Rocks in the Head

Roger Daltrey

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 1992)
• Original Release Date: July 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002IT5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #271,565 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Here's a shocker--a good, maybe even great, album from a man whose solo efforts 'til now have been formulaic. With the unheralded Gerald McMahon subbing for Townshend as music director, Daltry invests "Before My Time Is Up" with genuine passion, wails soulfully on "You Can't Call It Love" and crafts a CSNY-style hum-along classic in "Days of Light." Comeback of the decade, anyone? --Jeff Bateman

Product Description
Remastered edition of this 1992 U.S. only solo release from the Who's microphone twirling, hard-rocking frontman. Castle Music. 2005. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Daltrey Amidst A Slick Backing: Not bad at all, November 13, 2006

By	WalterDigsTunes - See all my reviews

This is from '92, and it shows on the production. The drums are very tight and flawless, the guitar is crisp and on-point and there is nothing sloppy in this albums execution. The music is presented in a way that's almost too perfect and they're quite obviously the work of trusty studio men. Roger's vocals, however, are spot-on fantastic. The man has got a tenacity in his throat that shines whenever his rock & roll roar comes out. The combination between the early 90s rock sheen and Daltrey's timeless voice comes out quite well, though. It's certainly better than I expected. A few less-amphetamined numbers can slow down the momentum, but great material abounds on the CD.

Hightlighs include: "Times Changed," "Who's Gonna Walk on Water," "Perfect World" and "Before My Time is Up."

I'd suggest that if you like The Who and don't mind slick-overproduction, you should grab this great album immediately; you won't regret it at all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than His Work With the Who!!, June 9, 2004

By A Customer

This is Roger's finest album, a showcase for the melding of Who vocals and LA Hair-Band rock stylings. Whoever thought this up is a genius!! Imagine Appetite for Destruction, but with Roger's vocals. Pure gold.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Great Album, November 10, 2001

By A Customer

This is simply maybe the second best of Roger Daltrey s' solo albums of new material (for me his best is "Under a Ragin Moon).
It contains songs co-written by Roger and especially the last one "Unforgetable Opera" , seems not only written with the The Who or the Rock opera TOMMY in mind, but also seems to be addresed to Pete Townshend
"Take the key in your hands, its time to walk a naked stage of glass from hot sands, where a sound within your heart will rage, and it rocks in the head moving ever on, life is an unforgettable opera"...
It is simply his best song ever with music and words by Roger Daltrey and former Joan Jetts guitarrists Gerard McMahon who also did a great production job. There are various great songs on this cd apart from Unforgetable Opera: Willow, Who s gonna walk on water, Before my time is Up and love is.
Just get this cd and also his great live recording "A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who".
Get it. Maybe then record companies will release a couple on "unrelease" albums he recorded in 1977 and 79 and in the 80s.