Pete Townshend discography
| Pete Townshend discography | |
|---|---|
 Pete Townshend with The Who at Manchester Arena in 2014 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 10 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Singles | 17 |
The following is the solo discography of British rock musician Pete Townshend.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
NED [5] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | 58 | |
| 1993 | Psychoderelict | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Deep End Live! | 98 | Recorded in 1985 with backing band Deep End. | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | A Benefit For Maryville Academy | — | Recorded in 1998. | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Live: Sadler's Wells | — | Recorded in 2000, from Townshend's Lifehouse concert series. | |||||||||||||
| Live: The Empire | — | Recorded in 1998. | ||||||||||||||
| Live: The Fillmore | — | Recorded in 1996. | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Live: La Jolla 22/06/01 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Live: La Jolla 23/06/01 | — | |||||||||||||||
| The Oceanic Concerts (with Raphael Rudd) | — | Recorded 1979-1980. | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Live: Bam 1993 | — | Recorded in 1993 on Townshend's Psychoderelict tour. | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Live: Brixton Academy '85 | — | Alternate live album taken from the same shows as Deep End Live! | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||||
EPs
| Year | EP |
|---|---|
| 2001 | O' Parvardigar |
Anthologies of previously unreleased work
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Scoop |
| 1987 | Another Scoop |
| 2001 | Scoop 3 |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] |
US [10] | |||||||||||||||
| 1996 | The Best of Pete Townshend | — | — | Features new song "Uneasy Street". | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Lifehouse Chronicles | — | — | Box set | ||||||||||||
| Lifehouse Elements | — | — | Sampler of Lifehouse Chronicles. | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Jai Baba | — | — | Box set of Happy Birthday, I Am, and With Love. | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | Scooped | — | — | Compilation featuring excerpts from the Scoop series. | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Anthology | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend | — | — | Features new songs "Guantanamo Bay" and "How Can I Help You". | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (Fla) [13] |
CAN | GER [14] |
NED [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [15] | ||||||
| 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) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend | |||
| "I Won't Run Anymore" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | "English Boy" (limited edition b/w "Psycho Montage", German edition b/w "Electronic Wizardry" | 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 | |||
| 2014 | "It Must Be Done" (with Nathan Barr) | non-album track (digital single from the TV show The Americans) | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Content" (with Maud Kennedy), "Evolution" (with Ronnie Lane), "Day of Silence", "Mary Jane", "The Seeker" (solo version), "Begin the Beguine", and "The Love Man" | Happy Birthday |
| 1972 | "Affirmation" (with Mike Da Costa & Ronnie Lane), "Baba O'Riley" (solo version), "This Song Is Green" (with Billy Nichols), "Dragon" (with Dave Hastilow)", and "O' Parvardigar" | I Am |
| "Classified" | Glastonbury Fayre | |
| 1976 | "His Hands", "Meher" (with Paul Wyld, Greg Sheahan, Gus Fenwick, and Rob McKenzie), "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 |
Adaptations for film, theater, & classical music
| Year | Recording | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Tommy | Soundtrack to Ken Russell's 1975 film, produced by Townshend & Russell. |
| 1993 | Tommy | Original cast recording of a musical play with music & lyrics by Townshend and book by Townshend & Duff McAnuff. Produced by George Martin.[16] |
| 2015 | Classic Quadrophenia | Classical recording orchestrated by Rachel Fuller featuring guest guitar & vocal work by Townshend.[17] |
References
- ^ a b UK chart peaks:
- Top 100 peaks, except "English Boy": "Official Charts > Pete Townshend". The Official UK 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 c 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.
- ^ "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 c 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.
- ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
