Pete Townshend - After the Fire - Non-Album Tracks (1983-1985)

This continues Townshend's stray tracks from where I left off last time. In 1982, he released his solo album "All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes," and in 1985, he released another solo album, "White City." This covers 1983 to 1985, the time leading up to the release of "White City." He was so prolific in this era that I've had to save most of his 1985 songs for the next album in this series.

Personally, I think "White City" is an excellent album, maybe even my favorite Townshend solo album, so it's not surprising that the other songs from this time period are also good. All but two of the songs here are originals. The two covers, "Harlem Shuffle" and "Barefootin'," come from one of the very few concerts he did in the 1980s. (He only did a handful of concerts, all in 1985 or 1986.)

Throughout Townshend's solo career, he's had a fondness for instrumentals. This album is a case in point, with four of the songs being such. One of them, "God Speaks of Marty Robbins," dates to 1984. In 2006, the Who would release a version of this song on their "Endless Wire" album. But that version has lyrics and this version does not, so I figured it was different enough to warrant inclusion, especially due to the 22 year gap between the two versions.

In my opinion, he made a few too many instrumentals that weren't that different from each other. So I've added the one I liked the least as a bonus track only.

01 Prelude, the Right to Write [Instrumental] (Pete Townshend)
02 All Lovers Are Deranged (Pete Townshend)
03 Maxims for Lunch (Pete Townshend)
04 Ask Yourself (Pete Townshend)
05 God Speaks of Marty Robbins [Instrumental Version] (Pete Townshend)
06 Why D'You Stand So Close to that Man Last Night (Pete Townshend)
07 The Shout (Pete Townshend)
08 Cat Snatch [Instrumental] (Pete Townshend)
09 Commonwealth Boys (Pete Townshend)
10 You'll Never Be Alone Again (Pete Townshend)
11 Elephants [Instrumental] (Pete Townshend)
12 Harlem Shuffle (Pete Townshend)
13 Barefootin' (Pete Townshend)
14 After the Fire (Pete Townshend)

Theme 019 [Instrumental] (Pete Townshend)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16067806/PeteT_1983-1985_AftrFire_atse.zip.html

I made the cover art using a publicity photo from 1985.