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PETE TOWNSHEND
CALIFORNIA BOY (2CD)
Compact Disc Double
Due 04 December 2026
Item no. :UN2CD090 Barcode :0823564040929 Artist :PETE TOWNSHEND Product type :Compact Disc Double Label :UNICORN Release Date :04 December 2026
DESCRIPTION TRACK LIST
Psychoderelict - the seventh studio album by Pete Townshend, was released on 15th June 1993, and is a rock opera conceived by Townshend in 1991 as the follow-up to The Iron Man (1989). However, despite having recorded several demos, a bicycle accident in September ’91 forced him to delay work on the album. It is structured more like a radio play than the more ‘traditional’ rock operas Townshend had composed and recorded with The Who. It stands as Townshend’s most recent solo studio album to date.
The album is a critical, perhaps satirical look at Townshend’s own life: the dedication of his music to Meher Baba’s teachings, and his Lifehouse project. The album also makes use of Townshend’s earlier song ‘Who Are You’, which is sampled on the track ‘Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box)’.
After slow sales of the initial dialogue-intensive release, a ‘music only’ version was issued, though sales and reviews were still disappointing. Fan reception was divided: some felt that Townshend’s ideas were too pretentious even for him, while others have embraced it as the first worthy concept since Quadrophenia.
DISC ONE
1 Rough Boys 5:15
2 Let My Love Open The Door 3:35
3 Who Are You 7:39
4 Heart To Hang On To 7:21
5 A Quick One While He’s Away 13:51
6 English Boy 6:04
7 Meher Baba M3 3:01
8 Let’s Get Pretentious 3:46
9 Meher Baba M4 3:49
10 Early Morning Dreams 2:50
11 I Want That Thing 5:00
12 Outlive The Dinosaur 4:18
13 Meher Baba M4 1:18
14 Flame (Vocal) 0:54
15 Now And Then 5:08
16 I Am Afraid 5:56
17 Electronic Wizardry 2:04
DISC TWO
1 Don’t Try To Make Me Real 3:54
2 Predictable 3:11
3 Flame 0:50
4 Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi) 2:19
5 Fake It 4:27
6 Now And Then (Reprise) 3:27
7 Baba O’Reiley (Vocal) 1:24
8 You Better You Bet 5:42
9 A Little Is Enough 6:18
10 Keep Me Turning 6:04
11 Goodnight Irene 0:47
12 Save It For Later 7:36
13 Face The Face 9:46
14 Eyesight To The Blind 7:31
15 Magic Bus 8:32
16 Won’t Get Fooled Again 9:14