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Quadrophenia
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Manufacturer: Mca
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0008811146320
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Mca
Manufacturer: Mca
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Mca
Release Date: 1996-07-02
Studio: Mca
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Limited 2008 UK double 180gm vinyl pressing of this classic album, released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the long-playing record. This is an exact replica of the original packaging and contains a voucher enabling the purchaser to download MP3 versions of the songs within. Happy Birthday, my dear vinyl LP! Universal.
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Summary: Do you realize that you exist?
Comment: Yes or no, this album is one for all seasons, a tale of awakening much like Hesse's Siddhartha. I would call it eloquent, and it often is, but the nakedness of the whole thing is what hits close to home in the attentive listener. It's very stripped-down in sound, not over-produced, and much of it clearly done on-the-fly with great talent. John Entwistle's distinctively separate bass, alternating counterpoint with melody--along with his self-played horn arrangments--are among the musical highlights. If you are not a Who fan, you likely have heard their studio albums. Well, the band hated the way those turned out too. The live albums are where you get the true band, and, mimicking the stage magic, this album destroys. Buy it, now. As a note here, the storyline is not as apparent as it was in Tommy, so watching the much-later-made movie helps, and is edifying on its own. The film is bleak realism mixed with period music and spot-on acting, unlike anything in the horrible musical film Tommy. Five stars, hands down.
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Summary: KEITH'S GOLDEN MOMENT!!!
Comment: I've been a drummer & Moonie Fan since 1967. This is as good as it gets as far as Keith's all around performaces go.
Totally Inventive... Tasteful & Utterly Amazing!
The whole performance, concept and lyrics aren't bad either : - )
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Summary: The Real Questions
Comment: Quadrophenia is the perfect musical context for the great questions of life. It is less than satisfactory to pass this off as a Rock Opera dealing with the "petty" issues of teenage angst. The questions posed during those years of transition between the summers of childhood and the winters of adult responsibility are indeed the ones we revisit as we approach the grave........Is this life of mine....the real me? Who am I....what do I see as the meaning of life.....and when will Love reign o'er us?.....
The music is up to the task of providing the passion/reflection that is present during those "Dark nights of the soul".
Brilliant.
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Summary: Excellent and improving with Age
Comment: This is and carries a different and more intense understanding of a young life seen through his eyes suffering from schizophrennia. Maybe its my age and life experience but sounds great with a life lesson.
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Summary: A ROCK OPERA THAT ROCKS ! (introspective and deeply personal, Quadrophenia is a brilliant production)
Comment: The Who's Quadrophenia (1973) is a double album rock opera that covers a Monday through Friday week in the life of Jimmy, a young man afflicted with a multi-personality disorder that includes four personalities.
A tough guy, a helpless dancer.
A romantic, is it me for a moment?
A bloody lunatic, I'll even carry your bags.
A beggar, a hypocrite, love reign over me.
Schizophrenic? I'm bleeding Quadrophrenic.
Each of the four personalities supposedly reflects the personality of a member of The Who. As with all concept albums, the story is somewhat open to interpretation, and in this case that's a good thing. A lot of these songs are so personally affecting that applying the lyrics strictly to the concept might be distracting, and diminish any personal identification with the songs. The best of this music can be very meaningful even without applying it to the Quadrophenia story.
The production of Quadrophenia is powerful and extraordinarily well developed. Orchestrated and vocal sequences of the main songs play throughout and connect the songs with the story, and several sound effects, including those of the sea and the rain, add an imaginitive visual. The booklet included with the 2-disc set features an essay by Pete Townsend that helps to explain the Quadrophenia story, some relevant black and white photographs, and the lyrics to the songs.
The songs on the album include some of the best The Who have ever done. It just doesn't get any better than The Real Me, 5:15, Doctor Jimmy, and Love Reign O'er Me. These songs rock like nothing the band had ever done, or would ever do again. The Who at the very peak of their powers. Nearly everything else on the album is satisfying, too, although not nearly as epic as the songs mentioned. Quadrophenia is one of The Who's best albums, and an essential and powerful piece of rock n' roll history. The album is an emotional experience, and quite a revelation when listened to in it's entirety. It can be very moving, and even sacred, if you let it take you into it's world. It ends with the spiritual healing of Jimmy while he stands screaming on The Rock in a raging rainstorm.
Only love can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky
Only love can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high
Love, reign o'er me
Love, reign o'er me, reign o'er me
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