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The Who - Face Dances (Original Warner Brothers Pressing)(Jgster6969 Needledrop) (1980)

Track listing:
  1. You Better You Bet 5:36
  2. Don't Let Go The Coat 3:42
  3. Cache Cache 3:55
  4. The Quiet One 3:08
  5. Did You Steal My Money 4:10
  6. How Can You Do It Alone 5:26
  7. Daily Records 3:26
  8. You 4:30
  9. Another Tricky Day 4:54

Notes

Released 16 March 1981
Recorded July–December 1980, Odyssey Recording Studios, London, England, United Kingdom

Producer Bill Szymczyk

Singles from Face Dances

1. "You Better You Bet"
Released: 21 March 1981
2. "Don't Let Go the Coat"
Released: 1981


Side one

1. "You Better You Bet" – 5:36
2. "Don't Let Go the Coat" – 3:44
3. "Cache Cache" – 3:57
4. "The Quiet One" (John Entwistle) – 3:10
5. "Did You Steal My Money" – 4:11

Side two

6. "How Can You Do It Alone" – 5:26
7. "Daily Records" – 3:27
8. "You" (John Entwistle) – 4:31
9. "Another Tricky Day" – 4:55


Additional musicians

* John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals

Production

* Allen Blazek – engineering
* Chris Charlesworth – executive producer
* Bill Curbishley – executive producer
* Greg Fulginiti – mastering
* Ted Jensen – mastering
* Bob Ludwig – remastering
* Jimmy Patterson – assistant engineering
* Teri Reed – assistant engineering
* Robert Rosenberg – executive producer
* Bill Szymczyk – production, engineering

Album artwork

* Michael Andrews – paintings
* Brian Aris – photography
* Clive Barker – paintings, photography, paintbox bronze on rear cover
* Peter Blake – album cover design, concept, paintings
* Patrick Caulfield – paintings
* Gavin Cochraine – photography
* Richard Evans graphic design
* Richard Hamilton – paintings
* David Hockney – paintings
* Howard Hodgkin – paintings
* David Inshaw – paintings
* Bill Jacklin – paintings
* Allen Jones – paintings
* R. B. Kitaj – paintings
* Tom Phillips – paintings
* Patrick Procktor – paintings
* Colin Self – paintings
* Joe Tilson – paintings
* David Tindle – paintings



Without Keith Moon, the Who may have lacked the restless fire power that distinguished their earlier albums, but Face Dances had some of Pete Townshend's best, most incisive compositions since Quadrophenia. "Don't Let Go the Coat" was one of his better odes to Meher Baba, "You Better You Bet" was a driving rocker, as was the rueful "Cache Cache," while "How Can You Do It Alone" was a solid ballad. While Townshend's songs were graceful and introspective, Roger Daltrey delivered them without any subtlety, rendering their power impotent.