The Who: Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy
Dave Marsh, Creem, February 1972
THERE ISN'T MUCH to say. They're really let us down this time. I don't know if anyone else resents it, but I do. Why reissue things for the second (third) time on an album when you have such an incredible backlog of material? C'mon Peter: who won't get fooled again?
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