[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]With its acoustic guitars and drumless bits, this triumph of hard rock is no more a pure hard rock album than Tommy. … And… it uses the synthesizer to vary the power trio format, not to art things up.
~Robert Christgau
On Who’s Next, the band crossed that line with power and grace. The album spawned the concert classics “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”; the great Daltrey vocal vehicles “Bargain” and “Song Is Over”; Entwistle’s scorching, anxiety-ridden “My Wife”; and Townshend’s most delicate song on record, “Behind Blue Eyes.” On Who’s Next, Townshend unleashed the power of the synthesizer as a rock & roll instrument, to be used like guitar or bass rather than as a special-effects novelty.
~The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (rollingstone.com)[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
#9 – Won’t Get Fooled Again:
From Wikipedia:
| Released | 14 August 1971 (UK); 25 August 1971 (US) |
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| Recorded | March–May 1971, Olympic Studios, London |
| Genre | Rock, hard rock |
| Length | 43:38 |
| Language | English |
| Label | Track, Decca |
| Producer | The Who, Glyn Johns (associate producer) |
Who’s Next is the fifth studio album by English rock band The Who, released in August 1971. The album has origins in a rock opera conceived by Pete Townshend called Lifehouse. The ambitious, complex project did not come to fruition at the time and instead, many of the songs written for the project were compiled onto Who’s Next as a collection of unrelated songs. Who’s Next was a critical and commercial success when it was released, and has been certified 3× platinum by the RIAA.
| From Allmusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine): Much of Who’s Next derives from Lifehouse, an ambitious sci-fi rock opera Pete Townshend abandoned after suffering a nervous breakdown, caused in part from working on the sequel to Tommy. There’s no discernable theme behind these songs, yet this album is stronger than Tommy, falling just behind Who Sell Out as the finest record the Who ever cut. Townshend developed an infatuation with synthesizers during the recording of the album, and they’re all over this album, adding texture where needed and amplifying the force, which is already at a fever pitch. Apart from Live at Leeds, the Who have never sounded as LOUD and unhinged as they do here, yet that’s balanced by ballads, both lovely (“The Song Is Over”) and scathing (“Behind Blue Eyes”). …. Read more -> Allmusic.com |
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Classic albums (BBC Radio 1) The Who – Who’s Next (Townshend interview) (60min):
Originally broadcast June 2nd 1990 on BBC Radio 1.
Pete Townshend talks to Roger Scott about The Who’s 1971 album.
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Track listing:
All songs written and composed by Pete Townshend, except where noted.
Side one
1. “Baba O’Riley” 5:08
2. “Bargain” 5:34
3. “Love Ain’t for Keeping” 2:10
4. “My Wife” (John Entwistle) 3:41
5. “The Song Is Over” 6:14
Side two
6. “Getting in Tune” 4:50
7. “Going Mobile” 3:42
8. “Behind Blue Eyes” 3:42
9. “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Personnel:
#1 Baba O’Riley:
Accolades:
Bargain Live @ San Francisco Civic Auditorium December 12, 1971. (This is an edited version of the performance) + classic Pete Dialogue – Long Beach, California December 10, 1971:
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Hearing this when it was first released as a 15 year old in 1971, this album changed my life. It demonstrated to me more of a sense of the power, importance and possibilities inherent in music than anything else I had ever heard. I've never been the same since. I will always be grateful to Roger, Pete, John, and Keith for this album.