Scoop

by Pete Townshend

Scoop cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: April 1983
  • Label: Atco
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:14:48
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Providing a fascinating look behind the curtain of The Who's creative process, this double-album compilation collects raw home demos and unreleased studio experiments. 'Scoop' highlights Pete Townshend's sophisticated multi-instrumental abilities and his intricate, often synthesized compositional methods. The archival release remains an essential document for fans seeking the early blueprints of legendary rock anthems.

Genres

Descriptors: demo, demos, stripped-down, acoustic, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. So Sad About Us / Brrr (4:41)
  2. Squeezebox (2:53)
  3. Zelda (2:23)
  4. Politician (3:35)
  5. Dirty Water (2:06)
  6. Circles (2:09)
  7. Piano: 'Tipperary' (1:00)
  8. Unused Piano: 'Quadrophenia' (2:32)
  9. Melancholia (3:14)
  10. Bargain (4:12)
  11. Things Have Changed (2:23)
  12. Popular (2:26)
  13. Behind Blue Eyes (3:25)
  14. The Magic Bus (4:20)
  15. Cache, Cache (3:42)
  16. Cookin' (3:18)
  17. You're So Clever (4:14)
  18. Body Language (1:58)
  19. Initial Machine Experiments (1:51)
  20. Mary (3:19)
  21. Recorders (1:17)
  22. Goin' Fishin' (2:53)
  23. To Barney Kessell (1:58)
  24. You Came Back (4:03)
  25. Love Reign O'er Me (4:56)

Credits

  • Ian Wright - illustration
  • Harry Williams - written-by
  • Jack Judge - written-by

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