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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
1977, and at the height of punk, a Face and the Who's Townsend turn in a record laden with country ballads, singersongwriterism and blues jams. Talk about wrong time and wrong place!
Back in the day I got this out of the library on vinyl and committed it (naughty naughty) to cassette tape. Always a favourite, it was disappointing when it was released on CD originally - sounding really dreadful - worse even than my manky old tape. Here however I am delighted to see it had been remixed brilliantly for CD with some added tracks that are valuable additions rather than cold leftovers from the original sessions. The tracks are a mixture of really very wonderful songs (poignant, funny, witty and moving) and jamming grooves. Eric Clapton amongst others are on the guestlist, and I actually think he plays better here than on most of his own albums from this era.
Ronnie Lane seems to bring out the gentler side of Townsend. A wonderful affair all round and well worth checking out in this edition.
Back in the day I got this out of the library on vinyl and committed it (naughty naughty) to cassette tape. Always a favourite, it was disappointing when it was released on CD originally - sounding really dreadful - worse even than my manky old tape. Here however I am delighted to see it had been remixed brilliantly for CD with some added tracks that are valuable additions rather than cold leftovers from the original sessions. The tracks are a mixture of really very wonderful songs (poignant, funny, witty and moving) and jamming grooves. Eric Clapton amongst others are on the guestlist, and I actually think he plays better here than on most of his own albums from this era.
Ronnie Lane seems to bring out the gentler side of Townsend. A wonderful affair all round and well worth checking out in this edition.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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As someone who loves The Who, The Faces - and great music in all of its myriad manifestations - but has little time for Pete Townshend's largely self-indulgent, pointless solo output, I didn't hear this album until a German friend tipped me off in 2002. Holy mother of god! What a fantastic record this is. This is music of such delicacy and beauty, and a fair old deal of rhythm and swing, that it's hard to see how it isn't more widely celebrated in popular mythology.
Lane and Townshend play on eachother's songs, rather than collaborate on the writing, but who cares how they got these results? Get past the weak Townshend opener "My Baby Gives It Away" and there are just so many highlights.... Lane's reading of Clapton's "Annie" and - probably the best track of the album - his own "April Fool", Townshend's wonderful "Keep Me Turning" and "Heart To Hang Onto". I could go on, but time is pressing.
This is an album of magical, poignant moments, great tunes and dynamic performances. Who would have thought that there was still something this outstanding to discover from two musicians so famous? If you have enough interest in either of them to be reading these reviews, you should definitely buy this album immediately. You'll thank me later.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I first listened to this album over TWENTY(am I old or what! ) years ago and the sheer variety of tracks and the intrinsic quality of Pete and Ronnie`s musical ability is perfectly captured on this one album. You can almost see them enjoying the recording and each track has a different focus with a special memory(for me, anyway)of those halcyon days gone by. One happy marriage, three beautiful daughters and four houses later,it still has a grip on me which proves quality continues down the years and I can honestly say this has got to be one of the best compilation albums produced which has not received the credit it deserved and some critical acclaim now would be the perfect tribute to Pete and Ronnie, especially bearing in mind Ronnie`s tragic illness.
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