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The Who: Quadrophenia

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Label: Track Records
Released: 1973
Time:
 40:16 / 41:24
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists...
Rating: *******.. (8/10)
Media type: CD Double
Web address: www.thewho.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2010.05.16
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Armenia City in the Sky (Keen/Keene) - 3:48
[2] Heinz Baked Beans) - Entwistle) - 1:00
[3] Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand (Townshend) - 2:28
[4] Odorono (Townshend) - 2:34
[5] Tattoo (Townshend) - 2:51
[6] Our Love Was (Townshend) - 3:23
[7] I Can See for Miles (Townshend) - 4:44
[8] I Can't Reach You (Townshend) - 3:03
[9] Medac (Entwistle) - :57
[10] Relax (Townshend) - 2:41
[11] Silas Stingy (Entwistle) - 3:07
[12] Sunrise (Townshend) - 3:06
[13] Rael 1 (Townshend) - 5:44
[14] Rael 2 (Townshend) - 1:29
[15] Glittering Girl (Townshend) - 3:59
[16] Melancholia (Townshend) - 3:22
[17] Someone's Coming (Entwistle) - 2:40
[18] Jaguar (Townshend) - 3:01
[19] Early Morning Cold Taxi (Daltrey/Langston) - 3:25
[20] Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) - 4:19
[21] Girl's Eyes (Moon) - 3:50
[22] Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand [alternate take] (Townshend) - 3:21
[23] Glow Girl (Townshend) - 2:42

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Roger Daltrey - Vocals, Producer
Pete Townshend - Background Vocals, Multi Instruments, Composer, Sound Effects, Special Effects, Producer
Keith Moon - Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer
John Entwistle - Bass, Horn, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer
Chris Stainton - Piano, Producer

John Curle - Spoken Word

Jon Astley - Contributor, Reissue Producer, Remixing, Reissue Remixing
Chris Charlesworth - Executive Producer
Bill Curbishley - Executive Producer
Pete Kameron - Executive Producer
Chris Stamp - Executive Producer
Glyn Johns - Engineer
Ron Fawcus - Engineer
Andy McPhearson - Remixing
George Jones - Mastering
Rod Houison - Sound Effects, Special Effects
Kit Lambert - Contributor, Executive Producer
Bob Ludwig - Contributor, Remastering, Reissue Remastering
Andy MacPherson - Contributor, Reissue Remixing
Ron Nevison - Sound Effects, Special Effects, Engineer
Ethan Russell - Art Direction
Richard Evans - Art Direction

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Pete Townshend revisited the rock opera concept with another double-album opus, this time built around the story of a young mod's struggle to come of age in the mid-'60s. If anything, this was a more ambitious project than Tommy, given added weight by the fact that the Who weren't devising some fantasy but were re-examining the roots of their own birth in mod culture. In the end, there may have been too  much weight, as Townshend tried to combine the story of a mixed-up mod named Jimmy with the examination of a four-way split personality (hence the title Quadrophenia), in turn meant to reflect the four conflicting personas at work within the Who itself. The concept might have ultimately been too obscure and confusing for a mass audience. But there's plenty of great music anyway, especially on "The Real Me," "The Punk Meets the Godfather," "I'm One," "Bell Boy," and "Love, Reign o'er Me." Some of Townshend's most direct, heartfelt writing is contained here, and production-wise it's a tour de force, with some of the most imaginative use of synthesizers on a rock record. Various members of the band griped endlessly about flaws in the mix, but really these will bug very few listeners, who in general will find this to be one of the Who's most powerful statements.

Richie Unterberger - All Music Guide



An excellent and frequently astonishing album, Quadrophenia is both more ambitious and less accessible than Tommy, the first and most well known rock opera. At its simplest level, Quadrophenia is a coming-of-age story with an awesome soundtrack. The album features some of the Who's finest material, in songs like the enraged "Real Me," the cynical "Punk Meets the Godfather," the wistful "5:15" and "Sea and Sand," and the powerful "Love, Reign O'er Me." The songwriting (courtesy of Pete Townshend) is top-notch, as is the production (the Who actually managed to use synthesizers in an original manner, something few rock bands can aspire to). The mix of powerful songwriting and skillful composition makes this one of the Who's finest moments.

Genevieve Williams - Amazon.com essential recording



Das exquisite und an vielen Stellen erstaunliche Album Quadrophenia ist sowohl ehrgeiziger als auch schwieriger zugänglich als Tommy, die erste und zugleich bekannteste Rockoper der Band. Banal ausgedrückt, ist Quadrophenia eine erstklassig vertonte Geschichte über das Erwachsenwerden. Das Album enthält einiges von The Whos Sahnehäubchen, etwa das aufgebrachte "Real Me", das zynische "Punk Meets the Godfather", die wehmütigen "5:15" und "Sea and Sand" und das ausdrucksstarke "Love, Reign O'er Me". Das Songwriting - Pete Townshend gab sich hier die Ehre - ist vom Allerfeinsten, ebenso die Produktion, in der es die Band sogar vermochte, Synthesizer auf herkömmliche Weise einzusetzen, was nur wenigen Rockgruppen gelingt. Dank der Mischung aus kraftvollem Songwriting und gekonnten Kompositionen zählt diese Scheibe sicher zu den gelungensten Werken von The Who.

Genevieve Williams - Amazon.de
 

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