My Generation

They remind me alot of The Beatles. The songs I liked were My Generation, Anytime You Want Me, Shout and Shimmy, and Instant Party Mixture!

Nope

A little bit of Shoo wap shoo wap A little bit of Ooooo oooo oooo Oh they're doing it again... Oh... there they go again! And again... Then i realized I was listening to the deluxe version, and theres an hour and 20 minutes to go 🫠 Its not bad music, its just sooooo repetitive. Like out of any other repetitive album on here, this was the worst yet. There were some good songs! Maybe had I not listened to the deluxe version i would have given it a 3. But this was honestly hard to get through, I just did not care after I hit like 6 songs in. Favorites being: My Generation, Bald Headed Woman (only on the deluxe version for some reason??) I guess it sounded too different than the other 12 songs so it was shoved into the deluxe... 5/10 but 2.5 stars cause it pissed me off, so I rounded down.

My Generation in GOAT territory, otherwise the rest is okay. Mid 2s.

meh!

Sure Saved a song: N RYM: N

Not really my thing. Songs generally landed somewhere between "dollar store Beatles" and "basically OK."

The title track is pretty good. The rest of the album felt generic.

This album is like your English teacher telling you to write a short story in class. The only advice he gives is to write from experience, because it is hard to make a lie sound conceivable. “Fuck that guy!” you think to yourself, as you write a love story set against the backdrop of the Korean War. You’re a 14 year old virgin and the Korean War ended 30 years before you were born, but that’s not gonna stop you from writing a banger of a story. Turns out he was right. Your story had no soul.

I thought I would like The Who more. But this is kinda boring.

Not great. Another album with way too many songs about girls. Only one I really liked was the last song—an instrumental.

Meh. As I get older, I realize that most Who stuff doesn't do it for me.

The title track is good but that’s about it

IM SO DONE WITH BRITISH PEOPLE

Hodgepodge

Dat de titelsong een speciaal nummer is, proto-proto-punk in 1965, en vandaag de dag nog steeds een moderne gangmaker, wordt bevestigd als je de rest van dit debuutalbum hoort. De rest grossiert in middelmaat. De James Brown-covers zijn wel grappig, maar niet iets wat al die andere bands uit de British Invasion niet deden. 'The Kids Are Alright' is catchy, iets wat je over veel andere songs niet kan zeggen. De catchy hits uit de pen van Pete Townshend zouden eind jaren 60 furore maken. 5,5/10 Highlights: My Generation The Kids Are Alright

Top track: The Kids Are Alright

Alright. Not for me. 2/5

Not from my g-g-g-g-generation, and I d-d-d-d-don't vibe with it. It's from the 60's and it sounds like it. 2 stars.

I'm sure this slapped when it came out, but has since aged like milk

You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar, (Inside, outside, U.S.A.) Ventura County line, (Inside, outside, U.S.A.) Santa Cruz and Trestles, (Inside, outside, U.S.A.) Australia's Narrabeen, (Inside, outside, U.S.A.) All over Manhattan, (Inside, outside, U.S.A.) And down Doheny Way, (Inside, outside) Everybody's gone surfin', Surfin' U.S.A

Boring rock n' roll. Nothing terrible here, but nothing really interesting either. 2.5 rounding douwn

ONE AND A HALF HORUS I COULD NOT DO IT

Some have aged worse, but it doesn't hold a candle to what they'd do later.

Good. Not great. I think maybe there is too much Who on this list and this is the one that could have been left off.

I don’t know why but I really don’t care for the Who. Maybe I’m just seeing them from too modern of a perspective but they sound like the most vanilla version of British rock to me.

Hasn't aged at all well. A mix of silly pop songs and white boys trying to sing the blues.

Greasy diner jukebox-core. 🥤🍔

a rough debut

Would LOVE to see a 2025 update of this "generation" lmaooo

If only they knew the horrors their generation would wreak upon the world. Mostly white boy blues here with some hint of their more sophisticated work to come.

All the songs sound the same what the hell man. Damn, it's even worse on the second listen.

It's completely fine. Revolutionary at the time, classic and certainly less interesting than it once was now. Entwistle's still one of the best bassists to bass

hard to believe but it's another who album.

*1965. *It was fine. *35 minutes. Listened twice and didn't even realize it started over. *Forgettable, but not bad. RATING - 6/10

Listening to the mono version --Out in the Street...a little r&b here --I Don't Mind...James Brown cover. I'd prefer Brown --The Good's Gone...just kind of drones on --La-La-La-Lies...Entwistle is doing cool stuff and there are interesting harmonies but overall this is just okay --Much Too Much...I usually like Daltry's voice but he isn't doing it for me on this album --My Generation...I can see why this is the big hit, finally feels like each band member is firing on all cylinders --The Kids Are Alright...I like the song but the recording's a little muddy. Probably been cleaned up for remasters --Please Please Please...Another straight James Brown cover. Daltry's great but he can't touch Brown at Brown's own game --I'm a Man...now we're doing Bo Diddley? The Wikipedia article about this album claims that when it was first released, it received criticism for being a "rush job". I have to agree based on the current listen --A Legal Matter...Townshend takes over lead vocals. I like this one. It kicks and feels more like where the band would eventually end up --The Ox...a jam to close things out. It's fine. Nicky Hopkins on the keys is fun

Mid

Chair

DNF

The Who at their best. 2.5

I'm a tad disappointed. This nice bluesy, 60s sound that the British did is nice. I'm A Man is a nice cover. My Generation is a classic song but rest is meh to good. 2.5.

Much like most of The Who albums in this collection, I've never heard anything from this aside from their megahits (which I think is only "My generation" and the Beatles-esque "The kids are alright", despite that there were at least two other singles from this album). It's really interesting to hear how...generic...most of their songs are on this album; clearly they were still honing their distinctive sound and style, although Daltry's voice is always pretty distinctive, and a few tracks like "The good's gone", "My generation" and "A legal matter" have hints of more mature Who sounds (plus awesome drumming on "The ox"). I also hadn't realized how much they hued to R&B in their early years, including some pretty painful covers. I know it's their debut album, and I know it's hard to place an album in its context nearly 80 years later, but I don't really see much other reason to include this album in this collection, frankly (despite Christgau claiming that it's "the hardest rock in history").

2/3

Aside from ‘my generation’ and ‘the kids are alright’ this is just a bit meh. Far from their best and nothing that really raises them above everything else.

I am yet to remain convinced that The Who are not massively overrated. This album did nothing to change that opinion. Clearly “My Generation” is the standout track, and all of the others barely registered with me. Kudos to them for having short songs, though.

meh, it would have been fun and upbeat if most of it weren't so deeply associated with tv commercial background music.

Bleh

Didn’t listen

Love the Who but wished the album would have been much better!

If your father has a British bulldog tattooed on his bicep and owns/has owned a Staffordshire Bull Terrier then you can bet that he fucking loves The Who. What is a Mod anyway? I don't know and I don't care; what I do know is that this is pub rock for perverts (I'm looking at you, Pete Townsend). I read once that Pete Townsend had to ask Roger Daltrey to stop beating him up after shows. Daltrey shouldn't have listened. Look, I liked The Who when I was a kid and didn't really know better. The problem is that there were so many superior bands in the 60s doing the same music, but better. The only decent track on this record is "The Kids are Alright" and that's only because a fairly decent movie borrowed it for its title. Anyway, today is a new day.

I already didn't like "My Generation" at all.But then the horrible cover of I'm a Man was an unpleasant surprise.

no, just no. 2 stars

The Who are like the one band of "classic rock" canon that I just never vibed with. I never outright hated them, but I'd rather listen to Zeppelin, The Stones, The Beatles or even Bad Company over this any day. Plus, the James Brown and Bo Diddley covers on this thing are laughably bad.

2/3

you know what, maybe I'm just not a fan of British hard rock, and that's okay. can't love everything!

asked Thought it was a bit better than Who's Next at first, the ending songs almost made me do the irreversible

Not really my thing

Sounds like four English lads having a toss-about with black american blues & r&b. Influential for those who missed out on the original source code but I maintain, the WHO had some great tunes but are overrated.

The Who gets the 2

I mean whatever. Not my cup of tea.

One or two good tracks but a lot of poor ones. Interesting to see how they started

Nice music. Great production. Not my type

The who is not really scratching that 60s rock itch for me. My generation is good, but mostly because it was kinda one of those first stutter songs. Other than that it was forgettable.

I hope I die before I get old, and start believing in fundamentally racist and obvious dogma regarding international trade relationships

pior que eu acho o baixo desse álbum mto bom, como um todo mas ROCK dá não

Not as heavy and raucous as the reviews would have you believe. The tracks all sound thin, and the songs are all pretty generic in form.

Only song that caught my attention was the title track

This shit really makes you appreciate the Beatles my god

Idk all the songs sound the same. Considering what literally every other band was doing in the mid sixties, this is shit

Not their best. Not great. 5/10

This overstays its welcome about halfway through. Way too long for what it is.

2 stars not cause it’s bad, it just doesn’t need to be on this list. Nobody needs to hear this

I've always thought of the Who as a good band despite rarely listening to them, but good lord this was one of the dullest albums I have encountered on this list. It almost put me to sleep on my drive home. Fortunately, the Who have other material which I enjoy more. And fortunately for this album, there was nothing outright bad about it. I will likely never listen to it again before I die, though. Favorite track: title track

No comment. Not good or bad. Just didn't elicited any emotion within me at all. Like plain oatmeal.

Knowing The Who would later cover Heat Wave by Holland-Dozier-Holland, it was disappointing that their debut album didn't open with a cover of Out in the Street by the Shangri-las. For all the dexterity of Moon and Entwhistle, their versions of two James Brown songs would see the band docked wages. The quality of not quite being able to pull-off popular black music overhangs the whole album, much as it does on the early Beatles records. Smokey Robinson is present, even when his writing credit isn't. And, yet, the funk, Motown, and Brill Building impulse is a good one to follow. The Who might go on to be a stadium rock band, but they are a pop group at heart, benefiting here from immediacy and absence of grandiosity. Still, The Ox sounds the most like them having actual fun, rather than just recording fun to sell. That's the trap into which they fall over and over, I think, not quite art, not quite product. Nothing from Moon is intentional, nothing from Townsend is instinctual. As on Exile on Main Street, which we've already discussed, Nicky Hopkins is the star of the piece and far too frequently buried. 2 As you may remember, many years ago I offended a friend of ours with disparaging comments about The Who, a favourite band of his. I don’t recall the comments I made but they were offensive enough that the gentleman brought them up the next day presumably having been much bothered by them in the interim. This was terrible to me and I apologised…I think (I hope). I then resolved never again to risk hurt to anyone by verbal attacks on the music that they held dear. Such an attack, as I should have understood better loving much music so dearly myself, far from being a challenge to some abstract philosophical principle is really a sort of assault on the heart and the mind of another person and is plainly bad behaviour. If that particular resolution outlived even a couple of hours I‘d be very surprised; I still haven’t expelled that compulsion from my personality all these years later. However, I did make another resolution at the same time; at some point I would give The Who a fair spin. Because I hadn’t. I knew some of Tommy and a handful of the hits. That‘s not a just basis for slagging off a classic and beloved band to a fan’s face. Well I hadn’t got back to that resolution before this weekend so here we go now. The Who. First album. My Generation. Fair spin. *I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot/ so then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot I will spue thee out of my mouth (Revelation 3: 15-16 KJV)* As John the Revelator points out, the reason God doesn’t like The Who, is that they art lukewarm. Not playful or witty or weird enough to be good pop music. Too orderly and commercially deliberate (and not weird enough) to be good rock music. When I say ‘not weird enough’ of course I clarify that I am referring to the music, lest the voices of The Who’s supporters clamour in defence of notable paedophile-researcher Pete Townshend. If ‘pop’ and ‘rock’ are slightly anachronistic stools to set either side of an album that came out in 1965 I will say that this describes my essential problem with all the music, mostly from the 1970s, I have encountered by this cursèd band. Daltrey’s singing is a key problem. He was blessed with an edgy, powerful voice but he can only use it to utterly banal effect. There is a cleanliness and precision of delivery about it that speaks of deep-set squaredom. There is no accent, no character, and no drama in his voice; save when he is imitating other singers and when he does that, on Please, Please, Please and I’m a Man, it is excruciating. Moon puts so much into every song that he puts in nothing at all. He is a party trick. A great drummer who never does great drumming. Pete Townshend’s guitar playing…ugh. I am going to stop talking about The Who in general now because this is too long but also because there will presumably be ample opportunity for that in future. There are bound to be another three or four Who albums at least in this list. The album is My Generation so let’s focus on its particular sins rather than the mark of Cain which all Who albums carry. There is a strain of chauvinism running through this album which is extremely distasteful. Opening your album - nay, your career - with what sounds like a rape threat letter from a stalker is a verifiably bad idea anyway but when Pete is on the front cover glowering in black like an alley-lurking strangler that the police helicopter has just found with a spotlight it is doubly so. Oddly this album was released exactly the same day as Rubber Soul - which finishes with Lennon’s horrifying paean to woman beating ‘Run for your life’. But the rest of Rubber Soul has the decency to be absolutely charming and wonderful. Not so My Generation. The album’s one attempt at procedural sweetness, ‘La La La Lies’ falls utterly flat amid a barrage of variations on ‘I’ve had you and now I’m away to have someone else because that’s the way I am baby’ [not an actual lyric] or ‘Just wanna keep doing all the dirty little things I do’ as throwaway pap ‘A Legal Matter’ puts it. There is a sense of musical manspreading throughout as well: Daltrey’s baseless vocal confidence; Moon’s witlessly virile drumming; Townshend’s guitar lines always relying on loudness and ignorance for memorability. Entwistle’s bass I really like; subtle, thoughtful - he presumably paid up his man dues on the front cover, Union flagged and thumbs in his belt like a Millwall fan ready to settle a 1-1 draw with a good old dust up with a few of you Berkshire Hunts. I’ve written too much. What I meant to say was My Generation is a very good song, although I don’t think the stuttering quite works - good idea but needed a singer with a bit of contempt in them to really sell it. The rest of the album is mostly dreadful. 2/5

It was ok but nothing special

Quite basic 60's pop music and the Bo Diddley cover of 'I'm a man' even sounds a bit silly sung by 21 year old Daltrey. Album closer The Ox sounds much better than the rest of the album and perhaps is a sign of what was to come for The Who.

I wanted to like this much much more but nope. Almost whole album just faded to background.

It sounds very much like what other contemporary rock bands did at the time and I prefer the latter recordings they've made. Especially their "Live At Leeds" is stunning. I feel like this album is on this list just because it has the track "My Generation" on it. Which is... not a good reason in my opinion. Retrospectively ranking this album this high, because it is the "forefather of punk and heavy metal" is just weak and lazy, it's just the first one that has a hint of what The Who was going towards, but that doesn't make this album any better.

Felt like a different band on each track. Maybe I'm discounting how early the album was but only the obvious two songs sounded like what came to be The Who, the rest were uninspiring

Like the beatles but less innovative

I was expecting more energy and more rambuctiousness similar to ‘My Generation’ but it all fell flat except for that track.

Don't really care for the vocals, cool that it inspired rock but this style is definitely not mines. 2

My immediate impression of this album was that it didn't sound like The Who I knew. Reading into a bit of its history, it didn't surprise me at all to learn it was mired by shitty band dynamics, the worst of the music industry, and the desire to chase the next Beatles-like hit. The Who has some great music - this isn't really that.

I remember my best friend's mom getting mad at us and telling us to shut off that song that was making fun of people with stutters. I always think of that when I hear this album. Otherwise, while there's flashes of what was to come, this album was too much of them trying to be the next Beatles. I think once they found their own sound later in the decade is when they really became something amazing.

boring except for the title track

1 or 2 cool songs. Otherwise forgettable.

i just dont care for this era of music

ibland beatles-esquet, ibland proto-altrock a la 00's, oftast (antagligen) banbrytande men ointressant för mig. (:

Blues vibe was there, but just background music. Long as hell and some of those later songs were super annoying

Songs were mostly ok, but a lot of it was repetitive. The Kids Are Alright was pretty good, of course. The rest of the album was meh. Best song: The Kids Are Alright

Άμουσο, βαρετό, δεν έχει να πει τίποτα. Κουραστικό και επαναληπτικό. Ποιότητα παραγωγής χωρίς αντίκρισμα στην σύγχρονη εποχή. Ο χρόνος είναι πολύτιμος για να τον σπατλάμε για να ακούμε να χτυπάνε κατσαρόλες μέσα σε γκαράζ και να γρατζουνάνε τις κιθάρες με τον χειρότερο τρόπο. Ανυπομονώ να τελειώσει. Άνευρα κομμάτια πλην του My Generation. Αποδεικνύεται από την ανισόρροπη ακροαματικότητα. Επιτέλους τελείωσε. Είχε λίγο ενδιαφέρον, αλλά ευτυχώς τελείωσε.

I had no idea My Generation was from 65. Huge song. A few other bangers but a few hit and miss songs as well. You can tell how iconic the album is though. Big influence for The Animals and The Stooges

Songs I enjoyed: Out In The Street My Generation The whole album gave me the vibe of Full House (the show) which I love. Still no songs I would prefer listening to again. I would listen to Money, Money, Money from Abba's Arrival album more hahaha.

Until this project started, I don't think I'd heard a complete British rock album from the 60's by anybody but the Beatles. I was mostly familiar with the hits. And it's become increasingly clear how much of it was influenced by blues. For this album, My Generation seems to be the least blues song on it, the one that feels the most unique. I guess that's why it stuck around. It's an okay album, but there weren't any songs that had any staying power outside of the already iconic title track.

ONE song out of 30! How on earth did they ever make it big? Don't get me wrong, I liked a lot of their stuff ... but man, this was tough to get through. In fact ... I didn't!

This was fine, nothing bad but also nothing all that interesting. 4/10

Sounds very dated, struggled to get through it, the track My Generation is a clear standout

Early Who were much more like other bands of the sixties, which in my opinion is an improvement. Still not that keen on them though.

Eh, it's not all that. I'm sure it hit differently back in the sixties, but I'm starting to think that The Who just isn't my thing.

Outside of a handful of their big hits I mostly find The Who tedious to listen to. Like, I get it. It’s just not really for me. 2.5/5

The Who had some good songs. I’ve yet to see evidence of a good album.

I really liked who's next but this just wasnt good, the song my generation was good but everything else...not so good.

It was ok, but not life-changing. I never was a huge The Who fan.

Very 60s, very Brit. Hard to believe My Generation is from 1965; this song, The Kids Are Alright, and A Legal Matter are somehow still holding up 60 years later. And then there’s The Ox showcasing Entwhistle playing base like a lead guitar. Got some goofy covers that sound like they’re trying too hard to make it to America. So I listened to both the UK version and US release (which is better because it’s shorter.) We had the ‘71 compilation album Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy at 4Ex which has the main hits off My Generation and some more listenable B cuts. Fortunately, The Who continued to improve from their debut through the early 80s. My Gen comes in at (2.5*s) Sorry baby.

I guess I didn't realize how much of the early The Who were basic R&B covers. I like quite a lot of The Who's catalog but this early debut album doesn't move the needle much for me. I get that they became a huge act but very little on My Generation (other than the title track maybe) did anything to stand out. This sounded like it could have been by pretty much any act from the 60s. The one thing I noted is that Roger Daltrey's range on his vocals is more than I would have expected from a 20 year old. His style has always seemed pretty consistent and dialed in so it was weird to hear some alternate songs with him crooning old blues hits. I want to give this higher marks for The Who's legacy, but at surface value I don't think My Generation is anything notable. It's a pretty run of the mill early rock album with mostly misses as opposed to hits. Not sure this was something I needed to hear before I died. 1.68 stars

This was fine I think. What stuck out most to me was the vocal performance, not necessarily in a good way. The delivery is kind of all over the place and seems to imitate other blues/folk artists that were popping in the US at the time. Just felt kinda inauthentic I guess.

This album is a little shit I'm not gonna lie.

The Boo! The band gets a lot better by the time of Tommy (hell, ‘Happy Jack’ and the second record are miles and miles and miles above this album). The debut doesn’t really hold up beyond the big hits, and overall, is plagued by too much imitation and a terrible cover of ‘I’m a Man’.

Didn't wow me.

It was ok. 2.5

no está mal pero not my mood, me aburrí un poco

I was looking forward to this one. I really had never listened to the whole album before, but it turned out to be just generic 60s stuff. The title track is great, of course, but just about everything else was entirely missable. Especially that cover of "I'm A Man". What the hell was that. 2.5 stars

It was okay

OK

Baby boomers singing about their generation is so ick.

Eh. My Generation was good tho

2.63

It's fine. My Generation is the highlight, the rest just kind of becomes background noise.

Cool but nothing exceptional

It's not for me. Didnt even finish it.

Bit better than the other Who album listened to so far but still not a fan. Lot of the lyrics have aged very badly. Kinda boring.

Eh they are going to be great but they aren’t yet. My Generation is an all timer and the other 40 tracks aren’t great

Overall the upbeat-ness was quite enjoyable but otherwise, apart from a few liked songs, this track list really didnt stick out or affect me in anyway and while not bad in any way was just generally a neutral listen. I could definitely have said more about this album but if I had to add one more thing I’d say all the instrumentation and melodies, while still not bad, got a bit generic.

I'm just not sure I am into British rock that much...?

It's alright, didn't love it. Less gritty than I expected based on title track which was interesting but no real standouts for me. Fave song: title track Least fave song: the good's gone Would I listen again: probably not but we'll see

Third Who record so far. Two more to go because there's FIVE on this thing for some reason. My big discovery from all this is that I don't actually like The Who much and thought I did for some reason. Like I somehow gaslit myself into thinking I did.

This was weird. It was nothing like what I expected it to sound like. Why was it like a range of different genres? One minute it was like proper 60s rock and roll, the next it was like The Beatles, the next it was like gravelly blues?! Did The Who get better over time?! Yeah not sure I liked this much.

Audio quality didn't seem great.

I'm relatively familiar with the Who, or at least their golden era. I generally find rock music of the 60's boring and this is no exception. The title track and "The Ox" are the only standout tracks. The others very much feel like a band trying to sound like other bands. A fair to middling first effort. It's comforting to know that the Who would eventually become a fantastic band.

It seemed good for the first couple songs but then you just wanted it to end quickly but it didn’t

I know they are an iconic band but this album felt all over the place. and just all over bland.

Just not really a fan of the who and this album is in no way innovative

Kinda meh to be honest.

Not a huge fan of The Who. This album has done nothing to shift my opinion. Always feel like if the world wasn’t mad for British music at the time then this band wouldn’t have got anywhere.

This is an ok album; there are elements that will make future Who good, but not quite there, maybe because I listened to the mono version. The cover makes me think of Oasis. 2* Highlights: my generation

Not awful but certainly nothing great

Feel like a hater lately. I'm a Who fan and man, this ain't it. Three KILLER tracks with My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, and The Ox. The rest is just half-baked poorly recorded who.

No doubt influential at the time - but I didn't really get into The Who, sounded like a slightly more hardcore version of the general 60s rock sound. All good though, apparently I have at least 4 more chances to see if I like them in this challenge !

okay. revolutionary i'm sure

I think I prefer the later Who rather than this Beatles-esque music. Hints of what was to come but on the whole not a great album compared to what else was around at the time.

The song My Generation is iconic. The rest was not something that hooked me that much.

Instrumentals are good but don’t love the vocals. Favorite/memorable songs: My Generation, Daddy Rolling Stone

3-4: zu rudimentär; wegweisend, jedoch klischeehafter 60er- Beat

probably the best album I've heard from them so far, but still kind of a slog

2. i did not freak with this

You can tell it was the Genesis and inspiration for a lot of other albums and bands. Otherwise wasn't my favorite and I think it suffers from the Seinfeld effect greatly

Eh

About as exciting as you'd expect for 1965. Honestly a snooze fest most of the time, the mixing and overall production on their first album is appalling. Puts you to sleep with the repetitive nature which is saying something as AC/DC are my favorite band. Songs are not even very long (roughly 2:40 on average) yet many of them seem to drag on. Can't be too critical though as it is their first album and band's first albums (at least up until the 90s or so) would always come out kind of meh. Bands just trying to put their name out not really having figured out their style yet. Check any of their later albums and you can see the difference in popularity

The debut. No overplayed CSI songs leading off. At least I don’t think. Was “Out in the Street” the opener for CSI: Des Moines? I mean this thing is ok. I like the loose garage rock, drums and echoed jangle guitars, but overall this puppy starts out fine. I accidentally had D.R.I in my queue. That was a change of pace. Not what I expected from the Who. I suppose the UK was obsessed with American soul and blues. This type of smoky bar, rich guy blues is not for me. This is cooler. Lyrics are mid. Man I expected to like this way more. It just sort of drones on. It sounds like a lame indie band from 2003 despite being almost 40 years old at that time. I suppose that’s ahead of its time isn’t it. Nahhh what is this? It’s so bubblegum. We’re going to prove you wrong!! Male cheerleader in an anime type of song. Is that a trope? I’ve seen almost zero anime. Anyway. Maybe I’ll start, so I can turn this song off. How did this get a record deal?? This is at least a little punk in some of the vocals but Jesus Christ. This is so sappy. I guess that’s what sells. And listen, I don’t sit here on first listen and decipher poetry, but these lyrics are bunk. Just predictable and bordering on satirical. And then my generation. This song rules. I don’t care that it’s over played. How does this fit in with the saccharine doo wop songs from the rest of this. I assume we’ll settle right into some more Perry Como/Pat Boone style bangers after this rad bass solo. Yeah we’re back. Hey at least the guys hitting on my girlfriend are my pals. I feel like this is also a big song for them. The madman on drums feels restrained for most of this. Nice fill section just to prove me wrong. This song is ok in places. I think I hate piano in blues. That’s what it is. It reminds me of white blues. This one is ok, but it’s so dated. Even for the time. What is that vocal line. Had to laugh. Yeah this one is meh. The Beatles? Oh no, it’s a hootenanny. Actually this one rules. The Beatles comparison is a good thing. The lyrics still have moments of weird over explanation that is just bizarre, but the tune is fun and the concept is better. The vocals sound rebellious, the guitar is cool. Buddy isn’t a dad murderer NOR is he part Chinese. Come on guys. Leave him alone. Blues cover//interpolation? Mannish boy performed at a junior high talent show. I kid. It’s not that bad. It’s also not that great. It’s middling. It’s a legal matter. I mean it’s a song about getting married. I’m surprised how decent it is. I think it’s more “modern”. Although, I could lose most if not all of the piano from this fuckin thing. Good god. Still, it was buried enough. Good song. Just a bunch of stuff goin on. Cool. Pass the “Ox”. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahahhaahahahahhahaaha. This is pretty cool. A bewildering album. I had (as always) lots of expectations on how this thing would sound and this sounded like none of them. A few good songs and a few songs that sound like they were written by teenagers (they were). A side note: “I Can’t Explain” is a single from the same time that is so good. Why isn’t that one on the album?? Anyway. This is middle of the road/slightly annoying album. Here’s my non-traditional .5 rating that gets rounded down. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: My Generation, It’s not True, A Legal Matter, The Ox.

This album was boring. I will probably get lectured by someone saying this album was important for its time. No one was doing this and that and blah blah blah. But I don't care. The songs were under averat best. I'm glad that I know the Who has some good record under their belt. This one just ain't it. Not for me. No sir. Some kind of cool guitar parts. Drumming isn't as good as Keith Moon's other stuff. Singing was bland.

I like the Who, but they were definitely still finding their way on their earliest albums. Best bit here is the title track, especially it's legendary ffff...ade away lyric, which is definitely a moment. In my opinion, they found their sound around 1967. By the early 70s Roger Daltry had developed one of the best rock voices out there, they'd embraced a bit of theatre, and they were great. But even with this hindsight, I didn't really rate this, it seemed to merge in with much 60s stuff and I can't think of much to say about it.

muy largo el album la verdad y a excepción de algunos temas no muy mi estilo

Budget brand Zeppelin. 2/5

I like The Who but this album didn't need to be over an hour long.

TBH, this album is full of fairly forgettable songs. I understand why the title track is the only one that gets any airplay, but I don't understand why this album ended up on this list... Although I do like how they use the refrain from that track as a leitmotif. "Much Too Much" sounds a lot like a worse version of "I Can See For Miles" from The Who Sell Out. I could have done without the "Mannish Boy" cover.

now i need to listen to the patti smith version of "my generation" 50 times in a row to cleanse my mind and heal my soul after enduring this slop. save me patti smith and john cale fav tracks: it's not true, the ox, a legal matter

Ughhhh i don’t wanna listen to this I don’t care about these guys at all. I listened to half of it but it’s not my fault their albums are so long

Wasn't my generation but i could see how people of said generation would enjoy. They way they did hoola hoops and what not

Eh

7/24 songs added to playlist Best song: La-La-La Lies

As with many bands, the single or most popular song on their first album is always the best while the other tracks in one ear and out the other. Though with hindsight, it is clear that The Who would be able to make entire albums worth of good songs, or projects I might be willing to go back to.

It’s a meh from me…already finding myself going, The Who was that I was listening to earlier today? Also it should be The Whom

Not really my speed. I actually enjoyed that one instrumental track!

Not very lyrically good.

Eh. One good song, but surprisingly not into the rest. Weird mix of sounds. Not for me.

My Generation is great but I definitely prefer their later stadium rock music. Not everyone's cup of tea but it is certainly distinctive. Much of this album simply fades away.

Honestly pretty underwhelming. The album just sounds a bit too dated to hold up and it's clear this album is from 1965. Obviously My Generation is a hit but that's about the only noteworthy thing on the album. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

If you told me this was a Kinks album I would believe you. Pop/R&B Who is not as good as Rock Who. I thought I liked the Who more than this but this is middling. This feels like the album someone told The Who they had to make and once it was a success they were able to explore their own sound.

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It was okay. Don't know if I'd listen to it again.

Accidentally listened to this twice

I have never liked the Who. This album did nothing to change that.

If this was 1001 tracks My Generation would be a 5 (as would The Kids Are Alright). The album mostly sounds like young men trying on too many jackets that don't fit.

Snooze fest

Honestly - 2 Stars just for the title track. The rest of the debut is pretty disjointed. This is the Who looking for a sound and recording tracks that the Kinks or the Stones would do better.

Rating: 5/10 Sounds pretty good, but is a huge rip-off of the Beatles. I am not a fan of this band but at least for other albums it seems like they have their own sound.

Do you know how whiny an album has to be to get an elder emo like me to go “what a sad sack bored this album was” Couple bright spots tho

I saw a summary/review of this album that called it something like "the hardest mod pop" anyone had done yet at the time, which made me smile a bit because I feel like I've met a few older men who consider The Who to be, like, the peak of what rock has to offer and I think they'd dislike hearing it called mod pop. I didn't actively dislike this but I didn't particularly like it either, and for some reason I was reminded that the Duff sisters, Hilary and Hailey I believe, covered "My Generation" but because it was a Disney venture they said "hope I don't die before I get old" which caused a mild kerfuffle with probably the same older gentlemen. I have no idea how I came to know this information, if it's even true. They don't really detail a lot of what people are saying about their generation, though, do they? Just that they're talking because this generation likes to hang around? They would have hated Twitter (I mean so do I but)

Couple of tunes. But they were run of the mill 60s otherwise. But all over the shop

I feel like this is where The Who most sounds like the Beatles in a good album but not a great album

Who? Just listen to the Beatles

My generation is a trickle song. The rest are ok in a 60s way

ну хз

My Generation, while showing signs of promise, comes off as a bit twee. Released in 1965, it serves as the band's debut, introducing them to the world with a blend of R&B, rock, and mod influences. Tracks like My Generation and The Kids Are Alright showcase the band's rebellious spirit and youthful energy. However, the album as a whole lacks the sonic depth and maturity that would later define The Who's sound. Despite its shortcomings, the album remains an important artifact of the British Invasion era, capturing a snapshot of The Who in their formative years. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 4 STAND OUT TRACK - My Generation

Not a fan of The Who overall and nothing here to change my mind. Middling 2 overall I think.

Not a huge fan of the opener, but album bounces back with "I Don't Mind." It's okay. I think I'm coming to find that I don't like 60's rock, ha.

Yeah, kinda memorable, but it is not in my window of appreciation. Driving, cleaning house and maybe hucking our rubbish background music.

I like the who but this is before they started doing much interesting. I can appreciate it for its historical importance but that's it.

Expected some good songs. Got very little.

Not a huge fan of the who, it was just kinda boring

I'm a big "The Who" fan but this felt pretty uninspired. Except for "My Generation" none of the hits was on here. It feels like they are still trying to find their sound and doing some lackluster covers. "My Generation" is a great song though.

пиздец одно и то же в каждой песне

Ei oikein sitä mun tyyppistä Whota. Aika Rolling Stones, Beatles ja blues tyyppistä. Parhaat" My Generation, The Kids Are Alright

Solid opener from the who..... They will go far. Point deducted for Peter Townsends search History.

Day65 - my generation is a classic song but the rest of the album is a lot of soul and blues covers. i want to give it more stars but i didn’t grow up listening to the who so they aren’t as important to me as the beatles or the stones

Cosplay of the blues. Generic and tacky with little soul. Not a fan.

A common talking point about music is the opinion that a band's older music is better and fans wish they would go back to that style and make music like that again. Apparently, that must not be true of The Who; this is just forgettable outside of the title track.

I like some songs from The Who, but they're certainly not on this album. Even their megahit "My Generation" is an annoying song.

It's grand

I don't mind The Who but prefer their slightly later stuff, this was pretty good in parts though

Meh

Mid. Decent for what it was

Don't feel like it's aged well.

Solid British blues, but to brash and lacking soul. Very repetitive also, not a classic to my ears.

I thought this album wasn’t that special. I can sort of see how it might have been revolutionary for its time. Not sure how something like this would be above the grounds that Hendrix or the Beatles were breaking at the time. 1.9

Didn't love it

Classic Rock jam band

I just. I didn’t like it. I was bored for most of it. I get the influence. It is an important album but I felt like it was just some “screw you dad” music of the people with mop top haircuts.

Too trebly and tinny. Loud for the era but not my favorite.

i respect the 60s period nostalgia some people will have experienced for this the likes of which we will never know of again as everything spontaneous and organic and beautiful in this world dies but its still largely crap

Not a fan

This is the most boomer album I've ever listened to. It's musically fine. It's just written and performed for people who existed 60 years who didn't die before they got old. They're all old now. And they own everything.

they can a two and a half minute song feel like a ten minute song. pretty mixed bag. The songs that are good, pretty great. the rest is rather meh to boring. 2.5

The drumming is full on. The song My Generation is a classic. This album is an interesting one to listen to. The songs are well-crafted and make you listen. Quite a lot of very heavy blues numbers. Informative as an insight to early Who. Not quite my personal cup of tea but worth a listen or two.

Too boring

Kan nooit hun beste album zijn, dit.

Eh. Not a who guy. Also there's a song on here where buddy talks about how he didn't kill his dad? uhhhhhhhhh

I recognize the title track but not much else.

It was fine.

Early The Who that feels more 50s pop and less 60s counterculture warhorse that they evolved into.

The virgin The Who vs. Chad the Beatles. Who har lavet nogle bangers men der er meget få på det her album

Didn't really listen through all the way

Classic rock and roll. Nothing stands out much as everything is so fundamental to what we expect from the genre. Not my cup of tea but foundational rock roll album

I just don't like The Who.

Not my favorite who's album. A couple of tracks are good, but I like the way the band evolved after this album better

Favorite track[s]: Please, Please, Please

I liked: Please Please Please The Ox

This hard rock the way mashed potatoes are a hard rock. I much prefer there later stuff. This album is bland

Yeah, it’s got ‘My Generation’ on it and that’s the highlight. Listening in 2023, the rest of the album sounds like a pretty formulaic list of R&B standards - but you can imagine the impact of hearing this as a Boomer teen in 1965. The lyrics to ‘I’m A Man’ & ‘A Legal Matter’ haven’t aged well either! There are better Who albums to come…

Sure I guess

This one is a bit jarring for me, it's not at all what I would have expected from The Who on their debut album. It's like they really don't know who they are, they just want to be famous so they've imitated a bunch of popular artists from the time; Beatles, Beach Boys, The Zombies, etc and called it their own. It's a bit too squeaky clean, preppy. Feels disingenuous and duplicitous somehow. My Generation is the one little nugget of burgeoning independent rock 'n' roll / punk gold in the dirty riverbed of pop+blues+rock fusion they're elbow deep panning. It's passable to listen to, but there's no cohesion. This does not give to the listener The Who in their best possible iteration, not by a long shot.

Not enough bangers

I could have died not hearing this one. But there were a couple song that I liked.

Varje låt är samma

Not a big fan of 60s rock. 2.5/5

I feel like my position on the Who hardens every day. I just don't think they're very good. The big songs (Generation and TKAA) are stand outs, but otherwise, it's extremely MOR. Apparently they were bad boys. Not for me, Clive.

2/5. The Who stuck in the Beatles Era. Only 1-2 good rock songs, My Generation and I’m a Man. Other than that, get ready to shimmy and dance your way through. Not the Who I like.

Boring, The Monkees are bettee

Too long

i'm learning about my personal musical tastes through this project. the early version of the who was not good, and i didn't enjoy it. some songs sounded like not-as-good beatles knockoffs, which makes sense considering its release in 1965. there was more of an original, garage sound on the first side. "my generation" is, clearly, the gem on the album. it slaps! i did find this an interesting listen; as the who's debut, my generation shows the origins of the band and their evolution towards rock music. outside of "my generation," there are few clues to show that the who would become the legendary rock band they are to this day.

Only familiar with the most famous and eponymous track on the album, the rest is an interesting mix of Blues and I guess an emerging rock sound, which must have been pioneering in 1965. Best tracks - My Generation, It's Not True and The Ox - a beast of an instrumental! Ok, not special a high 2

Generic, kinda reminds me of the doors

Deluxe edition has so many songs, and I don't know which ones are actually on the original, so this is pretty hard to rate

Gets a star for My Generation Gets a star for being anachronistic and inspiring grunge and hard rock. It sure as hell doesn’t sound like 1965. I’m sorry though; I can’t manage more than that. It just never stuck with me.

The Who just can’t compete in the 60’s bop sound. They didn’t get good until the 70’s

Was every British band of the 60's required to do a Beatles album before they were allowed to have a style. And this IS NOT psychedelic!!!! in any way. Why do these albums have that genre indication?

Never been a big fan of the Who. I get the cultural significance, but meh. Baba orielly is incredible.

Sounds to me like on The Who's debut album was an attempt to emulate the Beatles. I'm glad they found their own sound later.

5/10

It was fine. Don’t think I’d ever listen again

loud and bad quality. they're too happy. same problem i have with the beatles instant party

Hard Rock ja Psychedelic Rock album. sellaista luvattiin.. luvattiin myös ykköstä Bröö tästä muista paskaakaan niin paskaa musiikkia taas kuunneltana.. Mitä vittua nyt... YLLÄPITO SAATANA.. minä muistan.. minä muistan... ei ole niin paha...ylläpito ei haittaa ei tarvikkaan mitään... kyllä tämä tänne kuuluu mutta jooh ei tämä täräyttänyt the ox (vähiten kuultu moment)

60’s pop music. The Who is better in the 70’s.

More nice safe classic rock that wouldn't feel out of place on a denture commercial. Rock and Roll! As featured on Young Sheldon. This ain't your dad's rock and roll. Because it's your grandad's.

Although I'm not going to become a Who fan after listening to one album, this was actually not nearly as bad as I had thought it would be. Dated and samey in places, but I guess it was ground-breaking at the time.

2

I find the who to be supremely boring and I never want to listen to them

I've always like the Who, but this album did not really resonate with me at the time I listened to it.

Primitivt. Väldigt tidigt rocksound. Alla låtar handlar om tjejer. Ganska bra det var helt klart ett talangfullt band

other than 2 songs i never would have known i was listening to the who

I mean, I do not think this album is bad, but I did get bored and give up half-way through. I’ll have to give it another listen some other time.

Bland

Lotta filler on this one.

nope

Not a big fan of these overly long albums.

Not an amazing album but 2 great singles.

A true has-been album probably inserted into the list, once again, with the British bias of the survey. The history of Townsend is troubling too. I can't in good conscience give this one any better than a 2 star rating. Musically, it did very little for me then or now and has never been a group that I found very inspiring.

2.75

Just sounded like almost other old rock, nothing bad just okay

Heel divers, maar beklijft niet overal. Vind de latere periode dan toch interessanter.

Shocked I didn't like it more. Came up short for me.

Now, I've listened to the who before and remember them being ok... Ok wow. This was so bland it was infuriating. Maybe it's because I'm at work, but I listen to most of these albums at work. The entire time I was just waiting for it to end. It was like they wanted to be the Beatles... But weren't good at it. I mean honestly, I liked the Ian dury album more because it at least had a few memorable hilarious songs, these were all so bland it blew my mind. It's not bad music per say, but easily the most forgettable album yet. 1.5 may be harsh, but that might be the rating for me, unsure.

give me half stars damnit - 2.5. nothing special, liked a handful of songs but 60% had me snooozing

Aptly named “The Who”, because when people hear their music, they consistently ask, “Who tf Likes this shit?!”. Leave the owl noises to the birds, mates, and I’m not talkin about the fit ones you try to grind on in the clubs. Cheerio and g’day to this absolutely boring album.

Not a big fan of most old rock music.

Very diverse genres which I didn't expect but I can't say I'm a massive fan so a harsh 2*

Anche questo me l'aspettavo più rivoluzionario e interessante. Non male la title song

it was just bland - lots of unimpressive tracks but a few made up for them ig. you can see the potential but they’re definitely not there yet

The Who- Best tune is My Generation I love the raw energy. Totally unique to have a bass solo and a drum solo on a hit song- pretty badass. Kids are alright is good too. Weird that it sounds like he does a voice in the James Brown tune (an impression?) and another one on I’m a Man -and the stuttering on my generation. Feel like he’s a doesn’t really a have a unique voice as a singer (idk maybe I haven’t listened to enough Who but I don’t know if I’d be able to recognize his voice). Super harsh sounding album. I usually like a little distortion and some trashy drums but this is maybe a bit too much. Maybe a bold choice maybe just bad recording but it kinda sounds like an iPhone recording from behind a drum set at a rehearsal. It’s a vibe iKeith Moon’s drums is the most interesting thing going on. I like that busy style with all the fills but after a while I wanted to hear a bit more attention to groove/ feel or some hipper ideas. Pete Townsend is not that special as a lead player- sounds like pretty generic blues stuff. I guess this has some proto punk style but does that just mean they play loud and kind of sloppy? This album definitely feels rushed. Three covers and the Ox is pretty much just wipeout with feedback and detuned guitar. Doing this list I am realizing a lot of these English rock bands of the 60’s or classic rock bands in general are overrated. It sounds like another example of “it must have been an exciting sound / aesthetic at the time” but doesn’t hold up as that interesting to me compared to better rock music to come after it or stuff of the same era recorded with better session musicians. I think I’d prefer to listen to Elvis or The Beach Boys or Beatles. 2.5

This is totally forgettable.

The classics on this are great but the first few songs kept making me think “who are you?”

Enjoyed some songs, but felt overall the album didn’t know what it was doing stylistically. Could be pleasant background music until you start paying attention to the lyrics and realize these people suck.

So for three days in a row I've had three direct, powerful albums of pure rock I have loved (AC/DC, Little Richard and Slayer). This feels like a logical fourth but... With the exception of the title track, it mistakes loud for any sort of drive and is... A bit dull? And that's before you hear Daltrey take a steaming poo on a James Brown song (his first step towards becoming the embarrassing elderly bigot he is today?) EDIT - He does it to Muddy Waters too, two tracks later. Yuck. I can see why they are a favourite of people who have period accurate haircuts instead of personalities. With the exception of My Generation, this is magnolia walls dialled up to eleven...

I never could get into The Who, especiallly on this (their first) album, which sounds a lot like typical 60s beat/rock fare. The title song is alrightish, though. 2/5

todos los temas me parecieron IGUALES, no se no es para mí perdón

I'll say I was a bit engaged by the drums, but this isn't my favorite Who era and in my opinion doesn't age too well. I'll pass on these.

The Who are dull.

This is quite boring. Obviously know the title track, but thought given their reputation the album might offer a bit more than it does. There's a good patch (My Generation / The Kids Are Alright / Please Please Please) but nothing more than that. Not far off a 3 on the strength of that burst, but it's just a bit dull.

Sounds very dated now

Out In The Street - kedves könnyed nyárias dalnak hangzik, nem feltétlen kedvencem 10/7 I Don't Mind - egyáltalán nem nagy durranás kicsit unalmas 10/4 The Good's Gone - im sorry olyan unalmas volt a feléig sem jutottam el de még mindig jobb mint egy average manuel dal 10/2 La-La-La-Lies - magamtól biztos nem hallgatnám de egész okés 10/6 Much Too Much - szerintem én itt fel is adom ezt az albumot Összességében egyáltalán nem az én világom kicsit úgy hangzik mint egy low budget beatles

Classic tracks the kids are alright and my generation. Entwistle is awesome.

Eh, it's ok. Some of it sounds very of-its-time, some of the louder bits were probably quite forward-thinking and some of it still sounds stuck in the 50s. Without the title track I can't see how this would be considered such an important album. Think I've been plenty generous to The Who with my previous ratings so I'll be harsher here - 2.5 stars.

Quite repetitivo, though not bad. I appreciate the style but truly just not my cup of tea

Two or three great singles. Other tracks are lame and forced bluesy.

Meh?

I was never a fan of The Who

Of the numerous British rock bands coming to age during the same era, I always found The Who rather bland and boring. This album is no exception.

Pretty decent, didn’t blow me away by any means. Who’s Next is a far better album I think.

Decent