Awwwww …… # 7 – Face Dancesįace Dances, the Who’s 1981 studio release (and also the first without Keith Moon), features possibly the most elaborate cover in the band’s cat alog. Some accounts have also claimed that the four members of the band weren’t playing possum : r ather, tuckered out from their highly demanding schedule, the lads simply nod ded off. There’s always been some speculation that the image is meant to be homage to a Henri Cartier-Bresson photo which shows a homeless man sleeping in public. Although the four members are cover ing themselves with a Union Jack (a common sight in the band’s imagery), the picture was actually taken in New York City by photographer Art Kane, originally for a Life magazine article. Though a ctually taken in 1968, t h is group shot became probably the last defining Who image of the Keith Moon era after being used for the poster of the 1979 feature documentary The Kids Are Alright, as well as the accompanying soundtrack.
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T he fact that this TV not only seemed to have survived, but is broadcasting an image of the band, perhaps is meant to convey that The Who’s music can and will survive just about anything as well (t he f ence/music notation across the bottom of the cover is another compelling and innovative touch ).
But that, in fact, may just be the theme of th e underrated cover design by Richard Evans: in the lot in front of (what appears to us like ) a British apartment complex, it looks like the aftermath of either a riot or a party ( in rock ‘n’ roll sometimes it’s hard to tell ).Ī few of the discarded items lying on the ground tell a story: an abandoned drum cymbal and the rem ains of a smashed guitar are pretty obvious, b ut the TV set that looks like it’s burrowed part way into the ground is likely a reference to late drummer Keith Moon’s calamitous hobby of throwing sets out of hotel room windows. In the wake of countless Who compilations which have been released since, t his double album collection released in 1981, which focuses mainly on their Seventies output, has largely fallen by the wayside. Moon – who appears visibly heavi er on the cover, an explicit sign of his deteriorating health – died less than four months later (ironically, the chair he’s sitting on in the photo is clearly marked “NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY.” If only).
It was the drummer’s turn in the rotation of members to conceive the album cover artwork, but nothing on his part was done with the opportunity.
Īlso, n o practical idea for the cover had been presented by the one originally commissioned to deliver it : Keith Moon. But it might not have been quite that calculated : The picture came from a sp ur-of-the-moment shoot on May 28, 1978, when the band was performing a short live se t at Shepperton Studios in London to be filmed for the upcoming feature The Kids Are Alright. # 10 – Who Are YouĪs they were r eturning after a three year absence – and to a world where disco dominated the charts and the punk movement vowed to bring down rock’s old guard – we might make an educated guess that The Who wanted to reintroduce themselves in a s straightforward a manner as possible on their 1 978 release, which is why Who Are You was the band’s first album since My Generation to feature a simple group sho t on the cover. Here are our choices for the top ten album covers by The Who, along with the stories behind them.
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