Empty Glass

Empty Glass
Studio album by Pete Townshend
Released	21 April 1980 (1980-04-21)
Recorded	November 1979 – February 1980[1]
Studio	Wessex Sound, London Eel Pie, London AIR, London
Genre	Rock new wave[2]
Length	39:46
Label	Atco
Producer	Chris Thomas
Pete Townshend chronology
Rough Mix (1977) Empty Glass (1980) All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (1982)
Singles from Empty Glass
"Rough Boys" Released: March 1980 "Let My Love Open the Door" Released: June 1980 "A Little Is Enough" Released: September 1980 "Keep on Working" Released: 1980

Empty Glass is the third solo studio album by English rock musician Pete Townshend, and his first composed of original material, released on 21 April 1980 by Atco Records.

The album deals with issues that Townshend was struggling with at the time, including alcoholism, drug abuse, marital problems and deceased friends, particularly Keith Moon, the Who's former drummer, who died in 1978. Empty Glass also contained the devotional love song, "Let My Love Open the Door", which became a Top 10 hit (#9) in the US, and the modestly successful singles "Rough Boys" (#89) and "A Little Is Enough" (#72).

The album was rated No. 57 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest of the 1980s. A Gibson poll rated it at No. 5 among "the greatest albums released by an artist who was previously in a successful band".