℗ 2016 Eel-Pie Recording Productions Ltd.
| Released | June 27, 1989 |
| Duration | 47m 36s |
| Record Label | UMe |
| Genre | Rock |
The Iron Man: The Musical By Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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I Won't Run Anymore
Pete Townshend |
4:51 | |||
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1.2
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Over The Top
Pete Townshend |
3:32 | |||
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1.3
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Man Machines
Pete Townshend |
0:42 | |||
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1.4
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Dig
Pete Townshend |
4:09 | |||
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1.5
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A Friend Is A Friend
Pete Townshend |
4:49 | |||
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1.6
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I Eat Heavy Metal
Pete Townshend |
4:00 | |||
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1.7
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All Shall Be Well
Pete Townshend |
4:03 | |||
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1.8
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Was There Life
Pete Townshend |
4:20 | |||
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1.9
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Fast Food
Pete Townshend |
4:26 | |||
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1.10
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A Fool Says
Pete Townshend |
2:52 | |||
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1.11
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Fire
Pete Townshend |
3:49 | |||
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1.12
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New Life (Reprise)
Pete Townshend |
6:03 |
Billboard 200 - #58, 1989
"... (a) captivating album about children, for children and for anyone who isn’t too cool to share their fantasies ... it’s not lightweight art pop ..."
- Rolling Stone
"... tackles very complex themes to which Townshend was attracted ... while the songs on The Iron Man lack the power chords and soaring choruses that Townshend’s work is known for, the album is clearly in the tradition of Townshend’s love of big ideas and the transformative power of music ..."
- UltimateClassicRock.com
Pete Townshend adapted the 1968 teen science fiction novel The Iron Man by British poet laureate Ted Hughes for this Broadway-style musical, released in 1989. Starring John Lee Hooker singing the title role, the cast also features Townshend, Roger Daltrey and Nina Simone.
"Ted’s book connected with me at many levels. It was a post-war book, attending to the futility of the nuclear age: when a single bomb can wipe out an entire country ... by putting a young boy at the centre of his tale, I was always working with the system I knew best: the problems of growing into manhood at such a time."
- Pete Townshend
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UMe Studio Masters
This album is a high-resolution digital transfer of material originating from an analogue recording. It may contain noise, distortion or other artifacts, and may also contain audio which is limited in bandwidth and dynamic range, due to the technology available at the time of its original creation. As such, it is offered as a high-resolution documentation of a historical release.
This album is a high-resolution digital transfer of material originating from an analogue recording. It may contain noise, distortion or other artifacts, and may also contain audio which is limited in bandwidth and dynamic range, due to the technology available at the time of its original creation. As such, it is offered as a high-resolution documentation of a historical release.
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | 0.00 0.00 to 0.00 | -14.26 -18.86 to -12.26 | -11.23 -16.30 to -9.30 | 9 8 to 12 | |
| 1 | I Won't Run Anymore | 0.00 | -14.19 | -10.5 | 9 |
| 2 | Over The Top | 0.00 | -13.96 | -11.3 | 10 |
| 3 | Man Machines | 0.00 | -18.86 | -16.3 | 12 |
| 4 | Dig | 0.00 | -14.00 | -10.7 | 9 |
| 5 | A Friend Is A Friend | 0.00 | -14.87 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 6 | I Eat Heavy Metal | 0.00 | -14.74 | -11.5 | 9 |
| 7 | All Shall Be Well | 0.00 | -12.91 | -9.6 | 8 |
| 8 | Was There Life | 0.00 | -13.59 | -11.4 | 9 |
| 9 | Fast Food | 0.00 | -12.75 | -9.5 | 9 |
| 10 | A Fool Says | 0.00 | -15.74 | -13.0 | 9 |
| 11 | Fire | 0.00 | -12.26 | -9.3 | 8 |
| 12 | New Life (Reprise) | 0.00 | -13.29 | -9.8 | 8 |