Release date: 27-02-2007

2006 US limited edition 21-track 2-LP vinyl set - Roger and Pete have returned with their first studio album in 24 years which was recorded 'discontinuously' over the space of 4 years, including 9 previously unheard Townshend compositions alongside the full-length version of the mini opera 'Wire And Glass' plus bonus extended versions of 'We Got A Hit' & 'Endless Wire', presented in a sealed picture sleeve with notes from both Townshend and Daltrey.

Tracks:
01. Fragments
02. A Man In A Purple Dress
03. Mike Post Theme
04. In The Ether
05. Black Widow's Eyes
06. Two Thousand Years
07. God Speaks, of Marty Robbins
08. It's Not Enough
09. You Stand By Me
FULL LENGTH MINI OPERA 'WIRE & GLASS':
10. Sound Round
11. Pick Up the Peace
12. Unholy Trinity
13. Trilby's Piano
14. Endless Wire
15. Fragments Of Fragments
16. We Got A Hit
17. They Make My Dream Come True
18. Mirror Door
19. Tea & Theatre
BONUS TRACKS:
20. We Got A Hit - Extended Version
21. Endless Wire - Extended Version

Endless Wire is the eleventh album by the English rock band The Who. It was their first new album of original material in twenty-four years following the release of It's Hard in 1982. The album was originally to be released in Spring 2005 under the working title WHO2. Endless Wire debuted at #7 on the Billboard album chart and #9 in the UK. Portions of it have been 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.

Nearly a quarter-century (and bassist John Entwistle) passed between what had been considered the Who's career-capping album, It's Hard, and this 19-song epic, which at its best has the band of two pining for the days of Who's Next. Built from the triumph of the mini-opera Wire & Glass EP (included here in its entirety), Endless Wire mixes metaphors of music, war, and religion, while showcasing Roger Daltrey's ageless vocal cords and Pete Townshend at his windmilling best. Launching with a 'Baba O'Riley'-like synth break in 'Fragments,' Daltrey asks 'Are we breathing out or breathing in?' and Townshend answers with a thrashing, crashing Gibson. When the volume is turned up, there are echoes of three decades ago. 'It's Not Enough' and 'Mike Post Theme' conjure images of Entwistle and Keith Moon--the latter song, with its quiet verse and thunderous chorus, recalls 'Going Mobile' and longs for Moon to whack it into shape. But the linchpin remains Townshend's songwriting, whether he's questioning faith ('Man in a Purple Dress'), showing gratitude for support ('You Stand By Me'), or dreaming of entertaining immortals into eternity ('Out on an Endless Wire'). By the time it wraps up, Endless Wire tells two things. No, it does not rank with the band's best work. But yes, as long as Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey walk the earth in tandem, the Who live on.