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}} ''Endless Wire'' is the eleventh studio album by English rock band the Who released on 31 October 2006 in the UK through Polydor Records and the following day in the US by Universal Republic. It was their first new album of original material in 24 years following the release of ''It's Hard'' in 1982. The album was originally to be released in early 2005 under the working title ''WHO2''.〔 〕 ''Endless Wire'' received generally positive reviews from music critics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Endless Wire Reviews )〕 It debuted at #7 on the ''Billboard'' album chart and #9 in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Who at )〕 Portions of it were featured on The Who Tour 2006-2007. Most of the songs from this album were used in the rock musical adaptation of ''The Boy Who Heard Music'' which debuted in July 2007 as part of Vassar College's Powerhouse Summer Theater workshop series. ==History and composition== Most of what is known about the development of the album has come from Pete Townshend's website. On 21 March 2005, Townshend announced the postponement of the new Who album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=petetownshend.co.uk01 )〕 On 24 December 2005, Townshend announced that manager Bill Curbishley had introduced a "great scheme" to allow the band to tour in mid-2006 in support of new material, even if Townshend did not have "a full thirty tracks ready to go."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=petetownshend.co.uk02 )〕 On 20 March 2006, Daltrey announced that he and Townshend were making progress with the album and that Townshend had written a song about Stockholm Syndrome, entitled "Black Widow's Eyes". Daltrey also said that Townshend is playing some bass on the album. On 28 March 2006, Townshend announced through the diary portion of his website that a mini-opera, entitled "The Glass Household" now forms the core of the album. It is based on his novella "The Boy Who Heard Music". He also announced plans to have a shortened version of the opera released prior to the release of the full album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=petetownshend.co.uk03 )〕 This diary entry also confirmed the line-up of the band: Pino Palladino on bass, Pete Townshend on guitars, his brother Simon Townshend on backing vocals, and John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keyboards. Peter Huntington, from Rachel Fuller's band, was on drums because Zak Starkey was touring with Oasis. On 9 April 2006, Townshend announced that the shortened version of "The Glass Household" had been played to executives at Polydor, and a release date has been set for June, with a tour of Europe following, and the album in September.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=petetownshend.co.uk04 )〕 On 3 May 2006, Pete Townshend posted on his diary page that the mastering for the new EP, titled ''Wire & Glass'', was complete and that the tracks would soon be sent to Polydor. Townshend anticipated a mid-June release for the EP, and a mid-September release for the full album. He had also announced that The Who would begin rehearsing for their tour, during which time Townshend would finish recording the rest of the album with Roger Daltrey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=petetownshend.co.uk05 )〕 A version of "It's Not Enough" was released online at artistdirect.com. "It's Not Enough" had tentatively been announced as the first single off the album, to be released simultaneously. On 3 October 2006, "It's Not Enough" was made available on iTunes. "Tea & Theatre" was also made available. Then on 14 October 2006, Polydor built a website for the album. It was announced from Pete Townshend's website. On the website endlesswire.co.uk, samples of the songs "We Got a Hit", "Endless Wire", "It's Not Enough", "Black Widow's Eyes", "Mike Post Theme", and "Man in a Purple Dress" are available to listen to, but not to download. As of 23 October 2006, the entire album was available to stream on music.aol.com. ''Endless Wire'' debuted at #7 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 81,000 units in its first week of release.〔Hasty, Katie. ("'Montana' Zooms by Manilow For Second Week at No. 1" ). billboard.com. 8 Nov 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Endless Wire (The Who album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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