Two's Missing

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Two's Missing
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Compilation album by
Released11 April 1987
Recorded1965-1972
Genre
Length44:39
Label Polydor (UK)
MCA (US)
Producer Glyn Johns, Kit Lambert, Shel Talmy, The Who
The Who chronology
Who's Missing
(1985)
Two's Missing
(1987)
Who's Better, Who's Best
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound 2.5/5 [2]

Two's Missing is a compilation album by English rock band The Who. [3]

Contents

Album content

Released in 1987 on vinyl, cassette and CD, Two's Missing gathered singles and EP tracks that hadn't appeared on album or CD. The album cover design is by Richard Evans.

Reissues

The album was reissued on CD in Japan as a limited edition release on 24 December 2011 with 4 additional tracks carried over from the Japan-only bonus CD of Then and Now , as a two-CD set together with Who's Missing . Two's Missing was remastered by Jon Astley.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bald Headed Woman" (mono) Shel Talmy 2:09
2."Under My Thumb" (mono) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 2:35
3."My Wife" (live recording) John Entwistle 6:38
4."I'm a Man" Ellas McDaniel 3:11
5."Dogs" (mono) Pete Townshend 3:05
6."Dogs (Part 2)" Keith Moon 2:26
7."Circles (revised version)" (mono)Townshend2:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Last Time" (mono)Jagger, Richards2:50
2."Water"Townshend4:32
3."Daddy Rolling Stone" Otis Blackwell 2:48
4."Heat Wave" (original version) Holland-Dozier-Holland 2:40
5."Goin' Down" (Live) Don Nix 3:41
6."Motoring" Ivy Jo Hunter, Phil Jones, William "Mickey" Stevenson 2:50
7."Waspman" Keith Moon 3:05
Japanese CD Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (U.S. mono single version)Entwistle2:26
16."Call Me Lightning" (mono)Townshend2:24
17."Melancholia"Townshend3:08
18."Eyesight to the Blind" (alternate vocal version) Sonny Boy Williamson II 2:16
19."I Don't Even Know Myself" (cancelled EP version)Townshend4:10

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