The Best of Pete Townshend

1996 compilation album by Pete Townshend

The Best of Pete Townshend

Compilation album by

Pete Townshend

Released| 23 April 1996
Genre| Rock
Label| Virgin (UK)
Atlantic Records (US)
Pete Townshend chronology
| Psychoderelict
(1993)  | The Best of Pete Townshend
(1996)  | A Benefit for Maryville Academy
(1999)

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AllMusic|  [1]

The Best of Pete Townshend (sometimes listed with the subtitle [coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking], after a lyric from the song "Misunderstood" which is printed on the front cover)[1] is a compilation album by Pete Townshend released in 1996. It was released in the UK on the Virgin label, and the US on Atlantic.[2] The compilation included songs from Pete Townshend's solo career as well as two songs from the album Rough Mix with Ronnie Lane. It also included the single edit of English Boy" and the first appearance of "Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix)" and the Psychoderelict outtake, "Uneasy Street".

## Track listing[edit]

1. "Rough Boys"
2. "Let My Love Open the Door"
3. "Misunderstood"
4. "Give Blood"
5. "A Friend Is a Friend"
6. "Sheraton Gibson"
7. "English Boy" [non-dialog version]
8. "Street in the City"
9. "Pure and Easy"
10. "Slit Skirts"
11. "The Sea Refuses No River"
12. "A Little Is Enough"
13. "Face the Face"
14. "Uneasy Street"[2]
15. "Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix)"

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b The Best of Pete Townshend at AllMusic
2. ^ a b TheWhonet

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Pete Townshend

Discography

Studio albums|

* Who Came First
* Rough Mix (w/ Ronnie Lane)
* Empty Glass
* All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
* White City: A Novel
* The Iron Man: A Musical
* Psychoderelict

Live albums|

* Deep End Live! (w/ Deep End)
* A Benefit for Maryville Academy
* Live: The Empire
* Live: Sadler's Wells
* Live: The Fillmore
* The Oceanic Concerts (w/ Raphael Rudd)
* Live: La Jolla Playhouse 2001
* Pete Townshend Live BAM 1993
* Live: Brixton Academy '85

Compilations|

* Scoop
* Another Scoop
* The Best of Pete Townshend
* Scoop 3
* Scooped
* Jai Baba
* Lifehouse Chronicles
* Lifehouse Elements
* Anthology
* Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend

Singles|

* "Rough Boys"
* "Let My Love Open the Door"
* "A Little Is Enough"
* "Keep On Working"
* "Face Dances, Pt. 2"
* "Face the Face"
* "Give Blood"
* "English Boy"

Other songs|

* "Somebody Saved Me"
* "Slit Skirts"
* "White City Fighting"
* "Fire"

DVDs|

* Lifehouse Chronicles (video)
* Live In New York Feat. Psychoderelict
* O' Parvardigar

Related articles|

* Peter Meaden
* The Who
* Deep End
* Happy Birthday
* I Am
* With Love
* O' Parvardigar
* Tommy (1975 film)
* The Who's Tommy
* Tommy (soundtrack)
* Quadrophenia (film)
* Horse's Neck
* The Boy Who Heard Music
* The Lifehouse Method
* Who I Am
* Classic Quadrophenia
* Eel Pie Publishing
* Eel Pie Studios
* Double O
* Cliff Townshend
* Emma Townshend
* Simon Townshend
* The Wick
* Ashdown House, Oxfordshire
* The Boathouse, Twickenham
* Chapel House, Twickenham

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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