Album
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Why this album mattered
Face Dances (1981) is a The Who album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #4 and charted for 20 weeks. Major singles from the album include "You Better You Bet".
The music
1 You Better You Bet
- 2
Don’t Let Go the Coat
- 3
Cache Cache
- 4
The Quiet One
- 5
Did You Steal My Money
- 6
How Can You Do It Alone
- 7
Daily Records
- 8
You
- 9
Another Tricky Day
- 10
I Like Nightmares
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Apr 4, 1981#28
A rocket up the chart — jumping 20 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #28, exploded upward for 4 weeks to reach #4, then spent 8 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 20 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
