The Who | The Who By Numbers | Album

The Who "The Who By Numbers" (1975)

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Polydor, UK, 2012, 3715627, 180g Vinyl, Remastered, Reissue

The Who By Numbers, released in 1975, could well be the last great Who album. Coming as it did after Quadrophenia and Odds & Sods, it has much of the old spark, wit and energy of earlier Who masterpieces, and all four original members were firing on all cylinders. No great rock-opera concept album this one, just Ten solid tracks exploring many of the trials and tribulations of being in a rock band for most of your life. It begins brilliantly with "Slip Kid", which compares the fans going off to see the Who to their forefathers going off to fight in war. Elsewhere Pete berates himself for being an alcoholic in "However Much I Booze", describes the temptation of easy sex in "Squeeze Box" and "Dreaming From The Waist". There is definitely some mid career introspection, but the quality and power of the music is unmistakable.

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