Parting Should Be Painless

Parting Should Be Painless is the fifth solo studio album by the English singer Roger Daltrey, released on 17 February 1984, by Atlantic Records in the United States, and by WEA in Germany, and Japan. The album was Daltrey's first solo album since the initial break-up of rock band the Who, and the first by any member of the band since the break-up. "Walking in My Sleep", "Parting Would Be Painless", and "Would a Stranger Do" were all released as singles. Two of those singles failed to chart, while "Walking in My Sleep" was a success, peaking at No. 4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. On release, the album was received negatively by the majority of music critics. It was also Daltrey's poorest selling studio album up to that point, peaking at No. 102 on the US Billboard chart, however it did make the Top 60 in the Netherlands, peaking at No. 45 on the MegaCharts. The album was produced by Mike Thorne, with the executive producer being listed under the pseudonym "Spike". This is presumably the same woman who was credited as the executive producer of Pete Townshend's compilation album Scoop, later revealed to be Helen Wilkins. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parting...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)