Pete Townshend: Deep Cuts

The outer recesses of Pete Townshend's songbook showcase his deep love of plangent chords (“Brooklyn Kids”) and unexpected narrative shifts (“Girl In a Suitcase”), in a hybrid of roughhouse rock ‘n' roll and musical theater. And while he's never shy of frank sexual conversation (“Secondhand Love”), his ability to fill wide-open melodic spaces with innocent joy (“Mary”) remains unparalleled.