Pete Townshend Discography
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[Review] Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert (1973)
Some people would have staged an intervention for Clapton. His friends staged a concert instead.
[Review] Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane: Rough Mix (1977)
Odds and sods from an old pair of mods, with nods to the bods that made them gods.
[Review] Wings: Back To The Egg (1979)
Out of the frying pan and into retire, which kind of came out of the blue.
[Review] Pete Townshend: Empty Glass (1980)
While the world waited to see what would happen to The Who, Townshend channeled his muse into a legitimate solo album that filled…
Pete Townshend: “Let My Love Open The Door” (1980)
This is to many the most popular song in Pete’s personal catalog, and his only solo Top 10 single to date. “Let My…
[Review] Pete Townshend: All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (1982)
In a word, wordy. It does contain two great tracks: Slit Skirts and The Sea Refuses No River.
[Review] David Gilmour: About Face (1984)
This edges out The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking as the best of the pink flawed following The Final Cut.
Pete Townshend: “Face The Face” (1985)
Pete channels big band jazz through rock’s noisy filter and comes out looking tougher than Joe Jackson, which isn’t that tough.
Pete Townshend’s Deep End Live! (1986)
One of those “an intimate evening with the artist” affairs that eschews the expected for the unexpected. It’s unlikely anyone showed up in…
[Review] Paul McCartney: Press To Play (1986)
Paul’s best album in years. Also, his only album in years. Macca strikes a modern sound, Phil Collins lurks suspiciously in the background.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Playing For Keeps (1986)
The Bed and Breakfast Club. Not that I saw the film, but I did buy the soundtrack to hear the one Townshend track.
Pete Townshend: The Iron Man (1989)
Okay, Who fans, you’ll want to have your programs out for this one. Pete Townshend is a ten-year-old boy (Hogarth) who befriends a…
Pete Townshend: Psychoderelict (1993)
It hit me when the 18th individual track rolled around, a stretch of talking called “Dialogue Introduction to Now And Then (Reprise),” how…