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The Who By Numbers - Definition |
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The Who By Numbers is an album by British rock band The Who.
Track listing
The Who By Numbers has ten tracks:
- "Slip Kid" (Townshend) (4:31)
- "However Much I Booze" (Townshend) (5:02)
- "Squeeze Box" (Townshend) (2:42)
- "Dreaming From the Waist" (Townshend) (4:07)
- "Imagine A Man" (Townshend) (4:04)
- "Success Story" (Entwistle) (3:22)
- "They Are All In Love" (Townshend) (3:02)
- "Blue, Red And Gray" (Townshend) (2:49)
- "How Many Friends" (Townshend) (4:06)
- "In A Hand Or A Face" (Townshend) (3:25)
Personnel
Commentary
Without the massive structure and ambition of the band's better known works Tommy and Quadrophenia, Pete Townshend's songwriting stands on its own in the sparse and dark The Who By Numbers. Excruciating in its description of alcoholism, lust and self-loathing, the album dwells on the dark side of creeping middle-age and the fear of irrelevance. The sheer vulnerability of the writer, whether or not he ever intended for these songs to become the foundation for an album, endears him to the listener. From the hopeless refrain of "However Much I Booze" ("There ain't no way out") to the paranoid question, "How many friends have I really got?," Townshend connects with Everyman by identifying his demons and realizing that, despite them all, he is still standing.
The most recognizable hit from the record - "Squeeze Box" - stands in contrast to the rest in its playfulness. John Entwistle's contribution, "Success Story", displays nearly as despairing and cynical a view of stardom as the rest of the record. In all this, how do we take "Blue, Red And Gray's" claim, "I love every minute of the day"?
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