Who - BBC Session

NEW VINYL LP ON POLYDOR 2000.

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

The band blazes through these songs so fast -- and you thought the Ramones and the Minutemen invented that kind of lightning-speed concision -- that it's easy to miss how perfectly constructed they are. The Who's sound rests on the tension between carefully defined pop-song structures pushed to the breaking point by the band's propulsive, chaotic power. Singer Roger Daltrey and bassist John Enthwhistle are hardly slouches, but guitarist Pete Townshend and drummer Keith Moon are true wonders. They wail with such unrestrained glee that they frequently threaten to blow these songs apart. Then, by some miracle, they land in time, and the song ends. All that in two-and-a-half minutes -- with lovely, Beach Boys-derived vocal harmonies to boot. That's why it's earned the right to be called classic rock -- and why this disc is such an unadulterated pleasure from start to finish.

Tracklist

1. My Generation [Radio 1 Jingle] 
2. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere 
3. Good Lovin' 
4. Just You and Me, Darling 
5. Leaving Here 
6. My Generation          
7. Good's Gone 
8. La-La Lies 
9. Substitute 
10. Dancing in the Street 
11. Disguises 
12. I'm a Boy 
13. Run Run Run 
14. Boris the Spider 
15. Happy Jack 
16. See My Way 
17. Pictures of Lilly 
18. Quick One, While He's Away 
19. Substitute 
20. Seeker 
21. I'm Free 
22. Shakin' All Over 
23. Relay 
24. Long Live Rock 
25. Boris the Spider (Radio 1 Jingle)