Pete Townsend "A Little is Enough" from the album, Empty Glass (1980)

INFO ON ALBUM:

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Robert Christgau	B−[3]
George Starostin	[4]

Empty Glass was released in 1980 as the first Pete Townshend solo album (Who Came First was a collection of demo recordings and Meher Baba-inspired songs, while Rough Mix was written and recorded with Ronnie Lane) and was his most successful. The album deals with a plethora of issues that Townshend was struggling with, including alcoholism, drug abuse, marital problems and deceased friends. Empty Glass also contained the devotional love song, "Let My Love Open the Door", which became a top ten hit single in the US, along with the other (modestly successful) singles, "Rough Boys" and "A Little Is Enough". The album was rated #57 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s.

THE SONG/VIDEO

1. "Rough Boys" – 4:02
2. "I Am an Animal" – 3:51
3. "And I Moved" – 3:21
4. "Let My Love Open the Door" – 2:44
5. "Jools and Jim" – 2:36
6. "Keep on Working" – 3:23
7. "Cat's in the Cupboard" – 3:34
8. "A Little Is Enough" – 4:42
9. "Empty Glass" – 5:25
10. "Gonna Get Ya" – 6:25

 Bonus tracks

Included only on the 2006 Hip-O US and Imperial Japan CD Release

11. "I Am an Animal" (Demo Alternate Vocal Version) – 3:48
12. "Keep on Working" (Demo Alternate Vocal Version) – 3:32
13. "And I Moved" (Demo Alternate Vocal Version) – 3:06
14. "Gonna Get Ya" (Work-in-Progress Long Version) – 11:24

RATING:

I think Pete Townsend literally just wrote this one day to incorporate as many little beats and sounds in one place...I am not really a big fan. Also, the lyric "Your body is so edible" -- Hanibal Lector...gross.

6 out of 10.