Face Dances
Studio album by The Who
Released	16 March 1981
Recorded	July–December 1980, Odyssey Recording Studios, London, England, United Kingdom
Genre	Rock
Length	40:57
Language	English
Label	Polydor
Producer	Bill Szymczyk
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (B+) link
The Who chronology
Who Are You (1978) Face Dances (1981) It's Hard (1982)
Singles from Face Dances
"You Better You Bet" Released: 21 March 1981 "Don't Let Go the Coat" Released: 1981

Face Dances is the ninth album by the English rock band The Who. It was originally released in 1981 in the US on Warner Bros. Records and on Polydor Records in the UK. It was the first full new album The Who made with drummer Kenney Jones as a replacement for Keith Moon, and their first for Warner Bros..

Although some jeered at the album, Roger Daltrey went on record saying he liked this album in a 1994 interview. Some critics, notably in the Boston Globe in a review in April 1981, said it was The Who's best album since 1973's Quadrophenia.

The album peaked at number 4^[1] on the Billboard album charts (the chart topper was Styx's Paradise Theatre) and number 2^[2] on the British album charts.

The album cover features paintings of the members by many British painters, who were commissioned by Peter Blake, who had previously designed the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Artists include Tom Phillips, Richard Hamilton, Allen Jones, David Hockney, Clive Barker, R. B. Kitaj, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield, and Peter Blake himself.

In 1997, the album was re-released by MCA Records with three outtakes as well as two live tracks.

Their single on this album "You Better You Bet", the music video for it was one of the first music videos aired on MTV in 1981.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Sales chart performance 4 Sales certifications 5 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend unless specified otherwise.

Side one

1. "You Better You Bet" – 5:36
2. "Don't Let Go the Coat" – 3:44
3. "Cache Cache" – 3:57
4. "The Quiet One" (John Entwistle) – 3:10
5. "Did You Steal My Money" – 4:11

Side two

6. "How Can You Do It Alone" – 5:26
7. "Daily Records" – 3:27
8. "You" (Entwistle) – 4:31
9. "Another Tricky Day" – 4:55

1997 reissue bonus tracks

10. "I Like Nightmares" – 3:09
11. "It's in You" – 4:59
12. "Somebody Saved Me" – 5:31
13. "How Can You Do It Alone" (Live, 8 December 1979, at Chicago International Amphitheater) – 5:24
14. "The Quiet One" (Live, 13 October 1982, at Shea Stadium) – 4:28

[edit] Personnel

The Who

• Roger Daltrey – vocals, harmonica
• John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals for "The Quiet One"
• Pete Townshend – guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Kenney Jones – drums

Additional musicians

• John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals

Production

• Allen Blazek – engineering
• Chris Charlesworth – executive producer
• Bill Curbishley – executive producer
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Bob Ludwig – remastering
• Jimmy Patterson – assistant engineering
• Teri Reed – assistant engineering
• Robert Rosenberg – executive producer
• Bill Szymczyk – production, engineering

Album artwork

• Michael Andrews – paintings
• Brian Aris – photography
• Clive Barker – paintings, photography, paintbox bronze on rear cover
• Peter Blake – album cover design, concept, paintings
• Patrick Caulfield – paintings
• Gavin Cochraine – photography
• Richard Evans graphic design
• Richard Hamilton – paintings
• David Hockney – paintings
• Howard Hodgkin – paintings
• David Inshaw – paintings
• Bill Jacklin – paintings
• Allen Jones – paintings
• R. B. Kitaj – paintings
• Tom Phillips – paintings
• Patrick Procktor – paintings
• Colin Self – paintings
• Joe Tilson – paintings
• David Tindle – paintings

[edit] Sales chart performance

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1981	The Billboard 200	4[3]
1981	UK Chart Albums	2[2]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"Another Tricky Day"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	6[citation needed]
1981	"Daily Records"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	36[citation needed]
1981	"Did You Steal My Money"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	38[citation needed]
1981	"Don't Let Go the Coat"	The Billboard Hot 100	84
1981	"How Can You Do It Alone"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	50[citation needed]
1981	"You Better You Bet"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	1[citation needed]
1981	"You Better You Bet"	The Billboard Hot 100	18[citation needed]
1981	"You Better You Bet"	UK Singles Chart	9[2]
1981	"You"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	51[citation needed]

[edit] Sales certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	20 May 1981[4]
RIAA – U.S.	Platinum	18 September 1981[4]

[edit] References

• www.thewho.net. Face Dances Liner Notes. Retrieved 13 February 2005.
• www.allmusic.com Face Dances Credits. Retrieved 13 February 2005.

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