Pete Townshend - 'The Iron Man' [320k MP3]

The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, released in 1989, is an adaptation of Ted Hughes' story The Iron Man, produced and largely composed and performed by Pete Townshend of The Who. It also stars Roger Daltrey, Deborah Conway, John Lee Hooker, and Nina Simone.



The three then-surviving members of The Who (Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Townshend) performed as a group in two songs, "Dig" and "Fire", although the latter was not penned by Townshend.



"A Friend is a Friend" and "I Won't Run Anymore" were released as singles; "Fire" was also issued as a promo-only in the United States.



A stage version was mounted at the Young Vic theatre in London in 1993. On the strength of this, Warner optioned the story for a movie which, with a very different adaptation of the story, became The Iron Giant; Townshend received an Executive Producer credit.



Track listing [320k MP3]



All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.



"I Won't Run Anymore" – 4:51 Vocals by Pete Townshend with Deborah Conway

"Over the Top" – 3:31 Vocals by John Lee Hooker

"Man Machines" – 0:42 Vocals by Simon Townshend

"Dig" – 4:07 Performed by The Who

"A Friend is a Friend" – 4:44 Vocals by Pete Townshend

"I Eat Heavy Metal" – 4:01 Vocals by John Lee Hooker

"All Shall Be Well" – 4:02 Vocals by Pete Townshend with Deborah Conway and Chyna

"Was There Life" – 4:19 Vocals by Pete Townshend

"Fast Food" – 4:26 Vocals by Nina Simone

"A Fool Says" – 2:51 Vocals by Pete Townshend

"Fire" (Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker) – 3:47 Performed by The Who

"New Life/Reprise" – 6:00 Vocals by Chyna with Pete Townshend and Nicola Emmanuel



Bonus Tracks



"Dig" (Simon Townshend vocal version) – 4:09

"Man Machines" (long version) – 4:34

"I Eat Heavy Metal" (demo) – 4:04