Their 50th anniversary might have started the gradual winding down of The Who – ‘the beginning of the long goodbye’ as their UK arena tour which is due to start in November was described.
Yet this hasn’t stopped Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend getting together to record and release the band’s first new track since 2006. ‘Be Lucky‘ is to be included as part of a career-spanning collection entitled ‘The Who Hits 50!‘, worked on in the studio with their long-term touring drummer Zak Starkey, as well as bass player Pino Pallodino, keyboardist Mick Talbot and producer Dave Eringa.
The rest of the two-disc set features most of the band’s enduring favourites, including ‘My Generation‘, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again‘ and ‘Who Are You‘. The full tracklists are as follows:
Disc 1:
‘Zoot Suit (The High Numbers)’
‘I Can’t Explain’
‘Anyway Anyhow Anywhere’
‘My Generation’
‘Substitute’
‘The Kids Are Alright’
‘I’m a Boy’
‘Happy Jack’
‘Boris The Spider’
‘Pictures Of Lily’
‘The Last Time’
‘I Can See For Miles’
‘Call Me Lightning’
‘Dogs’
‘Magic Bus’
‘Pinball Wizard’
‘I’m Free’
‘The Seeker’
‘Summertime Blues’ (live)
‘See Me, Feel Me’
‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ (single edit)
‘Let’s See Action’
‘Bargain’
‘Behind Blue Eyes’
Disc 2
‘Baba O’Riley’
‘Join Together’
‘Relay’
‘5:15’
‘Love Reign O’er Me’
‘Postcard’
‘Squeeze Box’
‘Slip Kid’
‘Who Are You’
‘Trick Of The Light’
‘You Better You Bet’
‘Don’t Let The Coat’
‘Athena’
‘Eminence Front’
‘It’s Hard’
‘Real Good Looking Boy’
‘It’s Not Enough’
‘Be Lucky’