Search - Roger Daltrey :: Anthology

Who fans unite!

Joanne Chisholm | Florida | 12/30/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Roger Daltry, one of rock history's quintessential voices, released a handful of solo albums (as did bandmate, Pete Townshend), and all of them created a different style of rock that was practically cut as classics by just the mere vocal talents of Mr. Daltry.



You are presented here with a fantastic look into what Roger Daltry would have been if the Who never happened and there is nothing to let you down. Roger rock's hard, in a Who vein, with "Free Me" from the McVicar soundtrack. And then is just as peaceful and easy going as any great ballader with his biggest solo Top 40 hit, "Without Your Love" (also from McVicar).



And then we see a different approach with the long lost track, "Walking In My Sleep", which is possibly one of the better songs written back in the mid-80's.



And the album closes with the Bryan Adams assisted cuts from Rog's Under A Raging Moon. And when Bryan Adams rocks he rocks well and gave Roger Daltry a great out-tro to an amazing rock career. Take note of the cut, "Let Me Down Easy", (possibly written for Adam's own Reckless set in 1984).



And the best was saved for last. "Giving It All Away" sounds like a Townshend masterpiece taken from the Lifehouse (or even Quadrophenia) sessions. "Giving It All Away" could very well be that long lost Who track many are desperately in search for and it's findings here on this collection is worth the entire price of the album.



Approprietly this collection needs a 5 star rating, the exclusion of his Elton / Taupin tribute, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" was for all practical purposes, greatly missed here. But even Roger cannot release the perfect album or collection. Save that for The Who."

Not Quite Complete

bcat | Huntersville, NC | 01/15/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The previous review from Joanne Chisholm does a nice job covering anything I could possibly say about what is included on the cd. I agree with all she says. This is a nice collection of Daltrey's song, but I only give it three stars because it does leave out a couple great songs and does not include anything from Daltrey's last album, Rocks in the Head. The subsequent Moonlighting collection is much more complete and diverse, and I do admit that my rating for this cd is partly based on a comparison to that compilation."