However, this album had a few songs that weren't as immediately likeable as the ones on Empty Glass. But I was a Pete Townshend fan and I was determined to give every song a chance.

Pete Townshend looks back at his solo albums, which are being compiled for a new box set. - Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images. ... When you wrote the songs for Empty Glass, ...

8 ‘And I Moved’ From: 'Empty Glass' (1980) Originally written for Bette Midler, the song showed up on Pete’s first real solo album, Empty Glass. Many took the lyrics literally and thought it ...

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It is a grab-bag sort of collection, and in most circles, seems all but forgotten, with many assuming 1980's Empty Glass to be Pete's first solo effort, but Who Came First is more than just a ...

Happy 80th birthday, Pete Townshend! Longtime readers will know he’s my favorite songwriting rock-and-roller, ... or listening to Empty Glass on repeat in a record store in Missoula, ...

Pete Townshend on ‘Empty Glass,’ Cincinnati, And the Who’s Future. Although Townshend was the star, he was mesmerized by Leibovitz. “Annie was like a great, overanimated hockey-playing ...