Song · Pete Townshend
“Pure And Easy” by Pete Townshend
From the album Who Came First (1972)
“Pure And Easy” by Pete Townshend appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2012. It was first released in 1972 on the album Who Came First. Its best result is #442 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012).
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Pete Townshend wrote "Pure and Easy", words and music, and put it on Who Came First, his first solo album, released in 1972 on Track in Britain and Track/Decca in America. The record mixed material that had already been out with tracks that started life as demos for Lifehouse, the concept album the Who abandoned, which turned into Who's Next (1971).
It came wrapped in a gatefold with a poster of Meher Baba photos taken from Louis van Gasteren's 1967 film Beyond Words, and its cover shows Townshend standing on eggs: the old chicken-or-egg riddle, with the title bent into a nod to his band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 442 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
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