Pete Townshend discography

For his work with The Who, see The Who discography.

Pete Townshend discography
Pete Townshend with The Who at Manchester Arena in 2014
Studio albums6
Live albums9
Compilation albums4
Singles18

The following is the solo discography of British rock musician and recording artist Pete Townshend. Townshend's career as a published musician and songwriter began in 1964 as a member of rock band the Who, before branching out as a solo artist in the 1970s.

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2][3] 		AUT
[4] 		GER
[5] 		NED
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		NOR
[8] 		SWE
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		US
[11]
1972 Who Came First 30 35 — — — — — — — 69
1977 Rough Mix (with Ronnie Lane) 44 — — — — — — — — 45
1980 Empty Glass 11 28 — — — 21 40 — — 5
1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes 32 41 — — — 17 33 — — 26
1985 White City: A Novel 70 16 26 15 31 20 — 17 11 26
1989 The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend — 59 — — 39 — — — — 58
1993 Psychoderelict — — — — — — — — — 118
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Notes
US
[11]
1986 Deep End Live! 98 Recorded 1985, expanded version Live: Brixton Academy '85 released 2004
1999 A Benefit For Maryville Academy — Recorded 1998
2000 Live: Sadler's Wells — Recorded 2000, from Townshend's Lifehouse concert series
Live: The Empire — Recorded 1998
Live: The Fillmore — Recorded 1996
2001 Live: La Jolla 22/06/01 — Recorded 2001
Live: La Jolla 23/06/01 —
The Oceanic Concerts (with Raphael Rudd) — Recorded 1979–1980
2003 Live: Bam 1993 — Recorded 1993, on Townshend's Psychoderelict tour
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtrack albums

Year Recording Notes
1975 Tommy From Ken Russell's 1975 film

Compilations

Albums

Year Album Notes
1996 The Best of Pete Townshend Features new song "Uneasy Street"
2005 Anthology 2xCD
2015 Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend Features new songs "Guantanamo" and "How Can I Help You"

Box sets and samplers

Year Album Notes
2000 Lifehouse Chronicles Box set
Lifehouse Elements Sampler of Lifehouse Chronicles.
2001 Jai Baba Box set of Happy Birthday, I Am, and With Love

Singles

Year Album details Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2][3] 		BEL
(FL)
[14] 		CAN GER
[15] 		NED
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		SWE
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		US
[16]
1980 "Rough Boys" 39 — — — — — — — — 89 Empty Glass
"Let My Love Open the Door"

b/w "Greyhound Girl", non-album track

46 82 — 5 — — — — — 9
"A Little Is Enough" — — — — — — — — — 72
"Keep on Working" — — — — — — — — — —
1982 "Face Dances, Pt. 2"

b/w "Man Watching", non-album track

— — — — — — — — — 105 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
"Uniforms (Corp d'Esprit)"

b/w "Dance It Away", non-album track

48 — — — — — — — — —
1985 "Face the Face" 89 9 14 17 15 14 11 8 14 26 White City: A Novel
"Give Blood" — 77 — — 61 — — — — —
1986 "Secondhand Love" — — — — — — — — — —
"Barefootin'" — — — — — — — — — — Deep End Live!
1989 "A Friend Is a Friend"

12" b/w "Real World (Can You Really Dance?)", non-album track

— 113 — — — — — — — — The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
"I Won't Run Anymore" — — — — — — — — — —
1993 "English Boy" 87 — — — — — — — — — Psychoderelict
"I Believe My Own Eyes" — — — — — — — — — —
"Don't Try to Make Me Real" — — — — — — — — — —
1996 "Let My Love Open the Door" (1996 remix) 145 — — — — — — — — — The Best of Pete Townshend
2001 "O' Parvardigar" — — — — — — — — — — I Am/Who Came First
2014 "It Must Be Done" (with Nathan Barr) — — — — — — — — — — N/A (for The Americans)
2023 "Can't Outrun the Truth" — — — — — — — — — — N/A[17]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1970 "Content" (with Maud Kennedy), "Day of Silence", "Mary Jane", "The Seeker" (solo version), "Begin the Beguine", and "The Love Man" Happy Birthday
1972 "Baba O'Riley" (instrumental) and "O' Parvardigar" I Am
"Classified" Glastonbury Fayre
1976 "His Hands", "Meher", "Sleeping Dog", and "Lantern Cabin" With Love
1982 "Ascension Two" Music & Rhythm
1986 "Life to Life" Playing for Keeps
2012 "Corrina, Corrina" Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan

Demos

Albums

Year Album
1983 Scoop
1987 Another Scoop
2001 Scoop 3

Compilation

Year Title
2002 Scooped

Production

Year Title Artist Notes
1969 "Wilhelmina" Thunderclap Newman also bassist
1970 "I See It All"
"Stormy Petrel"
Hollywood Dream
1979 "Peppermint Lump"/"Breakfast in Naples" Angie also arranger[18]
"Spread It Around" Straight Eight executive producer on B-sides "It Ain't Easy" and "Oh No"[19]
1983 Sweet Sound Simon Townshend [20]
1991 "She Blows My Mind" The Tambourines [21]
2003 The Awakening Raphael Rudd vocals on "The Awakening", recorded 1978[22]

Theater and classical

Plays

Year Recording Notes
1993 Tommy Original cast recording of a musical play with music & lyrics by Townshend and book by Townshend & Duff McAnuff. Produced by George Martin.[23]

Adaptations

Year Recording Notes
2015 Classic Quadrophenia orchestrated by Rachel Fuller

conducted by Robert Ziegler[24]

References

  1. ^ a b UK chart peaks:
    • Top 100 peaks, except "English Boy": "Official Charts > Pete Townshend". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 June 2017. N.B. This site is missing positions 76–100 between 13 April 1991 and 30 January 1994 inclusive.
    • "English Boy": "Chart Runs for: Pete Townshend (from ukmix.org Chart Histories thread, page 176)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
    • Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > DJ T – Tzant". zobbel.de. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Australian chart peaks until 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 312. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  3. ^ a b "Week commencing 24 July 1989". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. ^ "austriancharts.at > Pete Townshend in der Österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ^ German albums chart peaks:
  6. ^ a b "dutchcharts.nl > Pete Townshend in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "charts.nz > Pete Townshend in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  8. ^ "norwegiancharts.com > Pete Townshend in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  9. ^ a b "swedishcharts.com > Pete Townshend in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  10. ^ a b "hitparade.ch > Pete Townshend in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. ^ a b US Billboard 200 albums chart peaks:
  12. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum: Pete Townshend". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  13. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". www.musikindustrie.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Ultratop > Pete Townsend in Ultratop Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  15. ^ German singles chart peaks:
  16. ^ Billboard Hot 100 and Bubbling Under chart peaks:
  17. ^ Singh, Surej (24 March 2023). "Pete Townshend shares first single in nearly 30 years, 'Can't Outrun The Truth'". NME. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  18. ^ Angie - Peppermint Lump, retrieved 17 August 2022
  19. ^ Straight Eight - Spread It Around, retrieved 17 August 2022
  20. ^ Sweet Sound - Simon Townshend | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 17 August 2022
  21. ^ The Tambourines - She Blows My Mind E.P., retrieved 17 August 2022
  22. ^ The Awakening - Raphael Rudd | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 17 August 2022
  23. ^ "Various - The Who's Tommy (Original Cast Recording)". Discogs. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  24. ^ "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Robert Ziegler - Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia". Discogs. Retrieved 7 March 2019.