.F.T. Hood – drums (1, 7, 13), special effects (8) *

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– drums (2, 5, 8–11) *

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– bass guitar (7) * Tom Kelly – bass guitar (4), piano (4, 7), guitar (7) *London Gospel Choir – choir (7) * David Lord – string arrangement (7) *

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– mixing *Steve Williams – engineer *Simon Fowler – cover photography

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

{{Authority control The Pretenders albums 1994 albums Albums produced by Chris Thomas (record producer) Albums produced by Ian Stanley Albums produced by Stephen Street Sire Records albums