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The Who by Numbers
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
The Who by Numbers · The Who by Numbers was released on 3 October 1975, the band's first album on Polydor. Pete Townshend was suffering from writer's block. He had just turned thirty, wondered whether he was too old for rock 'n' roll and felt alienated from the music business. The songs are therefore more personal and more inward-looking than earlier work, and sometimes very dark. After the tour for Quadrophenia the band had not played live for more than a year.
Producer Glyn Johns, who had also made Who's Next, had to work hard because the band members had little appetite and the recording was often interrupted. Squeeze Box became a hit and was the only song to remain a fixture on stage. John Entwistle drew the cover, on which the band members appear as join-the-dots drawings. The Village Voice placed the album tenth in the critics' year-end poll. Roger Daltrey later called it his favourite.
Listening
Track list
- 1Slip Kid4:38Apple Music ↗
- 2However Much I Booze5:05Apple Music ↗
- 3Squeeze Box2:41Apple Music ↗
- 4Dreaming from the Waist4:09Apple Music ↗
- 5Imagine a Man4:05Apple Music ↗
- 6Success Story3:23Apple Music ↗
- 7They Are All In Love3:03Apple Music ↗
- 8Blue, Red and Grey2:49Apple Music ↗
- 9How Many Friends4:06Apple Music ↗
- 10In a Hand or a Face3:23Apple Music ↗
- 11Squeeze Box (Live)3:19Apple Music ↗
- 12Behind Blue Eyes (Live)4:41Apple Music ↗
- 13Dreaming from the Waist (Live)4:50Apple Music ↗
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