| 词条 | White City: A Novel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = White City: A Novel | type = Studio album | artist = Pete Townshend | cover = White City A Novel.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1985|11|11|df=y}} | recorded = 1985 | venue = | studio = Eel Pie Studio, Twickenham; Eel Pie Studio, Soho, London; A.I.R. Studios, London | genre = {{flatlist|
}} | length = {{duration|m=38|s=27}} | label = Atco (US) | producer = Chris Thomas | prev_title = Scoop | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Deep End Live! | next_year = 1986 }}{{Album reviews | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [1] | rev2 = Rolling Stone | rev2Score = (positive) [2] }}White City: A Novel is a solo concept album by English musician Pete Townshend of rock band the Who. It was originally released in November 1985, on Atco.[3] ConceptThe album's title refers to a story (called a "novel" in the album title) that accompanies the album, and which takes place in a low-income housing estate in the West London district of White City, near where Townshend had grown up. The story tells of cultural conflict, racial tension and youthful hopes and dreams in the 1960s — a world of "prostituted children", "roads leading to darkness, leading home" and despairing residents living in "cells" with views of "dustbins and a Ford Cortina". The song "White City Fighting", which features Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitar,[3] tells listeners that the White City was "a black, violent place" where "battles were won, and battles were blown, at the height of the White City fighting". The album opens with crashing guitar chords that capture a feeling of urban chaos, leading into "Give Blood", a song with Townshend's moral lyrics demanding listeners to "give blood, but you may find that blood is not enough".[3] FilmThe disc also mentions a film based on the album, directed and "adapted for longform video" by Richard Lowenstein. The 60-minute video, entitled White City: The Music Movie, was released by Vestron Music Video in 1985 and stars Pete Townshend, Andrew Wilde and Frances Barber. The videotape also features exclusive footage of Townshend discussing the album and film, and the premiere performance of "Night School". That song, in a different form, would be included on Hip-O's 2006 re-release as a bonus track. Album contentsThe track "White City Fighting" originated as a composition written by David Gilmour for his second solo album About Face.[4] He asked Townshend to supply lyrics, but felt that he couldn't relate to them, so Townshend used the song instead with Gilmour playing guitar.[4] Gilmour sent the same tune to Roy Harper, whose lyrics had the same effect as Townshend's on Gilmour.[4] Harper used the result, "Hope", which has a markedly slower tempo, on his 1985 album with Jimmy Page called Whatever Happened to Jugula?.[4] Track listing{{Track listing| all_writing = Pete Townshend, except where noted | headline = Side one | title1 = Give Blood | length1 = 5:44 | title2 = Brilliant Blues | length2 = 3:06 | title3 = Face the Face | length3 = 5:51 | title4 = Hiding Out | length4 = 3:00 | title5 = Secondhand Love | length5 = 4:12 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | total_length = 38:27 | title6 = Crashing by Design | length6 = 3:14 | title7 = I Am Secure | length7 = 4:00 | title8 = White City Fighting | writer8 = {{flatlist|
}} | length8 = 4:40 | title9 = Come to Mama | length9 = 4:40 }}{{Track listing | collapsed = yes | headline = 2006 Hip-O bonus tracks | title10 = Night School | length10 = 3:23 | title11 = Save It for Later | writer11 = Roger Charlery, Andy Cox, Everett Morton, David Steele, Dave Wakeling | length11 = 4:58 | title12 = Hiding Out (12" mix) | note12 = Previously released on 12" single | length12 = 5:50 }}{{Track listing | collapsed = yes | headline = 2006 Imperial bonus tracks | title10 = Secondhand Love | note10 = Live in Brixton | title11 = Face the Face | note11 = Live in Brixton }} Non-album tracks
PersonnelAdapted from the White City: A Novel liner notes.[5]
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References1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r20356}} 2. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20080415171931/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petetownshend/albums/album/302857/review/6067802/white_city_a_novel] 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Pete-townshend-give-blood-lyrics |title=Give Blood Lyrics |accessdate=2018-05-17}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite book| edition = [Updated ed.]| publisher = Omnibus| isbn = 0-7119-4109-2| last = Miles| first = Barry|author2=Andy Mabbett| title = Pink Floyd the visual documentary| location = London :| year = 1994}} 5. ^{{cite AV media notes|title=White City: A Novel|others=Pete Townshend|year=1985|publisher=Atco Records|type=CD booklet}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK7JcJ81Q0Q |title=Pete Townshend Night School |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=16 October 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r20356|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic (((White City: A Novel > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums))) |accessdate=2008-08-08 }} 8. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r20356|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic (((White City: A Novel > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles))) |accessdate=2008-08-08 }} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php |title=RIAA Gold and Platinum |accessdate=2008-08-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626174049/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php |archivedate=26 June 2007 |df=dmy }} External links
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