The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
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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 | |||
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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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