Empty Glass [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Pete Townshend | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B000FZESW6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,398 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Album Made Even Better!, September 3, 2006

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Barron Crist (Somewhere, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empty Glass (Audio CD)

"Empty Glass" released in April 1980 is in my opinion a masterpiece and as far as I'm concerned Townshend is a musical genius. He has written so many great songs (not to mention the two rock operas "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia") and he continued to do so with "Empty Glass". Newly remastered for 2006 and now on the Hip-O label (Universal Music), a classic is now made even better. The sound quality surpasses the older remaster by leaps and bounds and there's a crispness that the older remaster lacked with the bass, midrange and output level all increased for 2006! The standout cuts obviously are "Rough Boys", "Let My Love Open The Door" and "Gonna Get Ya" (also included as a bonus track as a whopping eleven minute plus long version). But this album also included other superb tracks such as the self titled "I'm An Animal" (included as a bonus track "Alternate Version"), "Empty Glass", "Keep On Working" (included also as a bonus track "Alternate Vocal") and "And I Moved" (another bonus track "Alternate Vocal"). This was one of the best album's released in 1980 and it sounds as good today as it did twenty six years ago.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pete Townsend - 'Empty Glass' (Hip-O Records) 4 1/2 stars, September 15, 2006

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empty Glass (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1980,as this was Townsend's third solo effort.I remember the day this record came out,as so many fans and critics alike were stating that this album could have EASILY been a Who lp.It's THAT good.Two tracks that got plenty of airplay on FM radio stations across the U.S. were "Rough Boys" and "Let My Love Open The Door".Two other cuts here that I was sort of taken away with were the intricately played "A Little Is Enough" and the rocking title track "Empty Glass".This reissue comes with four(4) good bonus cuts.An absolute must-have for all serious Who fans.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music, mediocre remasters!!, December 11, 2006

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Jim Horvath (Homewood, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empty Glass (Audio CD)

I don't like most modern remastered discs. They sound harsh, flat , two dimensional, in other words they sound more like an average cd and less like the master tape or the original LP. When a remaster is done correctly, it can be superb, so I'm not against all remasters. I am a huge Townshend fan, but I find the original releases of these cd's to be much less fatiguing, more musical!! Why?, because they are exact dupes of the LP"S. They just sound more anologue-like!! The other little trick they pull with new remasters is to pump up the level so the it sounds louder than the original at the same volume setting, but louder is not better!!!! Turn the volume up on the original and you'll find the sonics are acutually better. They play much louder without compession or harshness! It's a shame, glad I held onto my original cd's and LP"s. Just an analogue lover's viewpoint.
Five stars for music, 3 stars for sound.