Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane

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Rough Mix, Pete Townshend’s 1977 collaboration with former Small Faces and Faces songwriter and bass player Ronnie Lane, combines the loose, rollicking folk-rock of Lane’s former band Slim Chance with touches of country, folk and New Orleans rock & roll, along with Townshend’s own trademark style. Lane’s tunes, especially the beautiful “Annie,” possess an understated charm, while Townshend, with songs such as “Misunderstood,” the Meher Baba-inspired “Keep Me Turning,” and the strange love song “My Baby Gives It Away,” delivers some of the best material of his solo career. Rough Mix stands as a minor masterpiece and an overlooked gem in both artists’ vast bodies of work. Eric Clapton, John Entwistle and Charlie Watts guest.

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1	Annie	10
2	Street in the City full track	7
3	April Fool full track	6
4	Keep Me Turning full track	5
4	Catmelody full track	5
6	My Baby Gives It Away full track	4
6	Misunderstood full track	4
6	Heart To Hang Onto full track	4
9	Till the Rivers All Run Dry full track	3
10	Silly Little Man (Out Take)	2
10	Rough Mix	2
12	Only You (Out Take)	1
12	Heart To Hang On To	1
12	Nowhere to Run full track	1
12	Good Question (Out Take)	1

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Bigaldavies wrote:
May 2008

I always think when playing the album in the car that My Baby Gives It Away would be a great opening to a movie with the establishing shots of the main character going about their business. Or have I just played it too much. One of my favourite ever albums.

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CaraElizabeth87 wrote:
April 2008

i like how this album is mixed. they sound like they're singing right in front of you.

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pierueero wrote:
March 2008

And totally human is a great tag.

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pierueero wrote:
March 2008

Approximately 700 listeners? There are billions and zillions of LastFm users and this is the total that this record gets? Wow, I feel special.

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stroggos wrote:
October 2007

This album is great on vinyl

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dicksonstdigest wrote:
July 2007

it spoke to me when i was young. it speaks to me now i'm old. one of the best pieces of art of the last 50 years

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stroggos wrote:
July 2007

That and the DualDisc version pretty much wont play in any PC I try it in...

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lmaster65 wrote:
April 2007

lack of plays probably has to do with tagging. Duets etc will always yield a multitude of artist tags

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petracco wrote:
March 2007

street in the city's my fav.

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Shiftie wrote:
March 2007

this is just great

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JohnnySparkle wrote:
December 2006

It's such a wonderful album!! It's a shame that it only got about 6000 plays...

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Angerj wrote:
December 2006

One of my favourite albums

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jim_bomb wrote:
October 2006

Fantastic album

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Blynck wrote:
June 2006

Great Album!

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umtali wrote:
June 2006

More of a Various Artist Album than a collabaration , Pedte sounds great and Ronnies Heart To Hang Onto is a classic

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