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The Who - Who Are You (1978) [MFSL]
EAC-FLAC Image with CUE & LOG - 304 MB | Complete Scans - 41 MB | 
Released: June 1992 | TT - 48:42 minutes | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab / Cat. # UDCD 561

Who Are You is the eighth studio album by English rock band The Who, released in 1978. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. charts and number 6 on the U.K. charts. It is The Who's last album with Keith Moon as the drummer; Moon died approximately three weeks after the release of this album.

“allmusic.com says:
On the Who's final album with Keith Moon, their trademark honest power started to get diluted by fatigue and a sense that the group's collective vision was beginning to fade. As instrumentalists, their skills were intact. More problematic was the erratic quality of the material, which seemed torn between blustery attempts at contemporary relevance ("Sister Disco," "New Song," "Music Must Change") and bittersweet insecurity ("Love Is Coming Down"). Most problematic of all were the arrangements, heavy on the symphonic synthesizers and strings, which make the record sound cluttered and overanxious. Roger Daltrey's operatic tough-guy braggadocio in particular was beginning to sound annoying on several cuts. Yet Pete Townshend's better tunes -- "Music Must Change," "Love Is Coming Down," and the anthemic title track -- continued to explore the contradictions of aging rockers in interesting, effective ways. Whether due to Moon's death or not, it was the last reasonably interesting Who record.”


Tracks:

01. New Song
02. Had Enough
03. 905
04. Sister Disco
05. Music Must Change
06. Trick Of The Light
07. Guitar And Pen
08. Love Is Coming Down
09. Who Are You
10. Guitar And Pen (Alternate version)

- Roger Daltrey: lead vocals, percussion
- John Entwistle: bass, vocals, synthesizer, horns on "Had Enough", "Music Must Change", and lead vocals on "905"
- Keith Moon: drums
- Pete Townshend: guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals