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Free Music Review: AWSOME album
Hit: 5 Stars
I just got this album and let me say it is one of the best i have heard. I think it is great that Pete Townshend decided to write an opera. All the songs are great and just flow the way all cds should go. But since it is an opera it should flow in order. Overature is a good song to start then just goes on after that. In my opionion Christmas and the mirror song are my favorite by the way they sound. Everyone is amazing weather it is Keith on the drums or John on bass or Roger on vocals or Pete on guitar or vocals it is just an amazing album that any who fan should own, or if you just love music from the 60's...GET IT you won't be disapointedFree Music Review: Creative types... this will help you go from good to brilliant... (without the need for further mood-altering enhancers)...
Hit: 5 Stars
My mentor mentioned that playing "The Who" would help me when I am writing... especially those late night deadline crunching 2am stints to get the assignments in by 8am the next morning...
Doesn't matter what time of day (okay, yes it does... The WHo are not quite as effective before 12noon :) )... this has truly proved to inspire my creative energy and helped me flow much better.
I highly recommend for the creative types - if you get any kind of "block," throw on The Who in the background and get to work!
Free Music Review: Not so great
Hit: 3 Stars
Although Tommy made the Who successful and Roger Daltrey into a "rock god"
I was never drawn to it. In my opinion it is better if you listen to the album from beginning to end instead of certain tracks with the exception of "Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free", and "Amazing Journey."
One reason why I was never drawn to Tommy is that I find it rather dull and tedious. Another reason is that I always thought "Fiddle About" was rather sick. However, Tommy is an important milestone not only in the history of the Who, but also in the history of rock.
Free Music Review: History, schmistory...
Hit: 3 Stars
Sure, there's no questioning the importance of Tommy, the Who's landmark 1969 double-LP rock-opera opus. The record, along with King Crimson's debut, is one of the founding documents of progressive rock, and among the first albums to treat rock `n' roll as a serious art form rather than a pop music flavor-of-the-decade. It's also one of the group's most popular albums, and the home of at least one signature Who tune ("Pinball Wizard"). Its position in rock history is, for better or worse, pretty much secure. But enough time has elapsed since its inception and recording to reveal that Tommy is also a bloated, pretentious mess of an album.
I mean, seriously, look at this thing: The "plot" of the opera is thinner than wax paper and full of gaping holes. The symbolism is overdone and heavy-handed, and the story swerves from incomprehensible to melodramatic, with plenty of irrelevant plot turns and head-scratching non-developments thrown in for good measure. There's not much in the way of good characterization, either. In general, the whole thing feels like a slip-shod, thrown together affair.
All of which would be mostly tolerable if Tommy were stuffed with great songs. Sadly, a lot of these tracks are here mainly to advance the plot (even though some of them serve only to muddle it). "It's A Boy," "There's A Doctor," "Smash the Mirror," "Fiddle About," "Miracle Cure," "Tommy Can You Hear Me" and "Tommy's Holiday Camp" are the most notable culprits, since none of them even seem to attempt to be enjoyable in and of themselves (even though the latter does have a certain charming silliness). Even the more substantial songs tend to fall short of excellent: "Christmas" matches an uninteresting melody with annoyingly melodramatic lyrics, while "Sensation" is generic third-rate power pop. There's also an excruciatingly stiff and pitifully un-bluesy cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Eyesight To The Blind," and a just-okay Entwistle tune entitled "Cousin Kevin."
So, why am I giving this thing three stars? Because the Who are the Who, that's why! Even their weaker albums had world-class songs, and Tommy's inordinate size really gives the law of averages a run for its money. "Pinball Wizard" is a rollicking classic with some fantastic power-chordage and memorable lyrics. There's also the wistful, swinging folk rock of "Sally Simpson" and the dreamy, almost psychedelic "I'm Free." We've also got the lilting "Welcome" and the merciless pound of "Acid Queen." "Amazing Journey" is intoxicating and hypnotic, and it spills into the rip-roaring instrumental that is "Sparks." "Overture," despite having a name and purpose that smack of theatrical pretention, is an engrossing and shape-shifting introduction to the album. "Underture" an unwieldy epic that, although it may overstay its welcome, does feature some great moments as well. "1921" has a melody that isn't too far from beautiful, and "We're Not Gonna Take It" brings the album to a rocking conclusion. "Go To The Mirror, Boy" is the album's hidden gem, a classic bit of crunching power pop with an absolutely spine-tingling second half.
So, influence aside, there's really only a clutch of good songs preventing this album from being a true disaster. Get it for the good tunes and the historical value, but if you want a truly great rock opera from the Who, check out Quadrophenia.
Free Music Review: One of the Greatest The Who Albums
Hit: 5 Stars
This probobly gets second place for the best The Who Albums. Quadrophenia beats Tommy by just a little. I like the way all of the songs are related like Quad. What I don't understand are the pointless 10 second songs. Like Tommy's Holiday Camp, Miracle Cure, Its a Boy, and There's a Doctor. Great movie too! Here are the top ten songs on the album.
1.Pinball Wizard
2.Christmass
3.The Acid Queen
4.Overture
5.Were Not Gonna Take It
6.Tommy Can You Hear me?
7.Fiddle About
8.1921
9.Sally Simpson
10.Underture
--Scott Schaeffer age 11