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Track Listings
| 1. You Better You Bet |
| 2. Don't Let Go The Coat |
| 3. Cache Cache |
| 4. The Quiet One |
| 5. Did You Steal My Money |
| 6. How Can You Do It Alone |
| 7. Daily Records |
| 8. You |
| 9. Another Tricky day |
| 10. I Like Nightmares |
| 11. It's In You |
| 12. Somebody Saved Me |
| 13. How Can You Do It Alone (Live) |
| 14. The Quiet One (Live) |
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Face Dances went platinum and became the #2 album of 1981. This 14-track reissue includes five previously unreleased bonus tracks.
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Face Dances went platinum and became the #2 album of 1981. This 14-track reissue includes five previously unreleased bonus tracks.
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Format:Audio CD
You wont listen it much compare to live at lleeds, quadrophenia or who's next? If youre a fan it's ok to buy it !
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By D. Pike
Format:Audio CD
Face Dances means a lot to a lot of people, here's why:
1. the songwriting: superb
2. musicianship: amazing
3. timeliness: right on right now
4. production and aesthetics: stellar (thanks Jon Astley)
5. value: to some, priceless
i wish i could have the opportunity to work on a album of this magnitude someday.
...another tricky day...just another tricky day for The Who...they'll get through...
regards,
DP
By fraz
Format:Audio CD
"Face Dances" (1981) was a much anticipated album by The Who. Fans and observers were very anxious to hear their first release in three years, mainly because this album would introduce a new member to the group: Kenney Jones was selected to replace the late, great Keith Moon on the drums. This was a controversial selection - Roger Daltrey did not want Jones as their drummer but Pete Townshend insisted. This was the new Who, for a new decade, with a new drummer and a new sound. Hope and expectations were high. Unfortunately, it just didn't work. Kenney Jones is a competent drummer, but he was not the right choice for The Who. His straightforward style just didn't measure up for a band who's sound relied on the frenetic energy and wildness of Keith Moon's drumming. More importantly, Pete Townshend's songs here are off the mark. With the exception of the solid top-10 pop-rock hit "You Better You Bet", this collection is uneven, erratic, flat, and sometimes bizarre. It seems that while trying to update The Who for the 1980s and explore new musical directions, Pete Townshend abandoned the core sound which made the band so great. The album sounds like a band which has lost its direction while grasping for relevance in its third decade. There are a few interesting moments (lyrically and sonically) here and there, particularly on the tracks "Don't Let Go The Coat", "Daily Records", and "Another Tricky Day", but this is faint praise for a usually praise-worthy band. "Face Dances" is more of a death knell than a re-birth.
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more great Who material
This is one of the Who albums that many believe shouldn't have been made. It's true that the songs on here lack a bit of energy, especially compared to their early 70's records. Read more
Published on Mar 28 2004 by B. E Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Who Enters Another Uncomfortable Maturity
The Who, especially Pete Townshend, had been unhealthy in dwelling on the fact that they were getting older ("older" being your 30s in rock and roll) since the mid 1970s... Read more
Published on Nov 22 2003 by Bud Sturguess
4.0 out of 5 stars
The face of the Who changes as the dance begins to end
Perhaps it was obvious that The Who was in its twilight years even before drummer Keith Moon's untimely death in 1978. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2003 by 32-year old wallflower
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not by The Who's standards
The Who is one of, if not, the greatest band of all time. I think, however, that Pete Townshend's perpetual identity crises finally got the best of him here. Read more
Published on Sep 10 2003 by Tripper Hook
4.0 out of 5 stars
Underrated Post-Moon Who Album
Many people don't like this album because it is a later-period, post-Moon Who album. I think it's a great album because it introduced me to the Who back in the early 80s (along... Read more
Published on July 27 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars
Imposters Produce Whiniest of All Who Albums!
Word has it that FACE DANCES was actually made by a completely different band than the guys behind WHO'S NEXT and LIVE AT LEEDS. Read more
Published on Mar 1 2003 by Billucy
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AT LAST
As I'm an Astley collector I have a different perspective on the Who.The CD WHO'S SERIOUS-The Symphonic Who was masterminded by Jon Astley,the Official Who Archivist,and no less... Read more
Published on Dec 26 2002 by THE FAMILY CAT
1.0 out of 5 stars
This is NOT the Japanese import version
I ordered this and returned it twice in the past two months - it is not the Japanese version is the miniature album sleeve, but the same MCA version that can be found in any store,... Read more
Published on Sep 22 2002 by smokeyjoe
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Album!
After Keith Moon died in 1978, The Who found a replacement drummer, Kenney Jones. He was a good drummer, but not as good as Keith Moon. Read more
Published on Aug 1 2002
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Yes
Face Dances is certainly one of the Who's best albums. There really isn't a weak track to be heard, only a variety of great songs that keep the listener engaged from beginning to... Read more
Published on Oct 23 2001 by Jerry G.
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