Side One
I Am The sea
The Real Me
Quadrophenia
Cut My Hair
The Punk Meets The Godfather
Side Two
I'm One
The Dirty Jobs
Helpless Dancer
Is It In My Head
I've Had Enough
Side Three
5:15
Sea and Sand
Drowned
Bell Boy
Side Four
Doctor Jimmy
The Rock
Love, Reign O'er Me
DISCOVERY; I almost got The Who By Numbers because I heard the song Squeeze Box once and thought it was pretty good (Who lite) but instead I dived in the deep end with this great behemoth (Who not lite) having heard not one note previously. I guess the only Who song I'd ever heard more than once was I Can See For Miles (proper Who). Of course I'd read all about how genius this album was, great rock opera blah-de-blah like its predecessor ground breaking Tommy which I'd also not heard a single genius note. So I was buying a Who double album because you've got to start some place.
WHERE & WHEN; I'm not terribly interested in what an artist is trying to say. Books, records, movies. I derive my own meaning from these things. Proper opera is good that way because I don't understand the language and refuse to read synopsis or librettos. Rock opera, sung in English, about some kid getting into some scrapes. That's about all I know about Quadrophenia and that's more than I want to know. Is it about Quadrophonic sound systems? Are there in fact four distinct elements to the story? Four dimensions in spacetime? Who is Doctor Jimmy? Is he a GP? Why did I buy this record?
At first I thought this album was a load of rubbish but it's grown on me over the years probably because I haven't heard it in a very long time. I keep it on the list of albums I should have a copy of because I can remember listening to it for the first time in my basement room trying to convince myself I hadn't wasted my money. Those are good discussions to have with yourself from time to time. That alone makes this a good album.
HIGHLIGHTS; The Real Me - Cut My Hair - 5:15 - Bell Boy - Love Reign O're Me
STATUS; Must Have
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