''The Best of Pete Townshend'' (sometimes listed with the subtitle ''
oolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking', after a lyric from the song "Misunderstood" which is printed on the front cover)
is a compilation album by
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.
Townsh ...
released in 1996. It was released in the UK on the Virgin label, and the US on Atlantic.
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/ref> The compilation included songs from Pete Townshend's solo career as well as two songs from the album Rough Mix
''Rough Mix'' is an album by the Who's guitarist Pete Townshend and former Small Faces and Faces bassist Ronnie Lane. The album was released in September 1977 as Polydor 2442 in the UK and MCA 2295 in the US. It peaked at number 44 on the UK a ...
with Ronnie Lane. It also included the single edit of English Boy (song), English Boy" and the first appearance of "Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix)" and the Psychoderelict outtake, "Uneasy Street".
Track listing
#"Rough Boys"
#"Let My Love Open the Door"
#"Misunderstood"
#"Give Blood"
#"A Friend Is a Friend"
#"Sheraton Gibson"
#"English Boy (song), English Boy" [non-dialog version]
#"Street in the City"
#"Pure and Easy"
#"Slit Skirts"
#"The Sea Refuses No River"
#"A Little Is Enough"
#"Face the Face"
#"Uneasy Street"[
#"Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix)"
]
References
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1996 compilation albums
Pete Townshend compilation albums