Face Dances
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| Studio album by The Who | |||||
| Released | 16 March 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | July–December 1980 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 40:57 | ||||
| Label | Polydor Records (UK) Warner Bros. (U.S. original) MCA Records (U.S. reissue) |
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| Producer | Bill Szymczyk | ||||
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Face Dances is the ninth album by the English rock band The Who. It was originally released in 1981 in the US on Warner Bros. Records and on Polydor Records in the UK. It was the first full new album The Who made with drummer Kenney Jones as a replacement for Keith Moon.
Although some jeered at the album, Roger Daltrey went on record saying he liked this album in a 1994 interview. Some critics, notably in the Boston Globe in a review in April of 1981, said it was The Who's best album since 1973's Quadrophenia.
The album peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard album charts (held off #1 in the US by AC/DC's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap which was #3, REO Speedwagon's Hi Infidelity which was #2 and Styx's Paradise Theatre which was #1 respectively) and number 2 on the UK album charts (held off #1 in the UK by Adam & the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier).
The album cover features paintings of the members by many British painters, who were commissioned by Peter Blake, who had previously designed the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Artists include Tom Phillips, Richard Hamilton, Allen Jones, David Hockney, Clive Barker, R.B. Kitaj, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield, and Peter Blake himself.
In 1997, the album was re-released with three outtakes as well as two live tracks.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Pete Townshend unless specified otherwise.
- "You Better You Bet" – 5:36
- "Don't Let Go the Coat" – 3:44
- "Cache Cache" – 3:57
- "The Quiet One" (John Entwistle) – 3:10
- "Did You Steal My Money" – 4:11
- "How Can You Do It Alone" – 5:26
- "Daily Records" – 3:27
- "You" (Entwistle) – 4:31
- "Another Tricky Day" – 4:55
[edit] Bonus tracks on 1997 remastered edition
- "I Like Nightmares" – 3:09
- "It's In You" – 4:59
- "Somebody Saved Me" – 5:31
- "How Can You Do It Alone" – 5:24
- (Live, 8 December 1979 at Chicago International Amphitheater)
- "The Quiet One" (Entwistle) – 4:28
- (Live, 13 October 1982 at Shea Stadium)
[edit] Singles
- "You Better You Bet" (UK 9)
- "Don't Let Go the Coat" (UK 47)
[edit] Personnel
- Roger Daltrey – vocals, harmonica
- Pete Townshend – guitars, keyboards, vocals
- John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals
- Kenney Jones – drums
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards, synthesizer
[edit] Production
- Allen Blazek – engineer
- Chris Charlesworth – executive producer
- Bill Curbishley – executive producer
- Ted Jensen & Greg Fulginiti – mastering
- Bob Ludwig – Remastering
- Jimmy Patterson – assistant engineer
- Teri Reed – assistant engineer
- Robert Rosenberg – executive producer
- Bill Szymczyk – producer, engineer
[edit] Album artwork
- Michael Andrews – paintings
- Brian Aris – photography
- Clive Barker – paintings, photography, paintbox bronze on rear cover
- Peter Blake – album cover design, concept, paintings
- Patrick Caulfield – paintings
- Gavin Cochraine – photography
- Richard Hamilton – paintings
- David Hockney – paintings
- Howard Hodgkin – paintings
- David Inshaw – paintings
- Bill Jacklin – paintings
- Allen Jones – paintings
- R.B. Kitaj – paintings
- Tom Phillips – paintings
- Patrick Procktor – paintings
- Colin Self – paintings
- Joe Tilson – paintings
- David Tindle – paintings
- Richard Evans graphic design
[edit] Charts
[edit] Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | The Billboard 200 | 4 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | "Another Tricky Day" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 6 |
| 1981 | "Daily Records" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 36 |
| 1981 | "Did You Steal My Money" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 38 |
| 1981 | "Don't Let Go The Coat" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 84 |
| 1981 | "How Can You Do It Alone" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 50 |
| 1981 | "You Better You Bet" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 |
| 1981 | "You Better You Bet" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
| 1981 | "You" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 51 |
[edit] References
- www.thewho.net. Face Dances Liner Notes. Retrieved 13 February 2005.
- www.allmusic.com Face Dances Credits. Retrieved 13 February 2005.
