For Yous The Who - 1973 [1985] Quadrophenia

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

Quadrophenia is the 6th studio album past times the English linguistic communication stone band The Who, released every bit a double album on 26 Oct 1973 past times Track Records. It is the group's minute stone opera. The floor follows a immature modern named Jimmy in addition to his search for self-worth in addition to importance, ready inward London in addition to Brighton inward 1965. It is the only Who album to hold upward alone composed past times Pete Townshend.

The grouping started come about the album inward 1972, trying to follow upward Tommy in addition to Who's Next, which had both achieved substantial critical in addition to commercial success. Recording was delayed piece bassist John Entwistle in addition to vocalizer Roger Daltrey recorded solo albums in addition to drummer Keith Moon worked on films. Because a novel studio was non finished inward time, the grouping had to utilization Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio. As good every bit the group's typical playing styles, peculiarly from Moon, the album makes pregnant utilization of Townshend's multi-tracked synthesizers in addition to audio effects, in addition to Entwistle's layered horn parts. Relationships betwixt the grouping in addition to managing director Kit Lambert broke downward irretrievably during recording in addition to he had left the band's services past times the fourth dimension the album was released.

Quadrophenia was released to a positive reception inward both the Great Britain in addition to the US, but the resulting tour was marred alongside problems alongside backing tapes replacing the additional instruments on the album, in addition to the phase slice was retired inward early on 1974. It was revived inward 1996 alongside a larger ensemble, in addition to a farther tour occurred inward 2012. The album made a positive impact on the modern revival movement of the belatedly 1970s, in addition to the resulting cinema adaptation, released inward 1979, was successful. The album has been reissued on compact disc several times, in addition to seen a number of remixes that corrected simply about perceived flaws inward the original.

Quadrophenia was recorded at The Kitchen (later known every bit Ramport Studios), The Who’s ain studio inward Battersea, southward London inward May in addition to June of 1973. It was immaculately packaged inward a black-and-white gatefold sleeve, alongside extensive liner notes past times Pete Townshend in addition to a 44-page mass of black-and-white photographs illustrating the fundamental graphic symbol 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
xiii Drowned
fourteen Bell Boy
xv Doctor Jimmy
xvi The Rock
17 Love, Reign O'er Me

Personnel:

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

Additional musicians
Jon Curle – newsreader vox on "Cut My Hair"
Chris Stainton – pianoforte on "The Dirty Jobs", "5:15", in addition to "Drowned"