It's Hard

[L. Bird]

>"the album "ended things with a relative whimper -- the record
    was competent, but the energy and vision were gone." Singer Roger 
Daltrey
    was quoted later as saying that the record never should have been 
released."

>Would someone explain this to me? It's got Athena (far better, really,
than You Better You Bet--read the words if you don't think so),
Cook County (which really is wonderful---play it unbearably loud),
Eminence Front, and Cry If You Want. All wonderful.

I agree that the energy and vision were gone.  That doesn't mean it's a bad 
album--it is a bit uneven, and not uniformly brilliant as their sixties and 
seventies output was, but it does still have some exceptional tracks.  I 
personally love "One Life's Enough" and "Eminence Front."

My opinion is that the guitar was hurting Pete's ears and he wanted out, so 
he didn't have the patience to really finish it.

I agree that FACE DANCES is harder to get into, but again, I think it's the 
production.  The way they play it (and Roger sings it) lack the Who magic.


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