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Mar 10, 2020 · Album Review: “Empty Glass” By Pete Townshend. Published Mar 10, 2020 By Clarence Jan. Album cover for Empty Glass - Pete Townshend - Topic / Youtube. Pete Townshend’s second solo album was riddled with his personal battles as The Who’s run in the industry careened to a halting stop.
Empty Glass. By Dave Marsh. June 26, 1980. As a fundamentally religious artist, Pete Townshend fashions his music from sermons and confessions. Though it’s not an easy thing for intellectuals to ...
1 day ago · A late-70s blitz of punk, personal problems and tragedy forced The Who’s Pete Townshend to reassess his life and career. One of the results was his solo masterpiece Empty Glass. In early 1977, Keith Moon took Pete Townshend to see Generation X at the Marquee Club. “It was my first punk concert,” Townshend recalled in 2019.
Ultimately, Empty Glass is a fully satisfying in its own form. Propelled by the chart fireworks of “Let My Love Open the Door,” it climbed as high as #5 on the Billboard albums chart, just one position short of the peak the Who would achieve a year later, when Face Dances came to market.
Empty Glass is the second solo studio album by English rock musician Pete Townshend, and his first composed of original material, released on 21 April 1980 by Atco Records . The album deals with issues that Townshend was struggling with at the time, including alcoholism, drug abuse, marital problems and deceased friends, particularly Keith Moon ...
Always one to have struggled with his principles vs his reality, "Empty Glass" finds Pete confused, drunken, addicted, and self-loathing. Having just come clean of drink and cocaine when these songs were written, Pete takes an honest look at himself in this song and hits the floor.
Apr 19, 2020 · Pete Townshend – ‘Empty Glass’ [Retro Album Review] Published. 4 years ago. on. 04/19/2020. By. Christopher Long. It can be argued effectively that he was the first “punk” — the brash guitarist and chief songwriter of The Who.
