Reviews (page 6 of 13)
Premier album des Who qui m'a intéressé quand je suis retombé dans le vieux rock britannique avec les Kinks. J'aime beaucoup le côté pop, mais avec une bonne dose de rock. Keith Moon ne prend pas trop de place sur cet album. Un incontournable du groupe. Pièces préférées: My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, Much Too Much
Classic Who, what’s not to like
bara fínt
Mods and Rockers assemble! Actually Rockers, just go away because the last thing you want is to get pummeled at the beach! This is the kind of Who that I like: short, concise, powerful, meaty songs that pack the punch. Sure, some of these are covers (Please, Please, Please, I Don't Mind and I'm a Man) but the originals are enough to convince someone that 60s Who were a genuine, honest to God special breed of madness that was put together at the proper moment. They'd improve and they'd get better and bigger and bouncier but man, what a way to make a impressionable debut. Favorites: Out in the Street, The Good's Gone, La-La-La-Lies, My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, A Legal Matter, The Ox.
I dig this. 60s sound for sure, great vocals, lot of talent.
Sounds familiar, know at least one song.
4.25
Another pretty good album by The Who. It does sound pretty dated by now, being almost 60 years old. But it was clearly way ahead of its time when it first came out and paved the way for a lot of the heavier rock and metal that came after. Favorite track on the album: The Kids Are Alright
60's Oasis to The Beatles' Blur
This came up the day after "Tommy", and that's probably too much The Who in too short a space of time. Still, though, it was enjoyable enough. No songs overtly about child abuse helps. Fave track - "My Generation" - there's a reason this song was a massive hit and continues to be used all over the place. It properly slaps.
cool
Very good - lots of bangers and markers for the future of rock for 1965
A timeless classic.
Super album met veel klassiekers erop
Lipe pisme, čak ih dosta znan. Sviđa mi se izjava “a bit of a missing link between early Beatles and the stones”
leuk album met meezingmomentje in de titelsong
Danny Gonzalez on the cover
Good!
Saved Prior: My Generation Off Rip: Out In The Street, I Don't Mind, La-La-La Lies, It's Not True, A Legal Matter Cutting Edge: The Good's Gone Overall Notes: Very good, I like the spunk of these shorter early rock songs. Crazy that My Generation (the song) is over 50 years old and hasn't aged a bit, love that song. Also special shoutout to I Don't Mind, which I might like just as much. Not as strong of a 4 as Who's Next, but still a 4.
Rock setentero con buenas guitarras y batería. Algunos temas, himnos de la época.
irgendwie wie beatles und trotzdem was eigenes. cooles album
Tolles Album! Die Klassiker sind natürlich besonders gut! Dass das Schlagzeug wie Papier klingt, stört da gar nicht! Aber rollt voll gut dahin
A fantastic album in which you can hear the merging of swing music, blues, and rock. Laying down the foundation for the next wave of music.
Class fr. Definitely sounds like a highly influential album
The birth of great rock.
I like the Who but I haven't listened to much of their earlier stuff (Quadrophenia is my favorite). This is pretty good and hints at some of their influence on punk and garage music that maybe isn't as obvious in some of the later studio work that's a bit more polished and operatic. So it's fun from that perspective and obviously there are some great songs on here. I think to modern ears it can still sound a little tame sometimes and I think the production of the time tried to smooth them out a lot. I think that's my biggest complaint with the record. Would love to know what this would sound like if it was recorded today. Good stuff regardless.
A band that stands its own when compared to the Beatles and the Stones. This one of the many templates for punk and still rippling with youthful rebellion over 55 years since it's release. The odd muddled throwaway track pulls off a star but this is a fantastic album
The songs skitter along on Moon's drums, powered by Townshend's guitar - Daltrey's fierce vocals are the sound of youth in rebellion, needing to be heard
Not a massive fan of The Who, but I love the rawness of this one, good combination of fun and power. Lulls a bit in the second half, but The Ox is one of the best album closers ever.
This album had an older sound than what I was expecting, but it was still good. 2 recognized songs
Liked this a lot.
I learned something about myself today. I didn't realize how much I liked The Who until hearing this record. The influence this had on rock music is as clear as day. I wasn't even alive when this record came out, but I imagine this being a pretty heavy album for it's time. I can definitely appreciate that as a fan of heavier music. I enjoyed it, but it's not perfect.
Me sorprendió mucho. Fue como escuchar un disco de The Beatles nuevo. Definitivamente lo voy a seguir escuchando.
I think early 70s The Who is the best it gets, but they're a solid group even this early on.
It's the who, what more do I need to say. Classic album, some really good rock
Strong 50s influence, Beatles and blues, few tracks step into the direction later albums would take
Enjoy this era of The Who far more than the hard rock stuff. Some really enjoyable 60s pop on this
I know this album is from 1965, but its so much tamer and swingy than I was expecting after hearing the song My Generation all these years.
It's 1965 but it still feels fresh. So raw and garagey and youthful. It makes me wonder what if would have been like as a teen Boomer, hearing this for the first time and feeling the universe shift, knowing that it was time for your generation. While there are some pretty well known tunes on the album, the stand-outs for me were ones I hadn't heard before. Weirdly, I had only heard the title of "The Kids Are Alright", but the tune is a lovely bittersweet song, reinventing the melodramatic ballads of years prior with a modern edge.
Excelent!
None of the four was a virtuoso, yet each one of them was a genius. My Generation ist pure Wut und Verzweiflung, Geysire jugendlicher Energie, die auch das Talent des größten Songwriters dieser Generation offenbaren. (7/10) Favourite Tracks: I Can't Explain, My Generation
Keith Moon and I were childhood friends. One afternoon, when we must have been about 13-14 we skipped school and Keith cooked my dog on a barbecue. It was delicious.
Narrowly missed out on a 5
Внезапно актуально звучит местами
Classic album, can go wrong here. Good, solid 4 stars.
I was surprised by this album. It was a part of British Invasion but atill had an identity of its own
Easy listening, very classic
Classic bangers
You can really tell how young they are on this album. It has a bit of a classic doo-wop Rock style with the harmonized vocals and melodies, but you also get a sense of where The Who is going to go with some really brilliant instrumentals. Highlights are the kids are alright, a legal matter, and the ox. Didn't care for Instant Party but otherwise great album.
liked the other album better, bit experimental
What can you say? High quality mod 'n' roll with a couple of truly iconic moments thrown in. One thinks you can get bored of 'My Generation' but slap that bad boy on, pump up the volume and experience the thrill anew. 'I'm A Man' is quality too, right?
Very good album, just probably won’t listen again
This is how we got from the Beatles to Green Day.
Blues, rock, pop. Mad good
Oh boy an absolute classic!!!! Talkin bout my generation!
A few nice little ditties on here. If these kids can keep it together they could really go places!
A lot of fun and a bit of a missing link between early Beatles and the stones
sehr starke beatles-vibes, aber eigener spin
Great album, great hits
Doesn't sound like The Who that we know now, but was interesting to hear where they started. Not my favourite genre of music but I can recognize the significance of it. Enjoyable listen!
A classic
A fun album. Some well known songs. Others I had not heard before.
A classic album, but not quite yet fully developed into musical trailblazers they are remembered as. Too much of a boy band pop influence on this album, and it only gets a 4 because their next several albums are all 5s.
This album has a lot of hits and is overall really good. Of course I love My Generation , I Don’t Mind, and The Kids Are Alroght. The rest of the album is pretty rockin as well.
Classic.
Good stuff
Not my type :/
Fairly typical early British Invasion stuff. The Kids Are All Right and My Generation are perfect songs.
Great album, total mix of styles from Beatles to Johnny Cash to early punk.
18th May 2021 Listened to this in the morning in our front room whilst doing some work. Really like their cover of I'm A Man, felt a little out of place but some great instrumentals to close and the obvious classics.
Never spent much time on The Who. Glad this generator made me. Excellent debut album that was a trend setter.
An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone. At the time of its release, it also had the most ferociously powerful guitars and drums yet captured on a rock record. While the execution was sometimes crude, and the songwriting not as sophisticated as it would shortly become, the Who never surpassed the pure energy level of this record.
Great fun, US soul covers and My Generation!
Pretty good. Especially if you consider the album's context in rock history (which I had to read about on Wikipedia)
Iconic. Very influential album IMO. Put The Who on the map. Loved my generation!!!!
Mod rock rabioso, con riffs superidentificables. Entretenido
Great album! The Who is good, turns out!
Similar to my review for Bad Company, this album had a lot of classics and was an enjoyable listen. Again I wish we had some stars to deal with, I would put this a bit lower than 4/5 (but definitely higher than 3/5). I will reserve a higher rater for other The Who albums.
Good album, swingy!
4.0 - Solid British invasion blues-based rock 'n' roll from the 60s. Spectacular drum sound, soulful vocals, interesting guitar and piano fills.
Ahead of its time, a few all-time classics and rest of beautiful pop-rock songs.
Ich bin ja Fan, deshalb nicht zurechnungsfähig. Weil aber die Restaufnahmen – Cover, Old School-Blues-Sachen – das Ganze bisschen runterziehen, gibt es einen Stern Abzug.
yea this is good. I wish it wasn't mono, its a little flat. My Generation is a killer single. Please, Please, Please, Please Me is a good cover. THAT GUITAR TONE ON THE OX!!!
Very good. I knew more songs than I expected. Classic that aged well
Cool
7/10 bonito, my generation buena canción
Pensé en que éste y el disco anterior (Live at the Regal de B. B. King) salieron en el mismo año y pues ya se oye tan distinto, pero igual, ¡es 1965! Supongo que el debut de The Who causó revuelo porque se oye un sonido fresco, hasta medio sucio quizá y en definitiva un sonido que todavía hizo/hace de las suyas en muchas bandas teen de rock. Muy complacido tras escucharlo, nunca había oído un disco completo de The Who. Gran apertura y gran cierre, del lanzamiento original con 12 pistas. Otros tracks que me gustaron: "La-La-La-Lies", la que da título al disco, "The Kids Are Alright" y "A Legal Matter". 8.5/10
The Who were all over the place finding an identity in the 60s. Their debut is a great rock prototype of what the genre of rock would expand into later on.
Tres bon album. The who ne me decoit jamais. 4.5
It is the who.
great album
Love all the blues on it
I got a sense of The Who at their purest. Listened to this so loud that i got tinnitus.
Classic rock at its best!
I wish they'd all just ffffffade away.
Awesome band. Forgot how much I enjoyed listening to them. Great album
The Who é sempre muito bom
Surprisingly diverse in sound. The Kids are Alright is a poppy track, Please Please Please is soulful, and the title track it, well, game changing. Not an album I listen to much, but one hell of a debut.
Who’s good? Yes.
I enjoyed that, even if it wasn't supposed to be so long
хороший альбом, для своего времени, как образец мод-попа имеет достаточно оснований для любви среди ценителей, но критиками переоценён однозначно.
Classic album. Love it.
7.5/10 FT: My Generation
I think I could sense some of the influence that this album/The Who would have on later generations emo and punk music. Great album, maybe a little repetitive and unnecessarily long, though.
It's ahead of its time, but it's still dated. It was fun to listen to "My Generation", a similar feeling to popping a classic Beatles single on the turntable, but just a fleeting moment of nostalgia and dopamine. The album is short, which is a practice I love from these older records, and it's just tight enough not to give out conceptually. It definitely embraces ending, or at least it's easy for me to appreciate. The B side is another tier, but it's still not something I'd -want- to listen to on a more regular basis. I've never been too into The Who, though I guess I'm glad I gave this a spin. I dig this better than Tommy. 2.9/5
Mostly felt like a Beatles rehash, which I get for the time, except for some glimpses of their burgeoning sound on “My Generation” and “It’s Not True.” Loved the outro track, “The Ox.”
Ha ido gustándome más según avanzaba. No me ha entusiasmado pero tiene momentos brillantes además de alguna que otra canción mítica. Moon es un genio y se come cada canción en la que le dejan brillar.
Honestly, so meh. Just second rate Beatle's tunes with average vocals. Honestly never been a Who fan but their later stuff is much better. Then again, easy listening and I see why they were popular. Just not for me.
Third who! I liked the others better but still good. My generation the obvious stand out
Good stuff
⭐⭐⭐ My Generation är ju såklart en absolut rockklassiker med attityd som är mer cool än bra (dock ändå bra). The kids är en janglig pop låt med tidigar Beatles vibbar. Covern av Bo Didleys I'm a man är bara beige utan riktig grit. Slutar med en instrumental röjig genomkörare i form av The Ox som jag gillar. Där emmellan tycker jag det är lite blekt så det blir en 3a. Bäst är My generation, The kids are alright, The ox
3.3 2x nice debut
A couple of standout tracks but nothing that got added to the rotation
My Generation
I think The Who has some great albums. They’ve got some masterpiece songs. But this album has always sounded kinda like the Beatles but worse to me. Maybe that’s a bit reductive and inaccurate, but… it’s what I thought. There’s still some great songs though. My Generation is obviously awesome.
For a British band this is one of the most American albums the Who has made. The songs themselves don’t really overstay their welcome. Each one sounds a little heavy for its time. Paired with Daltrey’s powerhouse voice, it sits comfortably as a mix of rock and R&b with the other albums of the 60s (3.5)
fav songs: i don't mind my generation please, please, please fuzzy, raw, blues-y 60/100
Perfectly fine album. Not really moving the needle Best Song: My Generation Rating: 5.5/10 Stars: 3
Great classic Brit rock with some cultural staples. Some of it feels like the Beatles but good.
Lidt for meget Beatles-stemning til rigtigt at løfte sig, selvom der er et par hits på.
Having this soundtrack my research and writing work today. Track 2 "I Don't Mind" is beautiful. Is giving Beatles more than the Who! I like "Much Too Much." But here we go: My Generation is a classic! The Kids are Alright is strangely emotional. And I love "A Legal Matter;" what a smart song.
This one I already own and listened to fairly recently..(UK version) I am a big fan of The Who. However this has always been my least favourite of the 8 albums made by the classic line-up. Like early Beatles, Stones and Kinks it sounds really dated and doesn't have any of the real quality they would show later. It also doesn't help that I have never been that fussed on the much lauded title track. Still not. Listening to it again, 'The Kids are alright' does the job of sticking it to the system anthem much better. So I listened to it fully expecting to give it 2 stars but it sneaked up to 3 (probably, really a 5/10). It's not dull... it's a fairly easy listen and the playing is great. The noise they are making... especially Keith and John...is very different to the sound of, say, Help, Kinda Kinks and Out of our Heads..all released in the same year. It's clear..even listening to this debut that Keith Moon is something very, very special. Favourite tracks. Kids are alright, It's not true, the good's gone.
#74 The Who put out much better songs than what this debut album contains, but it's fine for what it is. Highlights: My Generation, I Don't Mind, The Ox
This was fine on its own but better knowing the context of what they would become. It’s no quadrophenia though!!
A classic 60s album. Not a go to for me however.
My Generation is The Who’s debut album, but for me, it doesn’t quite stand out compared to what they would later accomplish. It’s filled with early pop rock tracks like “My Generation,” which are fun and light, but the album as a whole feels simpler than their more complex later works like Tommy. It’s not bad at all, but it doesn’t hit the same level of sophistication that came with their later releases.
Now this is an album from my adolescence (developmentally, not contemporaneously) that holds up. Truth be told I was less impressed back then. And they got R&B standards that don’t suck! Good on ya! Still not their best tho. 3&1/2
The Who flatter to deceive and are hugely overrated. That said, there's a few all time classic songs on this album. As a whole it's a real mishmash. Sounds like 5 different bands.
Excellent drumming. Way more bluesy than I remember
The who continue to be extremely average and therefore extremely overrated.
It’s good beat, don’t get me wrong, with a bunch of the American influences peeking through on different songs whether it’s soul or blues or straight rock and roll, and they’ve got beginnings of this sort of garage rock sound coming in as well to push the beat formula on a bit more. But I am still not like, enough of a beat enjoyer to say I wasn’t sort of done with it before it ended, and much like with their Liverpool contemporaries, it’s just not an era of the band that really speaks to me as much as the later more-developed rock era does.
I never know about these albums. Why can’t I just hear the original short one? I do know that this project has made me very fond of The Who.
Yet another promising-yet-flawed first album. The Who were better at 70s hard rock than at 60s garage rock, and the gorgeous acoustic arrangements of Tommy were still a ways away. Still, this is much louder than anything else at its time, and if Townsend's songwriting wasn't quite there yet, it all still sounds pretty good. Best track: "My Generation"
This debut from The Who is fun, but you won't really find me raving about it. It doesn't help that the two best songs on the album are right next to each other, surrounded by inferior material. Favourite track: The Kids Are Alright
This is the most middle of the road record I’ve heard in a while. My Generation is a timeless classic, but aside from that, the tracks are middling & quite frankly forgettable. There’s nothing bad whatsoever about it - the songwriting is solid, the production is strong for it’s time and the musicianship is fine. But in terms of impact & memorability, this album doesn’t do that much for me at all. A soft 6/10 for me.
Great singles, stronger second half, some fun songs, second James Brown cover on the album and Bo Diddley’s- I’m a Man -come across as trying too hard to impersonate the artists rather than doing an original interpretation of these songs. Solid debut
Nothing groundbreaking, but a solid pop-rock album with some really strong singles.
This album was entirely too long.
3+, I liked the songs and it's always interesting to listen to early Who but not sure this would be an essential album.
Pretty good all things considered.
Okay. English band trying to be an R and B band.
awesome!
This is a good album and I've listened to The Who before, but mostly their later works. The thing is, this had to be experienced in the 60s, because today it's 'outdated' so to say. But I did enjoy it, it's a wholesome album.
All over the place and certainly not their best work. Still, somewhat interesting and came with a couple decent singles. Rating: 5/10 Favorite Song: My Generation
Casi 4 me gusta cuando se pone blucero
Album 273. My Generation (https://open.spotify.com/album/1JAdpYypQlNaPjL3kHgRZm?si=zif4bf-MTn6gEmHnYIdHZw) — The Who (1965) Wow, 1965. It sounds like 1965 and much fresher at the same time. It also induces a strange feeling in me, like hypnotizing. And because of that it goes by fast. Good 3/5 Liked: — La-La-La-Lies — My Generation
I don't mind The Who, the have great singles and some really good tracks not ever released alone; but many albums, especially this one I feel like there's a lot of filler. I can't deny the bangers, but prefer to listen to individual singles or compilations because when they miss, it's a big miss. Maybe in this case it was rushed as they say, to capitalise on their singles success they felt the need to quickly put out an album. in it's day it may have been considered very good, 4/5, but today I rate albums considering their cohesiveness and if it stand the test of time. I rate this one a four+filler - not worth owning for maybe four good tracks if the rest is just filler material, look for a compilation ;) There's at least 3 songs on this one that would ensure I'd never bother playing the whole album again, that's for sure. The highs almost equal the lows. 2.5/5
The Who have a handful of great songs... and then a lot of very average ones.
Wasn’t bad - but in all honestly sounded like an early Beatles clone (makes sense coz it was 1965)!
I feel like I've heard better versions of everything I liked about this from other bands/albums. The Ox is a 4. That I'm a Man cover is a 2.
some hits, some forgettable songs 3.5/5
It’s an interesting album with different songs and styles. But it’s good they didn’t get their wish of dying before they got old… because they’re OLD!
Out in the street - 3 I don't mind - 4 The good's gone - 3 La-la-la-lies - 3 Much too much - 3 My generation - 5 The kids are alright - 3 Please, please, please - 3 It's not true - 3 I'm a man - 3 A legal matter - 3 The ox - 3
no se me hizo ninguna canción aburrida.
Only knew one song.
Old men
The Who’s lesser album in terms of artistic content, but their great hook writing and rebellious energy is tangible.
Buena experiencia.
Good vibes and melodies. However, just like the previous The Who albums I've listened to, I don't find the tracks incredible, aside from the well-known singles. 3.5/5
By the numbers 60s rock album showing its age. Couple of standout tracks but they're overplayed which lessens their impact on listen.
Sounds like the rush job it was purported to be. Daughtrey not quite up to the task vocals-wise. Moon and Entwistle do shine. Mix is pretty muddy. Decent originals. Two James Brown covers — not bad but odd choices. Promising debut. 3.5 stars, rounding down.
I like the ox, solid album
Sounds like wannabe Beatles. I like the who, but was too fond of this album. It was fine and my generation kind of saved it. 5/10 Top song My Generation
3.5
The covers on this can charitably be described as....different. Some decent songs, a lot of misses.
When The Who records still had to be "filled" with covers! This is a band coming of age and getting ready to sonically change MANY things!
Songs fine but it’s a little boring
These songs were good, but it was missing a spark Left me feeling a bit meh afterwards, even though objectively there's nothing bad about this album 3 ⭐️
Escucha
Sinceramente muy parecido a los beatles
Not a bad album just slightly below average. A lot of the songs on here just come off to me as imitation The Beatles, which isn’t bad but it’s clear that The Who had not really found their sound yet. They would go on to make better albums.
I love the who but this is a weak album in their early career
6/10 quite generic British Invasion sort of album. Decent for a first album though, quite liked the kids are alright, and my generation is a catchy hit.
4.9/10 = it was a good listen but i feel like after a while they all blended together a little and i wouldn't really be able to remember any specifics except a few, still good for a debut though
Sounds like the Beatles
lowk messed with it, but there was some tracks that makes it sound gritty and fun😭
'My Generation', an iconic track, and the rest of the album is just as good. Three stars...
some good songs, some ok songs. nothing extraordinary.
alright, pretty good
Again one of the albums I probably would have loved if I grew up in the 60s. Today it's hard for me to gloss over the production and general old sound. Because I judge on if I was bored, annoyed, or will listen again or immediately put the album in my rotation, I give it 3 stars.
Better to come, but an impressive start.
Hva skal vi med "mono remaster"?
nothing about the who stands out to me but maybe that's because music has progressed so far beyond this now Would I listen again: nah Deserves to be on the list: eh 2.9
Overrated?
Reminiscent of the Beatles for me! You can hear the 50s influences undergird most of these tracks, and the forward momentum of the album generally makes for a pleasant listening experience. However, the songs themselves were nothing to write home about for me, which makes it hard for me to rate this anything higher than a three. STAND-OUT SONG: “The Kids Are Alright” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “My Generation”, “Please, Please, Please”
I hate beat music but I love The Who. I also love “The Kids Are Alright” and “My Generation.” The former is probably the best stereotypically “beat” song of all time, super nice and melodic and kinda interesting. And the latter is real great too, just a good ol’ early punk-sounding song. The rest of the songs here… uhhh…. Some thoughts. Nice Bob Dylan impression on “Much Too Much,” Townshend. The vocals on “Please Please Please” are some of the wimpiest “rhythm and blues” I have ever heard. It’s pathetic. “It’s Not True” is pleasant enough. “I’m A Man” falls into the same problem as “Please Please Please” except the instrumentation is pretty good. This album… it’s okay. The lows really drag it down though. 6.1/10
The Who’s best by far, since they keep it simple & this mostly consists of covers, but I still prefer The Sonics, The Rascals, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Kinks, Them, early Stones, & early Beatles. It just doesn’t seem to me that they possess an ounce of soul, which makes their ‘hard’ approach an unappealing bore. But I recognize what this record must’ve done to the punctured airwaves, & for that I can respect it. I can even get a degree of pleasure out of it. Just don’t tell me they invented punk.
The Who songs are great, the covers are not. The Kids are Alright.
The list could definitely do without this one (or at least swap it for Quadrophenia). The Kids Are Alright is great, and I like A Legal Matter and The Ox, which suggests that the primary problem is Roger Daltrey.
I like this better than Tommy. Something about that mono feel. I compare because Tommy was also on this list. Tommy was very pointed — it had a specific story to tell. This feels more authentic musically. We don’t get the same flashes of the modern sound thats to come as Tommy, but it’s shown differently in here. There’s some deep, raw blues influence mixed in here that made me perk up big time. overall, I don’t think it’s particularly outstanding, I like the way their sound matured way more than this or Tommy. Probably somewhere in the 3.5 range
Honnêtement c'est assez inoffensif mais pas mauvais pour autant, au contraire c'est même plutôt fun. Pour 1965 c'est rien de révolutionnaire mais c'est quand même sympa, j'ai bien aimé la légère touche de proto-punk c'était vraiment intéressant.
Rokimpaa biitlesiä
lo escuche en el colectivo dsp de rendir. buen album pero lo que mas destacó es claramente my generation
Hadnt listened to this for a while. Good stuff.
3/5
Good album
i alr like this better than black sabbath, its giving hobie from spider verse, also ive gotten two purely male bands one after another, a lil misogynistic 1001 albums... atleast these guys r cuntier n apparently famous to the english community
Never been super into the Who. This is mostly fine. It sounds very dated at times, but it's not bad. Not something I'd likely revisit and it's not compelling me to see what I've been missing from the band. "The Ox" is pretty solid, Keith Moon is playing the crap out of the drums on that one.
Not a major ‘The Who’ fan
I love the Who and thought I was going to like this way more. It's a little annoying and droning.
3/5 Favorite Song: My Generation
Truly couldn’t name a song by The Who. Let’s see! Okay, My Generation and the kids are alright were fun little reminders. Cute vibe but not terribly memorable overall. Perhaps a function of returning to work after two weeks off but who can say.
Honestly, I had higher hopes for this album, considering the cultural icon that is the titular single. The rest was just kind of okay.
60s brit rock album, theres not much more to say, kinda cliche at points but I suppose that was just the popular sound, kinda rockin, kinda annoying. Fave song was the kinda are all right, the cover of heatwave was kinda fun and unexpected.
Surprises with how raw the sound is given how refined they became. The blues influence is still strong on some tracks yet the hints to the future were there with "The Kids are Alright". Not my favourite of their albums but worth of it's place.
Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? I know some songs How do I feel about this artist? I like the Who, but as with all these British Invaders, I prefer their later work Pre-Listen Thoughts: I think this will be good but nothing revolutionary. Favorite track(s): My Generation, The Good’s Gone Post-Listen Thoughts: I feel like all the British Invasion bands sort of started out with the same sound and then they all branched out and became more distinguishable. This is a good album but I feel like it’s before The Who really figured out what sets them apart.
pretty catchy
The Ox stands out as something more unique, ahead of its time
7/10 Algunas canciones muy del estilo de The Beatles, otras medio flojas
Not the version of The Who I like. Sorta standard jangly 60s stuff, which I didn't hate. Or love.
Much, much better than I expected.
It's early and they are very much explicitly ripping off blues musicians. I like Kids Are Alright and the title track especially. The former is a Beatles ripoff and a good one. The latter is indicative where they are going.
Man, that opening riff was pretty great. The rest of the album was very much The Who. Great guitars and I swear you can see the moments when Pete Townsend was doing his famous arm move. The album overall felt a bit average for me. The Who tends to play it safe and I felt that here.
Seemed pretty average indie rock to me, but I realise that in 1965 it was much more revolutionary - lots of newly distorted guitar etc. I think it's hard to see that now, given how much that sound had been copied and become normal.
good tunes, a bit too long for me
Seemed mid
Grest
An early outing for an iconic band with one of their most famous songs. Definitely aspects of British Invasion with a couple of sins that could easily have been sung by the Beatles or Rolling Stones. Some blues influences which led to some of their better songs. And then the titular My Generation which had aged so ironically Daltrey and Townshend would hate their younger selves (and visa versa). Ultimately a decent album with a couple of great songs, some middling songs, and a couple that are pretty forgettable.
It’s got some decent songs on there, and it’s a good first album from The Who. There’s the beginnings of what they’re going to be in there, but it’s nothing to write home about on its own. My Generation is a classic. I’d never heard of any of the others. Based on that I don’t really think this belongs on this list. It’s decent, great opening salvo for The Who, but lord knows it’s not their best work.
buen disco, pero muy largo y algunas veces comienza a sonar igual
Definitely more towards The Rolling Stones sound than The Beatles, this feels perhaps a little out of step, perhaps even a little ahead of its time, mainly because Keith Moon doesn’t want to leave any space unfilled. The album tracks struggle against the big singles, but compared to a lot of the pop in 1965, this was different enough to be welcome.
An odd record - contains their signature tune yet more than half of it doesn’t sound like them at all. A hodge-podge rush job to capitalise on singles but still with some good stuff amid the half-assed covers. But too half-assed to truly deserve a place here.
Fine but didn’t stand out.
It was *nice* but it didn't really go beyond that for me. Title track and The Kids Are Alright are the obvious standouts for me on this one.
Very classic mid-60s rock. Unusually heavy for its time. Slighty heavier Beatles.
My Gen and Kids push this into the 3, better than that Tommy wan anyway
A few good songs
Surprisingly diverse, some tracks have aged better than others.
This was a good who album, not a great one. I'd listen again. I did like the extended version with the extra songs though.
I wasn't necessarily looking forward to this one, especially since one of the last The Who albums on this list sort of haunts me. This was fine; it definitely excelled at some areas, but it wasn't my favorite. I didn't like "I'm A Man" cover; it felt weird.
5/10
The Who sound beings louder, more energetic sound to the jangly sound of the sixties. Seems like Roger Daltry was still coming into his singing style on this album. Good solid rock album, but of it’s time. Definitely 60s. I enjoy Keith Moon’s drumming and how Pete Townshend guitar kicks in at certain moments. John Entwistle gets bass in on “My Generation.” All band members are great musicians. “The Ox” and “Leaving Here” made my ears perk up. It sounds like they had fun recording this.
Good album. Has a lot of garage rock tracks and some tracks that are more in early 60’s rock. My Generation is a big hit and great track, but the album overall is a solid listen.
Quite charming and at times very good, butassively outstays it's welcome
Original review. Not much to add, but did I mention I'm not a fan of The Who? "I said it on the last review of a The Who album, I'm not a fan of The Who. The last one was a live recording, that was a big no. This is better, although the link sent me to the mono version so I switched it to the stereo version (which wasn't massively better). I liked "I Don't Mind, "Please, Please, Please" and "I'm A Man", but that's probably because of the blues element. "My Generation" is a classic and has been covered by many bands. It's a good debut, some classic sounds and some of the songs appealed to me. Not overly bothered by it though, not significant enough."
so cool
I’ve heard this before and I own it. The record company really interfered with this and sweetened it up to the point that all the times Townsend makes noise with his guitar it just sounds weird and clanky like in Out On The Street, or just buried like on the rest of the non-singles. I’m guessing the engineer never encountered this type of thing and had no idea what to do about it and the executives told them to make the noise less noisy. A few songs aren’t overly sweetened and smoothed including My Generation where they let Entwhistle’s bass sound good and nasty, and on The Ox where they let the guitars get distorted and captured the power in Moon’s drumming. The James Brown covers don’t really work and the Bo Diddley cover is decent, the rest of the songs are their own and are definitely good songs; I’d love to hear a remixed version of all the deep cuts with the levels set right so we can hear how they’re supposed to sound.
A solid album, I can see both what influenced them and what they influenced. Better than The Who Sell Out, but not as good as Who's Next. Only one really great song for me, but My Generation is amazing.
I didn’t grow up with The Who, and outside of respecting their significance in the music scene, I was never a huge fan. After listening to this album, I feel exactly the same. It’s a nice debut album, and instrumentally it does more interesting things than it does vocally. I can’t say I was particularly impressed by most of the lyrics, but the freewheeling atmosphere is definitely there. This band had to walk so others could run. The best songs for me were "I Don’t Mind" and "The Kids Are Alright".
Its an ok british poprock album that does what it needs to but doesnt really break the mold enhough. If heard so many simular albums like this on this website that it didnt do anything better than more renowned artists. Not bad persee
Yep, that's a 3. Apprently there are like 5 records of these guys on this list. Why? I can't imagine all five added something to music. We'll see.
It's a fun rock album from the 60s, but tbh it is really starting to show its age. It is nice but somewhat outdated
The Who is a band that I have been eyeing out for some time and am only vaguely familiar with their discography, and today I'd like to take a chunk out of it and see just what I have been missing out on for so long starting with their debut album My Generation. This debut isn't anything super crazy or original from a lot of the other work being made on the European side of the 60s. It is a pretty safe and serviceable debut with not a whole lot to add other than it is the starting point of a very iconic and influential Rock band that would slowly build a very rock solid foundation as one of the greats. My Generation feels pretty subpar for being such a boisterous debut album name for an album that feels like any other album of its' specific generation.
The Who normally bores and underwhelms me. Yes, they have good songs, but there's a reason they were 3rd string to the Beatles and the Stones.
The Who are obviously legendary and there are some good songs on this - but some of it just sounded like run of the norm classic rock. Knowing their rocking gems it was nice to go deeper with stuff that’s a bit slowed down like Please Please Please
Not as fast and furious as some, not as creative as others, but a solid indication of things to come
Ehhh it’s ok. Nothing crazy, just another rock album. Some interesting lyrics.
So many Who albums on this list but they never really seem to impress me that much... OK but mid. This one was much better than Tommy at least. I do like the title track!
early shades of greatness
Una onda tipo Beatles, me entretuve escuchando pero no me pareció espectacular. Esta bien.
It is not my cup of tea but I appreciate the energy and the good vibes of the record.
Yeah, classic rock. The blues-y influences are in show, and the whole thing has that very distinct feel. Listening to this album made me want to play more early rock bass, which I do think is a pretty high compliment. No individual song stands out, but as an album it works well. It's cohesive without being too samey. I think the fact it's only 35 minutes long is so much to its favour, it does what it does and it does so concisely. I'd rather be listening to other bands they influenced, but I appreciated this very brief sojourn.
Classic album. Doesn't mean I loved it tho. I get the same feeling listening to this that I do listening to most 60s rock. It usually doesn't do too much for me or leaves me bored. The Rolling Stones would be about the only ones who generally dont bore me. The Ox, and My Generation stood out for me on this album, but the rest didn't. Its a 2.5 rounded up to 3 for Keith Moons amazing drumming.
3.5
fun! like a dirtier version of early beatles. they prob hated that comparison lol
A couple great tracks here and they do some of the better blues/R&B covers from this generation of Brits, excellent drumming throughout. Don't think it clicks as a full record for me but can't fault it
Oh I get it now. The Who is a Rolling Stones cover band.
Im sorry how many songs was it? 30? Good lord. I enjoyed it for the most part but that’s a bit much for any band
Not my fave album by The Who but a solid listen with some great tunes.
Good, but not the best from The Who. The James’s Brown and Bo Diddly covers were the particularly weak points.
More British Invasion. An important band who’s debut is just okay. Not super into this, the covers are pretty weak but some decent tracks in here. 1 listen
60s music strikes again. I still don't love it. The who are pretty good though. Barely makes a 3 for me.
3/5 Strong 3 out of 5, had a good mix of elements from other genres which kept things interesting. Always a sucker for a long instrumental as the end track to really let out all the musical energy that didn’t get a chance to be expressed in the other songs.
Tuesday, 5 May, 2026 This album has some great tracks, and clearly reveals a band with high energy. They must have been wild to see live in this early era.
Nice, quick album of mostly forgettable tunes. Like with many other british invasion bands, it was probably impossible to make an album that was actually representative of what was I'm assuming a loud, violent, and raw live show.
Several iconic singles on this classic mod pop album
Early early Who, not my favorite period of theirs. Keith Moon already sounds like he's from another planet tho.
I was pleasantly surprised by much of this record; it sounds a lot more messy and garage-y than what I expected from my experience with later Who albums, none of which I particularly like. It's got a couple of James Brown covers and some other noisy stuff. I think it sounds a lot like 90s garage rock, though I recognize the absurdity of saying that, since it's 90s garage rock that sounds like records like this. I thought I was going to be tempted to skip "My Generation" since it's been played to death in the intervening 60 (!) years, but it worked in context with the rest of the album. (Though now it's stuck in my head, which I kinda wish would just g- g- g- go away.) I think 3?
Har missat The Who lite. Kul med en genomlyssning. Stabil och bra 60-talsrock. Inga direkt dåliga låtar. Stabil 3:a.
The Kids ae Alright, I Can't Explain, and My Generation are the stand outs to me but there are some are pretty decent tunes on here.
Probably ‘and a half’. A couple pillars of rock and roll, some high energy if kind of generic early rockers, a god awful cover of ‘I’m a Man’, and on any release available on streaming are a host of b-sides or singles or alternate versions or whatever. All the elements are here.
Always thought The Who were the least best of the British Invasion bands. Album is still solid though.
Of its time. Not as innovative as Beatles records from the same era but some decent blues based rock. I’ve never really got into the Who although I accept they have some good tunes and I can’t objectively measure their impact because they made their music before I was born but I think it’s a huge stretch to call this ‘proto punk’. Definitely not as good as the Stones or the Kinks. 3/5
I don’t listen to it very often, but on today’s listen I did find it surprisingly solid. I’m not the biggest Who fan, but I can tolerate them if I ignore how passionate their big fans get. They are a good band, I get it! and if I’m going to listen to an over long pretentious self-obsessed rock opera, I’ll pick these guys over fucking Pink Floyd every time. I’ve got a little off the topic of this particular album, sorry. Yeah, pretty good. Most commendable is that, at a time when it must’ve been impossible to ignore The Beatles, they have kept their heads down and stuck to doing what they were doing. And doing it rocking pretty hard.
Very good debut. Can't say it was really keeping me on my toes but it's as tight as a band gets.
so beatley.
Raw mod rock and early British rock built on punchy guitars, driving bass, explosive drums, and stuttering, defiant vocals surges with youthful aggression. Listening feels like being caught in a loud, crowded room where energy spills over and refuses to settle. The result is urgent and electrifying, though its rough edges sometimes feel repetitive.
Decent album featuring a few classics.
Solid album for a debut but it doesn’t move me in any profound way. Instrumentals are good, vocals are good, this album is just kinda forgettable but in a kinda good way
lustig weil ich einige Lieder schon von Radio Niederösterreich von meiner Oma kannte, aber nicht wusste dass das The Who ist. War interessant die Geschichte der Band ein bisschen zu lesen, weil es die schon so lange gegeben hat und es interessant ist, was in individuellen Lebenswelten dann eigentlich so passiert und wie das ein gemeinsames Projekt dann beeinflusst.
As much a fan I am of Tommy and Who's next, I never listened to this album in full. What a curious combination of blues, vocal harmonies and crazy druming; probably sums up the Who in general. Their musicianship makes them standout over the rest of the field, but their song structure is pretty much the same. I wasn't expecting James Brown covers, great adition. Good starting point, but really don't compare to their later output.
This was a fun little listen. Nothing Earth shattering, but I enjoyed it. 3.5/5
It feels like they hadn't quite figured out Who they were yet. This has bits of everything - some blues (which they weren't very good at), some old-school pop, a couple of James Brown numbers. Moon's frenetic drumming and Townshend's fiery guitar hint at what was trying to burst out of it all. Then, in the middle of this mess, they suddenly conjure up the title song which is great.
For the last two years I’ve been slowly coming round to the conclusion that I really don’t like The Who. I went from “I like them” to “I respect them more than I like them” to “ I neither like them nor respect them”. So imagine my surprise when I realized this album is kind of rad. But it’s not THAT good.
I had a fantastic introduction to The Who via our third form English teacher. He played it loud to the whole class while explaining the raw subversion of “why don’t you all go and fffff…..fade away”. Apparently even threatening to swear over mass broadcast media caused quite the fuss. My opinion of the who has pretty much been on a downward slide since these lofty heights. I like this album and love this song, but at best they reminded me of stuff I’d rather be listening to. I’m off to put on the kinks.
Other than the title track, quite generic. 3.5
Wasn't as impressed with this as I thought I would be.
"My Generation" gives me early Beatles vibes, but done slightly worse. Still, this is not a bad album, and has some enjoyable songs, in particular "I Don't Mind", "The Kids are Alright", and the famed title track. It is much more melodic than "Tommy", at least.
csi made me have a soft spot for the who
Harsher than i expected. "The Ox" was a great Discovery.
The pacing of me getting albums from the Who has been kinda wack honestly. I got my first album of theirs in December 2023, didn't get a single album of theirs in 2024, got 1 on January 2, 2025, and then I didn't get any again until just now. I still have 2 more of these! Why is it taking me so long to get them? Whatever. At least I like the Who. This is their debut album, because of course they have to have their debut album on the list. Okay, to be fair, this is actually pretty good by 60s debut album standards. Definitely better than the Rolling Stones' debut, that's for sure. But yeah, My Generation is a pretty solid album. Of course, the album's most fondly remembered for its title track, which is iconic for a good reason. It works pretty well as an anthem of sorts for the youth of 1965. I like the part where Roger Daltrey holds the f in the line "why don't you all fade away" for a while because it makes me think that he's going to tell you to fuck off and that's pretty cool for a song from 1965. This song is decently ahead of its time. The rest of the album? Not so much. There are other good songs, obviously. "The Kids Are Alright" is pretty good, but a lot of the album is kinda dated, mostly in the musical front. Like, the riff on "I'm a Man" sounds exactly like every Muddy Waters riff ever. I just want to point that out because you all hear it, right? What I'm trying to say is that there's not a ton of substance to this album. What is there is pretty solid. The Who's instrumental talents are all high and Roger Daltrey's a decent frontman. But, at the end of the day, this is still a band in its fledgling stages. Though My Generation does hold up fairly well as a piece of 60s rock-and-roll fun, it is pretty clear that the best had yet to come for the Who. High 3/5.
Neat snapshot of The Who when they were part of the '60s British Invasion. Kinda proto-punky in a way at times. The title track will honestly never gets old for me, but overall the band still had a ways to go from here sonically. 7/10.
way more doo wop than expected
It's OK. Bit all over the place.
Boomers
Ok album, of course contains one of if not the Who's most recognised track, My Generation itself, and the other popular track The Kids are Alright, apart from those two nothing stood out for me personally.
I like it if I just take it at face value. It definitely seems a bit derivative of a certain group of people but what's new? 3.5/5
I really enjoy the Who, particularly their 60s stuff. This album however, I didn't feel like they quite clicked yet, not quite their own. The Ox seemed to point to things to come, and My Generation is one of the greatest early hard rock songs ever made, but the rest seemed unorganized and blah. They aren't great songwriters, but they compensate with intensity and energy, and it wasn't on this album.
There are a lot better Who albums than this one. However, for 1965 this is pretty damn good.
This is a really good one. The lo-fi engineering and warmth of this record made it really easy to listen to. The music is chill and engaging and sequenced very well.