- rock, classic rock, album rock, pop rock
- 63 min
- 14 tracks
- Geffen
Face Dances is the ninth studio album by the English rock band the Who. It was released in 1981 by Warner Bros. in the United States and on Polydor in the United Kingdom. It is one of two Who studio albums with drummer Kenney Jones, who joined the band after Keith Moon's death three years earlier.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- MusicHound1.5/5 ★
- Record Mirror5/5 ★
- Robert ChristgauB+
- Rolling Stone2.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1You Better You Bet5:37
- 2Don’t Let Go the Coat3:49
- 3Cache Cache3:56
- 4The Quiet One3:09
- 5Did You Steal My Money4:15
- 6How Can You Do It Alone5:26
- 7Daily Records3:25
- 8You4:42
- 9Another Tricky Day4:57
- 10I Like Nightmares3:11
- 11It’s in You5:01
- 12Somebody Saved Me5:32
- 13How Can You Do It Alone (live in Chicago / 1979)5:27
- 14The Quiet One (live)4:28
14 tracks, 63 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Who
- Label
- Geffen
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CA
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