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Pete Townshend
Without a doubt, Pete Townshend qualifies as one of rock’s greatest visionaries, perhaps its greatest. Even dating back as far as his second album with the Who in 1965, Townshend tried to write songs that followed some conceptual theme. The results of his efforts have been staggering, providing us with some of popular music’s most ambitious and creative projects, from "Tommy" to "Quadrophenia" to "Lifehouse", which yielded the extraordinary "Who’s Next" album. As a solo artist, Townshend continued in the same vein. The results have been mixed, but the man must be credited for the way that he constantly challenges himself.
"Psychoderelict" is Townshend’s most recent opus. The album strings together a collection of quite good songs with dialogue that attempts to tie them together. Unfortunately, the dialog tends to subtract from the music, serving as a (sometimes vulgar) distraction from the main course. In a sense, the dialogue serves as a type of commercial suicide for Townshend, since it also negates any chance of radio play. I guess that buying into the concept is simply part and parcel of being a Pete Townshend fan. This is a shame, though, because casual fans will probably never get to hear some very excellent songs that are squandered by the concept that attempts to support them.
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