My Generation

I really thought we were out of the woods. Are we being punished? Why is our list haunted? Here we are, the fifth (and, God willing, final) Who album on the list at a rate of one every 22 albums. I keep having this recurring nightmare where I wake up to find this project called 1001 The Who Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Not a single Beatles album yet, but five from these wankers. How's the music you ask? It's fine, a strong debut that I'd enjoy more if it didn't follow four albums of diminishing returns. I actually have this one on vinyl but I'm just so tired. If I give this a 4-star rating will you chaps please leave me alone??? I'm sick to bastard death of you!! Favorite tracks: My (list is trapped in an endless loop of Who album) Generation, Please Please Please (stop), I Don't Mind (if I never hear another Who album again) Album art: It's fine, whatever. Stop staring at me, pricks.

I really liked this album more than expected. I’ve always considered myself a fan of The Who (my HS freshman year go to band), but I had always focused on their later work and greatest hits. This album seems transitional for the era - bridging late 50s/early and early 60s pop-rock/ crooning / doo wop with the harder and more experimental sounds coming later in the decade. “My Generation” and “The Kids are Allright” were radio staples from my youth. I also really liked the James Brown cover “Please, Please, Please” and Bo Diddly’s “I’m a Man”. The closing track “The Ox” was a really pleasant surprise! Phenomenal drumming, and I’m thinking that John Bonham picked up some style cues from Kieth Moon here. Overall great, and a solid 4 1/2 stars. Rounding up because it’s The Who.

Okay, it's The Who. Its a classic. I get it. But I do not feel changed, nor do I feel I absolutely needed to listen to that.

You ever look at a record cover and think, “yep, that’s gonna be a 3”?

2 If the Beatles didn’t exist, this would still just be ‘ok’. Genre-wise, it’s all over the place. Never been a Who fan. Still am not.

The kids are alright, but only because this is The Who's generation and not mine. No, had it been mine, the kids would be in the back of SHACK's van and definitely not alright. Footballer = Leighton Baines

I’m rapidly learning that I’m a much bigger Who fan that I thought, and it’s not like my collection is insignificant. After Who’s Next, this sounded exhilarating in ways it never has before. So I say praise be to this little game for forcing me to listen harder. In brief, this album sounds like war. And not just 60’s war—war from the future and war from the past. The guitars in ‘Good’s Gone’ are laser warfare, the drums in ‘La La Lies’ a battle tattoo. Calamity, carnage, and violence runs deep and throughout. Daltrey rips his voice in two on ‘Please, Please, Please’, ‘My Generation’ ends with a near collapse. And ‘The Ox’ is pure metal, no? Virtuosic, fast, and noisy as hell. The drums are a constant pound, but everything else is wiry and erratic. Distortion, feedback—it’s all there. But none of this album is remotely murky or sludgy. The sound is clear as a bell, and the harmonies are often sweet if not soulful. As ever, The Who are thespians, and once Daltrey starts playing dress-up he comes alive, dragging his voice long and wide to match the frequency of the guitar in ‘Good’s Gone’, playing a wrongly accused man in ‘It’s Not True’. As for the title track, it’s hard to overstate its genius. The claps, the stuttering, the ffffff-uck you fake out. So pleased to listen to this afresh.

What often makes the music called proto-punk different from its evolved form is the blend of 60's rock, by then frequently called pop music, and aggressive, distorted instrumentals that, while exciting and innovating, somehow fit in seamlessly with the styles of the era. This album has pretty good examples of that.

This band sucks a hot bag of ass. I clicked the email again and thought, "FUCK the who!"

I apparently had no idea who The Who were my entire life. Like obviously I knew of THE WHO but outside of Pinball Wizard and some other hits in the '70s I guess I couldn't have told you one song. If you had put on My Generation without telling me who it was I would scratched my head confused about why it sounded like the Beatles but wasn't the Beatles. I had a lot of fun with this one. It was definitely a piece of music history that helps make sense of everything else. For instance—the bridge from Blues to Rock is plain as day. Also, they were Mods?! Still some missing pieces there. It's funny b/c they don't sound threatening at all from a contemporary perspective. However, I get the threat when considering their live performances (they popularized smashing their instruments? Really not the music I thought would have set off that trend). Highly recommend watching the Smothers Brothers My Generation performance if you haven't done so already. Generally, this album just works on a lot of levels for me.

1965. Still hangover from the doo wop era and some of that leaks through unpleasantly. Well, I suppose pleasantly if you are into that saccharine sweetness, but music was changing and The Who snuck in a few more innovative songs here. Keith Moon is a machine, and without his driving beat this would be mostly a collection of forgettable 3 chord pop songs. The Ox and My Generation are both fantastic, but the rest is just filler.

I like a lot of The Who’s music, and really love a handful of their tunes. I think Pete Townshend is one of the best guitarists and songwriters in rock history. Love his voice, too. Roger, John, and their drummers and keyboardists, are all excellent. That being said, this is not an album I've listened to a lot. I do get its importance in rock history, and it has some fun mid-60’s “mod rock” songs, but overall I like their later stuff a lot better.

Always ranked The Who as one of my least favorite classic rock bands of all time. This just further cemented that. Just can’t get into them, no matter how hard I try.

I’ve always thought The Who were a brash in your face 60’s British rock band who stuck it to the establishment. Instead I was served up an offering of syrupy rock pop singles straight out of Top Of The Pops. Sappy pre-boy band tracks which if you were to change the bands title to ‘The Beatles’ on this album no one would notice. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out I was severely disappointed. If this is an example of the best of The Who, then I’m very much left wondering ‘The Why’? 1 Star!

Three hits and a lot of really fun “others.” “The Ox” shows off Moon’s talent. Rounding up.

I would say this is the freshest sounding who album as some of the later ones get bogged down in 'concepts'. On display here is a group with a tough, meaty sound, some great songs and loads of energy. Obviously the title track is the most well known but equally great are the opening 'Out in the Street', and 'The Kids Are Alright'. Also noteworthy is 'A Legal Matter' (a song about divorce was highly unusual for a pop song in 1965) and the powerful crunchy instrumental 'The Ox'. Great stuff.

I can really appreciate classic rock now. Two genres of music I listen to a lot when I was younger metal/grunge from my father. Classic rock from my Grandpa. Just makes me think of being in the car with him. I’m biased but I love it

As good as it was the first time I heard it!

Love this collection of early recordings from one of my favorite bands of all time. So many hints of great things yet to come from the group and its individual powerhouse musicians. Makes me smile, end to end.

It might not be the best album ever from the point of view of a modern lense, but it is clear that The Who have a great impact on the development of music. The album has some fun songs, with My Generation being the standout track on the album it shares a name with. However, I will admit that some songs did grate on me a bit because they were repetitive.

Keeping in mind that this album is from 1965, it is slightly outdated because of the crazy rock stuff that came out 10-20 years later, but it is overall quite nice. I enjoyed it but I would say that it was definitely better listening to this back in the day than now.

3.4 - I liked it, but nothing really grabbed me outside of My Generation. Do I think The Who are over rated? Maybe but I think I need to give them more time also.

Not bad, but really quite boring when compared with their later work; without My Generation this album would really be uninteresting. Fave Tracks: My Generation, I'm A Man 2.8/5

5/5 for cultural significance. I could hear the seeds of heavy metal and punk, but that’s all they were. From an actual enjoyment rating 3/5. Basic 60s rock

Who? The Who.

I'm pretty sure I've listened to this album before. Some of the tracks on it are genuine timeless classics - the title "My Generation", for example, is wonderful. "I'm a man", though, is almost insultingly bad. As we get further forward we find more cover versions - I guess this is what happened in the 60s. I mean. I get it. I just don't quite get it.

Hmm... classic, but I am getting bored of classic rock... still not bad, but a lot of songs just go on for too long

They clearly got better with time but there is something to this as a debut. If they hadn't evolved this likely would've disappeared but My Generation is a great song and helped make the album feel like it had something more in it. Not their best, based on what they become this is a fun listen to hear their roots.

Maybe it's the copy I have but the recording isn't great. A solid 1960s rock album. Other than the hits, I'm not sure this does much more than tease what is to come.

Sure, I like this. It's pretty good. Can't say much else, honestly.

The who is one of my favorite bands but I never listened to this album much. It's ok but not as good as their later stuff, in my opinion.

No. 194/1001 Out In The Street 4/5 I Don't Mind 4/5 The Good's Gone 3/5 La-La-La Lies 4/5 Much Too Much 3/5 My Generation 3/5 The Kids Are Alright 4/5 Please, Please, Please 3/5 It's Not True 4/5 I'm A Man Now 3/5 A Legal Matter 3/5 The Ox 3/5 Average: 3,42 Nice debut album. The fundamentals are all there. Ready to achive higher heights in their later releases.

My Generation was a shotgun blast to my chest the first time I heard it, it is one of undeniably perfect songs of early rock n roll eras. I love the who’s early r n b influence and their approach to some classics stands apart from their contemporaries but I feel like this album does not represent them the best and some songs seem rather phoned in. Perhaps capturing more of their manic stage performance of these songs would have suited them better but hey I won’t argue with the resulting career.

More a collection of tracks than an albums. Rocks sits nexts to some fairly decent soul crooning. It sounds a little plodding at times. A decent debut, with a hint of what was to come.

Inutile de vous rappeler que je connais personnellement Robert, l'homme sans qui ce générateur n'aurait jamais vu le jour. Celui que j'appelle familièrement Rob fait d'ailleurs lui-même partie du classement des 1001 contacts à ajouter sur les réseaux avant de mourir. Quand il ne choisit pas un énième album de Costello ou de Morrissey à rajouter à sa liste, il peut nous proposer par exemple un album des Who. Et qu'est-ce que ça donne ? J'ai envie de dire ouais, pas mal. Le morceau My Generation a fait secouer ma tête pleine de savoir, et ça c'est déjà une victoire.

there isn't even one song about pinball

I listened to the stereo, original version of this album Track 1: good feel, repetitive Track 2: ok singing, interesting Track 3: I liked the intro Track 4: nice drums, nothing special lyrically Track 5: nope Track 6: I really enjoyed this track Track 7: finally a different intro, flows, enjoyed the beat Track 8: meh / Track 9: nope / Track 10: what Track 11: twangy, true to life, interesting Track 12: awesome drumming, what a banger Overall impression: Lousy, whiny vocals, mostly average or below average lyrics, awesome drums. Written by young people. The Ox is an awesome song, and very ahead of its time. 2.5, with the .5 being in honor of The Ox

I like a few Who songs but I’m just not into them.

Being one of my favorite classic rock bands, this album is pretty weak. I don't think it's there fault as every british invasion band seems to have been put into this kind of box when they started. It also did give us "My Generation" which is a classic. As an album though, very late 50's influenced 60's rock which is pretty whatever. "A Legal Matter" and "the Kids are Alright" are fine but most of the tracks are just kind of bland or annoying to me.

I don’t like this type of music but it was good

i don't mind

Alright I’m officially tilted at how many boomer rock albums we’ve pulled. I would like to use this album to bring to light the 2010 remix of My Generation featuring Slash and Will.i.am., in which he sings about the war in Iraq and the recession

Who dis? :)

A fav!

It would be a standard 60s album, with your standard 60s pop feel. And then Keith Moon and John Entwistle come in like a freight train and you realize this is so much more. The title track ALONE: who gives it a bass solo? It seems so obvious now, but back then, it was just... unique. I don't know if I can ding this for the covers, but "Please Please Please" and "I'm A Man" are... okay. We all know what this band can do, and they shouldn't be languishing, trying to do James Brown. I'm not surprised how much the rhythm section really shows out in this album. It's what makes them the Who. But still, Keith Moon is inSANE. He could have done a simple drum beat, but he is ALL OVER the album. It's hard to believe, but this band went from this to album like "Quadrophenia." But you can hear John and Keith are willing to go wherever Pete wants them to go. And we are all the better for it.

Great debut album. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised at the couple of straightforward R&B tracks (including covers of James Brown and Bo Diddley) considering they were billed as "MAXIMUM R&B" but when The Good's Gone started my thought was "Ok, THIS is the Who!" Certainly a much more original debut than the Rolling Stones, who covered a bunch of rock & roll standards on their debut that weren't better than the originals, just faster (and whiter, unfortunately). But The Who were The Who from their debut, even if they evolved and became even better on later albums. Entwistle's thundering bass, Moon's frenetic drumming, Townshend's fantastic guitar work (and writing), and Daltrey's powerful vocals (often with Townshend's harmonies). Let's give credit also to Nicky Hopkins on piano. A legendary band right out of the gate. Favorite tracks: My Generation (The Who ANTHEM and a stone cold classic, with every element of The Who - Entwistle's bass solo is awesome), The Good's Gone, The Kids are Alright, The Ox (did anyone else rock this hard in 1965??). Easy 5.

Loved the simple sound of the mono recording which is so typical of the early 60's. Gives it such an identity which adds to the listening experience. Daltrey's voice sounded very different on these early recordings, at times reminiscent of Lennon. Great listen

The Who is one of my favorite bands. I am too young to have caught them in their prime, but I did grow up listening to their songs. After learning a bit about music and playing instruments myself, I revisited this bands catalog with a deeper and wider perspective. They are still one of my favorites. I know they are popular, but in my own opinion, they don't get the same love that other classic bands of this time period have. This group of unique talent seems to have put out something way more than the sum of their parts. I loved listening to this album today.

Incredible debut album that, in my opinion shows more promise and axcitement than even The beatles and Stones. The song writing is full of teen age angst yet shows a maturity that I don't think can be matched at this time for such a young band. And the musicianship...off the charts. 5 stars

What a great debut! I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. The My Generation bass solo is so good. Liked Songs Added: Out In The Street The Good's Gone Much Too Much My Generation The Kids Are Allright Please Please Please A Legal Matter

Milestone

Awesome album.

Nice!! Reminded me of the Rolling Stones.

The Who is one of my favorite bands ever. I've been listening to this for years. And before I start writing too much (which I tend to do a lot) I'm just going to highlight the only thing that should be said about this album and the emergence of The Who in the mid-60s. Who came with the British invasion. They played the same pop rock as other bands at the time. The lyrics of the songs talked about the same things as the songs of the time. But then I ask myself: what makes The Who a special band? What makes them stand out from the rest? Simple! There's a crazy lunatic behind the drums! Keith Moon doesn't play a single song like a normal drummer. A level of madness builds up and reaches its peak in the last track "The Ox" and all of this makes the album nothing more than a great introduction to the craziest and most talented drummer who ever lived. When I hear comparisons with John Bonham, I usually make a modern analogy in relation to football. Keith Moon is like Messi, and John Bonham is like CR7. Both genius, great and talented, but their talents come from different places.

Yesss!!

Talkin' 'bout my generation 🎸🎸🎸🤟

Ich mag "The WHO" sehr gerne. Wie ich festgestellt habe, bin ich mit dem Frühwerk nicht so vertraut. Muss aber sagen: Top. Sind das vielleicht die Anfänge des heavy Metal. Der Ton ist rauh, frech, aber durchaus sehr durchdacht.

Great album by the who.. varied across the tracks..

Pre-listening thoughts: I had such an inkling that we were gonna get an album by The Who soon. Idk why. I just knew. I thought it would be Tommy tho so oops. But I looked at the track list for this one and it is LONG. But turns out the standard edition ends at 35 mins at The Ox, there’s just a ton of deluxe tracks. So that’s cool. Post/during listening thoughts: ok so honestly I’ve never really sat down and listened to The Who so I had no idea what to expect but this is good. Sort of in the vein of the Stones. Just like the Beatles album I reviewed, these songs are sooooo short. This is one of those bands like the Beatles where I truly feel like every member/instrument was in sync and makes for such a great listening experience. This is pretty innovative rock for the time as well. Very solid debut album. 9/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: ? Idk maybe??? Yes? Fav tracks: Out In the Street, The Good’s Gone, La-La-Lies, Much Too Much, My Generation, The Kids are Alright Least fav tracks: I’m a Man (STEREOTYPICAL ROCK INFLUENCED BLUES WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE GOD) (could go on a whole rant about how white people ruined the blues but I’ll save it for another day)

Can't believe this is my first time listening to the Who. Amazing. 5/5

Just a really, really good album. 5 stars or A for me.

10

Good stuff

The Who kick ass. Fun album

Handgemacht, roh, ungeschliffen, ehrlich, klasse!

Arrancamos la primera semana de agosto con el primero de The Who. Ya había tocado otro en éste reto y ahora volvemos a las bases. Veo tanto la tapa original como la alternativa y es imposible no pensar en las estéticas de una banda de rock alternativo-indie rock-indie pop actuales (sobre todo en Argentina). ¿Qué decir de éste disco? Increíble lo potente que suena la batería para la época, sumado a la voz de Daltrey (con aires a Mick Jagger, a David Bowie. ¿Era la búsqueda de esa época?) y a las guitarras de Townshed y el bajo de Entwhistle. Imposible que esta banda no llegara adonde llegó con éste debut. Muy bien 10.

Much better than album than the single suggests.

4.5/5

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My Generation is the Who's debut album, and made the band into international stars. The album includes some of their earliest hits, like "My Generation" and "The Kids are Alright." These was as hard as rock had yet gotten - with Pete Townsend's edgy guitar experimentation, Keith Moon's complicated drum fills, and John Entwistle's driven bass lines, the band pioneered elements that would inspire genres. At the time, the Who called their work "Maximum R&B," and Roger Daltrey's soulful voice may have inspired that reading. My Generation is an incredible collection of songs that showed the promise of this band.

Top Album. Love it.

fucking hated it

The kids are alright, and the boomers sound pretty great too.

Mod masterpiece. Probably the one album among the representatives of that British sixties rock subgenre to keep. And, well, *The Who* is written on its cover. That's gotta count for something, right? Of course, there's the stuttering title-track, itself one of the most iconic rock singles of all times. But contrary to the early forays of the Kinks--another close-sounding London act who met early success in the singles charts at the time--the album this gem ended in is almost as good as its most famous song--if not actually *perfect*. The Kinks would refine the art of the long player album some time after the success of "You Really Got Me". But in comparison, The Who got that art *right* on their very first attempt. Let's just say that the stars aligned here, thanks to American producer Shel Talmy and a bunch of other key players. First, there are a few r'n'b / blues covers (two James Brown hits, plus Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man"--in quite a strange version of it until Townshend's guitar roars, justifying the whole idea). All of which place the album in that mod lineage The Who would only revisit in a nostalgic / operatic fashion in the far later double album *Quadrophenia*. Here, in 1965, those early r'n'b cuts are not drowned in long, complicated narratives. They're mostly here to bring variety to the tracklisting, and to be honest, they serve their part well. But you can't say they're the best thing in this record, as good as they are. Because the rest of the songs (most of them taken from a second recording session) explore even more promising territories. And as they do so, they foretell the future of the rock idiom, from punk to hard rock to power pop. The raga-rock-inspired "The Good's Gone" displays mesmerizing menacing tones for instance (through the guitar sound, the chord changes, and the way Roger Daltrey uses his pipes, in a surprisingly low fashion here). Elsewhere, both Daltrey and the backing vocals shine brighter, aiming for the skies. In opener "Out In The Streets" first, but more specifically in the power pop jewel "Much Too Much", the legendary hit "The Kids Are Alright" or in "Circles" (only found in the US version of the album). Digging that vein, "A Legal Matter" and "It's Not True" also offer bundles of early rock'n'roll joys. And if "La-La-La Lies" is more airy and upbeat, it's still manages to slap, never ruining the overall sense of energy. So Townshend's songwriting is pitch-pefect in this record. And his guitar lets generous shares of sparks fly off in the air (even in the compositionally mundane "The Ox", which almost becomes a pre-Stooges, proto-punk scorcher during its conclusion, thanks to Townshend's aggressive solo). Entwhistle also has impressive moments (see the title-track, for example). And, needless to say, drummer Keith Moon is a powerhouse in this debut, thanks to his sense of attack, his crazy drum fills, and his overall youthful, take-no-quarter performance. 5 stars, what else? The Who obviously recorded more iconic (and far more complex) LPs after this one--landmarks of classic rock / hard rock so ambitious they initiated the whole "rock-opera" thing (*The Who Sell Out*, *Tommy*, *Who's Next*). But it's here, with this debut, that they sound the most fun, the most spontaneous, and the most straightforward. Sometimes simplicity is better than all-too-grand ambitions. Especially when it's the solid *rock* over which everything else can be built later on. Number of albums left to review: 159 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 364 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 212 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 269

That was solid end to end.

The Who is always solid

Ambiguous, 5/5. But I really blame myself for this. Good towards the middle

Early harder pop rock masterpiece. These songs are little gems. The Good'd Gone, La La La Lies, Much Too Much are all standouts as well as the band defining "My Generation". More complex albums were in the future, but this is a masterpiece of pop rock.

Good, But it doesn't feel like they've hit their stride yet. Some of the songs almost sound like rejected Beach Boys tunes. But still plenty of gold to be found.

Fantastic start to finish, overflowing with talent and the raw energy of the British mod scene of the 60s.

THE BEST!

Great to go back to The Who's roots

Who??

Fantastic!!! I just love "Rock N Roll", "The Who", it's one of my favorite bands!!!

Classic album.

Yes, more of this please.

Great album and stands up to all but the best of the Beatles. The band is just great all around, vocals, drums, guitar, bass.

This is what The Who was when they were there then.

What a statement of intent. A mission statement that is definite and quickly superseded. But there’s a sense in which it’s all in here. Let’s look at the achievements. The censor baiting stutter - not just to imply vulgarity but also to imply the effects of amphetamine. The angry slashing guitar chords that launch a million rock bands and punk bands and industrial bands. The frenetic drumming. The first electric bass solo. And that’s just the title track. One of the absolute songs you need to know if you think you like rock music. The kids are alright is a stone cold Classic. Most of the rest is serviceable to great covers. But that Townshend kid shows promise as a songwriter. 4 .5 stars

I have both versions of this on vinyl & it’s so hard to believe that the cover of Bo Diddley’s I’m A Man was removed from the American release due to its sexual content. I could understand if they removed it because of its quality, because I don’t think it’s a patch on the Yardbirds’ version, which was released in 1964. Anyway, they replaced it with Instant Party, later the flipside of Substitute after it’s name had been changed to Circles. Look, My Generation is one of the greatest rock songs ever written. I renember hearing it on a.m. radio at the time & being blown away by it. The Kids Are Alright (3rd single off the album)is also a killer track. And they both still sound as good as they did 50 years ago. Other highlights include the other 2 singles from this record - A Legal Matter & La-La-La-Lies - both have aged very well- & Out In The Street, which was the flip of My Generation in the U.S. All of these trax were familiar to me long before I ever collected the albums. Of the rest, The Ox (an instrumental & John Entwhistle’s nickname) stands out for me. Each of the 4 band-members were outstanding musicians. Special mention to Keith Moon - one of the great, great drummers. The music here is diverse & never boring. It is, in fact, an outstanding debut album.

One of the all time great albums! The Who are the world’s greatest rock and roll band ever!

Mega

Besides My Generation there are two other Who originals that are awesome: A Legal Matter and The Kids Are Alright. Like many bands of their day, there are a number of covers but I really enjoy hearing them put their take on them. Love it.

Love when Roger does an old blues rock man impression. Way more piano thab you associate with The Who's ouevre, but here it is, plonkin away. Some of these are not recognizable if it werent for Moon's bombastic and signiture drum sound. The ones that are, however, are all timers. Such a fun record!

Wow!

Good old solid rock. Forerunners of punk.

Already listened to Who's Next on this list. My Generation is an energetic, honking good ol' time, keying in on many themes of "forefront" 60s pop-rock. It's comparable to the Beatles and Stones albums coming out around the same time – the likes of Rubber Soul, Out Of Our Heads, Aftermath, ya know. The classics. And this album is definitely a classic. Excellent vocal hooks that immediately key the listener in. Thick, boisterous harmonies which (more often than not) max out the audio and cause a blurry, distinctively 60s-quality sound. It's just so loveable, fun, rocking, [insert more adjectives here]. And the party starts quite suddenly with the opening track, Out In The Street, a fairly standard yet wildly invigorating taste of what's to come. Following that are a string of would-be classics, overshadowed only by The Who's later work; songs like The Good's Gone, La-La-La-Lies, A Legal Matter, Please Please Please... Then, of course, the two radio tracks: My Generation and The Kids Are Alright. These are the peak of the album, and are fittingly placed as its double-centrepiece. The whole thing's a jam. I dig it. Key tracks: Out In The Street, The Good's Gone, My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, Please Please Please

Mod era Who is always slept on. Truly fantasic collection of their early workings. Ripe with American blues influence and genius pop flair.

I´m a man versione spettacolare

There's probably not much left to say about this album. It's a classic, in every sense of the word. "My Generation" is a timeless rock anthem that sounds like a garage band's celebration of rebellion (especially youthful promiscuity). "The Kids are Alright" is a pop song that could rival any of its 60's counterparts. "I Don't Mind" is one of the slickest covers ever. And the closing track, "The Ox", in an instrumental banger that should be given the same rotation as "Wipe Out". Debut albums don't get much better than this. It's almost 60 years old and still sounds cool as fuck. 👍👍