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This is the maximum in arch pop minimalism: the Who's 1967 love letter to British psychedelia, re-created by a single female voice. Petra Haden, daughter of jazz bassist Charlie Haden, not only covers each song, she sings the original guitar, bass and drum parts, background choruses and special effects, all in overdubbed orchestras of breath. Petra's dedication to the original score backfires in the untouchable thunder crack of "I Can See for Miles"; her parakeet-army voices are no match for the Who's pop-art pow. But Haden's tender might in "Our Love Was" and "I Can't Reach You" taps an almost feminine sadness and delicacy in Pete Townshend's songs rarely heard outside his home demos.
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Track List
- Armenia City In the Sky
- Heinz Baked Beans
- Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
- Odorono
- Tattoo
- Our Love Was
- I Can See For Miles
- I Can't Reach You
- Medac
- Relax
- Silas Stingy
- Sunrise
- Rael
- Untitled
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