Album · Pete Townshend
White City: A Novel by Pete Townshend
White City: A Novel is an album by Pete Townshend, released in 1985. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Face the Face”, on 2 lists with a best position of #68.
White City: A Novel, Pete Townshend's fifth solo studio album, came out on Atco in 1985, and it reunites the Who's chief songwriter with producer Chris Thomas, the man behind his previous two records, Empty Glass and All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes. Bill Price engineered the sessions across three London studios: both Eel Pie rooms and AIR.
It's glossy mid-'80s pop rock, with Townshend's guitar still able to bite through the polish. It did better in America than at home, reaching number 26 on the Billboard 200 against a number 70 peak in the UK, and it went top 20 in Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland. "Face the Face" is the track that carried it onto the countdowns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from White City: A Novel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Face the Face | 2 | #68 | – | 1985 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.