My Generation

640/1089 - I generally don't like the Who but this is good because the songs are shorter.

how is this the same band that made Baba O’Riley The Who made one good album and we heard it already, please stop

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It's iconic, of course. It's also the sound of a band working out what they want to be - there are other Who albums which deserve the full five stars, but this one has too many 'not quite there' moments to qualify. It's still great,though, and does what all transitional albums ought to do - go out on a clear indication that things are about to change. Two James Brown covers is two too many, though, and for all the energy of their originals, 'The Good's Gone' drags way beyond when it should have stopped.

Always fun to hear the first few records of big 60s British Invasion bands, and this one crushes. Ferocious energy in Keith's maniacal liquid whip drums and Pete pushing the noisy chaos of feedback in even the older school R&B numbers. My Generation and Kids Are Alright are transcendent classic. No one was doing what the Who were doing in 1964-65. Not perfect but pretty great.

Jaunty young Who, kind of bursting at the seams. They are better than some of their material here, though there are the obvious classics and little gems like “A Legal Matter.” I listened to the original track listing only.

Boring dad rock

John entwistle my goat, I don’t trust Pete Townshend, Keith moon blows up toilets, and Roger daltrey just blows.

Such a good album for #290! Always happy to have the Who pop up on my page. There’s so many classics on this album, and obviously the title track is completely iconic! 4/5 ⭐️ 290/1081

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Their sound changed a ton from this to what they became a few years later, not unlike the Beatles transformation. Tried some bluesy stuff here but not phenomenal..

eh, not my thing really only liked a couple songs but doubt I'll listen to them on repeat.

a classic or 2 but its so damn long.

So the biased Who fan in me really wants to give it the full five stars but it’s not quite there if I’m honest. The title track is an absolute classic but the stand out for me is The Kids Are Alright, in the discussion for my favourite song from The Who. What stops me giving top marks is while the rest of the album is really good, it’s just that. There aren’t anymore outstanding, knock your socks off tracks. It’s still a great album though but there’s much better from them. Top Track - The Kids Are Alright

This was pretty good. You get a good feel for the origins of British punk rock from this one. Lots of fun, nothing outstanding but all in all very good.

I'm guessing that this is the first(?) album of the the who. Some ok songs but nothing that I would have purchased the album for. A couple of really good songs (my generation and the kids are alright) on here but otherwise some forgettable blues/rock songs. Giving it a 2 for the 2 really good songs

It's OK, quite dated obviously but it's less Dad rock than i was expecting..

Hmmmm. I’m confused about why this is here-because The Beatles. I’ve never really gotten into The Who. And I don’t even dislike this, it’s just not really doing anything for me in the way The Beatles and The Stones do. I wouldn’t be able to pick it out as something recognisable, it could be any white man quartet from the 60s. It’s pleasant while I’m doing something else, but nothing is making me take pause and check the song title. But the further the album gets, the more I realise I’m actively bored and feel nothing. Nothing memorable except the title track.

5/10

This one was fun. I was familiar with a few tracks, but I had never spun the entire album. I’ll definitely dig in again.

Not my fav album from the who but has a few really good tunes a few good covers

450/1089 just didn’t personally care for this one even if i can appreciate the impact it probably had The Ox was my fave and My Generation was the other stand out 24/100

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What a great window into 1965 when rock musicians were doing something new and different but just before they started doing something wildly new and incredibly different

The Motown influence was a little too severe on some songs here and they do not sound good at all doing that sound. Heavier stuff sounds kind of cool, but not fully developed yet. Obvs the title track is a classic, but I have a big soft spot for the uber-catchy "The Kids are Alright." Just a great mod pop song, so 60s but still very likable.

Podobny beatles. Pekny

Classic The Who album, but I like the grittier albums that came later.

Some classics on this one and a decent listen. I know why it stood the test of time

little boring, just reminds me of the Beatles, nothing too crazy

despite all the negative reviews here, i really liked this album - it could have been a big artist’s one

I listened to the U.S Version and I'm a Man, which was the song swapped out from the UK version. This was an alright first album from this band. Typical British Invasion sound, but some nice things I heard from The Ox.

first proper who album, I don't care about the live ones. decent.

Not bad. Didn't love it.

it was pretty good

This is their debut album released in 1965 and is classified as pop and garage rock. The album is really interesting from the perspective of showing their evolution from sounding 50s and 60s R&B and pop to one of the founders of hard rock. Many of the songs, especially the bonus tracks, are covers of James Brown and others. I was surprised by how much this rocks (heavy guitars and drums) for its time and this was confirmed by others in the Wiki. Roger Daltrey was still finding his own voice, singing lower than he would later on some songs. Keith Moon really was an animal on drums and Nicky Hopkins on piano was a key contributor. Pete Townshend's great attacking rhythm guitar is already present. He doesn't get enough credit for his singing. And of course he's the songwriter. Overall, it's a great item but there are a few weaker songs. Top songs for me: The Good's Gone My Generation (Classic) The Kid's Are Alright (rocks at end) A Legal Matter (Pete singing) The Ox (great piano, rocks) I Can't Explain

Un clasico de clasicos del rock. rolas divertidas, joviales, mucha energía :D

boring dad rock really

Not their best work, imho.

This was good but why is it so long??

Fantastic album - two absolute classic songs in the kids are all right and my generation. A couple of other gems.

Twas a long one! I had it on in the background a lot. I liked everything I was hearing. Pairs well with cornhole.

maximum rnb!!! more fun than most of the stuff the beatles were doing tbh.. the who is another band that i grew up listening to a lot because my mom is a big fan & i would consider myself a "best of" listener, glad to be digging into a few of their albums for this. favs were the ox and i don't mind

This album just feels like a classic. A rough, soulful garage rock sound. Really enjoyable listen.

Good ole classic rock. Probably a 3.5/5. I liked it, but kinda wanted something ~more~.

5/10 I'm sure this was influential in some way, but it hasn't aged all that well.

Another classic album - they just keep coming this week! I have listened to the Who quite a lot over my life but revisiting this I can see how much this has influenced the music of the world subsequent to it. A brilliant album.

Il rock libero, sessioni strumentalinche vanno avanti finché vogliono. The Ox capolavoro

Une très grosse toune (My Generation) au coeur d'un album à l'intérêt limité. Mais une très très grosse toune!

Si on me demandait de choisir entre The Who et The Guess Who, probablement que je garderais juste une paire de jeans Guess.

Hmm. 3/5. Nothing special to be honest. If I was a Boomer, I'd probably give it a 5.

Pioneers in youth rock and roll! Among the best bands ever.

Another Who album, this one is unbalanced as far as I’m concerned. A bit too much fluff for me with a couple solid tracks and a few mediocre ones. I don’t have anything interesting to say about this album. 3 stars

Except for My Generation and The Kids Are Alright this is not a very good Who album. I don't think they had settled on their direction yet.

Overall: 7/10 Part of me wishes we could have gotten one more album from The Who that sounds like this. Only a small part though cause it kind of gets old after a while. I feel like they all immediately had chemistry and charisma out the wazoo, and it's fun to listen to. Fav Song: The Kids Are Alright

Over the top

Als je je bedenkt dat deze plaat uit 1965 komt, is ie dus heel invloedrijk geweest. Erg lekker

It gives of collection of singles vibe not that it’s bad but more of it’s just not a particularly curated work

THIS! This came out in the 1960's and it still sounds fresh in a way. A truly timeless piece of work that ultimately laid the foundation for/popularized the rock sound that is still utilized even to this day. Loved the pub-style rock-centric vibe that this record gives off. It's brief, hard hitting, and solid all around. Truly a masterclass of the genre's origins.

not for me

Good fun, quite simple, but fun!

fun time mostly

A long album, one I quite liked! I have a weakness for 60s music lol. The album was quite long, and I have only listened to over a half, but it was enjoyable so far!

Some of the instrumentals were good, but the composite I didn’t like. Nothing that hooked me, lots of noise, didn’t like the lyrics or singing.

It's an album.

This was an album. Init.

7/10 Decent

this was definitely way better than the other two the who albums i’ve gotten, this one sounds so different than the others. enjoyed

This isn’t the most ground breaking album but it sounds good and gets a big pass for being a part of the of Early 60s music and sound. I enjoy this style even if “The Who” Have better and more accomplished albums after. Still doesn’t take away from this just being an Enjoyable listen of classic British Invasion music. It may only be 3 or even 3.5 on a scale of their discography and all music. Still loved my time With it so rounding it too a 4 on its own merit Light 4/5 Top Tracks I Don’t Mind The Good’s Gone (love the sound) La-La-La Lies My Generation (CLASSIC) The Kids Are Alright The Ox

First Listen Favorites: I Don't Mind Please Please Please The Ox Honorable Mentions: The Kids Are Alright Much Too Much

Classic

Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, irgendwie war gut aber auch nicht ganz meine Musik und irgendwie dann wieder schon

The Who is a very important band to me and my family. I’ve mentioned that before, probably multiple times. So to hear their first album in its entirety is very special to me, as I don’t generally listen to albums as a whole in general. At least, I didn’t before I started this project. Now, it’s the default. Even for some of my favorite bands of all times I don’t normally listen to complete albums. For instance, I’ve heard a good bit of The Who songs. Probably more than most people, but I still haven’t listened to My Generation from top to bottom, and it had some stuff that I’d never heard before that surprised me. Songs like “The Ox” are really fun and unique, even for The Who, and listening to them start figuring out their identity as the album goes on is very fun. This isn’t the best The Who album, not even on the podium. It’s pretty Poppy, it’s a little generic, it doesn’t have a ton going for it. They’re clearly trying to find their sound, and haven’t really done so yet here. It’s very traditional as a whole. But even at the start of their careers, it’s still a The Who album, and it’s got more bangers than misses. I don’t even think it has any outright misses as a whole, just not a ton of songs that really hooked me personally. But they knew what they were doing with the title song “My Generation”. That’s a classic, and it’s hard to imagine with how prominent it would become that it was on their first album. It’s my favorite song on the album for multiple reasons, but I do also think it’s also just objectively the best song on the album. Runner up goes to “The Kids Are Alright” which is the other classic song on their debut album. Hard to imagine I’m almost at the end of The Who albums already, but this is number 4 out of 5. The only one left is ironically their last album chronologically on the list. And by then, of course, they found their sound. So it’s going to be really fun going from this one to that one and comparing them. I do know that that one is a 5, but I don’t know if this one should be a 3 or a 4. If I give it a 4, I feel like that may be giving a bit of favoritism, but 3 also just feels too low. For the billionth time, I wish I could give half stars, because this is a 3.8, way closer to a 4 than a 3, but I rate these to the letter, and don’t round up. So man, I don’t know. It’s The Who, and I still love it. But I don’t LOVE it. You know what I’m saying?? I’m going 3. That seems fine with me.

Nice album, I like the length of the album. I particularly like the songs: - I Don't Mind - My Generation

The Who is good. They hadn’t hit their stride yet - much like the Beatles their later output is much better. That being said you can see the songwriting and music that really hits its stride later career.

The Who are my favourite band of all time so I genuinely tried to give this a critical listen - I ended up listening to this 4 times After the first two listens, I thought it may be a 4 - an imperfect album with inconsistent quality and some outstanding pieces Then on the third listen I started noticing Moon backfilling with toms, Entwhistle rattling the strings and blaring the horns, Townshend playing with feedback and Daltrey figuring out how to make his James Brown technique fit with the others' wall of noise - and realised this is a 5, still imperfect but so seminal The Ox changed the world (both the song and John Entwhistle)

It was fine. I think I've decided it's a little manly for me. But there were some interesting tracks

#143 FT: My Generation | LFT: I Don't Mind I don't feel I needed to hear this before I died. This album was not my thing. ಄ Albums remaining: 945 ಄ Albums I agree with being on the list: 63 ಄ Albums I would consider for my list: 29 ಄ Albums I would not include on my list: 115

Important in the sense we got more of The Who but on its own its pretty brutal in places

Not bad, okay 60s album

I found this album to be very Beatles-esque (60s Beatles anyway) in terms of the vocal harmonies and catchiness of several of the songs. However, the music is heavier and more experimental at other points ("The Ox" is a perfect example). There are also more blues elements, like keyboards and a groovy swing ("I'm A Man" is a better example of the blues style coming out).

I am in the minority that prefers the who to the Beatles but seeing as this album came out at the same time as rubber soul they don’t compare. It is unpolished and simple. I did not enjoy it.

This was a nice album and at first it didnt feel very outstanding until there was some surprise blues. It really was very good all together.

Very enjoyable album, might have to give it another listen to fully appreciate it as I'm high right now, but I had a grand old time.

Average shite

Ok

Eh not interesting enough for me.

One hit really Who

Great classic rock album

Hmmm nice 🌬

did not know The Who made music like this at one time. kinda liked the Rolling Stones type of approach

This album is groovyness central. sory. he gains and loses his women fast? what did he say???? huh???????? honestly! this album wasnt so bad! 3.5/5

Very 60's. sounds like Beach Boys and Beatles

Voor witte mannen van middelbare leeftijd (WMvML) was dit meer dan prima. Een ‘divers’ album, waarin The Who zo nu en dan een uitstapje maakt. Ik heb er van genoten als een prima spaghetti.

Het is beter dan the rolling stones niet zo goed als de beatles. Als je de jaren 60 muziek met elkaar vergelijkt. Ik vind dit album nog niet super, maar geen zorgen ze gaan nog wel betere albums maken

Best wel rauw voor de tijd. Veel interessanter dan zoiets als de Stones. Hou wel van de drums op het album. Het is wel een matige opname kwaliteit, ook voor die tijd. Je kan zeggen dat het de charme van het album is maar vind het wel een beetje zonde. Ze zijn later wel wat gepolijster geworden. Hier is nog wat onbevangen. Absolute film tip is Quadrophenia(muziek van dat album op de film). De mods op hun brommertjes en hun kleding geeft wel een mooi tijdsbeeld en de impact van de muziek op deze subcultuur.

Interessant album wat ik een paar keer heb moeten luisteren. Aanvankelijk klinkt het best leuk, natuurlijk met de hit My Generation, en The Kids Are Alright, wat lekker in het gehoor ligt. Een beetje poppy, om maar een vies woord te gebruiken. Ik ben nooit echt een fan geweest van de vroege jaren 60 muziek. Het is me vaak nog iets te ongepolijst, maar dan op de verkeerde manier. Ik vond dit album een beetje klinken als de early Beatles, een beetje als A Hard Day’s Night, maar dan meer rock n roll en met een iets volwassener sound. Het punt wat ik probeer te maken is dat dit album ouder klinkt dan het daadwerkelijk is. Het kwam in december 1965 uit, tussen Help! en Revolver (1966) van The Beatles in. En als je die twee Beatles albums naast elkaar zet, hoor je niet alleen een enorm verschil in stijl, maar wat mij betreft ook echt een verschil in kwaliteit. Revolver met name vind ik erg vernieuwend en bijzonder en een opmars naar sgt pepper. Ik weet dat ik soms doorsla in mijn Beatles-evangelie, maar als je My Generation in die context plaatst, lijken de leden van The Who ineens wel doodnormale stervelingen met hun bandje.

This album was a bit on the longer side and did feel like it dragged a bit I parts but overall was easy to listen to. I definitely could hear where others might have gotten inspiration from The Who or even sampled them which was cool. Some tops were title track, the goods gone, Shout and Shimmy

I liked it. Raw and a bridging from rock and roll to rock. But I felt the tracks were a little haphazard, and that it did nothing to dissuade me from the notion that The Who is a band I like, but in small doses! 3

Perfectly fine 60s-era Brit rock. Interesting to hear the foundational blocks on display that would ultimately make this iconic rock band.

Definitely a classic but I don't think I'd listen to it much.