{"id":2448685,"date":"2019-09-13T04:29:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T10:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=883875"},"modified":"2019-09-13T04:29:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T10:29:54","slug":"the-who-preview-new-album-who-with-single-ball-and-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/the-who-preview-new-album-who-with-single-ball-and-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Who Preview New Album \u2018WHO\u2019 With Single \u2018Ball and Chain\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Who<\/a> will release a new album<\/a>, WHO<\/em>, on November 22nd via Polydor Records, their first in 13 years. The rock band has previewed the release with rollicking, politically-tinged single \u201cBall and Chain,\u201d which the band has previously played live.<\/p>\n

The eleven-track album was primarily recorded in London and Los Angeles during the spring and summer of 2019, and was co-produced by Pete Townshend<\/a> and D. Sardy, with vocal production by Dave Eringa. Simon Townshend, Benmont Tench, Carla Azar, Joey Waronker and Gordon Giltrap contributed to the songs as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve made our best album since Quadrophenia<\/em> in 1973,\u201d singer Roger Daltrey said in a statement. \u201cPete hasn\u2019t lost it. He\u2019s still a fabulous songwriter, and he\u2019s still got that cutting edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Townshend added, \u201cThis album is almost all new songs written last year, with just two exceptions. There is no theme, no concept, no story, just a set of songs that I (and my brother Simon) wrote to give Roger Daltrey some inspiration, challenges and scope for his newly revived singing voice. Roger and I are both old men now, by any measure, so I\u2019ve tried to stay away from romance, but also from nostalgia if I can. I didn\u2019t want to make anyone feel uncomfortable. Memories are OK, and some of the songs refer to the explosive state of things today. I made new home studio demos of all these songs in the summer of 2018 using a wide collection of instruments old and new.\u201d<\/p>\n

The songs tackle various subjects including, the Grenfell Tower fire, musical theft, spirituality, reincarnation, the power of memory and what it\u2019s like to be an aging rock star. The artwork for the new album was created by artist Sir Peter Blake, a longtime friend of the band, and was unveiled last night at the Pace gallery in New York City. The album is currently available to preorder via The Who\u2019s online store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Who are touring the U.S. this fall, with several stops at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. They will embark on a U.K. tour in support of the new album next year. The band\u2019s last album, Endless Wire<\/em>, was released in 2006.<\/p>\n

WHO<\/em> Tracklisting<\/h4>\n
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  1. All This Music Must Fade<\/li>\n
  2. Ball And Chain<\/li>\n
  3. I Don\u2019t Wanna Get Wise<\/li>\n
  4. Detour<\/li>\n
  5. Beads On One String<\/li>\n
  6. Hero Ground Zero<\/li>\n
  7. Street Song<\/li>\n
  8. I\u2019ll Be Back<\/li>\n
  9. Break The News<\/li>\n
  10. Rockin\u2019 In Rage<\/li>\n
  11. She Rocked My World<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Who will release a new album, WHO, on November 22nd via Polydor Records, their first in 13 years. The rock band has previewed the release with rollicking, politically-tinged single \u201cBall and Chain,\u201d which the band has previously played live. The eleven-track album was primarily recorded in London and Los Angeles during the spring and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 17:56:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}