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The 1996 reissue of THE WHO BY NUMBERS contains three live bonus tracks that weren't on the original LP. "Squeeze Box," "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Dreaming From The Waist" were recorded live in Swansea, Wales in 1976.
Recorded in 1975 & 1976. Originally released on MCA (2161) in October 1975. Includes liner notes by Penny Valentine and John Swenson.
Arguably the most underrated of the Who's albums, THE WHO BY NUMBERS represents a return to a more straight-ahead rock & roll sound after the extensive orchestration of QUADROPHENIA. It includes a pair of certified classics in "Slip Kid' and "Squeeze Box," as well as two of Townshend's prettiest ballads, "Imagine a Man" and "Blue Red and Grey." Released at a time when the man who wrote "I hope I die before I get old" was turning 30, many of the songs on WHO BY NUMBERS seem to be Townshend's way of dealing with the hardships of life as a hard-living, quickly aging rock star.
Melancholy, world-weary and nostalgic, WHO BY NUMBERS is a far cry from the youthful playfulness of early albums like THE WHO SELL OUT. The album was evidently the product of four exhausted musicians, as the next Who album did not appear until three years later. Although not as bombastically exciting as WHO'S NEXT or LIVE AT LEEDS, THE WHO BY NUMBERS does include standout ensemble work from everyone involved (especially bassist John Entwistle) and serves as a fascinating mid-'70s snapshot of rock gods turning pensive at the height of their fame.
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The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Entwistle (vocals, brass, bass); Roger Daltrey (vocals); Keith Moon (drums).
Reissue producers: Jon Astley, Andy Macpherson.
Personnel: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Roger Daltrey (vocals, harmonica); John Entwistle (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar); Keith Moon (vocals, drums); Dave Arbus (violin); Nicky Hopkins (piano, keyboards).
Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig.
Audio Remixers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson.
Liner Note Author: John Swenson.
Recording information: Eel Pie Studios, England (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Island Mobile, England (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Ramport Studios, England (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Shepperton Sound Studio On Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio (04/??/1975-06/12/1975); Swansea Football Ground (04/??/1975-06/12/1975).
Illustrator: John Entwistle.
Photographer: Chris Walter.Entertainment Weekly (4/4/97, pp.81-82) - "...remains an underrated mix of pared-down friskiness and bittersweet introspection..." - Rating: A-
Q (7/00, p.141) - Included in Q's "The Best Male Angst Albums Of All Time" - "...The most soul-baring album in [their] canon..." Who By Numbers Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Another good album by The Who
However much I booze,Slip kid squeeze box.What more needs to be said.A good purchase.
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 LONG LIVE THE WHO!!!
This is a really good album from the Who that dosen't really get the good press that it deserves. Granted that this one reflects ageing within the band, but these tracks are classics. Slip Kid is my choice for best song on this one.
Submitted by Nicholas (Litchfield. MI, USA)
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Are We Dreaming?
The Who by Numbers is by far, the most underrated of the albums put forth by the Who. Keith Moon's drumming on 'Dreaming From The Waist' is wonderous, although not up to some of his earlier works. Pete's songs, Blue, Red, and Grey, and Imagine a Man, provide a view inside an aging rock star, something never seen before. The Who By Numbers needs to be remembered as one of the last great Who albums before the death of Keith Moon.
Submitted by Taylor (Boulder, CO, USA)
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This is among the best Who albums, but for some reason tends to be forgotten. I think tunes like Slip Kid, Imagine A Man and Hard Luck Story rank with the Who's best. It also is an intelligent album, more subtle than later albums like It's Hard. Definitely worth 5 stars.
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my favorite who album
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Purchase Who By Numbers CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Who Sell Out CD (1967) Remastered
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This 1995 reissue of THE WHO SELL OUT includes songs and jingles not available on the original version.
Originally released on Track (612002/613002). Released in the U.S. on Decca (4950/74950) in 1968.
Only three albums into its recording career, the Who had already begun to distance itself from its proletarian R&B beginnings. Here, songwriter Pete Townshend follows up on the rock-opera idea he had introduced on A QUICK ONE with the extended, ...
| | Who's Next CD (1971) Remastered
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Recorded between 1968 & 1971. Includes liner notes by Pete Townshend, John Atkins, and Chris Charlesworth.
This remastered edition of WHO'S NEXT features seven bonus tracks.
Though Pete Townshend was originally unhappy with WHO'S NEXT, it was quickly welcomed by critics and fans, becoming one of the most celebrated titles in their enduring catalog. His frustrations boiled down to the album being a compromised version of a larger work he'd envisioned, LIFEHOUSE, which proved too unwieldy to be realized. Expanded to a two-disc set with essays by both Townshend and John Atkins, the original nine-song album is expanded with six additional studio tracks.
These include earlier versions of the album's ...
| | Quadrophenia CDs (1973)
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This 1996 digitally remastered reissue of QUADROPHENIA contains remixed versions of "The Real Me," "Quadrophenia," "Dr. Jimmy" and "The Rock." It comes with a 52-page booklet.
By the early 1970s, rock & roll had been around long enough to begin to examine its own past. In the States, this resulted in Sha Na Na, but in Great Britain, where the popular culture of the young was more complex and coded, the Who's QUADROPHENIA was the most powerful example of this nostalgic view. Reviews at the time focused primarily on the obscure psychological aspect of the story--supposedly, ...
| | Who Are You CD (1978) Remastered
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The 1996 reissue of WHO ARE YOU contains 5 previously-unreleased bonus tracks.
Originally released on MCA (3050) on August 25, 1978. Includes liner notes by Matt Resnicoff.
By the end of the '70s, the original version of the Who was reaching the end of its tether (Keith Moon was nearing the end of his life). WHO ARE YOU can be seen as something of a swan song for the spirit that ignited the rock & roll juggernaut that was the Who in its prime. The increased prominence of synthesizers here (the electronic flavoring of the title track recalls "Baba O'Riley") points towards the direction the post-Moon '80s version of the band would take. Instead of casting aspersions on ...
| | Who Face Dances CD (1981) Bonus Tracks
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Originally released in March 1981, FACE DANCES was the Who's first album following the death of the group's original drummer, Keith Moon. He was replaced by Kenney Jones of the Small Faces.
Principally recorded at Odyssey Studios, London, England from June-December 1980.
The Who's first album of the '80s and their first without drum maniac Keith Moon was viewed with cynicism by many longtime Who fans, who declared the band a dead issue. In fact, FACE DANCES was arguably the band's last aesthetically successful album. The reckless abandon of the Moon era was irretrievable, but the Who's sound was maturing all along, and Moon's madness fit ...
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ODDS AND SODS is a collection of outtakes and ...
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| | Jam Extras: A Collection Of Rarities CD (1992) Collection Of Extras
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A collection of B-sides, alternate or demo versions, and previously unreleased songs.
Recorded between 1978 and 1992. Includes liner notes by Paolo Hewitt.
Pity the oft-neglected B-side. Often just a throwaway track designed to back up but not supersede a band's "official" new release, by the time the single is filed away alphabetically, it's usually forgotten by even the most zealous collector. Unless of course the B-side is by seminal English mod revivalists The Jam, in which case a closer listen is not only warranted, but required. For The Jam packed their B-side songs with more fire and brimstone than most bands did the A-sides.
Unfortunately the vinyl days of yore are but a memory. Fortunately, EXTRAS collects most of the Jam's odds and sods on disc for fans young and old. A bonus is Paul Weller's always-eclectic taste in covers, which runs from the Who ("So Sad About Us") to the Beatles ("And Your Bird Can Sing") to the godfather of soul himself , Mr. James Brown ("I Got You [I Feel Good]"). EXTRAS is valuable not only as a chronology of the gems that Weller was tossing off in his spare time, but as a look at how truly eclectic the Jam were as a band.
Pity the oft-neglected B-side. Often just a throwaway trackdesigned to back up but not supersede a band's 'official' new release, by the time ...
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The Adjusters play an interesting combination of surf instrumentals, vintage (not to say hackneyed) R&B, and old-school ska. Everything about them screams retro: the guitar sound, the cheesy organ, the mod jackets and sideburns. They consider themselves a "soul band." They're also social democrats with a penchant for radical sloganeering -- when they're in a good mood, it's stuff like "People ...
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