Rough Mix
by Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane
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Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane bestography
Rough Mix is ranked as the best album by Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane.
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Rough Mix track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rough Mix rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 49 Music Albums of 1977 | 5/49 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 201-300 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 68 Music Albums of 1977 | 47/68 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1977 Pt 2 | 8/32 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 61/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 46 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 146 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/09/2026 19:20 |  Leonard | 6,623 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 23:48 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 18:21 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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neilgee 12/22/2024 07:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 07/17/2021 20:31 in My discoveries per yearRough Mix comments
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This album from two prominent members of the Who and The Small Faces, is really a little gem.
For Ronnie Lane the album came at a point in his career when his Slim Chance project more or less econimically lay in ruins; and worse his multiple sclerosis had just been diagnosed.
For Pete Townshend this project came between the albums "The Who By Numbers" and "Who Are You", which tragically turned out to be the last to feature drummer Keith Moon.
"Rough Mix" is brilliantly produced by Glyn Johns, and the songwriting is more or less equally divided between Lane and Townshend. For Lane this could very well be his most consistent post Small Faces album release, and his songs are great. Especially "Nowhere to Run", "Annie" and "April Fool" stand out. His songs have great relaxed folkish feel, and he has pleasant voice, not unlike George Harrison.
Townshend's songs are great too. I particularly like "Keep Me Turning", which is both complex and catchy.
Lane and Townshend are supported by eaqually prominent friends such as Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts, John Bundrick, Ian Stewart, John Entwistle, Graham Lyle and Benny Gallagher, to mention some of the most significant.
The album received good reviews, but it was not promoted very much and consequently did not sell very well.
Should appeal to fans of both the Who and the Small Faces. (Edited)
Jboy56 09/26/2023 14:18 | #299256 | TOP COMMENT
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This is quite good, albeit did not make me jump in my chair. Not to relistened
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