Release Date: 1/01/1973
Recording Date: 1/1973
Tracks: 17
Length: 00:21:33 Hrs
Label: MCA
Type: CD,CS,LP
- Genre/Styles
- Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock, Mod, Album Rock
Album Tracks (17)
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What the Critics Say
Pete Townshend revisited the rock opera concept with another double-album opus, this time built around the story of a young mod's struggle to come of age in the mid-'60s. If anything, this was a more ambitious project than Tommy, given added weight by the fact that the Who weren't devising some fantasy but were re-examining the roots of their own birth in mod culture. In the end, there may have been too much weight, as Townshend tried to combine the story of a mixed-up mod named Jimmy with the examination of a four-way split personality (hence the title Quadrophenia), in turn meant to reflect the four conflicting personas at work within the Who itself. The concept might have ultimately been too obscure and confusing for a mass audience. But there's plenty of great music anyway, especially on "The Real Me," "The Punk Meets the Godfather," "I'm One," "Bell Boy," and "Love, Reign o'er Me." Some of Townshend's most direct, heartfelt writing is contained here, and production-wise it's a tour de force, with some of the most imaginative use of synthesizers on a rock record. Various members of the band griped endlessly about flaws in the mix, but really these will bug very few listeners, who in general will find this to be one of the Who's most powerful statements. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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1/11/2009 9:42 AM
i feel that my life is as what petetownsend wroteits mind boggling when time alone i put the album c..d. on i go back to my youth again. CRAZY DAYS
1/8/2009 9:52 AM
This was what I listened to, with my brothe'rs headphones, virtually every night the summer of 1974 when I turned 19, doing jobs in which I was simply kicked around from here to there - The Who's songs just seemed to understand all that I was struggling with. I thank them for writing and performing them - the songs are wonderful and relieved so much frustration!.
11/5/2009 8:54 PM
The greatest record...from the greatest band........EVER!!!!!!!!