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Who
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.3938
Who Album Rankings
1
The Who's Next,regardless of what you may have been led to believe to the contrary, is neither the soundtrack to the realization of Pete Townshend's apparently-aborted Hollywood dream, the greatest li
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2
Track listing: 1) Heaven And Hell ; 2) I Can't Explain; 3) Fortune Teller; 4) Tattoo; 5) Young Man Blues ; 6) Substitute; 7) Happy Jack; 8) I'm A Boy; 9) A Quick One While He's Away; 10) Amazing Journ
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3
Track listing: 1) I Am The Sea; 2) The Real Me ; 3) Quadrophenia ; 4) Cut My Hair; 5) The Punk And The Godfather ; 6) I'm One; 7) The Dirty Jobs; 8) Helpless Dancer; 9) Is It In My Head; 10) I've Had
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4
Pete Townshendoriginally plannedThe Who Sell Outas a concept album of sorts that would simultaneously mock and pay tribute to pirate radio stations, complete with fake jingles and commercials linking
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5
Track listing: 1) Overture/It's A Boy ; 2) You Didn't Hear It; 3) Amazing Journey/Sparks ; 4) Eyesight To The Blind; 5) Christmas; 6) Cousin Kevin; 7) The Acid Queen; 8) Underture ; 9) Do You Think It
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6
An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone. At the time of its release, it also had the most ferociously powerful guitars and drums yet captured on a rock record.
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7
When it comes right down to it, The Who were pretentious as hell.
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8
Probably the most annoying thing about The Who, except for the fact that they've had way too many reunion tours since breaking up, is the fact that they've issued about 23 million different compilatio
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9
You could do far worse in 1965 than to style your debut album around the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks, really you could.
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10
The greatest compilation ever (or at least tied for first with Past Masters 2 ).
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11
MUCH better, regardless of what most people, including several hardcore Who fans, would have you believe.
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12
Track listing: 1) Slip Kid; 2) However Much I Booze ; 3) Squeeze Box ; 4) Dreaming From The Waist ; 5) Imagine A Man; 6) Success Story; 7) They Are All In Love; 8) Blue Red And Grey ; 9) How Many Frie
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13
After a 24-year gap between studio albums, guess who's back? (No, not the Guess Who, Abbott.
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14
Ooh! Contrary to rumours and biases, this is much better.
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15
Odds & Sods, a compilation of outtakes and rarities from the Who's first decade, is a rather jumpy listen that harbors few songs that could be termed top of the line.
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16
Track listing: 1) Run Run Run; 2) Boris The Spider ; 3) I Need You; 4) Whiskey Man ; 5) Heatwave; 6) Cobwebs And Strange ; 7) Don't Look Away; 8) See My Way ; 9) So Sad About Us ; 10) A Quick One Whil
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17
A fine compilation of 1965-73 BBC performances, the majority of the tracks hailing from 1965-67, although some are drawn from 1970 and 1973.
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18
Track listing: 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 D
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19
The who weren't always a nostalgia act or merely makers of pleasant Broadway fodder.
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21
A rip-off of sorts even upon its original release, with a few senseless repeats of tracks fromQuick OneandWho Sell Out, as well as a sleeve that erroneously implied a live recording.
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22
Like the film itself, the soundtrack to the Who'sKids Are Alrightdocumentary is frustrating even as it pleases, since it falls short of being definitive.
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23
Track listing: 1) My Generation; 2) I Can't Explain; 3) Substitute; 4) Behind Blue Eyes; 5) Baba O'Riley; 6) Boris The Spider; 7) Who Are You; 8) Pinball Wizard; 9) See Me Feel Me; 10) Love Reign O'er
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24
The who went on at about 2:30 in the morning, playing in typical English festival weather – cold, dark and wet.
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31
Hooliganstakes a slightly different angle than previous compilations, concentrating on the group's '70s album rock heyday.
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33
Who's Last? Over the course of the Who's storied career, each decade has seen the group fight to establish a distinct identity, then gradually transform itself into something different.
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34
A dozen B-sides, UK-only singles, and other oddities from the 1960s and early '70s.
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36
A follow-up to Who's Missing, with more obscure B-sides, little-known R&B covers, and other relics of the band's early history, of which the best part is their soulful rendition of "Anytime You Want
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41
Following the "farewell tour," MCA released yet another Who collection, the first one ever titled Greatest Hits. The compilers don't take the title literally.
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44
Who's Better, Who's Best is a compilation of the Who's best-known songs, containing all of the familiar items -- "I Can't Explain," "I Can See for Miles," "Pinball Wizard," "My Generation," "Substitu
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