Album · Pete Townshend
Who Came First by Pete Townshend
Who Came First is an album by Pete Townshend, released in 1972. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Pure And Easy”, on 1 list with a best position of #442.
Who Came First, Pete Townshend's first solo album, came out on Track in 1972, and it's a sketchbook more than a statement: previously released odds and ends mixed with demos left over from Lifehouse, the concept album the Who abandoned and then mined for Who's Next. "Pure and Easy" is the track from it that has turned up on the countdowns.
The packaging is half the fun. The cover shows Townshend standing on eggs, a sly nod to the old chicken-or-egg riddle, with the title twisted into a pun on his day job. The original gatefold came with a poster of Meher Baba photos taken from Louis van Gasteren's film Beyond Words. It got to number 30 in the UK and 69 in America, not bad for a side project from the Who's principal songwriter.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Who Came First on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pure And Easy | 1 | #442 | – | 2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.