Reviews (page 10 of 13)
Me pasó un poco desapercibido
Objectively good but does absolutely nothing for me.
The standouts here are My Generation (obviously), which is just phenomenally good, and The Ox. Everything else is decent mid sixties blues/rock. A high 3.
This album from The Who was alright. It was nothing spectacular, and most of it was standard rock'n roll from the mid-60s. Besides their famous song "My Generation", there were not many memorable tracks. I highly recommend this album if you enjoy the genre. Favorite Song(s): "My Generation", "It's Not True", "Circles", "I Can't Explain"
Fascinating to hear them at this stage of their career. You can almost feel the band pushing against the constraints of the packaged sound they were being asked/told to create as a foreshadowing of the instrument destruction that was to come...
Lots of great songs.
The title-giving track "My Generation" is still a banger, the rest is too much beat, R&B, and stuff, nothing outstanding, besides "The Ox", where Keith Moon was showing his amazing talent.
Better than their later stuff. 3 long-eared owls out of 5 🦉🦉🦉
The band's charisma seems to explode despite not yet really achieving stardom. Keith Moon's drums are a standout. The entire album, lyrically and musically, sounds like a group nearly ready for big time.
Sounded similar to the beatles. I liked a few of the songs. Decent vibe overall.
Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background. You can hear all of the elements of what will eventually make the Who great....but not quite there yet as the song are a bit derivative of the time, with a couple of exceptions.
Good album, but not as many bangers as I expected.
Despite being from the 1960s, it's not a monotonous rock or just "yeah, yeah, yeah." It features funk elements, especially in the early tracks, and towards the end, it has a more jazzy vibe. It was an album that influenced many bands, albums, and songs, like "The Kids Aren't Alright" or even the live cover of "My Generation" by Maneskin (which, by the way, turned out even better). The vocalist's voice and singing style on this album strongly remind me of James Brown's funkier tracks, not to mention the incredible skill of Keith Moon on the drums. Engaging melodies, and many of the songs (if not all) would easily fit into indie film credits.
Much more of the R&B and classic rock 'n roll sound than their more experimental/synth stuff that came later. More vocal harmonies and blues licks. Whole album rocks pretty hard for 1964, the title track being the obvious standout. Moon and Entwhistle are brilliant throughout. Probably an album I'll mostly just revisit via singles.
yawn
This is where context plays so much in my ratings. Other than My Generation and The Kids Are Alright, most of this album is middling mid-60s guitar pop indistinguishable from most other mid-60s guitar pop. While I like this kind of music as a whole, this album is just ok. That said, without the success of these two songs, do The Who go on and become “The Who” of Quadfina and Tommy? I dunno. I guess I gotta go 3 stars instead of 4.
Allt í lagi stöff. Dálítið bítla-wannabe-vibe sem er alveg skiljanlegt m.v. útgáfuárið.
Outside of a few songs it sounds almost beach-boy-ish. Despite having my generation I found too much of the rest lacking.
Pretty much what I expected this to be
Maybe I’m stuck in a rut, nothing has of yet come along to wow me for a while. This was a nice listen - I could feel the chains of musical connections reaching out from albums before and after this and there’s a couple of good jams on there I grew up with.
I remember first hearing The Who and being struck by how unique their sound was. 20 years later I see some shades of early punk in the mix, know who Bo Diddly and James Brown are, and think it’s kinda “meh”.
Am I an idiot? I had no idea the who originally sounded like the beatles.
I like the Who. I didn't get to listen to the whole album (my daughter switched it to Katie Perry, what can I say), but it was solid classic rock.
was okay
Pretty good, never been a big fan
6.5 Very early who, my generation and some of the later instrumentals were pretty good sound rock. For 1965, definitely good but doesn't hold up perfectly
Early sounds. Reminiscing of the beach boys. I agree with the wiki article saying it's a unique sound for it's time
It seems so wholesome now, but this record must have been controversial when it came out. I can just imagine kids listening to it for the first time on vinyl thinking "That's right, man. We do get around." It's easy to tell which tracks they intended to be radio friendly hits and others where they were just having fun rocking out.
Classic rock I hadn’t heard for years. Easy to see it’s R&B roots in this album.
Pretty okay but not a lot of variance in the songs.
Ok
Original Blues Brothers
Talkin' bout my generation! eh? again, one I grew up on, so it's not new, but I feel like i've also grown out of a lot of this music.
The Who are...fine? Once you put them in the 70s I think they become one of the best bands of all time, but this just feels mostly void of character. The Kids Are Alright is mostly just a Beatles track, many others just feel like something off the Stones. The only track that REALLY stands out to me here is The Ox. I think this song is the best example of what makes The Who so great, more specifically what WOULD make them so great. They're still finding what clicks, but it just wasn't right the first time around. Favorites are The Kids Are Alright, Please Please Please, and The Ox.
Sounded way more like the Beatles than I expected!
Liked it, chill
Rockiger Sound der 60er. Hat ganz ordentliche Tracks z.B. „The Kids Are allright“ aber absolute Highlights waren nicht dabei. Auch der lead/Song „My Generation“ reihte sich in diese Impression ein. Trotzdem wird das Album in der 2. Hälfte deutlich stärker z.B. mit dem Song „I am a Man“ oder dem schon Heavy klingenden „The Ox“
Some random thing I noticed in this listen is the song The Kids Are Alright reminded me of the Beatles. Similar sound. I don't think I have listened to this album all the way before. Definitely heard a bunch of these songs. Classic 60s rock and roll sound. Throw yours hands up and Shout!
Pretty damn long and pretty mid. Some solid classic rock sounds throughout with no blemishes. However, nothing really stood out to me. It felt like they played out of rhythm a ton, which I assume was done on purpose. Not nearly impactful enough to warrant the length.
Pretty standard enjoyable 60s rock album. Nothing really of note stuck out, but it was a good listen while walking the dog on an early Sunday morning
Something about the Who just doesn't do it for me. I definitely like some of these songs but overall meh. Really do dig Townshend's and Moon's Guitar/Drums (especially The Ox) on a number of these tracks. Definitely not bad for a debut but there is better Who for me.
I really wanted to love this one - I had listened to some songs here and there but never the whole album. But alas, despite the greatness of My Generation and a couple of other good songs such as The Kids Are Alright, this album didn’t really grab me. If I could, I’d give it a 3.5
Überraschend nahe an den Beatles, zu anderen Zeiten sehr bluesig - und ziemlich eitel.
Not the best The Who album
Kinda average album
Nice listen, nothing exceptional
Solid 60s rock. Gotta say though, the guitarist is putting in most of the work to keep the tracks interesting.
2.75 per track. I didn’t really care for this but can hear why it’s important l.
It was ok. I still don't like the who
Vivant, rythmé, presque fiévreux parfois. Pas mon style, mais plusieurs bonnes chansons
The sound must have been a sledgehammer to the speakers in 1965. Sixty years on, and accustomed to distortion and frenetic drumming, most of it sounds like what it was, awkward covers of American soul and blues. The titular song is amazing as is the Kids are Alright. Everything else is just filler. Paul, John, and Brian hadn't yet turned the rock and roll world onto the pursuit of making great albums.
Great
The British bands of the 60s definitely had that special something. The music just has an edge. You can see why kids in America went mad for it. This is definitely one of those bridge albums that takes the safe, poppy rock and roll and starts the morphing into the harder, weirder sounds on the 70s. It's good stuff.
I like the piano work (after reading the album summary I learned it was provided by a session musician). Most of the songs sound pretty much the same, similar to the Beatles' early records.
This is a pretty solid album overall, but probably not absolute top tier for them or for the time. There's a few classics ("My Generation" and "The Kids Are Alright" for instance) and it's enjoyable overall, but it lacks anything really stellar. This does rock a bit harder than most of what else was going on at the time, so they were definitely starting to stand out a bit. Favorite song: The Kids Are Alright Other: I Don't Mind, La-La-La-Lies, My Generation, A Legal Matter 12/17/23
My favorite The Who album so far! 3.4
I've always considered The Who to be a greatest hits kind of band for me not knowing their work well or really caring to go beyond the hits but this album may cause me to reconsider. Sure, the songs and sound are dated but listening to this album taking that into perspective, it was a decent listen.
Thought I'd like this one more based on the strength of the title song, but this turned out to just be a good rock album, not an amazing one.
Helt okidoki. Gammelmannsmusikk
Covers. Some good songs.
I imagine it was crazy hearing My Generation for the first time and then flipping the record to The Kids Are Alright during the 60’s. Knowing what The Who would go on to make later really diminishes the impact of this album. Most of it feels very derivative of similar acts at the time as they hadn’t fully established their sound yet.
There are some good songs here but a few of them never really get going, I'm surprised at the time when this came out and how relevant some of them stayed.
Aside from My Generation, this sounded like depressing Beach Boys.
This was a really interesting listen. As an album its sound is pretty chaotic, which is clearly part of the appeal. You can hear all of these different elements coming in that are foreshadowing the explosion of musical genres that is about to come. The drums and guitar are often madly experimental which is so fun to listen to but also a hint to the technical and stylistic developments that Townsend and Moon were pioneering. It’s wild to compare this to the music the Beatles were making at the time - sometimes you can see the similarities but other moments sound completely alien, like music from a parallel planet. That all being said, the quality is ropey in many ways. The lyricism is comically crap for a number of songs. My Generation stands out as this innovative gem in a sea of experimental chaos. Liked it, had fun, learned a lot. Will maybe return occasionally for the whole album but not going into regular rotation.
Hang on. Where's the anger and angst? This is generic 60's white-boy blues rock.
Unremarkable
i feel like i should know this album more than i do -- i vaguely recognize "my generation" even tho it seems like a very seminal song. dont hate it, not really loving it so far, cool 60s vibes for sure but not doing anything crazy for me not the biggest fan of like the blues-rock "I'm a Man" song at all lol -- ok that gets better when it gets to the ending jammy type part. i think i just have something anti-that type of chorus kinda fun jammy thing at the end with "the ox"
Re-listenend. Still as good as the first time.
3.5 - Ok but would not be top choice
One or two good tracks, the covers sound alright but not as good as their originals. 4 more The Who albums to go...
Not the Who's best but very good. A glimpse of things and albums to come.
3.5
The songs I like I like a lot but some songs are kind of water. Solid 3.5
Much like the other 3 big british invasion bands (The WifeBeaters, rolling rock, and the fetishes), the who really hit their stride in the latter half of the 60’s, a few albums into their career. Interesting hearing the roots of greatness here though. Moon and entwistle, often considered some of the GOATs of drum and bass respectively, are not quite as virtuousic as they would be in the years to come. Also, seems like a weird decision to not include can’t explain on the standard track listing??
Enjoyable garage rock album. I had heard some of these songs before but not the whole album. Pretty fun and definitely worth listening to.
很有年代感。。。
I think this will forever be the album that perfectly captures that gap in life between graduating high school and becoming a functional adult (a dangerous void from which some never return). The vibe reminds me a lot of what you get from the Scott Pilgrim movies/comics/animated series. An undeserved sense of competence matched with an earnest humanity
Fun album, high on the strut-ability index
I've listened to Tommy and that one grabbed me more on my first listen, seems cool tho
This is fine. Not very memorable tbh
50/50, blues tracks kind of suck or are weird pastiche copycat nonsense, the more british invasion rock tracks are actually quite good and obviously the kids are alright and my generation are classic; the Ox is a surprisingly fun closer and sort of interesting given where they'd go in the future
Reminiscent of The Beatles around the same era, just before their best albums. Not bad but also not particularly striking.
Nothing special
This is really fun, a little bit less pop version of the Beatles classic rock sound. It feels like young American summer life in the late sixties, which is weird to say of a band that is British I think. Still, can't fault a classic sound. Favorite song is please please please.
Ok
This is a very pop sounding album. I've never really listen to The Who but I always thought that they were more rock. Either way, this is a good set of songs. I wouldn't turn it off if these songs popped up on a playlist.
Nice album like the tital song rest was kinda meh tho the final couple tracks were good
Opzich wel oke, paar leuke hitjes maar niet allemaal knallers
It’s fine
Damn, Isley Brothers and Sam Cooke. The song My Generation is cool
It's giving The Beatles vibes. Some songs are pretty cool. "I Don't Mind" was my favorite.
The Who still hasn't quite grabbed me, but this is still a good listen. There's a lot of youthful energy the performances, attitude, and rougher production. The title track especially exemplifies these qualities.
Maybe felt revolutionary at the time, but 60 years on seems pretty standard 60s fare
meh
Eh. Wasn't as impressed as I expected to be actually. I'd give it another go, but as an overall album I wasn't grabbed. Was distracted a bit though
Really great album, enjoyed it more than I thought I would. One thing this generator has been introducing me to is a lot of old school mono mixes. Added 2 skipped 1.
Nonce
This must have blown their socks off in 1965
#23. Not The Who's best album, but a pretty solid debut to be sure. 3/5: acceptable
Classic. Not necessarily my cup of tea, but it was good.
I like this burgeoning sound of a harder rock to come later on Similar to the stones before they went to America.
Big cup of meh.
3.5 der er kun en virkelig banger, ikke?
Tiene temas buenos y otros que mhe
Out in the Street: Are songs like this really any better or worth lauding over those of the American bluesmen from whom Pete Townshend took his inspiration? I Don't Mind: Similar question here - are these 20-year-old Brits doing anything other than emulation when they choose to record a James Brown song? The Good's Gone: This one is really interesting and gets away from the blues-worship of the first two songs, really more like something you might hear from a 80's alternative rock band. Wikipedia says it was inspired by a Kinks song - that group being the true geniuses of the British Invasion era. La-La-La-Lies: Would've been better with some Beach Boys-style harmonies and backing vocals. Much To Much: Nothing much to say about this one - a solid but forgettable little pop song. My Generation: Now here is something original, utilizing call-and-response vocals and a blues song structure, but speeding it up and adding a lot of attitude. The Kids Are Alright: Very Beatles-y to me, and definitely my favorite song on the album. Please, Please, Please: Great song, totally superfluous recording. It's Not True: Another Beatles-esque composition, but The Who play it with so much more reckless energy than the tightly-managed Liverpudlians ever would. I'm A Man: The vocal affect is pretty embarrassing, but I like I do feel like the band had an idea that drove the recording of this Bo Diddley song, unlike the other covers on this record. A Legal Matter: This song is great, even if Townshend is not much of a singer at this point. The Ox: More Americana, this time in the form of a surf rock instrumental. Strange way to end the album, but these are early days in the development of the format's conventions.
The Good's Gone is amazing. The covers are reminiscent of more punky beatles early covers. It’s not true is great as well- bass sound is amazing. Entwhistle is underrated. The Ox is a true highlight
3/5 -B
I mostly listened to the mono version since that's the one that's linked, and quick search suggests it's the authentic version. It's weird, there are some songs here that hardly feel like "rock" because I'm poisoned by being aware of really hard rock. But when I look for a genre to label this, I definitely feel like it's quintessential rock. Definitely interesting that "My Generation" is from their first album. Definitely a song that's so famous I can sing it just from hearing the title. The album is a lot cleaner and jazz/blues-ier than I assume when I think of The Who. It could almost be confused with a Beatles album for a few bits - just with a little more guitar solos. I feel like the drum set The Who uses is very iconic - idk what it is about the drums, maybe they're flatter than normal, or have less bass drum or something? But compared to some newer music, it's nice for the drums to be busy, but not noisy - you can hear what's happening still. There's a lot more "Beach Boys" harmony than I would have expected - although there is some in the most famous Who songs so I should expect it. I don't hear a lot of this harmony in the music I typically listen to, but I really like it. It gets slightly noisy at certain parts, but not in a bad way. (Eventually it got to be a bit too noisy.) The Ox is pretty neat - seems like no lyrics, basically like a jam session. The end of the album got a little bit noisy to me, but might have been related to my mood rather than the actual music. Actually it's the horns, like the mellophones or some thing, they're not great imo.
Was ok
While there were a couple of standout moments (My Generation, I'm a Man), the majority of the songs sound very similar.
Not really my taste, but not bad I guess
The Who is nice
A few great classic rock tracks, but the album, as a whole, lacked the coherence and flow of of some of its better-known and respected contemporaries.
This is good. Except even for 65 it sounds like it was recorded through a payphone
Great summer car trip album. Appreciate the stripped-back production of oldies. Not for me.
pretty solid debut effort, got samey to me after a while. I don't know that I will return to it necessarily. Sounded like the Beatles.
It's fine, The Who's fine. But nothing more. Fight me.
I grew up listening to a lot of The Who's stuff from the 70's (my dad was a fan), but for some reason never heard their stuff from their earlier years. As a huge fan of garage rock revival, it was so fun to listen to this album! Songs that stood out to me upon 1st listen: 3 - The Good's Gone; 5 - ; 6 - Much Too Much; 7 - My Generation; 8 - The Kids Are Alright; 12 - The Ox Would I revisit this album: Maybe!
It doesn’t quite sound like The Who, but instead like a band trying to figure out their sound and borrowing from what’s popular. There are some obviously iconic tracks and I think what makes them iconic is that they sound uniquely like The Who, but the other tracks are more easily forgotten and would be better served as part of a “Best of the 60s” compilation than an original album by a band.
It’s really hard to judge this album knowing how much “better” their later albums got. The direct “theft” of trad blues music is more obvious here anyway. I can’t say I enjoyed most of it and the Shout cover was particularly hard to enjoy.
I warmed up to it
OK, its the who
I thought this album rocked more than it did before listening back. Didn't realize how much the Who sounded like the Beatles in their early days
Good listen. few songs that i really enjoyed
Solid
Está bueno, pero soy de otra generación. No me encantó pero estuvo bueno.
I Don’t Mind // My Generation //
Solid album. More of that 60’s style sound than I really remember from the who.
I Don't Mind My Generation The Kids Are Alright
Couple of bangers and definitely influential, by and large too repetitive for easy listening in my opinion. Not crazy about the vocals in early British rock although I liked the bluesy ones
Not my style, but it wasn't bad
Solid album I enjoyed it
Know the single, not the album at all. It was okay overall. The songs were catchy and pretty good, but not my style and couldn't grab me emotionally like many others. Considering this is the debut, I'd say a very strong start and the Singles went out with a bang. The Ox is a great closer.
Yes, The Who played a part in hard rock and punk (see their Live at Leeds performance, for example), but this album is mostly significant for historical purposes. And that matters some, but it doesn't carry this album far enough. 3 stars.
мало послушала, поняла ролики что совсем по-другому ху представляла
i hate this band but this album isn’t bad
I like this album a lot, reminds me a bit of the clash
Title track is an all timer, but the rest of the album is too basic, too garagey compared to what The Who would do later. Big Sam Cooke influence in the vocals, more than I’ve heard on other albums by the band.
alt album din anii 60..:) îmi dau seama că perioada asta nu e preferata mea, dar o pot aprecia. nu prea am ce să spun despre album, e ok. cel mai mult mi-au plăcut my generation și a legal matter, iar la the ox e clar că a influențat multă muzică care a urmat
Bom.
A few mid songs. Some good ones
Het debuutalbum van The Who! Nog nooit een nummer van hun gehoord denk ik zo. Maar tot nu toe(3 nummers in) prima album! Niet pure rock tot nu toe, vrij veel blues invloeden waar ik toch een beetje een sucker voor ben. Goede chapsels ook op de cover, altijd belangrijk. Het voelt heeeeeel erg als The Beatles, gebaseerd op de nummers van The Beatles die ik ken. La-La-La-Lies helemaal, als je mij verteld had dat dit The Beatles was, dan had ik je ook geloofd. My Generation, de titelsong en grote hit van het album vind ik wel een prettig rock nummer! En het is niet eens bluesey, nieuwe smaak, who dis? I'm a man, het riffje wat we ook hebben gehoord op Muddy Waters! Hoe vaak denk je dat het terug gaat komen? All in all, echt een prima te verteren rock album. Heel erg Beatles vibes, dus als dit een voorbode is voor alle Beatles albums dan komen er nog veel 3 sterren aan. FAVO: I don't mind, My generation, It's not true
Natuurlijk, The Who kan niet ontbreken op dit lijstje (*zucht*). Brits? Check Rock? Check Klinkt op zich wel goed, minder standaard rock/hard-rock die we vaak horen tot nu toe. Misschien omdat het uit een ander tijdperk komt? Volgens mij is dit wel behoorlijk stevig voor de jaren 60. Zeker als ik mijn beperkte Beatles kennis hiernaast leg. Flinke blues invloeden te horen, met een paar bijna pure blues nummers voor mijn gevoel. Favorieten: I Don't Mind, The Ox
Classic Rock and Roll.
Sounds tame by modern standards, but it's got the same proto-punk energy as The Kingsmen. Bit of a hotch-potch but very listenable.
Early Who. Very garage rock inspired. Really represents the mod scene that was happening in England in the mid 60s.
Decent stuff, but wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it. Really captures what I think must have been the energy of the era. I wasn't there, so who knows :)
My Generation is such an iconic song. It’s giving early Beatles vibes. I didn’t get to listen to it as much as I would’ve liked but still a solid album.
The Who is pretty unknown where I'm from. I know they were part of the big UK bands from the 60s British Invasion era, I know "My Generation" and some other hits (mainly because they were used in the CSI series). I like the sound, but it does seem pretty generic to me. From what I've read the band was still trying to find their own sound and it shows. My Generation is clearly the most outstanding one in terms of style, but the rest of the album is just ok and it would be difficult to discern it from other similar groups from the era. I also found it a bit cringeworthy when the vocalist pretends to be black at some of the tracks on the B side. The drummer is a beast though - there's plenty of creative stuff going on and a lot of fills which still do not distract from the rest of the music on the album. Not really something I'll be looking to go back to.
One of thoe all time favourite classic bands and albums, quintessential to music history. Fully recognizing the importance of it but just wasn't feeling it today.
OMG after listening to this album, I went through their most-played songs. They sang the original version of Behind Blue Eyes that Limp Bizkit remade, one of my favorite songs. It has been a while since I heard the janky, cheerful, upbeat piano and flawed unsynthesized music. This is such a lovely time when music feels real compared to what is produced these days- a combination of various electronic beeps
3 or 4 great songs with a lot of forgettable stuff including a blatant Kinks rip-off. The great songs are remarkably good though.
Nothing much to this album except My Generation which surprised me compared to their later works
High energy, listened to it while working
I too wish boomers had died before they got old!
Not my favorite The Who album but still a good one. It feels like a mix of Hollies and late Beatles.
solid rock debut, still some more work to do
Another intro album from a legendary band! They're definitely leaning more into their psychedelic and power pop roots here; they hadn't solidified their hard rock sound yet that they'd ultimately become more famous for. If you listen closely, though, you can hear elements of that sound. I think this is a good, worthy exploration because it shows the solid, talented roots of one of the top rock acts of all time, but ultimately, the music here is just okay.
🧙🏻♂️
Title track and ‘The Kids Are Alright’ are stand out tracks. The rest of the album had a few surprises, notably ‘The Ox’. A real mish-mash of styles on here but some lovely harmonies and hints of the bigger rock sounds that were to come later (and I prefer!)
Not trying to cause a big sensation…
3,5
Brilliant title song, rest a bit meh
I thought I would like it more.
S'fine
the only who album i know is who's next, and then also "who are you" from the album of the same name. surprised me seeing how popular the title track from this is. but this is pretty nice, good covers.
This is a difficult one to grade. It's a lot better than a lot of my 3's, but i'm not sure if it's interesting enough to be a 4. At this time, I have only really listened to the Who Best of, and Who's Next. I remember Who's Next being a lot better than this. But this album has the foundations of the band, I assumed, that they become. I like the briefness of the songs and the album in general, but the two better known songs 'My Generation' and 'The Kids Are Alright' stand out more than the rest quality wise. The bluesy balladness of 'I Don't Mind' is interesting and a highlight, with a couple of parts that remind me of She's So Heavy. I think many aspects of this album could grow on me with revisits, but I can't imagine revisiting it too often. It reminds me more of very early Beatles music, and I feel like by '65 they'd already moved on from this kind of thing, but the positives on this album outweigh the negative. I'm gonna say... HIGH THREE
This album is too straight for me but it's not bad
I like the who. This album, besides my generation and the kids are alright, was very... generic? I'd give the entire album a 2.5, and rounding up.
Not my fav band but I liked this more than Tommy
My generation is a cool song. The Who hasn't really been a band I've gotten into. There's some decent rock n roll here but nothing super special.
Not great, not terrible. First couple tracks were pretty solid and got me excited but most of the album is just standard mid-60s brit rock/pop. My Generation is the clear standout, also enjoyed the bluesy vocals on I'm A Man. Keith Moon's drumming stands out to me. I found the mixing was weird, turn up the piano (free piano!)
Early Who with almost all songs sounding the same. My Generation is obviously an all time classic but the rest of the album is filled with forgettable songs that are only fun to listen to because they recall the sound of the actual good sounds from the early days of the band. The opening track actually rips off the riff from Anyway Anywhere Anyhow, unless it actually predates it or something. Legal Matter is probably my least favourite moderately famous Who track.
Classic sounds, the title track stands out for me. Good not great.
First time listening to this album. It is interesting how much they grew out of the heavily Beatles influence in this album and created their own sound in later albums and in turn, go on to influence other bands that followed The Who.
Can you believe that the British media tried to turn mods into the devils of youth subculture once upon a time? Kids who look like THESE goobers, supposedly violent hooligans? British people are so fucking stupid. Anyway, it's alright, but just feels like a very undeveloped version of what a lot of bands would end up carrying with them into the 1970s-- The Who themselves included. The title track is fun as hell (and probably the reason it's on here), but the rest just feels overwhelmingly eh, despite how much energy it keeps trying to give me. A mod-ular 3/5.
Better than some of it's contemporaries. A bit of a harder edge. Outside of the title track and "The Kids are Alright" a pretty forgettable album. One wonders if without those songs it would be considered for this list.
En weer vier opgeschoten Britse knullen met een debuutalbum, deels gevuld met covers van de Amerikaanse zwarte voorbeelden. Het heeft nog minder pretentie dan Beatles of Stones, het gaat zo te horen meer om de lol en het bij tijd en wijle slopen van een gitaar of een hotelkamer. De muziek lijkt hier haast wel bijzaak, al zouden ze niet veel later de eerste 'rock-opera' op de planken brengen. Het titelnummer is sterk, de rest trekt niet echt de aandacht.
Kruising tussen de Stones (side one) en de Beatles (side two). Voor als je niet kon kiezen tussen die twee, kon je the Who kiezen, had je ze allebei. Oh ja, en dit is hun debuutalbum, extra sterretje!!!
Sketches of where they were going to go. A few real iconic songs.
For me it's like Aftermath - a few good singles and the rest is a band finding / building their classic sound. You do get a taste of later Pete guitar playing on the fills in Out in the Street. 3/5
Straight up British rock. Enjoyable, nothing mind blowing. My Generation does have an urgency that would not really be replicated for a few more years. Moon is the stand out here. He was fully cooked with his primal abandon even at this point. Townsend is neither the songwriter or force on guitar he would become. Daltrey eventually becomes one of the better rock singers but isn’t there yet. It’s funny, the apple blurb states the band didn’t like it much, feeling it was rushed which may be some of its charm. In reality, except for a few exceptions (Who’s Next), The Who are a band I like on paper more than I do in reality. Almost every album feels like it is lacking compared to the various compilations or their live sound which gets at that unhinged urgency of My Generation or It’s Not True. It does its job well though and they are a competent enough band.
I would sum this up as a couple of poignant tracks (My Generation, The Kids Are Alright) mixed in with some half rate James Brown covers and then a bunch of average filler. This early in their career, the Who were really just a singles band. Given the year of its release, I would say it’s “heaviness” is somewhat revolutionary, but overall I think this one has been vastly overrated.
The Who's debut album is lopsided. They definitely were the loudest, heaviest band at the time (or at least the loudest that I know of), but they were still playing off of 60s RnB, blues, and pop, and they weren't great with those types of songs. The vocal harmonies are particularly rough; Roger Daltrey sounds great, but Townshend and Entwistle's backing vocals don't sound so good and don't sit well in the mix, title track excepted. Still, there's enough here that's worth a listen, but just barely.
Yeah look... I liked it more than "Who's Next", but I'm still not feeling The Who all that much. It's garlic and onions being browned in a pan. An essential base, and a wonderful smell, but I don't enjoy eating them as they are.
Almost a 4, but some parts have really aged, otherwise, rock-y fun! Standout Tracks - I Don't Mind - A Legal Matter - Instant Party
nothing really special but I enjoyed it
Decent album. "My Generation" is a classic, as is "The Kids Are Alright." 3.5 stars.
Not my favourite Who songs on this one, but it's still a pretty great album.
Never listened to this album in full before. It was enjoyable, and a strong debut album, though I prefer the band’s later music.
So unlike where they ended up, it’s strange to listen to. Beatles influence and 50’s bubblegum rock. A few songs hint at the good things to come.
It was non eventful.
A little different for a Who album. Seems like some more experimentation and guest artists. It was all kind of middle of the road for me though.
I love the title track.
мне не понравилось
I’d say this album is one of the early punk albums. Good stuff. But not the best who.
Helt okej. Slop trummor
Good!
Was ok not my favorite WHO music sounded kinda like they ripped the vinyl.
I liked a few of the songs. Like most of the stuff I've heard from The Who, their albums have some great songs and some easily skippable stuff.
A better version of the beatles? And I don’t even rate the beatles that high
Cool
Literally only know this band from the song "Baba O'Riley" They definitely get bonus points for being an English band that doesn't sound English. This has "My Generation" on it so at the very least it is a 3. I don't have a whole lot to say about this album. It's pretty generic rock at this point. At the time it was probably very influential. 3/5
Before I checked the year this was released, I was thinking it sounds like mid-career Beatles (Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver era). It turns out I was correct, since this came out in 1965. I liked it, but I prefer their later stuff. I was mostly distracted the whole time thinking about how much they sounded like a Beatles knock off.
Siempre pensé que eran más heavy pero ahora que los conozco son más cute que Hello Kitty. Me gusta.
The Who is classic, but just not my favorite of the 60s classic rock bands. It's a good album just not my favorite from the era.
Classic rock, there are some decent tunes on there but I wouldn't be revisiting much
Deed me aan the beatles in het begin denken, maar dan vind ik thee beatles beter
Had vroeger, zoals iedere chick een band shirt had, een shirt van The Who maar natuurlijk nog nooit iets daarvan geluisterd. Had niet verwacht dat ik het echt best wel leuk vond en vond het zo niet klinken als 1965??
Hou van het muddy/rauwe geluid op dit album. My Generation is natuurlijk een giga banger, maar de rest van het album valt hier en daar toch tegen. Ook voor z'n tijd met de punk achtige teksten en geluiden.
Two big classic and some great tracks as well. I just love that guitar tone.
much better when not literally trying to sound like black artists
Good, some catchy songs and a somewhat unique take on some songs
Encompassing the sound of 1965, but better awaits them
My Generation is a good song. The rest of this was meh. I understand why, per the Wikipedia, the band themselves weren’t a huge fan of this album. I certainly doubt that it’s their best work.
"My Generation" clearly the most popular, recognizable song on the album. I didn't particularly care for the rest of the songs; in fact, the album is too long; less can often be more. Otherwise very mid-to-late 60s sound. 7/10.
My Generation has always been a banger but I wasn't expecting as much honky-tonk ish sound from the rest of the album. I know the Beatles/Stones/Who drew heavily from blues but not my favorite sound
took me a couple songs to get into it but i liked a good amount of the second half. the only thing i knew about The Who before this was baba oreilly and this definitely wasn’t that
Like this one better than the who sell out. Less over the top with all the British stereotypes. More just a band making good music. Didn't know much about the who before, cool to know who they are better now
I was really interested in this as a historical document and getting to hear how The Who sounded at their début. Beyond that it’s not an album I find particularly distinctive, or one that I’d want to listen to again, besides the iconic title track.
The debut studio album from The Who...yes, I get why this album would appear on a list such as this. I was excited to give it a listen. The first track did grab my attention, but overall I was a bit disappointed. I guess it sounded a little unpolished or maybe it's just an immature The Who, I don't know exactly, but underwhelming for me.
I'm not a huge Who fan to begin with, so I wasn't too eager to listen to their debut album. But it was actually pretty decent, the pop rock cuts are pretty fiery, but when they dabble in like...r&b and soul sounds it's kinda cringe honestly. Still, not a bad record all around.
Liked it better than I anticipated. Typically can't really abide the Who, but this one seemed fairly un Who like. 3/5
So far it is unique for sure. Vaguely nice radio friendly harmonies and very "Beatles-like". However, the drums are layered, loud, and intense. Almost bring in some vibes of The Clash and Ramones before their time. The vocals are okay, they kind of blend together and the songs don't really pop or stand out. The exception being the title single which is definitely the most put together. Overall, it felt like a decent debut album but one that was a little rough around the edges compared to what they would accomplish later. 3/5
I change my opinion about The Who they don’t suck
*The Good’s Gone
A nice little introduction to the who, had some great moments for each of the instruments that let them shine and a sampling of what Rodger can do vocally through rock, blues, more of a pop rock and a proto punk with My generation.
Some good songs, some borderline offensive songs in terms of appropriating blues. Getting past the offensive parts, there is some radically different music here that pulls it away from the music of this era.
No strong feelings either way?
Ok
I don't think I've heard this full album before, solid
Best Song: The Ox. I found the sheer musicality (in particular the piano) really entertaining. Kind of would have preferred a whole album of this track. Worst Song: The Good's Gone. I never understand what compels a dynamic band like The Who to try such a monotonous song. Overall: Gotta say I expected more. It's fun enough, but it's mostly just fairly typical British rock without much unique to make it stand out. It's not unpleasant, but just a bit dull.
It was alright. A bit generic in sound across the board, but definitely very signature style of the era. If there is an album that really captures the early rock era of the UK, this would definitely be one of them.
J'ai envie de péter une guitare "The Kids are Alright" me frustre, à chaque fois je pense que c'est "All my loving" des Beatles et puis non ça existait pas lol "I'm a Man" a clairement la meilleure instru de l'album
Great debut album!
A little all over the place. When it hits, it's very good. Too much of it is Beatles lite and I don't care for the r&B covers at all.
The Who come out of the gate swinging and hit a respectable double. They’re not quite the titans of rock they’d become just a few years later, but they’re full of fire and clearly know their blues influences.
Solid proto-garage rock, the the blues numbers can be a bit meh. The hard-hitting instrumental closer is fun
Younger generations always think the old guard is trying to put them down. Older generations often don’t dig what they’re trying to say. The Boomers who wrote “My Generation” in 1965 thought the Silent and Greatest Generations just didn’t get them. Now those Boomers are trying to put Gen Z and Gen Alpha down, but the kids are alright and they wish the Boomers would just fade away. Well, ok, the kids aren’t totally alright. They’re addicted to smartphones and social media. But just like in 1965, they wish their parents and grandparents would step aside and take their outdated ideas, values, and traditions with them. Aside from the title track and “The Kids Are Alright,” The Who give off the impression that their generation didn’t have much of importance to say. Nothing else makes much of an impact, nothing else rises to the level of something their elders would try to put down. It's solid enough 60s power pop, but it’s not groundbreaking or culture-shifting. It was 1965, Beatlemania had already peaked, rock and roll was mainstream, and the Mods were into fashion and scooters. Gasp! Fashion and scooters!? Gramps just doesn’t get how cool your Vespa is? I do really like “My Generation” and “The Kids Are Alright,” though. I think a lot of my fondness for “The Kids Are Alright” comes from Pearl Jam covers, but The Who original is alright too.
From what I read, I’m underselling this album, but most of it sounds like pretty generic rock to me. La-La-La-Lies bugs me the most in this sense. My Generation (song) is an exception of course. It is loud, distorted, and obnoxious, and fabulously genre breaking. The same goes for The Ox, which even as an instrumental piece sounds like a Hendrix precursor.
Rock pek dinlemediğim için çoğu şarkı bana fazla gürültülü geliyor (bass ğ) ama bazıları sarmıyor değil. Katmanlı da hani, arada sırada arkadaki enstrümanlara odaklanması da hoş, zaten çoğu şarkıda kısa bir nakarat tekrarıyla halledilmiş. Birkaç Şarkı: La-La-La Lies -> Hem melodisi hoş hem lyrics OLEY + nakarat kısmı çok güzel 'lalalalalalalieees' My generation -> başım ağrıdı nolur nolur dur artık (albümün hiti buymuş imdat) It's not true -> yine playful tekrarlar var, sırf o yüzden sardı The Good's gone -> not bad tbh Overall(6/10) Notability (5/10) Lyrics(5/10) Harmony(6/10) Cohesiveness(9/10) P.S. Albümün kapağı birisi Birmingham'dan k-pop grubu toplamaya çalışmış gibi
An okay album, with some out of time vocals & drums.
They're fine, and I won't turn them off, but I won't turn them on.
Definitely an interesting album with a lot of different styles, some I liked more than others. Less about the doo-wops but all about the songs carried by chunky heavy floor tom action.
Was really loving the first few songs and got excited, but then was mega let down by every song after my generation.
Generational wow. Couple of crackers but overall bit staid 60s!
Who's generation? Brexit baby boomers? 🤪 Still enjoy the hits, the rest didn't click with me as much.
It sounds like the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. Definitely not the Who I know: a lot more blatant influence of the blues and similarly arranged into standard repeated sections. They even said themselves it doesn't quite capture their sound or what their sound will become
Negated this to add Tommy and Who's Next? to the playlist.
not my favorite who album but I guess for the time it's okay
Een bekende band, maar ik ken er eigenlijk maar heel weinig van. Niet alles was briljant, maar toch best een leuk plaatje.
Niet veel mis mee maar ik had wat spannenders van the Who verwacht dan dit.
Leuk plaatje!
Not very exciting
It's 60s rock, you already know what it sounds like
The Who ei ole koskaan iskenyt erityisemmin, mutta onhan tämä menevää kamaa.
The songs aren't great, and some of them are a bit boring in how they're delivered. But there's a youthful authenticity to the whole thing, and my generation has never sounded better
It gave the Beatles, which surprised me considering the only music I’ve listened from The Who prior to this was you-know-what. It was solid, but nothing more than that. I will, however, be consistently returning to I Don’t Mind; that’s a pretty song.
Actually very surprised by the sound. It really showed the time period with a lot of 60s influence. With that said, a perfectly mid album, yet closer to a 6.5 out of 10 if we’re being specific. I think in later albums they decided they couldn’t be the Beatles so they switched up their sound a bit.
Definitely a high 3 for me. It’s always hard to get inside the mind of someone hearing this for the first time, and having their world changed. There are aspects of the sound that are just starting to get more progressive, for sure. The guitar tones in particular are starting to sound more biting, the drums more pushed and distorted (at times it feels like they’re literally pushing the recordings as hot as it can go). But for a listener today, this album feels like a point on the drive, a stop before the destination, for both harder music and The Who as a band. Still, I really enjoyed listening, and there are some catchy ones!
Its a great album in regards to the history of Rock & Roll, and as a recording engineer I recognize that the drive on the drums and guitar on a few of these cuts sounds amazing for mid-1960’s. However, to my ears its just not The Who’s best work. In particular I find the covers to be a bit bad. Really love some cuts (singles), but they still seem a bit buried in their pub rock mod phase, and their LP output hit higher heights years later.
Decent listen. Nothing special for me.
Where’s the book Pete?
Many great classics on the album. Listening to the entire album is a bit too much old school the Who rock for me though
Blues but LOUD!
It was pretty lit
3.5/5 Old Who albums just aren't as good as their later stuff. That being said, it is an excellent 60s Beatles-like album. Standouts: My Generation, The Kids are Alright I Don't Mind, The Good's Gone, La La La Lies, Much too Much, Please Please Please (The James Brown remake), Legal Matter
Not the revolutionary effect it used to have i guess.
good album. like loud early beatles. consistent album with an iconic song.
Good, but not great. The kids are all right and My generation are fab but the others are dispensable. It sits squarely in the ‘OK’ vein but for the classics that still resonate nearly 60 years later.
Decent debut album from the Who. My Generation and the Kids are Alright are the standouts
Doesn't really feel like they'd become The Who yet. 3/5
I loved The Who when I was a kid so it’s tough to rate, but if I’m gonna listen to British rock it’s gonna be Led Zeppelin or the stones. Some of these songs are nostalgic and cool. Not a big fan of the bo diddley cover.
This was a lot of fun to listen to. Some of these songs I know but I didn’t know they were by The Who.
The album is alright
2 standout singles and a lot of filler
I’ve never really understood how The Who got so big. I don’t mind some of the songs I’ve heard, but I’ve only really heard one song I’d consider to be good (Pinball Wizard). Despite this, I’m still interested to hear an album in full to see if I can try to grasp what it is that others love. Songs I already knew: My Generation Favourites: I Don’t Mind, The Kids Are Alright Unfortunately for me, I’m yet to really see what all the full is about. It’s not that there are any awful songs, but nothing really clicked with me. I found the vocals quite annoying a lot of the time - is Roger Daltrey considered a poor singer or is that a controversial opinion? As I’m sure you can tell, I’m not going to be rushing back to this album any time soon. It was mostly fine with occasional good bits, but there was nothing amazing to be found here.
I could hear The Who becoming more of The Who that they would become. This sounds trite when written out, but I stand by it. The beginning of the album sounded to me like a lot of other British invasion bands of the same era including The Beatles. After I had that thought I listened to Revolver, which came out the same year as this album and it was not the same at all. But I will leave that to talk about for when Revolver is our album of the day. Sneak preview- it is great. So for anyone who is offended, this does not sound anything like anything the Beatles ever did. I listened to this album (the mono version) in the car today with my nephew Max (Brave’s twin brother), who does not like music played loudly. So besides the songs ‘My Generation’ and ‘ The kids are all right’ I don’t remember which song was which and because I couldn’t listen to it very loud (and I had to pay attention to traffic) i wasn’t fully involved. I do remember that there was one very blues-y song and one that reminded me of the Old 97’s.
I really enjoyed digging in early Who with "The Who Sell Out." This one was not nearly as enjoyable. The hits saved this album from being a middling exploration of blues and early rock—in fact, they sound like they came from another era, a glimpse of where the band would be at its best. The rest of the material was sporadically interesting when there were moments that hearkened to brilliant musicianship and how the band would evolve, but I don't think I'll be queuing this up again. And what's with the aerial photo in the industrial chemical factory? It's a 2.something, but "My Generation" and "The Kids Are Alright" are bumping this up to a level 3.
A bit of a mixture this. Some iconic songs and a lot of pretty standard blues numbers. Some fantastic bass and drums and one of the great songs in the history of rock and roll. Curate's egg.
It's a big old rock and roll racket that lots of people like, I don't hate it but it's not in my all time top albums.
Of, course I like the classics, especially "The Kids Are All right" which has been one of my all-time fave Who songs. Overall, the album has lots of energy, kick and seems a bit sloppy, which could explain why critics revised their initial mediocre reviews after punk came along. I guess, that to capitalize on the success of the singles they needed to gather enough material for an LP quickly, so it makes sense to do a few blues and R&B standards, but the James Brown and Bow Didley covers are not up to par with those done by their peers, The Stones, for example.
Quite an audacious debut by these lads. Their heavy sound must have turned heads back in the mud 60s. My Generation is still an iconic song
The more I listen to The Who, the less I like them. I think I prefer them as a singles band rather than their albums, which have a lot of filler.
Ich werde in diesem Leben kein grosser The Who Fan. Solides Album, mehr aber nicht.
Same old same old. But still good.
I've not really purposefully listened to or dived into The Who's music before. It's nice to have a reason to listen! This is their debut album and you can feel that it was kind of rushed and thrown together and not a great representation of their live shows at the time. I really like that they did some covers of James Brown tracks and never knew that before, although not exactly on the level of writing your own stuff, I do appreciate a complete style-change cover. It's very classic rock and roll and reminds me of some of the early Beatles stuff which I love, especially It's Not True. I think I prefer their later work though which has more punch to it.
Not conflicted at all about this one. Tommy was soooo much better. Not sure why this is on the list. Most of the songs are a bit listless.
Two great songs and filler. The trade mark of the 60’s band!
Solid debut rock album from the Who
Enjoyed it much more than their later stuff.
201 million streams for one track, 7 million for another, but then none of the other 10 tracks get to 1 million (as of September 2022). Clearly dominated by the title track. Unfortunately I find Townshend's highly repetitive guitar work very very irritating which limits my ability to appreciate the Who, but then on this album there is not much to appreciate anyway. Some standard 60s pop songs, some highly derrivative blues and nothing more.
Mmyas
Good, but not my fav Who album.
Wow! What an loud album! Especially considering when it was released! There are a couple of doowop i flue ced teenage love songs that hasn't quite stood the test of time but the title track and the kids are alright makes up for that and then some.
Ahhh t'was grand sure. Nothing really grabbed me outside of the songs I already knew. 2.5/5
Good
Yeah nah.
Nah.
It was alright. Some weird random R&B cuts kinda threw me off but kept it interesting at the same time. 5/10