CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

THE WHO "who's next" cd,vinyl 1971.

this is,without a doubt, the Who at the top of their game IMO, sure Tommy and Quadrophenia are brilliant, but this one is ALL class....
contains their pennultimate track "wont get fooled again" and their greatest quietest moment in "behind blue eyes".
cant criticise this one at all in any way....just pure rock and roll at its finest by probably the most underrated UK band ever, i mean underrated in the way that they were always living in the shadow of The Stones and The Beatles when they made as many great songs...
this deluxe edition contains seven bonus tracks,that are either previously unreleased ones,b-sides previously unavailable on cd,and atlernative version of "behind blue eyes" and a live track, good thing about the bonus ones is that they do fit in with the album and not just simple add-ons to callit a "deluxe version"....great stuff!
this album makes me want to don my fishtailed parka and Lambretta again...."we are the mods,we are the mods,we are, we are, we are the mods!"

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: my wife
best track: wont get fooled again

tracks:

1. baba o'riley ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZerKlpIk9A live
2. bargain ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QljxnIzXre4 live
3. love aint for taking **
4. my wife **
5. the song is over **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFaFlJpB3Qg audio
6. getting in tune ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3LvCRZNaRE audio
7. going mobile ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5pi3UR5dY audio
8. behind blue eyes ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuWXRZe9yA audio
9. wont get fooled again ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsleaGuZwCU live

3s=6
2s=3
1s=0

rating: 2.7


bonus tracks:

1. pure and easy **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tqg9ANLWG8 audio
2. baby dont you do it **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfA-13uoZQ audio
3. naked eye **
4. water (live) **
5. too much of anything ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q86hQOlLac audio
6. i dont even know myself ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBDmpfnkFfQ audio
7. behind blue eyes (alternative version) **

3s=2
2s=5
1s=0

rating: 2.3

all inclusive rating: 2.5

Jerome Wrote:have this deluxe version as well CH. Worth every penny. I have never quite figured out your rating system for albums but this one gets 10/10 from me. One of the last real rock albums to be made before all that 80's lot arrived with their hairdryers and cosmetic cases.

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:LOL....
ok, any album that score 1.0-1.6 is one i do not like, 1.7-2.3 i like, 2.4-3.0 is a love album....
this one gets 2.7 for the original,2.5 with the extra tracks...
the idea is to score each track as "***" love, "**" like, "*" dont like....MH and i then add up the stars awarded,then divide that score by the number of tracks giving an overall score out of "3.0", i guess if you say 3.0 goes into 10 3.33 times then you times our scores by that 3.33 to give a score out of 10...thus:

when you multiply this one's 2.7 by 3.33 you get 9/10....thats about as good as it gets, as i dont think any album is worthy of a completely perfect 10/10 really,theres always something i can pick with it if i really wanted to be awkward

its just a bit of fun really mate,nothing too serious, just gets us listening to each track as a seperate entity on its own merits i guess??!!

Music Head Wrote:very well explained

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA "all over the world:the very best of" cd.

what can you say about Jeff Lynne and Co.?.....
classy,classy rock n roll from the 70s and 80s!!!
all their major worldwide hits are on here and a couple of dud tracks, the worst of which is their version of the song they wrote for Olivia newton John which was the title of that abysmal movie from the early 1980s...Xanadu, i love Olivia's version, but ELO's sucks big time!,sounds flat,it doesnt say, but ive got a feeling it was just a demo version and they stuck it on here thinking fans might like it....wrong move guys!
that aside, very little wrong with the grandeous,pompus, over inflated rock that is ELO...legendary stuff IMO.
as a footnote, i did read an interview with john Lennon which was done shortly before his untimely death in 1980 and he stated that....this is what the Beatles would have sounded like if we'd have still been around!....high compliments indeed from the second greatest songwriter/performer in rock history!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: xanadu
best track: dont bring me down

tracks:

1. mr.blue sky **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fezrsTAf5x0 live
2. evil woman **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLAKqYyySG8 live
3. dont bring me down ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFZGXvGGcfw live
4. sweet talkin' woman ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LnPnbhyjGc audio
5. shine a little love ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caK5R7133kI video
6. turn to stone **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQs73olDEmo live
7. the diary of horace wimp ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFU9HYyMVxQ video
8. confusion ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21pMMnG5qy0 video
9. hold on tight ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS6H64wVZnY live
10.livin' thing ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfaVIVSwxE live
11.telephone line **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZB-DUCrhVQ live
12.all over the world ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPJ9BtqK7w video
13.wild west hero *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jUIJOwLt-4 live
14.showdown *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5NUSu1qRg live
15.ma-ma-ma-belle **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCcAn-_KKtU live
16.xanadu *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh4D_cWQcVI audio
17.rockaria! **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqZxTCqfXrk live
18.strange magic **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_unHqjVp0 live
19.alright **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZULbPJfVKw audio
20.rock n roll is king **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9KyXYkV4bo audio

3s=9
2s=8
1s=3

rating: 2.4

Jerome Wrote:I'm still trying to figure it out. Maybe I'm just thick or something........

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:Thick As A Brick III maybe?