The Iron Man: A Musical

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The Iron Man: A Musical
The Iron Man: A Musical cover
Studio album by Pete Townshend
Released June 27, 1989
Recorded Eel Pie Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 45:36
Label Atlantic
Producer(s) Pete Townshend
Professional reviews
Pete Townshend chronology
Another Scoop
(1986)		 The Iron Man: A Musical
(1989)		 Psychoderelict
(1993)


The Iron Man: A Musical, 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 Old 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; Townsend received an Executive Producer credit.

Contents

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[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.

  1. "I Won't Run Anymore" – 4:51 Vocals by Pete Townshend with Deborah Conway
  2. "Over the Top" – 3:31 Vocals by John Lee Hooker
  3. "Man Machines" – 0:42 Vocals by Simon Townshend
  4. "Dig" – 4:07 Vocals by The Who
  5. "A Friend is a Friend" – 4:44 Vocals by Pete Townshend
  6. "I Eat Heavy Metal" – 4:01 Vocals by John Lee Hooker
  7. "All Shall Be Well" – 4:02 Vocals by Pete Townshend with Deborah Conway and Chyna
  8. "Was There Life" – 4:19 Vocals by Pete Townshend
  9. "Fast Food" – 4:26 Vocals by Nina Simone
  10. "A Fool Says" – 2:51 Vocals by Pete Townshend
  11. "Fire" (Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker) – 3:47 Vocals by The Who
  12. "New Life/Reprise" – 6:00 Vocals by Chyna with Pete Townshend and Nicola Emmanuel

[edit] Bonus tracks from the 2006 U.S. Hip-O Records release

  1. "Dig" (Simon Townshend vocal version) – 4:09
  2. "Man Machines" (long version) – 4:34
  3. "I Eat Heavy Metal" (demo) – 4:04

[edit] Bonus tracks from the 2006 Japanese Imperial release

  1. "A Friend is a Friend" (live at the Fillmore West, 1996)
  2. "All Shall Be Well" (live at the Fillmore West, 1996)

[edit] Non-album tracks

  1. "Real World" (instrumental released on 12" and CD singles of "A Friend is a Friend", a different mix of it was on "Scoop 3" in 2001)
  2. "Penny Drop" (appeared on the Timothy White Radio Show; promo copies of the interview were pressed on vinyl by DIR Broadcasting)
  3. "Dig" (demo released on the 1989 UK CD single of "I Won't Run Anymore")
  4. "Iron Man Recitative", "Can You Really Dance?" & "Man and Machines (demo)" appeared on Scoop 3 in 2001
  5. "Dig" (concert version appeared on The Who's 1989 reunion tour concert album Join Together)
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