Is It In My Head?

Is It In My Head?

This is, this morning...

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/151735-the-past-is-calling-reconsidering-the-whos-quadrophenia/
http://www.popmatters.com/feature/151735-the-past-is-calling-reconsidering-the-whos-quadrophenia/

Comments

  1. Richard BensamOctober 8, 2016 at 8:39 AM

    I've been obsessed with this album for the past four decades, but even then I'm not sure I'd say it was definitely the Who's best album. Other than that, nothing to disagree with in this article.

    That new mix, though. Who fans have been driven to despair by Townshend's insistence on turning over the Who catalog to his former brother-in-law, who carelessly messes with songs, adding things that weren't in the original and taking other things out. (For example replacing guitar solos with wildly different takes or in some cases accidentally leaving them out altogether.) Add to that slathering on copious amounts of compression and noise reduction, making the new versions harder to listen to than the vinyl originals. I hope someday those albums can be re-remastered so they sound like the real thing.

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  2. Drew McCarthyOctober 8, 2016 at 9:05 AM

    Yeah, best is slippery. Best for what?
    But it is definitely one concept album that has stood the test of time for me, for its depth, artistry, and passion.

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  3. Drew McCarthyOctober 8, 2016 at 9:12 AM

    Remixing is dangerous after hearing damage from decades of live rock n roll. Still, I woukd have asked Glyn.

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  4. james kalinOctober 8, 2016 at 10:22 AM

    one of my all-time faves. great article. i just introduced a coworker to disc one on wednesday, somewhere on the roads between cheyenne and denver. the who were my first favorite band, and i saw quadrophenia with my junior high buddies at age 12 or so at the local art house theater in my little st louis suburb. i had this album playing on my walkman as i rode the channel ferry towards england at age fifteen. a personal soundtrack for decades.

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  5. Paul ScollonOctober 8, 2016 at 12:17 PM

    It's great, and I love the movie. But Tommy FTW!

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