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The Iron Man: A Musical

The Iron Man: The Musical
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Studio album by Pete Townshend
Released 27 June 1989
Recorded 1986-1989
Studio Eel Pie Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 45:36
Label Atlantic (US)
Producer Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend chronology
Another Scoop
(1987)
The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
(1989)
Psychoderelict
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars
Rolling Stone 1/5 stars
George Starostin (7/15)

The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, 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. (The Who would later perform "Dig" live during their 1989 reunion tour.)

"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 Young Vic theatre in London in 1993. On the strength of this, Warners optioned the story for a movie which, with a very different adaptation of the story, became The Iron Giant; Townshend received an Executive Producer credit.

All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.


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