Learn The Who - 1973 [1985] Quadrophenia

Released equally a double-album inwards 1973, The Who’s stone opera QUADROPHENIA is a conceptual function ready inwards the 1960s milieu of the Mod displace during which they began their career inwards due west London. The fundamental grapheme of Jimmy is a disaffected youth who hates his parents as well as lowly job, but finds release from blue-collar drudgery alongside his beau Mods, popping pills as well as riding motor-scooters to weekend concerts yesteryear bands similar The Who. But the liberty he finds turns out to move illusory. The album championship comes from the personalities of the iv members of The Who, used to stand upwardly for the iv sides of Jimmy. Townshend has described the album equally the best music he has always written. In 1979 it was turned into a film, directed yesteryear Franc Roddam (and featuring a immature Sting inwards a key role) as well as has been performed alive yesteryear The Who, sometimes alongside invitee performers. In 2012 The Who played the album inwards its entirety on tour.

Quadrophenia is the 6th studio album yesteryear the English linguistic communication stone band The Who, released equally a double album on 26 Oct 1973 yesteryear Track Records. It is the group's 2d stone opera. The flush follows a immature modern named Jimmy as well as his search for self-worth as well as importance, ready inwards London as well as Brighton inwards 1965. It is the precisely Who album to move solely composed yesteryear Pete Townshend.

The grouping started function on the album inwards 1972, trying to follow upwardly Tommy as well as Who's Next, which had both achieved substantial critical as well as commercial success. Recording was delayed land bassist John Entwistle as well as vocalizer Roger Daltrey recorded solo albums as well as drummer Keith Luna worked on films. Because a novel studio was non finished inwards time, the grouping had to utilization Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio. As good equally the group's typical playing styles, specially from Moon, the album makes meaning utilization of Townshend's multi-tracked synthesizers as well as audio effects, as well as Entwistle's layered horn parts. Relationships betwixt the grouping as well as managing director Kit Lambert broke downwardly irretrievably during recording as well as he had left the band's services yesteryear the fourth dimension the album was released.

Quadrophenia was released to a positive reception inwards both the Great Britain as well as the US, but the resulting tour was marred alongside problems alongside backing tapes replacing the additional instruments on the album, as well as the phase slice was retired inwards early on 1974. It was revived inwards 1996 alongside a larger ensemble, as well as a farther tour occurred inwards 2012. The album made a positive impact on the modern revival displace of the piece of cake 1970s, as well as the resulting celluloid adaptation, released inwards 1979, was successful. The album has been reissued on compact disc several times, as well as seen a number of remixes that corrected to a greater extent than or less perceived flaws inwards the original.

Quadrophenia was recorded at The Kitchen (later known equally Ramport Studios), The Who’s ain studio inwards Battersea, S London inwards May as well as June of 1973. It was immaculately packaged inwards a black-and-white gatefold sleeve, alongside extensive liner notes yesteryear Pete Townshend as well as a 44-page majority of black-and-white photographs illustrating the fundamental grapheme Jimmy’s personal odyssey.

Track listing:

01 I Am The Sea
02 The Real Me
03 Quadrophenia
04 Cut My Hair
05 The Punk And The Godfather
06 I'm One
07 The Dirty Jobs
08 Helpless Dancer
09 Is It In My Head
10 I've Had Enough
xi 5:15
12 Sea And Sand
thirteen Drowned
fourteen Bell Boy
xv Doctor Jimmy
sixteen The Rock
17 Love, Reign O'er Me

Personnel:

John Entwistle – bass, horns, vocals
Roger Daltrey – Pb vocals
Keith Luna – percussion, vocals
Pete Townshend – guitars, keyboards, banjo, cello, vocals, audio effects

Additional musicians
Jon Curle – newsreader vocalisation on "Cut My Hair"
Chris Stainton – pianoforte on "The Dirty Jobs", "5:15", as well as "Drowned"