Scoop is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

 containing 25 demos

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 of various released and unreleased 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...

 songs, as well as demos of entirely new material.

History

The album was the first in a series of three Scoop collections: Another Scoop

Another Scoop

Another Scoop is a compilation album by Pete Townshend, and essentially a sequel to Scoop.-History:Like Scoop released in 1983, Another Scoop features a multitude of demos, outtakes and unreleased material, many of which are Who songs. It was followed by Scoop 3 in 2001, the third and last Scoop...

was released in 1987 and Scoop 3

Scoop 3

Released in 2001, Scoop 3 is a compilation of demos & alternate versions of previous Who songs and new Pete Townshend material.-History:It is the third and last Scoop collection. It contains considerably less demos and alternate versions of previous Who songs than the previous Scoop and Another...

in 2001. All three albums were 2-disc sets, and in 2002 a pared-down compilation of them all was released as Scooped

Scooped (album)

Scooped is a two CD compilation album including tracks from Pete Townshend's three albums Scoop, Another Scoop and Scoop 3. It was released 21 May 2002 in the US on the Redline label. A booklet is included that contains Townshend's commentary on the inspiration, ideas and instrumentation behind...

. Remastered versions of the original albums were released in 2006.

Track listing

1. "So Sad About Us/Brrr"
2. "Squeeze Box
   Squeeze Box (The Who song)
   *The song is covered by English squeezebox players John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson on their album Sultans of Squeeze.*Roxy Blue did a version on their 1992 album Want some?...
   
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3. "Zelda"
4. "Politician"
5. "Dirty Water"
6. "Circles (Instant Party)"
7. "Piano: Tipperary" (Jack Judge/Harry Williams)
8. "Unused Piano: Quadrophenia"
9. "Melancholia"
10. "Bargain"
11. "Things Have Changed"
12. "Popular"
13. "Behind Blue Eyes
    Behind Blue Eyes
    "Behind Blue Eyes" is the title of a song by English rock band The Who. It was released in November 1971 as the second single from their fifth album Who's Next and was written by Pete Townshend originally for his Lifehouse project...
    
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14. "Magic Bus
    Magic Bus (song)
    "Magic Bus" is a song written by Pete Townshend at the time of My Generation in 1965, but not recorded by The Who until 1968. It is one of the band's most popular songs and has been a concert staple. The record reached #26 in the United Kingdom and #25 in the United States.The song's arrangement...
    
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15. "Cache Cache"
16. "Cookin'"
17. "You're So Clever"
18. "Body Language"
19. "Initial Machine Experiments"
20. "Mary"
21. "Recorders"
22. "Goin' Fishin'"
23. "To Barney Kessell"
24. "You Came Back"
25. "Love, Reign o'er Me
    Love, Reign o'er Me
    "Love, Reign o'er Me" is a song by the English rock band The Who. Written by guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, "Love, Reign o'er Me" was released on October 23, 1973 as the second single from the band's sixth studio album and second rock opera, Quadrophenia. It is the final song on the...
    
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