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Title: Grand over-reaching
Review: One of the few times when Townshend's reach slightly exceeded his grasp. This is a noble project taken as a hisory and homage to the Mod phenom of the 60s but it was a little much to also try to pass it as somehow biographical of the four band members (John Entwhistle as "romantic"?). Still, it contains some of Entwhistle and Daltrey's best work, not to mention the last good showing from Moon. The synthesizers work great on the instrumentals but otherwise we seem to be awash in a synthesized sea. (This could explain their absence on "By Numbers".) This album has held up better over time than I thought it would as demonstrated by the magnificent 1997 Summer tour rendition. (Hint: Why no album from said tour? The band was in much better form than the old "Tommy" tour.)
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