Who's Next - The Who

The Who = music. A simple equation and one which I learnt from a very early age. Every album and single at my disposal and parents who didn?t mind it being blared out of the old National Panasonic stereogram. ?Who?s Next?, released in 1971 to great acclaim, is widely regarded as the pinnacle of the greatest live rock ?n? roll bands career. The album came about after Pete Townsend, guitarist and main songwriter, failed to complete his ?Lifehouse? project, a huge, interactive musical saga that he envisaged as eclipsing the hugely successful ?Tommy? and which led to a nervous breakdown. What it ...  Read the complete review

Ah, The Who, so many tales. Tales of destruction, tales of madness, tales of.... well Keith Moon mostly. Not that the others weren’t charismatic, but anyway – I’m sure I could waffle on about all the members of The Who for half this opinion – the big nosed one, the quiet one, the hard one and the completely loony one, but I’ll try not to. Because here, on this record, their talents all came together and made one of the most definitive rock records of all time. I’ll take you through some of the real corkers and let you find out the rest for yourself (and trust me it’s worth it) – on with the show! The synthesiser ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

If Tommy was good then Who’s Next is sublime. An album never surpassed by the band or for that matter their predecessors. A blend of the finest heavy r n' b, including all time classics such as won't get fooled again and behind blue eyes. This album is not a display of one-dimensional rock, it has a blend of different styles each of which with the usual quirky features associated with all who productions. If a better album has been made i would be surprised, Led Zeppelin's physical graffiti was really the only other album after who's next to really take music to a different level. This album came at the peak of The Who’s popularity, ...  Read the complete review