Face Dances
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| Studio album by The Who | ||
| Released | March 16, 1981 | |
| Recorded | July - December 1980 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 40:53 | |
| Label | Polydor Records (UK) Warner Bros. (US) | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Szymczyk | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Who chronology | ||
| The Kids Are Alright (1979) |
Face Dances (1981) |
It's Hard (1982) |
Face Dances is an album by British rock band The Who originally released in 1981 in the US on Warner Bros. Records and on Polydor Records in the UK. It was the first full new album The Who made with drummer Kenney Jones as a replacement for Keith Moon.
Although some jeered at the album, Roger Daltrey went on record saying he liked this album in a 1994 interview. Some critics, notably in the Boston Globe in a review in April of 1981, said it was The Who's best album since 1973's Quadrophenia.
The album peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard album charts (held off #1 in the US by AC/DC's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap which was #3, REO Speedwagon's Hi Infidelity which was #2 and Styx's Paradise Theatre which was #1 respectively) and number 2 on the UK album charts (held off #1 in the UK by Adam & the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier).
The album cover features paintings of the members by many British painters, who were commissioned by Peter Blake, who had previously designed the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Artists include Tom Phillips, Richard Hamilton, Allen Jones, David Hockney, Clive Barker, R.B. Kitaj, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield, and Peter Blake himself.[citation needed]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Pete Townshend unless specified otherwise.
[edit] Face Dances (original 1981 release)
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[edit] Bonus tracks (1997 remastered CD)
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[edit] Singles
You Better You Bet (UK 9)
Don't Let Go The Coat (UK 47)
[edit] Personnel
- Roger Daltrey - Vocals, harmonica
- Pete Townshend - Guitars, keyboards, vocals
- John Entwistle - Bass guitar, vocals
- Kenney Jones - Drums
- [with]
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick- Keyboards, synthesizer
[edit] Personnel - Production
- Allen Balzak - Engineer
- Chris Charlesworth - Executive producer
- Bill Curbishley - Executive producer
- Ted Jensen & Greg Fulginiti - Mastering
- Bob Ludwig - Remastering
- Jimmy Patterson - Assistant engineer
- Teri Reed - Assistant engineer
- Robert Rosenberg - Executive producer
- Bill Szymczyk - Producer, engineer
[edit] Personnel - Album Artwork
- Michael Andrews - Paintings
- Brian Aris - Photography
- Clive Barker - Paintings, photography
- Peter Blake - Album cover design, concept, paintings
- Patrick Caulfield - Paintings
- Gavin Cochraine - Photography
- Richard Hamilton - Paintings
- David Hockney - Paintings
- Howard Hodgkin - Paintings
- David Inshaw - Paintings
- Bill Jacklin - Paintings
- Allen Jones - Paintings
- R.B. Kitaj - Paintings
- Tom Phillips - Paintings
- Patrick Procktor - Paintings
- Colin Self - Paintings
- Joe Tilson - Paintings
- David Tindle - Paintings
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | The Billboard 200 | 4 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | "Another Tricky Day" | Mainstream Rock | 6 |
| 1981 | "Daily Records" | Mainstream Rock | 36 |
| 1981 | "Did You Steal My Money" | Mainstream Rock | 38 |
| 1981 | "Don't Let Go The Coat" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 84 |
| 1981 | "How Can You Do It Alone" | Mainstream Rock | 50 |
| 1981 | "You Better You Bet" | Mainstream Rock | 1 |
| 1981 | "You Better You Bet" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
| 1981 | "You" | Mainstream Rock | 51 |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- www.thewho.net. Face Dances Liner Notes. Retrieved 13 February 2005.
- www.allmusic.com Face Dances Credits. Retrieved 13 February 2005.
