The Who - Quick One (Happy Jack)
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Artist: The WhoEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks
CD Release Date: 1995-06-20
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
- Run Run Run
- Boris The Spider
- I Need You
- Whiskey Man
- Heatwave
- Cobwebs And Strange
- Don't Look Away
- See My Way
- So Sad About Us
- A Quick One, While He's Away
- Batman
- Buckett
- Barbara Ann
- Disguises
- Doctor, Doctor
- I've Been Away
- In The City
- Happy Jack (Acoustic Version)
- Man With The Money
- My Generation/Land Of Hope And Glory
Free Music Notes for Quick One (Happy Jack)
Free Music Review: The Who's weakest album of the 60s
Hit: 3 Stars
Well in some ways it's an apt title; it's a "Quick One" because if you listen to this more than once you'll only spend time on a few songs.
I'll say it right here, this is not a *bad* album by any means. There is nothing unlistenable here, the worst offence that A Quick One has is to have high ratio of filler to good songs. The story is well known, the record company decided to give the band members a lump sum of money if they all wrote their individual songs for the album. Of these however I can really only find 3 songs that I would bother to listen to more than once. Run Run Run by Pete Townshed is a rough R&B song that has a feel not unsimilar to My Generation, albeit not quite as good. Boris The Spider, by Entwhistle although somewhat toungue in cheek is actually quite a catchy song. The highlight though is of course the title tune A Quick One, (Townshed again) It's really 6 mini songs strung together to make a mini rock opera. The story about marital infedility isn't particulaly interesting, but the track is easily the strongest melodically. The other songs are.....okay, I suppose in a generic R&B way but just don't compare well to the iconic sound of My Generation.
Of the bonus tracks, unfortunately they follow the mould of the original songs in being passable but unspectacular. Yes there are versions of The Batman theme and a cover of The Beach Boys Barbara Ann, but they come across as novelty songs rather than worthy songs in themselves. Best of the bonus songs is a short renditon of My Generation (in stereo) followed by the band singing along To Land Of Hope And Glory.
The sound quality isn't bad for 1966, but there is little sonic experimentation beyond basic stereo. On par for the course, then.
So overall hardcore Who fans (the ones giving this review the thumbs down natch) may want to praise this as a vital step in The Who's evolution. More casual fans will probably be disappointed in the inconsistency. If there is a good point to this album, this is where they realised that Townshend was definitely the strongest songwriter and should be the dominant songwriter. Thankfully they seemed to have learned the lesson on their later, stronger albums like The Who Sell Out and Tommy.
Quick One (Happy Jack) Poster
The Who's second album is a mite inconsistent, not least because all four members were encouraged by a business deal to churn out songs. A Quick One nonetheless manages several Who classics, notably "A Quick One While He's Away," Pete Townshend's first longform (10 minutes) piece, and John Entwistle's licensed-to-ill "Whiskey Man" and "Boris the Spider." The band's sense of humor, however, gives way on rote pop tunes like Roger Daltrey's "See My Way." But CD bonus tracks like the great "Disguises" (included in a murkier mix than that on the 30 Years of Maximum R&B boxed set) and the Beach Boys tributes "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" are a distinct help. --Rickey WrightPop Music CDs
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