-- Who - Who`s Next | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 13.98 Amazon Price $ 12.99 Savings $ 0.99 | |  Release Date: 07 November, 1995, Mca
TRACK LISTING - Baba O`Riley
- Bargain
- Love Ain`t For Keeping
- My Wife
- The Song Is Over
- Getting In Tune
- Going Mobile
- Behind Blue Eyes
- Won`t Get Fooled Again
- Pure And Easy
- Baby Don`t You Do It
- Naked Eye
- Water
- Too Much Of Anything
- I Don`t Even Know Myself
- Behind Blue Eyes
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It kicks off with the synthesizer of "Baba O`Riley". That rocks along for awhile. It is followed in quick succession by "Bargain", another electrifying rocker. The acoustic "Love Ain`t For Keeping" is next. Pete pulls out his electric again for "My Wife" which is written and sung by the great John Entwistle. Sometimes I wonder what Roger is doing in this song. "The Song Is Over" is sort of a bummer but every album has at least one. Next are the lighter touches "Getting In Tune" and "Going Mobile". I love these songs. "Behind Blue Eyes" is a great song, it starts off soft showing the sadness of whoever then it blasts out and Roger sreams his anger for the rest of the song. "Won`t Get Fooled Again" is the last song and Pete, Roger, John and Keith rock really hard. The musicians, or rather artists, that make up The Who all work together. Pete Townshend is great on guitar. Roger Daltrey`s voice is incredible. The rhythym section made up of wacky bassist John Entwistle and maniacal drummer Keith Moon, both of them dead, keep time to Pete and Roger`s leads. All of the songs, hard or soft show feeling, anger, sadness, rebellion and other things too vast to describe. If you like this one then check out "A Quick One" and "Quadrophenia" both by The Who. R.I.P. for John and Keith. | | | | WHO`S BEST Is More Like It | | WHO`S NEXT should have been titled WHO`S BEST. This album was released in between the overly weird TOMMY and the later Who and Pete Townshend solo albums, all of which forced me to confront uncomfortable things. This album, however, has none of that, even if the music and lyrics are quite trenchant. "The Song Is Over" is one of those songs that encapsulates my reasons for skipping food-related reunions at my old school, and "Won`t Get Fooled Again" sounds like a rebel anthem, but actually serves as a reminder to hang on to your roots, musical or otherwise. These are just two highlights of an album that`s full of them. | | | | Some of The Who`s Best! | | For anyone unfamiliar with The Who, I`d recommend starting with this and the singles collection Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy. At the time The Who were working on this, synthesizers still weren`t used much in rock (save Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and other great progressive rock acts). Pete Townshend incorporates some innovative synthesizer work on "Baba O`Riley" and "Won`t Get Fooled Again". This album was originally supposed to be a concept album entitled "Lifehouse" but what came out instead are some of The Who`s best songs. The new version includes an alternate take of "Behind Blue Eyes", "I Don`t Even Know Myself", and "Pure and Easy" (which were not on the original album). Their music began to have a harder edge to it in the studio. Pete wrote some his best lyrics at that point- anybody who`s been burned, disillusioned, or at the end of their rope can relate to songs like "Bargain", "Love Ain`t For Keeping", "Behind Blue Eyes", "Song Is over", and "Fooled". You have bass player John Entwhistle`s sole composition "My Wife" (which features him on brass), Pete`s power chords and intricate solos on "Baba O`Riley" and "Fooled Again", Keith Moon`s maniacal drumming on "Going Mobile", and Roger Daltrey`s vocals on most of the songs (he lets out a blood-curdling scream at the end of "Fooled Again"), and guest Nicky Hopkins` melodious piano on "Song Is Over" and "Getting In Tune". I look forward to the release of The Lifehouse Sessions due later this year. | | |
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