Track Listing 1. I'm the Face 2. Leaving Here 3. Baby Don't You Do It 4. Summertime Blues 5. Under My Thumb 6. Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand 7. My Way 8. Faith Insomething Bigger 9. Glow Girl 10. Little Billy 11. Young Man Blues 12. Cousin Kevin Model Child 13. Love Ain't For Keeping 14. Time Is Passing 15. Pure and Easy 16. Too Much of Anything 17. Long Live Rock 18. Put the Money Down 19. We Close Tonight 20. Postcard 21. Now I'm a Farmer 22. Water 23. Naked Eye
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Al Kooper | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes CD contains 12 bonus tracks. ODDS AND SODS stands out a bit in the Who canon. The aptly titled 1974 collection features songs that, for one reason or another, didn't end up on their initial recordings. It's a mixed bag to be sure, one that includes pre-Who numbers like "I'm the Face," introspective and religious-themed pop ("Too Much of Anything," "Faith in Something Bigger"), and some inspired goofiness like the anti-smoking "Little Billy." Unlike a lot of out-takes collections, there are no clinkers here, and there are several gems. "Pure and Easy," from the aborted "Lighthouse" project, ranks with any of the great melodies Pete Townshend has written. The slowly building "Naked Eye," passionately sung in alternating verses by Daltrey and Townshend, ebbs and flows to an explosive climax. The most familiar tune here is probably "Long Live Rock," whose canny lyrics look back at the band's early days and boast, "We were the first band to vomit in the bar/and find the distance to the stage too far." A quirky collection that grows more appealing as time goes by.
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