Happy Jack was the second album released by The Who and their second studio album. It was released in the UK with the title A Quick One. That was a little suggestive for Decca Records, the US label and the single Happy Jack has charted in the US, so that title was used. The song lineup is a little different betwixt the two records as well, Happy Jack not being on the UK version.
Released in the UK 19661209, it was delayed in the US for almost six months, finally being released in 196705 (I am not sure of the exact day). This record was truly transformative, and is one of my personal favorites. It was this album where Townshend really showed that the was a writing force with which to be reckoned, and he took some risks that he would not have taken previously for a large reason: the brilliant Kit Lambert had replaced the hack Shel Talmy as the producer of the band.
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