A Quick One

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

A Quick One is the second album by The Who and was released on 9 December 1966. It departs from the emphasis on R&B on the debut My Generation. A deal with a publisher gave each band member an advance of 500 pounds for writing two songs. As a result not only Pete Townshend but also John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Roger Daltrey contributed to the writing, and this is the album on which Townshend dominates least. Kit Lambert produced it in London in the autumn of 1966.

The opening track Run Run Run is a stomping hard rocker with a guitar solo full of feedback. Boris the Spider by Entwistle became his best-known song. Cobwebs and Strange was played by the band members on wind instruments. The album closes with A Quick One, While He's Away, a nine-minute suite in six parts about infidelity and forgiveness. It formed the first step towards the later rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Run Run Run2:45Apple Music ↗
2. 2Boris the Spider2:30Apple Music ↗
3. 3I Need You2:24Apple Music ↗
4. 4Whiskey Man2:58Apple Music ↗
5. 5Heat Wave1:55Apple Music ↗
6. 6Cobwebs and Strange2:32Apple Music ↗
7. 7Don't Look Away2:54Apple Music ↗
8. 8See My Way1:54Apple Music ↗
9. 9So Sad About Us3:04Apple Music ↗
10. 10A Quick One, While He's Away9:14Apple Music ↗
11. 11Batman1:35Apple Music ↗
12. 12Bucket T2:07Apple Music ↗
13. 13Barbara Ann2:00Apple Music ↗
14. 14Disguises3:22Apple Music ↗
15. 15I've Been Away2:09Apple Music ↗
16. 16In the City2:25Apple Music ↗
17. 17Man With Money2:47Apple Music ↗
18. 18My Generation / Land of Hope and Glory (Live)2:03Apple Music ↗

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