Endless Wire (The Who album)

Endless Wire
Studio album by
The Who
Released30 October 2006 (2006-10-30)
RecordedDecember 2004 – May 2006
StudioPete Townshend's home studio and Eel Pie Oceanic Studios[1]
GenreRock
Length52:35
LabelPolydor, Universal Republic
ProducerPete Townshend, with (for Roger Daltrey's vocals only) Bob Pridden and Billy Nicholls
The Who chronology
Wire & Glass
(2006) 		Endless Wire
(2006) 		Live from Toronto
(2006)
Singles from Endless Wire
  1. "Mirror Door"
    Released: June 2006
  2. "Wire & Glass"
    Released: 17 July 2006
  3. "Tea & Theatre"
    Released: 2006
  4. "It's Not Enough"
    Released: 2006
  5. "Black Widow's Eyes"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[3]
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Guardian[6]
Mojo[7]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)C[8]
Pitchfork4.7/10[9]
PopMatters[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Spin[12]
Uncut[13]

Endless Wire is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 30 October 2006 in the UK through Polydor Records and the following day in the US by Universal Republic. It was their first new studio album of original material in 24 years following the release of It's Hard in 1982, as well as their first since the death of their founding bassist John Entwistle. It was originally due to be released in early 2005 under the working title WHO2.[14][15]

Endless Wire received generally positive reviews from music critics.[16] It debuted at #7 on the Billboard album chart and #9 in the UK.[17] Portions of it were featured on The Who Tour 2006-2007. Most of the songs from this album were used in the rock musical adaptation of The Boy Who Heard Music which debuted in July 2007 as part of Vassar College's Powerhouse Summer Theater workshop series.

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  10. ^ Cober-Lake, Justin (23 October 2006). "The Who: Endless Wire". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  11. ^ David Fricke (27 October 2006). "Endless Wire by The Who". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  12. ^ Mikael Wood (December 2006). "The Who Endless Wire". Spin. p. 104. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  13. ^ Paul Moody. "The Who – Endless Wire – Review". Uncut.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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  15. ^ Dave Simpson (28 January 2005). "Who's back". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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