My Overall Chart: 1601-1700 by 
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- Chart updated: 08/13/2025 16:15
- (Created: 02/10/2024 23:38).
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2006 – POLYDOR
Produced By PETE TOWNSHEND WITH BOB PRIDDEN & BILLY NICHOLLS
1. Fragments
2. A Man In A Purple Dress
3. Mike Post Theme
4. In The Ether
5. Black Widow’s Eyes
6. Two Thousand Years
7. God Speaks Of Marty Robbins
8. It’s Not Enough
9. You Stand By Me
10. Sound Round
11. Pick Up The Peace
12. Unholy Trinity
13. Trilby’s Piano
14. Endless Wire
15. Fragments Of Fragments
16. We Got A Hit
17. They Made My Dream Come True
18. Mirror Door
19. Tea & Theatre
20. We Got A Hit (Extended)
21. Endless Wire (Extended)
As comebacks go, this one ranks as pretty big. The last studio album from The Who had been their tenth, It’s Hard. That was in 1982. John Entwistle played on that one (he died twenty years after), as did Keith Moon’s replacement, Kenney Jones. Endless Wire was released twenty four years later. By this time, The Who was the duo of Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey with a cast of musicians. Filling the spots once held by Moon and Entwistle. Of course, Endless Wire is not the same Who that blurred the edges of rock in the sixties and seventies. Daltrey still has great range, although he sounds much older. And while Townshend’s genius is on full display, his songwriting is no longer cutting edge. But you can’t blame the guys for trying, and you can’t fault their effort.
Tracks ten through nineteen are under the umbrella of Wire & Glass: A Mini-Opera, and much of it was released on an EP a few months before the album. The album has also been adapted (by Townshend) as a rock musical for stage. Much of this album is acoustic, and Townshend plays most of the instruments, as well as singing lead on seven songs. “Black Widow’s Eyes”, “Mirror Door” and “It’s Not Enough” are the best songs here. Endless Wire is not, by any means, on a par with The Who’s best work. This is not the group who barreled through albums like Tommy and Who’s Next and Quadrophenia like the rock and roll superstars they were. But what Endless Wire does do is show that their spirit lives on. That makes this worthwhile…just not great. [First added to this chart: 08/08/2025]
Produced By PETE TOWNSHEND WITH BOB PRIDDEN & BILLY NICHOLLS
1. Fragments
2. A Man In A Purple Dress
3. Mike Post Theme
4. In The Ether
5. Black Widow’s Eyes
6. Two Thousand Years
7. God Speaks Of Marty Robbins
8. It’s Not Enough
9. You Stand By Me
10. Sound Round
11. Pick Up The Peace
12. Unholy Trinity
13. Trilby’s Piano
14. Endless Wire
15. Fragments Of Fragments
16. We Got A Hit
17. They Made My Dream Come True
18. Mirror Door
19. Tea & Theatre
20. We Got A Hit (Extended)
21. Endless Wire (Extended)
As comebacks go, this one ranks as pretty big. The last studio album from The Who had been their tenth, It’s Hard. That was in 1982. John Entwistle played on that one (he died twenty years after), as did Keith Moon’s replacement, Kenney Jones. Endless Wire was released twenty four years later. By this time, The Who was the duo of Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey with a cast of musicians. Filling the spots once held by Moon and Entwistle. Of course, Endless Wire is not the same Who that blurred the edges of rock in the sixties and seventies. Daltrey still has great range, although he sounds much older. And while Townshend’s genius is on full display, his songwriting is no longer cutting edge. But you can’t blame the guys for trying, and you can’t fault their effort.
Tracks ten through nineteen are under the umbrella of Wire & Glass: A Mini-Opera, and much of it was released on an EP a few months before the album. The album has also been adapted (by Townshend) as a rock musical for stage. Much of this album is acoustic, and Townshend plays most of the instruments, as well as singing lead on seven songs. “Black Widow’s Eyes”, “Mirror Door” and “It’s Not Enough” are the best songs here. Endless Wire is not, by any means, on a par with The Who’s best work. This is not the group who barreled through albums like Tommy and Who’s Next and Quadrophenia like the rock and roll superstars they were. But what Endless Wire does do is show that their spirit lives on. That makes this worthwhile…just not great. [First added to this chart: 08/08/2025]
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| 1980s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1990s | 32 | 32% | |
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