| Artist: | Pete Townshend |
| Studio: | 6 |
| Live: | 9 |
| Compilation: | 4 |
| Singles: | 18 |
The following is the solo discography of British rock musician and recording artist Pete Townshend. Townshend's career as a published musician and songwriter began in 1964 as a member of rock band the Who, before branching out as a solo artist in the 1970s.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | AUS [2] [3] | AUT [4] | GER [5] | NED [6] | NZ | NOR [7] | SWE [8] | SWI [9] | US [10] | and Another Scoop.
| |||
| 1972 | Who Came First | 30 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | ||
| 1977 | Rough Mix (with Ronnie Lane) | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | ||
| 1980 | Empty Glass | 11 | 28 | — | — | — | 21 | 40 | — | — | 5 |
Platinum[11] | |
| 1982 | All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes | 32 | 41 | — | — | — | 17 | 33 | — | — | 26 | ||
| 1985 | 70 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 31 | 20 | — | 17 | 11 | 26 |
Gold[12] | ||
| 1989 | — | 59 | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | 58 | |||
| 1993 | Psychoderelict | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | ||||
| 1986 | Deep End Live! | 98 | Recorded 1985, expanded version released 2004 | |
| 1999 | A Benefit For Maryville Academy | — | Recorded 1998 | |
| 2000 | — | Recorded 2000, from Townshend's Lifehouse concert series | ||
| — | Recorded 1998 | |||
| — | Recorded 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Live: La Jolla 22/06/01 | — | Recorded 2001 | |
| Live: La Jolla 23/06/01 | — | |||
| The Oceanic Concerts (with Raphael Rudd) | — | Recorded 1979–1980 | ||
| 2003 | Live: Bam 1993 | — | Recorded 1993, on Townshend's Psychoderelict tour | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Album | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Best of Pete Townshend | Features new song "Uneasy Street" | |
| 2005 | Anthology | 2xCD | |
| 2015 | Features new songs "Guantanamo" and "How Can I Help You" |
| Year | Album | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Lifehouse Chronicles | Box set | |
| Lifehouse Elements | Sampler of Lifehouse Chronicles. | ||
| 2001 | Jai Baba | Box set of Happy Birthday, I Am, and With Love |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | BEL (FL) [13] | CAN | GER [14] | NED | NZ [15] | SWE | SWI | US [16] | ||||
| 1980 | "Rough Boys" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | Empty Glass | |
| "Let My Love Open the Door"b/w "Greyhound Girl", non-album track | 46 | 82 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | |||
| "A Little Is Enough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | |||
| "Keep on Working" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "Face Dances, Pt. 2"b/w "Man Watching", non-album track | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105 | All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes | |
| "Uniforms (Corp d'Esprit)"b/w "Dance It Away", non-album track | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1985 | "Face the Face" | 89 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 26 | ||
| "Give Blood" | — | 77 | — | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | "Secondhand Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Barefootin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Deep End Live! | ||
| 1989 | "A Friend Is a Friend"12" b/w "Real World (Can You Really Dance?)", non-album track | — | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Won't Run Anymore" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1993 | "English Boy" | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Psychoderelict | |
| "I Believe My Own Eyes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Don't Try to Make Me Real" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | "Let My Love Open the Door" (1996 remix) | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Best of Pete Townshend | |
| 2001 | "O' Parvardigar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Am/Who Came First | |
| 2014 | "It Must Be Done" (with Nathan Barr) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A (for The Americans) | |
| 2023 | "Can't Outrun the Truth" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A[17] | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Content" (with Maud Kennedy), "Day of Silence", "Mary Jane", "The Seeker" (solo version), "Begin the Beguine", and "The Love Man" | Happy Birthday | |
| 1972 | "Baba O'Riley" (instrumental) and "O' Parvardigar" | I Am | |
| "Classified" | Glastonbury Fayre | ||
| 1976 | "His Hands", "Meher", "Sleeping Dog", and "Lantern Cabin" | With Love | |
| 1982 | "Ascension Two" | Music & Rhythm | |
| 1986 | "Life to Life" | Playing for Keeps | |
| 2012 | "Corrina, Corrina" | Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan |
| Year | Album | |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Scoop | |
| 1987 | Another Scoop | |
| 2001 | Scoop 3 |
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | "Wilhelmina" | Thunderclap Newman | also bassist | |
| 1970 | "I See It All" | |||
| "Stormy Petrel" | ||||
| Hollywood Dream | ||||
| 1979 | "Peppermint Lump"/"Breakfast in Naples" | Angie | also arranger | |
| "Spread It Around" | Straight Eight | executive producer on B-sides "It Ain't Easy" and "Oh No" | ||
| 1983 | Sweet Sound | Simon Townshend | ||
| 1991 | "She Blows My Mind" | The Tambourines | ||
| 2003 | The Awakening | Raphael Rudd | vocals on "The Awakening", recorded 1978 |
