Face Dances
Album by The Who
Released	March 16, 1981
Recorded	July - December 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	40:53
Label	Polydor Records (UK) Warner Bros., MCA (US)
Producer(s)	Bill Szymczyk
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link
The Who chronology
Who Are You (1978)	Face Dances (1981)	It's Hard (1982)

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The album cover features paintings of the members by many British painters, who were commissioned by Peter Blake, who had previously designed the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Notable artists who contributed to the Face Dances cover include Tom Phillips, Richard Hamilton, Allen Jones, David Hockney, Clive Barker, R.B. Kitaj, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield, and Peter Blake himself. Blakes album cover Sir Peter Thomas Blake (born June 25, 1932) is a British pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for The Beatles album Sgt. ... The Beatles were an English pop and rock music group from Liverpool, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their ground-breaking role in the history of popular music. ... This is about the Beatles album, for the movie based around this album, see Sgt. ... Tom Phillips CBE (born May 24, 1937) is a British artist. ... Just What Is It that Makes Todays Homes So Different, So Appealing? 1956 Richard Hamilton (February 24, 1922 – ) is a British painter and collage artist. ... Allen Jones (born 1937) is a British pop artist famous for his exhibition of erotic sculptures, like the set Chair, Table and Hat Stand (1969), each of which turns a woman into an item of furniture. ... We Two Boys Together Clinging, 1961. ... Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952, Liverpool, England) is a British author, director and visual artist. ... Ronald Brooks Kitaj (born October 29, 1932) is an American-born artist. ... Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin (born August 6, 1932) is a British painter and printmaker. ... Patrick Caulfield, CBE (born on the 30 January 1936 – 29 September 2005) was a British painter and printmaker known for his bold pop art canvases. ...

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Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend unless specified otherwise.

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Personnel

• Roger Daltrey - Vocals, harmonica
• Pete Townshend - Guitar, keyboards, and vocals
• John Entwistle - Bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Kenney Jones - Drums

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Personnel - Production

• Allen Balzak - Engineer
• Chris Charlesworth - Executive producer
• Bill Curbishley - Executive producer
• Ted Jensen & Greg Fulginiti - Mastering
• Bob Ludwig - Remastering
• Jimmy Patterson - Assistant engineer
• Teri Reed - Assistant engineer
• Robert Rosenberg - Executive producer
• Bill Szymczyk - Producer, engineer

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Personnel - Album Artwork

• Michael Andrews - Paintings
• Brian Aris - Photography
• Clive Barker - Paintings, photography
• Peter Blake - Album cover design, concept, paintings
• Patrick Caulfield - Paintings
• Gavin Cochraine - Photography
• Richard Hamilton - Paintings
• David Hockney - Paintings
• Howard Hodgkin - Paintings
• David Inshaw - Paintings
• Bill Jacklin - Paintings
• Allen Jones - Paintings
• R.B. Kitaj - Paintings
• Tom Phillips - Paintings
• Patrick Procktor - Paintings
• Colin Self - Paintings
• Joe Tilson - Paintings
• David Tindle - Paintings

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External links

• Lyrics
• Guitar tablature

References

• www.thewho.net. Face Dances Liner Notes. Retrieved Feb. 13, 2005.
• www.allmusic.com Face Dances Credits. Retrieved Feb. 13, 2005.