- pop, rock, rock and roll
- 47 min
- 12 tracks
- Atlantic
The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend is the sixth solo studio album by Pete Townshend of the Who, released in 1989 as a concept album adaptation of Ted Hughes' science fiction novel The Iron Man (1968). It also stars Roger Daltrey, Deborah Conway, John Lee Hooker, and Nina Simone.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and epic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA*:1/2
- Rolling Stone1/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1I Won’t Run Any More4:51
- 2Over the Top3:32
- 3Man Machines0:42
- 4Dig4:08
- 5A Friend Is a Friend4:47
- 6I Eat Heavy Metal3:58
- 7All Shall Be Well4:02
- 8Was There Life4:19
- 9Fast Food4:26
- 10A Fool Says…2:52
- 11Fire3:48
- 12New Life / Reprise6:01
12 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pete Townshend
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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