The Who: Album by Album (Hardback)

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

The Who: Album by Album by Dante DiCarlois is a must book for any The Who's fan or new fan's. This book was packed with everything you need to know about this excellent band and one of the greatest bands ever there was and they are British. Yes, I am a big fan of The Who, thanks to my parents, who used to play their albums or should I say Vinyl records back in the 70's when I was a kid. I just had to follow them and see them in concerts etc.

"The Who" is one of the British Invasion bands of the mid 1960s and helped revolutionise rock music throughout the world. They evolved from a pop band into the first generation of stadium rock giants and still are today one of the most popular guitar based music bands from a casual singles to all their albums which are excellent.

Within this book, Dante the author will look back at each of "The Who’s" studio albums, and exploring the historical context surrounding all of these, as well as looking into the recording process itself. He tell you about each album, song by song and examining the composition, production and the stories behind them all. This book is packed with so much information and he gives you a detailed overview of The Who’s albums from the 1960s up to their most recent and possibly final album, 2019’s Who.

The Who: Album by Album by Dante DiCarlois is a great book for your coffee table to look at and read now and then. Even though you may of read it, It is a book that is great to come back to again and again. Hence why I said it is a great coffee table book.

NetGalley, Nessa Thompson

‘The Who Album by Album, Listening To You’ by Dante DiCarlo, more than lives up to what it says in the title.
As a long term Who fan, who first got on board as a listener around 1979 and then in hindsight completely overplayed the Tommy and Quadrophenia albums throughout the following years , I have always appreciated many different other parts of the band's catalogue of music.
I can only marvel at the author’s sheer graft put into such exhaustive detailed background stories of each album and the tracks therein.
For those who are new to The Who’s music or for returning listeners wanting to dip into the background of certain tracks or whole albums, this book provides a wealth of detailed information. A superb resource for fans new and old.

NetGalley, John MacLeod

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

A huge Who fan, I first saw them live in 1967 when they were third on the bill behind Strawberry Alarm Clock and Herman's Hermits. Thanks to the magic of music streaming, this book was a trip down memory lane, as i once again listened to each album while I read the track by track description of the writing and recording processes.
This is not a Who biography, if you're looking for that, read Dave Marsh's excellent 1983 book "Before I Get Old." This is really a detailed discography with author commentary and intricate details that even a hardcore Who fan like me didn't know. I was thoroughly engrossed in the book from the very beginning and read it straight through in a little over a day. Highly recommended for fans of The Who.

NetGalley, Bruce Raterink