The Who - Live at the Royal Albert Hall Rating: Release Date: 25 September, 2001 Retail Price: $24.99 OUR Price: $22.99 You SAVE: $2.00! Cast: Bryan Adams Roger Daltrey John Entwistle Pete Townshend Complete Cast (9 total)

The Who - Live at the Royal Albert Hall Reviews

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Great Performance Spoiled by Special Guests
If this had been an all-Who show, I would have no trouble giving this performance 5 stars. Pete, Roger and John are on fire at this concert, pouring out lots of energy and power into their songs. The interaction between band members is great, as are some of the jokes that are passed between them. It's also great to see and hear John Entwistle on this performance. His solo during "5:15" is particularly amazing. The Who really aren't the same without John. I saw them in 2004, with Pino Palladino on bass. Though great, it just can't measure up. Pete's acoustic set was nice too, for variety. All in all, The Who were in 100% top form at the Albert Hall in 2000.

The problem I have with this performance are the special guests, Bryan Adams in particular. The DVD comes with bonus features which include rehearsal footage, and Pete corrected Mr. Adams twice on the lyrics to "Behind Blue Eyes." He still got it wrong onstage. The other special guests were okay, but nothing phenominal. The Who don't need special guests, they are great just on their own.

But this performance was still great, and was also one of the last with John, so for that, it is definitely worth it.

Great performances from...most
John and Pete are great in this. Roger, bless his heart, just can't quite handle the vocals like he once did. Still, he would have been better than Bryan Adams on "Behind Blue Eyes". As another reviewer noted here, Adams still got the lyrics wrong, even after being corrected. The real surprise to me was the drumming of Zack Starkey - that guy was GREAT! Of the "guest" performances, only one was a real standout: "Substitute" sounded fresh and vital with the Stereophonics dude. He sounded like he knew the song, and wanted to tear into it! Overall, the show was pretty darned good, though the "extra features" are not particularyl impressive - unless you want to see Bryan Adams being told how to read.

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