Too Late the Hero is the fifth solo album

Album

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 by John Entwistle

John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players...

, bassist for The Who

The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

. Entwistle is joined by guitarist Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh

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 and drummer Joe Vitale

Joe Vitale (musician)

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 on all tracks. Walsh and Vitale produced the album.

It was released at the height of the popularity of the new wave

New Wave music

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 music movement. Talk Dirty received some airplay in the US on album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock

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 radio, but the album was generally poorly received. Entwistle soon returned to the Who for their last studio output for 24 years, It's Hard

It's Hard

It's Hard is the tenth studio album by English rock band The Who. It is the last Who album to feature bassist John Entwistle and drummer Kenney Jones, as well as the last to be released on Warner Bros. Records in the US. It was their last album until 2006's Endless Wire. It was released in 1982 on...

, and their "Farewell Tour".

Track listing

All songs written by John Entwistle

John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players...

1. "Try Me" - 3:55
2. "Talk Dirty" - 4:06
3. "Lovebird" - 4:51
4. "Sleeping Man" - 3:55
5. "I'm Coming Back" - 4:01
6. "Dancing Master" - 4:23
7. "Fallen Angel" - 4:40
8. "Love Is a Heart Attack" - 5:13
9. "Too Late the Hero" - 7:25

Bonus tracks (2005 reissue)

10. "Sleeping Man" (Demo) - 4:03
11. "Dancing Master" (Demo) - 3:26
12. "I'm Coming Back" (Demo) - 4:12
13. "Love Is a Heart Attack" (Demo) - 2:54
14. "Overture" (Unreleased outtake) - 5:14