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词条 Who's Last
释义

  1. Critical reception

  2. Track listing

  3. Personnel

  4. References

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Who's Last is the second live album by British rock band The Who, recorded in 1982 during what was then billed as the band's "farewell tour".[1] Thus, this album, released in 1984, was to be the band's last album.

Most of the album was taken from the band's 14 December 1982 show at Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland, Ohio, which was their "last concert in the USA" (as Pete Townshend can be heard saying after "Won't Get Fooled Again") this time around. Four songs come from different sources (verified by meticulous comparison with soundboard and audience recordings and videos from that tour). "Behind Blue Eyes" is from 10 October show at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford; "Magic Bus" and "Summertime Blues" are from 20 October show at the Kingdome in Seattle; and "Substitute" is from 27 October show at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.

Notable by their absence from this recording, released by MCA two years after the tour, are songs from the band's two then recent Warner Bros. Records albums, Face Dances and It's Hard, although they played "The Quiet One" (from Face Dances) and several songs from It's Hard every night on the tour.

Five songs from this tour were released as bonus tracks to the 1997 editions of Face Dances ("The Quiet One" from the Shea Stadium on 13 October 1982), and It's Hard ("It's Hard," "Eminence Front," "Dangerous" and "Cry If You Want" from Toronto on 17 December 1982, the first three of which were later included on the 2007 release Live from Toronto. While that album is from the same tour, it does not contain any of the performances on Who's Last.[2])

A different version of "Twist and Shout", also originating from this tour, recorded at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 16 December 1982, was released in the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B box set (however, it is mislabelled as being from the CNE Stadium in Toronto on 9 October, but the band did not play the song on that particular night).

Critical reception

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|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}[3]
|rev3 = MusicHound
|rev3score = 1.5/5[4]
|rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
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Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album "it's a damn long way from Live at Leeds to Who's Last, and the distance between the two extremes is nothing short of stunning. Who's Last is so lifeless and lackluster that it's hard to believe the same band released both records. It may not be a graceful way to end the Who's career, but it's hard to imagine a better testament to why it was time for the band to come to an end."

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = My Generation
|length1 = 3:23
| title2 = I Can't Explain
|length2 = 2:35
| title3 = Substitute
|length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Behind Blue Eyes
|length4 = 3:40
| title5 = Baba O'Riley
|length5 = 5:37
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Boris the Spider
| note1 = John Entwistle
|length1 = 2:41
| title2 = Who Are You
|length2 = 6:35
| title3 = Pinball Wizard
|length3 = 2:52
| title4 = See Me Feel Me/Listening to You
|length4 = 4:41
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side three
| title1 = Love Reign O'er Me
|length1 = 5:13
| title2 = Long Live Rock
|length2 = 3:34
| title3 = Reprise
|length3 = 1:38
| title4 = Won't Get Fooled Again
|length4 = 11:21
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side four
| title1 = Doctor Jimmy
|length1 = 4:56
| title2 = Magic Bus
|length2 = 6:54
| title3 = Summertime Blues
| note3 = Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart
|length3 = 3:07
| title4 = Twist and Shout
| note4 = Phil Medley, Bert Russell
|length4 = 3:59
}}

Personnel

The Who
  • Roger Daltrey – vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
  • John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals
  • Kenney Jones – drums
  • Pete Townshend – lead guitar, vocals
Additional musicians
  • Tim Gorman – piano, keyboards, synthesiser, backing vocals
Production
  • Cy Langston – production, engineer, mixing
  • Live Recording by Glyn Johns on the Record Plant NY Black Truck with David Hewitt

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=98&discography_tag=albums |title=Who's Last |publisher=The Who Official Band Website |date=1 December 1984 |accessdate=15 May 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=98&discography_tag=albums |title=Who's Last |publisher=The Who Official Band Website |date=1 December 1984 |accessdate=11 December 2012}}
3. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r21840|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Graff|first1=Gary|last2=Durchholz|first2=Daniel (eds)|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=1227}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-who/albumguide |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206034417/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-who/albumguide |title=The Who: Album Guide |publisher=rollingstone.com |archivedate=6 February 2011 |accessdate=2 September 2015}}
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