The Ultimate Collection - The Who

Who's Next - The Who

For me this is the finest album produced by The Who at the height of their greatness. It features arguably the greatest song of all time, Won’t Get Fooled Again. It has to rank up there with the greats. I was first introduced to the sound of Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend and the late Keith Moon at a young age when I watched Tommy on video. I soon craved more of the fantastic sound and hunted in my Dad’s vinyl collection for more and there it was in all its mint condition glory, Who’s Next. It starts off with the strange teenage anthem Baba O’Reily a quality song with excellent lyrics and an interesting sound, just the way any ...

Who's Next - The Who

music to a different level. This album came at the peak of The Who’s popularity, following on from the success of Tommy and Live at Leeds. The Who really needed something special to keep them at the forefront of the rock scene, and with Who’s next they struck their gold. Who’s next is actually made up of a number of songs supposed to be used for Pete Townshend’s new rock opera masterpiece ‘Lifehouse’ but due to its complexity it was scrapped, and the unnecessary extracts were bundled together to create one of the greatest rock albums ever. Babba O’ Riley This is a truly masterful entrance to one of the greatest albums ...

Tommy - The Who

opera that proved The Who to be one of the greatest rock bands of all time (they didn't play at Woodstock '69 for nothing) and that they had the albums market licked as well. OK, it isn't as good as Who's Next but it still must be owned. Fanastic stand out tracks such as Pinball Wizard and We're Not Gonna ...