As the creative engine and windmill-armed guitarist of The Who, Pete Townshend is responsible for a ferociously ambitious amount of music, expanding its reach into concept albums and rock-opera. He’s also a fascinating alloy of the primitive and the spiritual, as liable to create an auto-destructive anthem as he is a sensitive portrayal of an artist in crisis.
All of which means that his back catalogue, with and without The Who, houses some diverse and under-appreciated gems.
