Crashing By Design (track)
by Pete Townshend
Year: 1985
From the album White City: A Novel (track #6)
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Crashing By Design appears on the following album(s) by Pete Townshend:
- White City: A Novel (track #6) (this album) (1985)
- The Studio Albums (track #46) (2025)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/14/2022 19:52 | edubs | 4,876 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2022 16:23 | Pluto11 | 28,799 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2020 12:45 | byuzak | 33,044 | 78/100 |
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/20/2017 15:20 | #183500
The absolutely perfect song on the album. A brilliantly insightful lyric backed up with excellent music, superb melody, and Pete's best vocal delivery.
