Pete Townshend discography
| Pete Townshend discography | |
|---|---|
 Townshend performing with the Who at Manchester Arena in 2014 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 18 |
The following is the solo discography of the English rock musician 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 |
| 2025 | The Studio Albums[14] | Box set |
Singles
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | AUS [2][3] | BEL (FL) [15] | CAN | GER [16] | NED [6] | NZ [7] | SWE [9] | SWI [10] | US [17] | |||
| 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[18] |
| "—" 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[19] |
| "Spread It Around" | Straight Eight | executive producer on B-sides "It Ain't Easy" and "Oh No"[20] | |
| 1983 | Sweet Sound | Simon Townshend | [21] |
| 1991 | "She Blows My Mind" | The Tambourines | [22] |
| 2003 | The Awakening | Raphael Rudd | vocals on "The Awakening", recorded 1978[23] |
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.[24] |
Adaptations
| Year | Recording | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Classic Quadrophenia | orchestrated by Rachel Fuller conducted by Robert Ziegler[25] |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Week commencing 24 July 1989". Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "austriancharts.at > Pete Townshend in der Österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ German albums chart peaks:
- White City: "Pete Townshend – White City (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend: "Musical / Pete Townshend – The Iron Man (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ a b "dutchcharts.nl > Pete Townshend in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ a b "charts.nz > Pete Townshend in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com > Pete Townshend in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ a b "swedishcharts.com > Pete Townshend in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ a b "hitparade.ch > Pete Townshend in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ a b US Billboard 200 albums chart peaks:
- All peaks other than stated: "Billboard > Artists / Pete Townshend > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2017. N.B. This page is missing peaks for Rough Mix, White City: A Novel, Deep End Live! and Another Scoop.
- Peaks for Rough Mix, White City: A Novel, Deep End Live! and Another Scoop: "US Albums (from ukmix.org Chart Histories thread, page 176)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Gold & Platinum: Pete Townshend". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". www.musikindustrie.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Pete Townshend – The Studio Albums box set". thewho.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Ultratop > Pete Townsend in Ultratop Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ German singles chart peaks:
- "Face the Face": "Pete Townshend – Face the Face (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- "Give Blood": "Pete Townshend – Give Blood (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ Billboard Hot 100 and Bubbling Under chart peaks:
- Hot 100 peaks, other than "Face the Face": "Billboard > Artists / Pete Townshend > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2017. N.B. This page is missing the peak for "Face the Face".
- Bubbling Under peaks and "Face the Face": "Chart Runs for: Pete Townshend (from ukmix.org Chart Histories thread, page 176)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ Singh, Surej (24 March 2023). "Pete Townshend shares first single in nearly 30 years, 'Can't Outrun The Truth'". NME. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ Angie - Peppermint Lump, retrieved 17 August 2022
- ^ Straight Eight - Spread It Around, retrieved 17 August 2022
- ^ Sweet Sound - Simon Townshend | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 17 August 2022
- ^ The Tambourines - She Blows My Mind E.P., retrieved 17 August 2022
- ^ The Awakening - Raphael Rudd | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 17 August 2022
- ^ "Various - The Who's Tommy (Original Cast Recording)". Discogs. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Robert Ziegler - Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia". Discogs. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
