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The Who: Face Dances

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Label: MCA Records
Released: 1981
Time:
 62:57
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *****.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.thewho.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2010.05.16
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] You Better You Bet (Townshend) - 5:36
[2] Don't Let Go the Coat (Townshend) - 3:43
[3] Cache Cache (Townshend) - 3:57
[4] The Quiet One (Entwistle/Townshend) - 3:09
[5] Did You Steal My Money (Townshend) - 4:10
[6] How Can You Do It Alone (Townshend) - 5:26
[7] Daily Records (Townshend) - 3:27
[8] You (Entwistle) - 4:30
[9] Another Tricky Day (Townshend) - 4:30
[10] I Like Nightmares - 3:14 *
[11] It's In You - 5:00 *
[12] Somebody Saved Me - 5:33 *
[13] How Can You Do It Alone (Live) - 5:27 *
[14] The Quiet One (Live) - 4:32 *

* - Previously unreleased bonus tracks.

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Pete Townshend - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
John Entwistle - Bass, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Roger Daltrey - Harmonica, Vocals
Keith Moon - Drums, Vocals
Kenney Jones - Drums

Jon Astley - Reissue Producer, Remixing, Remastering
Bill Szymczyk - Producer, Engineer
Bob Ludwig - Reissue Producer, Remixing, Remastering
Andy MacPherson - Reissue Producer, Remixing, Remastering
Robert Rosenberg - Executive Producer
Chris Charlesworth - Executive Producer
Bill Curbishley - Executive Producer
Allan Blazek - Engineer
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Teri Reed - Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Paterson - Assistant Engineer
Brian Aris - Photography
Gavin Cochrane - Photography
Paul Hutchings - Photography
Peter Blake - Artwork, Design, Concept, Paintings
Clive Barker - Artwork, Photography, Paintings
Richard Evans - Artwork, Art Direction, Design, Illustrations
Mike Andrews - Artwork, Paintings
Patrick Caulfield - Artwork, Paintings
Richard Hamilton - Artwork, Paintings
David Hockney - Artwork, Paintings
Bill Jacklin - Artwork, Paintings
Allen Jones - Artwork, Paintings
R.B. Kitaj - Artwork, Paintings
Tom Phillips - Artwork, Paintings

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1989 CD MCA Records MCAD25987
1999 CD Polydor POCP9207
1989 CS MCA Records MCAC-25987

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 Townshend's mature, sophisticated tunes less and less. FACE DANCES is no bland-out, but the band mines the subtle end of their dynamic range more extensively and successfully than ever before. With the advancing years, thetension between Townshend's thoughtful lyrics and the rock-hero bravado of Roger Daltrey's delivery had grown more pronounced, charging these songs with subtextual energy. Guest Rabbit Bundrick's keyboards add colour to Townshend's increasingly introspective examinations of adult relationships and responsibilites (sounds boring as hell, but really it's not)on "Another Tricky Day" and "How Can You Do It Alone". Entwistle's bass still rages and rumbles like a nuclear submarine, and the band's fire still rages on FACE DANCES, albeit with a bit more fine



Ihre besten Jahre haben The Who hinter sich, als '81 Face Dances erscheint. Original-Drummer Keith Moon ist ebenso tot wie der langjährige Manager Pete Meaden; das Revolutionäre, Lärmige der Frühphase hat einer relaxten Selbstzufriedenheit Platz gemacht und Bandkopf Pete Townshend fällt es schwer, sich noch gute, originelle Songs aus den Rippen zu schneiden. Vieles auf Face Dances erinnert frappierend an ältere Who-Stücke, wodurch die Scheibe eher zur leicht nostalgischen Rückblende als zu einem frischen Rockalbum gerät. Einzige Highlights sind die zweifelsohne geniale Hitsingle "You Better You Bet" und das aus der Feder von Bassist John Entwistle stammende "The Quiet One". Ansonsten verlässt man sich lieber auf ausgefeilte Gesangsarrangements als auf wirklich zwingende Songideen und leidet unter einer recht klinischen Produktion, die beim Remastern noch glatter gebügelt wurde. Wie The Who auch Anfang der Achtziger noch klingen konnten, zeigen die letzten der fünf Bonustracks: Die ruppige Live-Jam-Session "How Can You Do It Alone" und das ordentlich nach vorne losgehende, ebenfalls live mitgeschnittene "The Quiet One" machen einem schmerzhaft bewusst, was für ein Potential auch in ihren letzten Jahren noch in dieser Band schlummerte.

Michael Rensen - Amazon.de



Without Keith Moon, the Who may have lacked the restless firepower that distinguished their earlier albums, but Face Dances had some of Pete Townshend's best, most incisive compositions since Quadrophenia. "Don't Let Go the Coat" was one of his better odes to Meher Baba, "You Better You Bet" was a driving rocker, as was the rueful "Cache Cache," while "How Can You Do It Alone" was a solid ballad. While Townshend's songs were graceful and introspective, Roger Daltrey delivered them without any subtlety, rendering their power impotent.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Cub Koda - All Music Guide
 

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