- rock, hard rock, classic rock, album rock
- 59 min
- 12 tracks
- Geffen
Who Are You is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 18 August 1978 by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and on 21 August 1978 by MCA Records in the United States. Although the album received mixed reviews from critics, it was a commercial success, peaking at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart and number 6 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone(favourable)
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1New Song4:22
- 2Had Enough4:30
- 39053:58
- 4Sister Disco4:23
- 5Music Must Change4:38
- 6Trick of the Light4:24
- 7Guitar and Pen5:47
- 8Love Is Coming Down4:03
- 9Who Are You6:26
- 10Guitar and Pen (Olympic ’78 mix)6:05
- 11Love Is Coming Down (work‐in‐progress mix)4:01
- 12Who Are You (lost verse mix)6:19
12 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Who
- Label
- Geffen
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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