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Substitute: The Songs of the Who

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  • Audio CD (4 Jun 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Edel
  • ASIN: B00005AQD3
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 153,736 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Seeker - Cast (2)
2. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere - Ocean Colour Scene
3. Circles - Weller, Paul
4. Pictures Of Lily - Bowie, David
5. Kids Are Alright - Pearl Jam
6. Real Me - Fastball
7. Naked Eye - UnAmerican
8. Who Are You - Stereophonics (1)
9. 5.15 - Phish
10. Behind Blue Eyes - Crow, Sheryl
11. Substitute - Who & Kelly Jones

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Who impersonated and alchemised, 14 Jun 2001
By A Customer
No other group has ever crackled with quite the vim and vigour of The Who. So, on first listen you find yourself missing them, appreciating them; Daltrey, Townshend, Entwistle and Moon the irreplaceable 'oo'.

A listen or two later, and you begin to hear this album for itself. Take Paul Weller's Circles - sure his vocal falls short of Daltrey, but his guitar playing has a fire that we've not heard from him since the Jam. It is straight Townshend worship, but Weller is well up to the task.

And then there's Fastball, and a really energetic take at one of the best, most neglected, teen anthems 'The Real Me.' Bowie, meanwhile, turns Pictures of Lily into a suitably seedy, theatrical romp.

But it falls to Sheryl Crow to produce the album's outstanding track. The Who made 'Behind Blue Eyes' into the most masculine tale of anger, conscience, and repression. Switching the gender, but not the lyric, works startlingly well. It is still a personal song. Whilst Crow's version has little of the venom of the original, neither does she bottle out. The energy is still there. But Crow, has alchemised the song. We hear not the earthly torment of the original, but a spiritual torment.

Personally, I hope that The Who never record another album. Townshend's songwriting has been off-colour for two decades. Better for them to stand on the many peaks they conquered in the 60s and 70s. And to cap that career, the odd tour and the odd tribute album should do fine.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Waiting for the new Who album ? Buy this first., 9 Jun 2001
By johnsonic@aol.com (Birmingham,England) - See all my reviews
I bought this on release day and wasnt disappointed. Some interesting takes on Who songs and for me the best covers where by Cast,Fastball and Unamerican. Phish's 5.15 was also interesting enough for me to eek out there 1995 album covering Quodrophenia in its entirety. For those who havent yet had the pleasure of listening to Substitute,let the CD play to its conclusion and then some for some bonus tracks by the .....well dont wanna spoil it. Mark
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing- Some of the artists sound like the real thing., 5 Jun 2001
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Have a listen, Pictures of Lily was made for Bowie, his voice seems to capture the mood of the song. Real Me- Fastball fantastic you would think that Keith was on drums, I'm sure they needed quite a few takes to perfect this track.

The rest of the tracks are standard Who tracks with a fresh coat of paint, some you may have heard but the memory has faded, makes you want to rediscover the originals and compare.

There will never be a great Who album again(but who knows)but this album is a great tribute to a great band.

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3.0 out of 5 stars You can't substitute the Who!
Like many tribute albums that have passed before, this has nothing on the original songs. It isnt a bad album, David Bowie's version of Pictures of Lilly in particular stands out... Read more
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