On November 11, 1985, “Atco” label released “White City: A Novel”, the fourth Pete Townshend studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Chris Thomas.

Personnel:

• Pete Townshend – vocals; guitar
• John “Rabbit” Bundrick – keyboards
• Tony Butler – bass guitar
• Phil Chen – bass guitar
• Chucho Merchan – bass guitar
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar
• Steve Barnacle – bass guitar
• Mark Brzezicki – drums
• Simon Phillips – drums
• Clem Burke – drums
• David Gilmour – guitar
• Peter Hope-Evans – harmonica
• Kick Horns: Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer, Tim Sanders, Peter Thoms
• Ewan Stewart – voice (spoken word)
• Emma Townshend – backing vocals
• Jackie Challenor – backing vocals
• Mae McKenna – backing vocals
• Lorenza Johnson – backing vocals
• Justine Frischmann – backing vocals
• Bill Price – recording
• Chris Ludwinski – engineer assistant
• Dave Edwards – engineer assistant
• Jules Bowen – engineer assistant
• Richard Evans – art direction, design, inner sleeve photography
• Alex Henderson – front cover photography
• Malcolm Heywood – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

1. Give Blood
2. Brilliant Blues
3. Face the Face
4. Hiding Out
5. Secondhand Lover
6. Crashing by Design
7. I Am Secure
8. White City Fighting
9. Come to Mama