My Generation

This feels the most Beatle's wannabe. Less cohesive than previous Who albums I've listened to. Still great! Just doesn't sound as defined as their later albums where they really found their groove.

I could only listen to the deluxe album and man did it just draggggg. A good amount of their classics came from this album but outside of that it was just basic 60s rock.

Raw, rebellious, rock n roll

Not my favourite Who album, but some good songs.

A few stand out songs on this album but for the most part nothing that stuck out too much but was an enjoyable listen.

Never listened to one of their albums before, was pleasantly surprised

I've never really gotten into The Who. I hated the movie as a teenager which kept me from buying an album

I think of the Who so synonymously with Who's Next, Tommy, and Quadrophenia that I forget about that raw feel of this album. What a great slice of British Invasion rock, and while I feel like I'm rating it harshly I know just how far The Who would go.

Like easly Beatles

The debut of The Who! It's got that absolutely classic British 60s feeling because obviously that's what it is. It helped set the bar for that sound. That said, how does the whole album hold up? I would say it held up adequately. It's fun and short, but didn't really do a whole lot for me. My Generation had a couple hits on it but outside of that, the rest kind of fades into the ether. Standouts were "The Good's Gone" "My Generation" and "The Kids Are Alright." Honorable mention to "The Ox" where everyone just slays their respective instruments (Damn, Moon was great). Being their debut album, it's fun to see where the band came from, but they definitely got better with age and experience. My Generation isn't The Who's best, but it's a pretty great start. 3/5

Good debut album.

Good old innocent rock and roll

Another fucking Who record. This one at least has some of their better songs on it, but they shouldn’t be this represented on the list.

I couldnt really get into this one, but its definitely a solid album. couple of classic, evergreen tracks, and you can feel that it's in the DNA of a lot of what came after in american music. Sounds a little samey now tho

Pretty Decent

Solid baseline in Speed King, love it. Part way thru Flight of the Rat, he’s beating on that keyboard like its a rented mule lol. Most of the songs possess that signature distorded keyboard. Can see why that put them with led zepplin and black sabbath as the “unholy trio” with this album. Goes pretty hard.

Couple of good songs, I think greater things are coming from the Who.

One of the better 60s rock albums I've heard on here so far, but definitely prefer later The Who records.

3. Just okay

Stepping stone album which seems tame upon listening to it after a long time - Whos Next is my go-to. 1. My Generation 2. Please, Please, Please 3. I’m A Man

A pretty enjoyable listen, but not something I'd return to. 6/10 Favourite track: My Generation

Vocal harmonies are standout for what I anticipated to be a pretty bog-standard rock record. Nothing really engages me, there’s some solid songwriting but nothing I’m gonna come back to.

Never really listened to a LOT of The Who besides a lot of the mainstream, and this didn't completely blow me away. I think it was a little long for what it was, but knowing the other stuff they did this wasn't their best.

Really surprising. I was expecting the proto punk stuff, the hard rock kind of noises, snarls and attitude etc. I was not expecting the strong R&B elements throughout and two James Brown covers! Really improved the listening experience for me though. It was all a lot more professional and enjoyable than I expected.

Nudne i bez Pazura. Po raz kolejny mam wrażenie jakbym słuchała rozcieńczonych Beatlesów. Nic ciekawego, parę chwytliwych kawałkowów, ale nie zestarzało się to najlepiej. 6/10

I still have a soft spot for the straightforward, often simplistic chord structure and lyrics of the 60s mod groups, though this probably needed the inclusion of the contemporaneous I Can't Explain and Substitute to earn another star.

Eh, it's fine. I like this more than the Beatles' early albums, but it still feels very remedial and timid compared to what they would eventually come up with. Daltrey in particular doesn't sound very comfortable in any of the genres he's attempting. "My Generation" is good (although the stuttering makes it seem like an affectation to make it stand out more) and the instrumental "The Ox" is fantastic, but nothing else is the equal of these two tracks.

A childhood favourite, kinda dated at times but anthems like Kids Are Alright and My Generation have withstood the test of time.

This is a pretty mixed offering but just about worthy of being on the list. Other than the singles which get played would never have known that their early work was varied. On a number songs, the covers in particular you wouldn't know that it was The Who.

My generation is so good but this is simply not as good as their other albums... 3/5

Pretty good. The songs are all solid with a nice bit of variation between them. Shows a really interesting era of the British rock scene

Classic rock album. Much more listenable than I expected but still a little too slow and poorly sung for my taste

Goodish one

hm… better than the other who albums i’ve heard. 3.5

Far from their best album, solid debut

A couple bangers. Very bluesy.

It was fine, didn't blow me away, didn't hate it

Great combination of rock annd roll and blues. Fun album.

This was a good album. My Generation is the standout song for me, not because it was the one I was the most familiar with but because it has the sound I would associate with the who the most compared to the other songs on the album. That said, I haven't listened to a lot of the who outside of the hits, but that is what stuck with me.

Good album by the who! A couple of classic songs!

A couple of memorable songs.

It’s starts out pretty good. A little corny and dated in spots (i.e. la-la lies) and quite a few are just meh to lame and boring. Favorite track: the ox

Pretty pretty good.

Don’t think this should be on here. It’s fine, sure. But other much more deserving albums that I haven’t come across yet.

This is not my generation. Nöd mal mim daddy sini. Aber ja gmüdi gsi. Au nöd spezial guet

Premier album de The Who. Deuxième album de The Who que j’écoute. Et, malgré que j’ai bien aimé le son sixties, et les quelques touches blues ici et là, ce n’est toujours pas pour moi.

Not their peak.

Solid 3.

You can see why they were a big deal. It holds up alright

Some obvious hits but also a lot of "British guys covering blues" songs

it's crazy to think this is the same band that later released Pinball Wizard. all i could think of throughout was "now this is raucous." good ol' classic rock n' roll. it's not my favorite era of the who, but it stands on its own as a fun time.

God, Keith Moon was such a legend. The drums on each song are just undeniably incredible. RIP. Overall, this is a fun album but ultimately forgettable besides the title track and "The Kids Are Alright." I think the length makes it a bit harder to fully appreciate.

A rock n’ roll charcuterie board that gives you a taste of the past, present, and future of the genre from 1965. The past: - blues blues blues The present: - poppy songs, some of its weakest points - More Beatles impressions The future: - songs about bangin’ - drums that be bangin’ - high tempo songs that still go hard (my generation, the ox) - lead guitar! Not just chords - big charismatic vocals What makes this album so exciting and memorable are these peeks at the future of rock — especially in showing us what drums and guitar can sound like.

very reminiscent of the 60s, mostly mono. OK, but apart from a couple of well known songs a bit bland

This is fine ⭐⭐⭐

Loud. Lots of hits, still deserves more listens.

This album definitely feels like a time piece. I haven't listened to much of The Who's discography before this but I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted with the Blues tracks on this project. While most of the blues tracks were okay, most of the pop-rock tracks were a miss for me. Overall, this was an album with a little more hit than miss. Favourite Track(s): My Generation, I Don't Mind Least Favourite Track(s): Much Too Much

Feels very Beatlesy. Not bad, not great

3.5

This is the first album I’ve listened to on here. Will use echo app to review my full opinions on it

A good listen for an album by The Who. I am not hugely into them but I enjoyed it a bit.

*The Kids are Alright and My Generation are bangers but the rest of the album is just ok. Cool sound but nothing that moved the needle beyond that.

Not as good as The Who’s album from the other day but still not bad.

The Who’s debut…has intriguing drums and guitars throughout, but all in all not the biggest fan of The Who. I do respect them and enjoy some of their later stuff. This is a decent debut that’s made up of hard 60s pop rock - but it’s unlikely I’ll come back to this much.

Was leaning towards 2 on this as, notwithstanding the genius of the title track, there was a lot of non descript rock on this But The Ox is an absolutely tremendous end to the album and edges it to a 3

So, this is fine. I do like The Kids are Alright and I didn’t realize the iconic “I’m a Man” was the Who! By iconic I do mean ironic… he’s basically mansplaining how to be a manwhore. Anyway, it’s so in-lane for the time and genre. If you told me “It’s Not True” was the Beatles I’d just smile and nod.

Pas leur album le plus intéressant. Très dérivatif dès qu'on sort des tubes.

My previous review of Who's Next holds true for this album as well: "Obviously a classic, but I was never able to get into The Who like other people. I had the greatest hits and that was more than enough for me. This album was well-represented on there. The hits on this album are of course great, but the rest does nothing for me. I wouldn't use ANY of them for CSI theme songs." This album is rawer than that one and I like that. The lyrics are rawer too and I don't really like that. Some of this reminds me of the former groups shown in This is Spinal Tap. The opening guitar tremolo of "Out in the Street" reminded me of Johnny Marr's opening to "How Soon Is Now?" Daltrey's impression of Bo Diddley for "I'm a Man" was surprisingly passable. I don't think I knew Jimmy Page played on this album until I read the Wikipedia page. This is fine. I don't dislike The Who. I just don't see what the big deal about them is. And Townshend is a weirdo.

Certainly listenable, and probably a groundbreaking British invasion album of the time - but this certainly feels dated and I think there are plenty of better The Who albums out there. I found myself checking how far into the album I was because frankly this thing was a bit boring.

Interesting example of differences in quality between original mono and remastered stereo recordings. This is another album I left a significant gap between first listen and review, and I found a I was fairly unimpressed with my first listen to the stereo version. As a bit of a refresher as part of reviewing the album, I went for the original mono over the remastered stereo, and found that despite still sounding like an album recorded in 1965, the fidelity on the sound was a lot better as a single track. This is clearly here for the hit track, but that’s not to say the rest of the album is a slouch. I think bands from this era have ended up tarred as massively overrated due to length and frequency of exposure (and generally also as sex freaks/pedophiles), but putting that aside they are for the most part fairly talented musicians who produce quality albums. I enjoyed the deeper cuts, but not enough that I’d go back and otherwise listen to them. Good album. Listen to the mono version.

I disliked this than every other project by them ive heard. Only 2 truly great tracks on this thing and one is the title track. An unfortunate one hit wonder still alright album by an otherwise great band. 7/10

I can see why this was so influential. If I heard this in 1965 and saw the absolute fucking dweebs on the cover doing this I would think to myself "yeah I could probably do this better". Side A is good, great even. Side B kinda sucks except for the last track as there are no lyrics to interpret with suspicion given the band's sketchy (being generous) history with minors. As such, song titles like My Generation, A Legal Matter and The Kids Are Alright are hard to view as anything other than Qanon level signalling. It's not bad, it's fine. I won't listen to anything outside the highlights again and the band have put out far better albums. As a debut album it's good, for its influence on everything that came after it, it's amazing. As for listening to it in 2025, it's boring. Highlights: I Don't Mind, My Generation, The Ox

Middle of the road. I don’t dislike The Who, but they aren’t as great as this list seems to believe them to be.

pretty generic I feel. They're okay musicians though, and my generation is pretty fun

Before Tommy, before Quadrophenia, there was the band that was part of the Brit-Pop Invasion. Earlier Who is less fun, but My Generation is a primer into their catalog. 3/5

It sounds like The Who. Most of The Who's stuff never excited me, and this is a pretty big offender. Not awful, but not worth writing home about.

Nothing too spectacular here. Just kind of a weird blend of mid 60s rock and like a weird garage sound

I'm starting to think the Who are that one meme with the three hot chicks in bikinis (Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks) next to the squat girl in the one piece and bathing cap (the Who). Simply shocking I thought I was primed to really like this band.

A standard early 60's bop rock album with a little edge, a glimpse to the hard rock the Who would be more famous for. It's fine

For the time it was released, this is powerful rock. But compared to later Who, it's kinda week. Some great singles, some good blues, but it doesn't capture me as a whole. 3/5

Easy to listen to, but a little long. Not bad, though. I just prefer harder rock.

pretty run-of-the-mill debut for a band in the 60s if we're being honest. just doesn't really hold up when you consider what the Stones and the Beatles were doing in 65.

bluesy who album

Nice energetic start to both the album and my listening project. I can admit that I have never really listened to this band so this is an interesting start. This really sounds like a British rock album from the 60s. Like the album cover also suggests. I am quite sure that if I delved into this band’s discography, I could start to appreciate it more. However, not gonna do that. But I do understand why this is one of the classics of western rock music. The fastest tracks were the best, there was even a slight sense of danger. Decent 3 for this debut because one of my favourite bars in the city of Turku is named after this band.

Better and more fun than I was expecting from a band that has always felt so generic boomer party time to me

Better than I remember. A bunch of fun songs with pretty strong melodies and production that screams 60s. Some songs even surprised me with their heaviness considering this dropped in '65. The title track is great and The Kids Are Alright is also a banger. It's got its problems tho, a few songs seem a bit corny and feel like bad covers of early Beatles, especially La-La-Lies and Please Please Please. Some of the vocals are also a bit grating at parts. Not a bad listen tho.

Love the Who… but this isn’t for my generation. Would I listen to again? Maybe a couple songs

I think this 3 is just out of respect, this album didn't give me much

I like the Who, but have never listened to this entire album. My Generation is pretty iconic, The Kids are Alright is alright. This is Proto-Who I guess. Pretty good album by a great band.

With some songs, I felt like I was listening to the Beatles. Is that a lack of your own sound, or a compliment?

I like The Who like I like the Stones, more of a greatest hits person, except less than the Stones. All songs are early rock/blues except “My Generation” stands out. Imagine that.

Love your dad story korirok, and I made the mistake of listening to the endless Deluxe version too whiz-kid. I have a love/hate relationship with the Who, most of the love being for the later albums. But this has my favorite Who song, one of what I consider the most perfect pop songs ever, The Kids are Alright. A beautiful portrait of a kid wanting to be with his girlfriend and his pals but torn by needing to be alone. What pop song does that? Catcher in the Rye, the 3 minute musical. See their later album Quadrophenia for the 90 minute rock opera version.

This album really reminds me of The Beatles' red compilation album from 1962-66. They're from the same era of early rock music that all kinda sounds the same. I saw one review calling it "mod rock". It's their debut album, so they obviously hadn't found their sound/musical niche yet. It's all decent music, but not captivating or all that interesting. 6/10.

There was so much filler on this album 5/10

Decent

Good stuff. Everything from the Who up until 1973 is fucking gold.

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I enjoy The Who, and know most of their hits, but I've never listened to this album in its entirety. The intro song, "Out In The Street" has a soul vibe and a WAR flavor to it. The second, "I Don't Mind", has a 50's/Motown vibe to it. I had no idea they were this versatile in their early days. I enjoyed both. "My Generation" the song (262M listens!), is such a classic. Put them firmly on the map. Super catchy, and you can feel they are transitioning from that 60's pop sound to more of a rock edge. "Much Too Much" feels like it was written and recorded about the same time. "The Kids Are Alright" is another pure classic and welcome anytime I hear it. "The Good's Gone" should have been a Stones song, they would have breathed some life into, this version is a slog. "I'm A Man" was another that I could have done without. Doesn't even sound like Daltry. Same with "Legal Matter", just a nothing song. "The Ox", instrumental to end the album, was completely unnecessary. The Deluxe version is loaded with another 18 songs! Some hits, quite a few misses. Bonkers drumming throughout and some tasty guitar, great musicianship. This started their legacy so it gets marks for that, longevity and hits, influence is a no brainer. 3.5 stars.

Its got some tunes, good energy and all that, but didn't blow me away

The Who, like a lot of famous 60s rock bands’ debut, prove that they can play and look good at the same time. That’s the main gist of a lot of the British Invasion bands you can think of when they started out. The early Stones, Beatles, Who, Kinks, etc. all with attractive men and good rockers. Of course, all these bands would find their own speciality later down the line. As for the Who’s debut, it produces a blueprint for a band that ran on LOUD. Their tunes are engaged with this harder edge shown in their overall playing style. Distortion and (especially) feedback is present in an album from ’65! How cool is that! Some songs do real well for me such as My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, A Legal Matter (with Townshend on vocals), The Good’s Gone and I Don’t Mind. But as for the rest, they come off as unspectacular to me. They’re either covers of blues and RNB songs, just fine originals or an improvised instrumental piece. These combined with the highlights make for an overall mixed bag of an album but it does prove that The Who had something good going. The chemistry between Daltrey, Townshend, Entwistle and Moon is there and it would only expand to more anthemic and creative heights from there on. Until then, the kids are “alright” (6/10, 3/5 on this scale)

3.5/5

Yes okay it's The Who. Did it do anything special for me? No. Would I listen to it again? No. Did I like it? Sure. 3.1

10/6 cok safe place bir yani var ve bazi sarkilar cok ikonik ama bazilari da basimi agritti uzgunum🥲

Very much a product of its time, but a few really good tracks on there.

What a middle of the 60s album. Half of it sounds like that screaming girls early 60s stuff and the other half is post beatles going off. Very similar to the beatles. The same type of trajectory at the time. And i like both modes. Mayeb not the same caliber as something like the beatles but still pretty good. The title track os my favorite here but everything else is enjoyable enough. Nothing that stands out in a wild way though. I had enough fun for sure but im not saving every track here. Only 2 to be exact. But i was still happy here

This one was pretty weak as a whole Who album.

I enjoyed the album for the most part. There's a brightness to the guitar sound that I like and the songs had a lot of energy. It was interesting to hear a bluesy tone mixed with Beach Boy type harmonies but with a harder rock sound. Favorite song: The Ox. Worst song: I'm A Man

It wasn't bad, certainly not as bad as some of the other albums I've had to listen to from this era. But it was also boring.

Although it is all over the place stylistically, it's a very cool album.

It's their debut album and it shows. Out of their albums I've already listened to, Who's Next and Tommy are much better than this one. Not bad, just bang average

10/3/25. Has the typical 60s rock sound, but heavier. Like the simplicity of it, but also funny to hear this compared to the band's later work.

Holy long album. Enjoyed it though. Not outstanding though.

More bluesy, Beatles-y than I would have expected. Loved The Ox to end it but was just fine with everything else.

hmm, 2 great songs, the rest less so. Not the best Who. 3 Heard before? Some songs Owned: No 17/1001, 17/71 (23%) Will I get? No

The Who were the first blue-eyed soul singers to pop up with more inspiration from James Brown and Sam Cooke than Chuck Berry. Which means that Roger Daltrey is doing his own take on James Brown on a song here, and also Muddy Waters. But what shines here are the hits: “My Generation”, “The Kids Are Alright”, “Much Too Much” and “The Good’s Gone.” In those are a band that has a ton more to say than the typical 60’s British newcomers. There’s an edge to the guitar, a nuance to the bass, and some massively wild drums. Because the band was already veering off the regular bar rock path into flights of fancy, and as the 60s wore on their pop sensibilities and composition would propel them. This is more an artifact than a great record, but it’s worth hearing to see the germ of something new.

Definitely different than I expected. There was a lot more Beatles and Rolling Stones vibes that I would have thought. And not surprisingly, based on my taste, I enjoyed it when it skewed more Beatles than Rolling Stones. Unfortunately there was more of a blues vibe than rock.

Een sterk debuut dat niet helemaal de energie ving van hun live-shows. Dat kan ik me wel voorstellen. De plaat is soms best liefjes met simpele nummertjes. Natuurlijk, voor wanneer dit is gemaakt heeft het een belangrijke opstap gedaan naar de punk en hardrock. De plaat in z'n geheel is erg Beatlesque maar hier en daar echt al het typische geluid van the Who. Altijd leuk om zo'n debuut terug te horen, wetende hoe de band zich later zal gaan ontwikkelen. Sterk debuut, maar de plaat heeft de al het hardrock geweld wat zal volgen niet helemaal overleeft. 7/10 Highlights The Kids are Alright My Generation

We all know the song...and the rest is unkown for good reasons...

It’s ok, listened to background music while tidying and checking emails.

This is just ok

solidly mediocre. 3.5 ?

3/5

whelp I guess I am resigned to psychedelic outdated rock and 80s emo whatever whatever... I hope the list improves soon. This has ONE good song... guess which one. They figured it out AFTER this one. That is why its on so many subsequent records. Nice try list would rather have Tommy or who Are You... 5.0 for cultural significance (under protest). Do better 1001...

“Talkin’ ‘bout My Generation…” Another known artist and hits, but not one I’ve listened to otherwise. Enjoyed the album and style well enough. Strong finish with the drums and piano on The Ox.

The Kids Are Alright est pas pire

I definitely see the influence for indie rock that would come decades after, the presence of blues in some of the songs is quite odd but I guess that was cool back then but certainly sounds dated for todays standards. My Generation stands out, likely because its the only song I've actually heard before listening

It's certainly of it's time, bluesy riffs and very 60s style harmonics, but you can hear the roots punk, and its quite easy to draw a straight line from The Who to the Sex Pistols and The Clash.

The Who are good but you can have too much Who

Some of the sounds in the album are different and more hard rock than The Who's contemporaries that make it stand out from other albums of the time. That makes it interesting and fun to see how it shaped the sound of the music that will come in the next decade or so. But, in and of itself, there is only one song on this album that is a stand-out, the title track. So it doesn't have enough to justify rounding up a 3.5 to a 4.

A cracking title track, a few alright songs for the kids, and the rest is just utterly unnoteworthy

Solid rock album, but I liked Who's Next more

I gave Tommy 1 star, so I was slightly dreading this, and...It's fine? I can see why it was so influential, and why songs like My Geneneration and The Kids Are Alright led to mod/punk etc, but personally I feel it's lost it's power over the years. Much like the Rolling Stones. The covers just remind me that these were pasty white British boys ripping off black Americans. The cover of please please please utterly pales in comparison to James Brown. It's OK, deserves to be here, clearly influenced a lot of people, but doesnt really do much for me. A weak 3.

Very forgettable R&B/early rock aside from the title track and The Kids Are Alright, which are rightly regarded as classics. You can see little flares here and there of their skill, in particular Keith Moon. But like with most Who albums I've listened to, the consistency isn't there.

Pretty solid album, I’ve always liked the title track but it was nice to hear the rest of the album for the first time. For a debut album it’s pretty solid but nothing extraordinary for me.

I'm not a huge The Who fan, so this doesn't do too much for me, but I can see how this album would be mind-blowing in 1965 — from this time distance, I'd rather listen to the late 60s material from The Rolling Stones (and The Who themselves!). My Generation (the song) is a timeless classic, though.

Fun times. Peaks at and past the titular song.

Generic classic rock

A fan of The Who and I was glad to hear one of my favorite song by them (My Generation). Good album.

It's super ok. It's about as average as it gets.

Classic rock. Nothing unexpected. My Generation remains a banger.

This exercise has me contemplating a number of what-ifs. Like, what if The Who never recorded "My Generation?" This album would be called "The Who Sing A Legal Matter." Would they have been as popular? It's doubtful in my mind, but who knows. Regardless, they did sing "My Generation" which is quite fortunate. Otherwise, the album is something of a snooze with the The Who aping their influences to the best of their ability.

multiple advisors in my court have informed me that this isn't a great album and its weird that it was even included in the list (compared to other who albums). nevertheless, i pressed forward because what kind of ruler would i be if i listened to baseless rumors fueled by my courtiers instead of verifying the facts for myself? as it turns out, the eunuchs were right: i thought the who were supposed to be better, or something. while a few tracks stood out, the rest were kind of duds, and a few - were i to be misled by power-hungry councillors with malicious intent to subvert my authority by making a fool of me - i could have been told were by the beatles and i would've accepted that because... i didn't hear a difference!! highlights - my generation, it's not true, a legal matter, the ox

Listrenable.

A step forward for rock but still heavily influenced by 60s harmonised guitar pop in places.

I liked this. Clearly this was a groundbreaking album, and it's very cool to hear both where they were coming from (Beach Boys pop) and where they were going (legitimate hard rock). It wasn't the most interesting or exciting album, but I enjoyed it and I can see myself liking more by The Who going forward. Respect. Fave songs: - Out In The Street - The Good's Gone - Much Too Much - My Generation - The Kids Are Alright - I'm A Man - I Can't Explain - Bald Headed Woman - Shout And Shimmy - Instant Party Mixture - Leaving Here - Lubie (Come Back Home) - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Motoring

3,1/5

Not too bad.

Oh, wonderful pick for today. I adore Who's Next but have never listened to this one all the way through. Ready, Set, Go!... Alright, definitely hearing something of a bridge from the old rock n' roll sound of the 50s to that of the 60s. Very catchy and "simple" sounding songs but driven by innovative players and creative songwriting. Not my favourite music, per se, but certainly among the albums I've needed to hear. Good listen.

I generally don't like the Who. I've never really heard anything by them that made me think they were actually that good. They also strike me as rather pretentious, which is a big turn off for me--that's not what rock is about. Seeing their name come up here, I kinda knew I wouldn't care for whatever played. But, having listened, I think I would've liked this album a bit more if it had been by a different band. There were some pretty good songs here. I found a number of them engaging, and actually felt a little disappointment when a couple of them ended (mostly because they were short and felt like they were about to go somewhere interesting with them). The genre was interesting, as it had a lot of old-school rock/pop/doo wop to it. Other parts felt like more standard 60s rock. I'm sure they got a lot of comparisons/contrasts with the Beatles. That said, none of it really struck me as all that good. It just seemed fine for the most part. I found a number of songs boring, and didn't love the straight-up covers of some of the classic songs. While their style was interesting, I didn't find it particularly strong. Personally, I wouldn't pick it over other efforts from the same time frame. In sum, this album really wasn't bad, at least not as bad as I was braced for it to be. I may have even liked it if I didn't dislike the Who as much as I do. That said, I didn't think it was very good or special. Not sure I needed to hear it before I die. Overall: 2.75/5

Short and sweet. Perfect length for this album.

The Good: absolute classics like "The Kids are Alright" and "My Generation", Keith Moon's drumming is incredible. The Bad: completely unnecessary covers ("Please, Please, Please" and dare I say the whitest cover ever of "I'm a Man") The end result: More good than bad, but the bad was enough to make the album not great.

When looking at The Who, compared to the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones in the same year, you can feel a lot of the same influences. But The Who had more of that raw power. I think in 1965, The Who would have been more effective live than on a studio album.

It's quintessential British rock but I wasn't moved

Really interesting to listen to this and see how far The Who drifted from this sound into their later work with the harder/feedback-driven/louder aesthetic they embraced.

I’d hoped to like this more than I did. It was pretty disjointed and I could never really get into a groove with it. There aren’t any bad songs here, but about 1/2 of the album is pretty unimpressive - I’m thinking of songs like “La-La-La Lies”, “Much Too Much”, “The Kids Are Alright”, and “It’s Not True”. But then there are some truly big swings like “My Generation” and “Please, Please, Please”, or even “I’m A Man” or “The Ox” which pull me back in. There’s an argument that “My Generation” is one of the earliest proto-punk rock recordings and it’s inarguably the most interesting thing they do on this album. The rest is pretty standard “English band that listened to too much American blues and R&B”.

I remember liking this album more. It’s the Who’s ‘Please Please Me.’ The title track rocks, the rest is just ok. Top tracks: “My Generation,” “The Kids Are Alright,” “I Don’t Mind”

Their, their, their, their generation didn't turn out so good 😔😔😔

(58/100)

Devo dire che mi è piaciuto molto. Forse un po’ lungo e non tutte le tracce mi hanno fatto impazzire. Però cosa devi dire a the who

I'm glad I got James Brown Live at the Apollo before this one because it really drove home, especially with the cover of "I Don't Mind," how much Roger Daltrey was doing a JB impression. Well, with the notable exception of the album's title track, where he affects a tweaked-out Mod's stutter.

It’s fascinating hearing absolutely revolutionary rock occasionally interrupted by completely ordinary R&B covers. You can really hear the changing tides here.

My Generation Kids Are Alright

Appreciate the album.

i love a 60s britpop moment but this dragged on

Meh

cute. molt beetlense. però ja he escoltat altres com aquest

solid 6.5/10

The early Who at their best, with energy and cheek galore. Fantastic few songs, but not a true competitor for greatest album.

The James Brown covers are inferior versions, it shows promise, but they wouldn't really find their feet until a few years later. My generation, kids are alright and the Ox are highlights

This album has a bunch of song titles that remind me of newer tracks from other bands and now I'm wondering if those newer ones are references to this album. Unfortunately I don't think the music is great Standouts My Generation 3/5

It’s alright it’s pretty good in some spots just kinda meh in others

My favourites so far are “out on the street”,”I don’t mind”, and “my generation”. I’m getting big Beatles vibes from this album, although it’s probably the case that these guys influenced the Beatles. Not my favourite genre to be honest, but very listenable. I’m sure it was a “generational” album but just not my cup of tea.

Якщо винести за дужки My Generation, який звичайно дуже хітовий хіт, то альбом непоганої рок-музики 60х без якоїсь родзинки.

Я люблю більш пізній період The Who, це звісно стильний альбом, оця всі мод культура ітд ітп, але якось не знаю. Однойменна пісня мегахіт, інші ж для мене якось більш фоном проходять.

One of the best of these mid sixties, white, British kids trying to sing American blues albums. You can hear their influence both on and from The Beatles. It's still boomery as fuck though. Songs about how getting married is so unfair to men because they have to work so not age well.

Great album, not my jam

It's ok but I despise Pete Townshend

Back half of the album was my favorite, clearly they let Keith Moon do his thing and started experimenting, which was needed. 3.5 outta 5

This album had great sounds throughout - unfortunately, it just did not connect with me. I can tell this is a great album, but it's just not for me.

Meh

My generation

I only knew (and liked) My Generation before listening to this. In my head, The Who are an early to mid 70s rock band through and through, so hearing them being quite 60s jangly guitars (and in Mono!) was slightly discombobulating. La-La-La-Lies was a bit Beach Boys which somehow made it even more confusing. They gets bonus points for rattling though 12 songs in 35 minutes, but I'm honestly not sure why people hold this in such high acclaim. It's fine. 3/5

Every boomer likes the who

Good early rock album, with some nice blues influences. Besides the major hit, I don't think I'll come back to this album.

So sexist, but in line with the time it was made. I didn't listen to all of it, but I did like a couple of the songs (the more popular ones from the album)

Felt like a mid Beatles album

Hard to believe this is a debut because they sound very mature at times. Its also a lot blusier than I was expecting. That being said, knowing what this band would become on later albums makes this album feel like its lacking something

Two killers, rest filler.

Album was okay, nothing spectacular, and way too long

Vad säger ugglan?

Like with The Rolling Stones, you can hear the foundational elements that are going to make subsequent albums/songs the classics they are.

3+ Stars (9/15)

It's catchy! Some songs that are fun to groove to. Unfortunately, even when remastered, it sounds like The Who recorded this album in a nuclear submarine 200m underwater through two cans tied together with string.

Drugs really were legal, huh

3.0 - Ok

I'm noticing that there are a lot of albums on this list that were proto versions of a genre, so it's safe to assume that the author of the list considers the zeitgeist as a strong criterion for his selection. Well The Who are certainly pillars of the zeitgeist. This album is supposed to be a proto of Hard Rock, so it's definitely influenced the favourite artists of basically everyone in the Western canon. Not to mention how The Who dabbled with mixing pop rock and blues elements (not to mention proto punk) was foundational for its time and still widely influences modern art. All that said, zeitgeist is definitely part of my rating criteria too, but it's not enough by itself. Luckily The Who are also fucking incredible musicians, highly innovative, original, and interesting. This album spans a ton of genres and styles but the overall effect is cohesive and attention catching. The drumming stands out (though I'm listening to the un-remastered version and somewhat regretting it for the pots-and-pans sound). Lyrically they're a bit bland, but I know they can write good lyrics because of their later albums so they just need to grow into that. I'm thinking four stars just because, while this is excellent, I don't think it warrants a full day of your final 1001 before you die. The writer of this 1001 list really needs to read some reviews and notice how people consistently get sick of seeing multiple albums by the same artist of this list. Just limit it to one!! Even the Beatles don't deserve more than one album on the list, there are SO MANY incredible musicians ffs. The Who certainly doesn't deserve five albums. I'm knocking off a star because of that alone.

bättre än please please me

The Who, great as they were, are a band that in my opinion had one masterpiece (Who’s Next), an exceptional live album (Live at Leeds), and several solid records that are interesting but not albums I come back to very often. My Generation definitely is in that category for me. It hasn’t aged particularly well, but the raw energy of the band is palpable and My Generation the song is iconic (even if the stuttering annoys me if I’m honest about it).

I find listening to any album by The Who as a whole confounding. When they commit themselves to truly rocking out, they are among the greats, although a lot of their (earned) legacy seems borne out of the more out-there moves they make, especially later with the concept albums, rock operas, etc. Here, for my money, it's wildly uneven, but when it's good it's so good. On the bad side: when they attempt standards or originals where they sound like they're aping American blues ("Please Please Please" "I'm a Man") it's cringey and borders on unlistenable. The harmony-based, British-invasion-sounding stuff is good not great ("The Kids Are Alright" "A Legal Matter"). Having said all that, I certainly can't bury an album that has perhaps the first punk song ("My Generation") in both its sound and sensibility. Even more striking, however, was "The Ox," which I'm not sure I'd ever heard before. When it began I had to check to see whether the album had turned over and there was something on Spotify shuffle. The song sounds like proto-metal with some blues sensibility and transcends everything on the album except maybe the title track. It's brilliant, not just for its time, but in general. I'd listen to hours of instrumentals like it.

It is becoming comical, this is the 12th straight day of an artist from the UK. Some good, some great and some shitty. I don't know if The Who belong in the good or the shit column. I guess they are not shit, but they aren't good either - they are just another 60s era English rock band that tries to not be The Beatles but in doing so just sound like a worse version of The Beatles. This album is fine, and maybe I am jaded by the continuous inundation of British music for 2 straight weeks, but it doesn't belong on this list. They didn't do anything unique, original, ground-breaking, trend-setting, genre-defining, or overly influential. They were just a solid band that did the main stream music of their time. There is nothing special about this album. 6/10 129/1001

Seems very dated now. Apart from My Generation, seems very generic early 60s blues pop oriented. I preferred their later albums once they had found their sound.

Glad I've heard it, but it's pretty mid

5/10 Making a judgement on this album is very hard. There are some really good moments in there, with My Generation obviously being the standout, but it’s such a mixed bag of styles that it almost doesn’t sound like the same band from one song to the next some of the time. Rather than being a melting pot of ideas, it feels like a collection of ideas, with Townshend writing a Beatles song, then a Kinks song, then an almost Bob Dylanish song. Honestly, this feels a bit like a band who have been given their record contract before they’ve really pinned down who they are, especially when you throw in the James Brown and Bo Diddley covers. But there are hints of where things might be going, particularly when they start to follow the intensity of Keith Moon’s drumming. There are times when he sounds like he’s not really playing the same song as them, but when they join him on the ride, they really pick things up and there’s a pace and an edge that’s missing from elsewhere on the album. I’ve also never really heard it talked about before, but The Ox really does sound like the future compared to the rest of the album. I can kind of see why they were successful here, especially in an era that was far more single focused than the decades that followed, but as an album it’s just a bit too piecemeal, despite the little flares of quality scattered throughout. Out In The Street - This has a bit of a gritty edge for the time. It sounds like a fairly standard pop-rock song in most respects, but Daltrey has got a bit of grit to his voice and the drums have got that extra bit of thrust behind them. It’s not massively exciting, but it’s decent. I Don’t Mind - Well Daltrey can’t hold a candle to James Brown, so it’s always going to sound weak in comparison. It’s got a nice little bit of swing to it, but otherwise, there’s nothing too exciting here. The Good’s Gone - This kind of sounds like a blend of a bunch of bands that were knocking around at the time. A bit of The Stones, a bit of The Kinks, a bit of The Beatles. Again, it’s ok, but overall not that invigorating. La-La-La-Lies - This is quite loose, yet quite poppy. It’s quite odd from a drumming point of view as it’s so tom heavy and the recording makes them sound very thin, but it at least gives it that little bit of something different. It’s over in no time too. So far, I feel like the band haven’t really found their own sound and it’s a bit of a mash-mash. Much Too Much - The lead in to the chorus really reminds me of Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone, which was released the same year. I kind of feel like Keith Moon is playing a different song to everyone else. He’s going a bit nuts over what is quite a sedate, poppy number. It’s quite funny to imagine him flailing around in the background while the rest of the band sing this. My Generation - Here we go. It’s got great pace, everyone gets their go at showing off, and that chorus hook is just top notch. I can really see why this took off for them, and I really wonder where they would have gone had this album not had this song on here. Would they have got another chance? It’s the first time they’ve not sounded like they were trying to more or less ape someone else’s style, and they hit it out of the park. The Kids Are Alright - Ladies and gentlemen, meet The Beatles. This is actually a pretty decent Beatles song, but it’s a Who song, so I don’t know where that leaves us. I do like it, but as mentioned on My Generation, much of this album sounds like Townshend trying to write songs that sound like his favourite bands. Please Please Please - Another walk down James Brown avenue. Another song that doesn’t match up to the original. And another song that’s at stylistic odds with much of the rest of the album. It’s Not True - I quite like this one, actually. It’s got great momentum. Despite the fact that, at it’s core, it’s another fairly poppy rock song, it feels a bit like they’ve tried to join in with Keith Moon’s intensity, which gives things get a bit more edge. It’s not hitting the heights of My Generation, but it feels somewhere between that and some of the more generic tracks on the record. I’m A Man - So we’re doing the blues now? These covers are all so odd in that they just don’t really sit with everything else, which is a pretty mixed bag as it is. It’s ok, I suppose, but it just doesn’t really belong here. A Legal Matter - I don’t really rate Pete Townshend’s voice here at all. It feels like he’s stretching for the higher notes a bit too much. This has a bit more of that My Generation edge, but with a bit of a different swagger. I feel like this might have been better with Daltrey’s more gritty and solid delivery on the vocal, but it’s not a bad song either. The Ox - They’ve let Keith Moon off the leash. I do really like the use of the driven guitars and feedback in here too, and this sounds like a pretty good foreshadowing of the kind of sound that was to come in the future, even though it’s just a bit of improv jam and not a traditional song. A really nice little ending to the album.

Inte deras bästa. Det är lite mesigare och mindre melodisk och rytmiskt som the who är som bäst.

Tycker den här var hyfsad men inte så mycket mer än så, en stabil trea. Efter fem skivor får jag konstatera att The Who är ett extremt spretigt band med väldigt höga toppar och rätt djupa dalar.

A couple great songs, but not my favorite overall

A decently fun but basic rock-and-roll-esque album. Not much to say. It's an alright album, but nothing stands out. Didn't really get much out of it, but it wasn't hard to listen or anything. 7/10

I think The Who is a very middling group. They put on wonderful performances, but there music just doesn't hold up to their contemporaries. They're worse song writers than The Beatles, they can't play the blues like The Stones and Roger Daltrey sure can't wail like Robert Plant.

I really like The Who, they were a predecessor to what would become hard rock but aside from the title track you'd never know it from this album. A lot of this is a band still finding itself, a cover or two and a lot of generic early British Invasion pop. My Generation and The Kids Are Alright are the absolute highlights of this album but much of the rest is more an insight to the development of The Who than necessary listening

background rock, better than the other one

It’s okay, classic and accessible. Not something I would listen to in the future.

This is the Who’s first album, which is pretty good for a debut. There are a couple singles from it that still are played regularly on the radio. The guitar parts are heavy for that period, and apparently set the stage for hard rock and heavy metal which emerged later.

This could be an 80s album cover! Kind of a boring album, though. I don't remember what I thought about the last Wholbum, even though we just had it, so maybe that's just their thing. It was, overall, fine. Highlights: 'La-La-La-Lies', 'Much Too Much', the fact that the dozens of takeoffs of 'The Kids Are Alright' all disagree with the central premise

Finally a good band to come out of the 60s. The Kids Are Alright my favorite. Inspiration for Offspring's song?

Not too enjoyable

This one doesn't usually make my regular The Who rounds, but goddamn, what a way to hit the music scene. Sure, it wasn't their best offering, but you can definitely hear the groundwork for what they were to become, and My Generation and The Kids Are Alright are going to get onto any greatest hits compilations that are legit. One of my favorite all-time bands, and it's fun to go back to the beginning.

The debut of The Who, My Generation is a fairly standard album from The Who. That said, it is interesting to hear the 'edge' to their sound forming, and moving into the direction of hard rock. "My Generation" is the standout track, but the "The Kids are Alright" and "I Don't Mind" also show some of the directions the band would take in later albums. Not their best album in my opinion but still solid.

again, not particularly compelled! but i didn’t dislike it, enjoyed the listen. it does rock pretty hard

The title track is the standout. The rest is pretty typical late 60s Brit rock. I supposed this being mid-60s shows that it was ahead of its time but only just. Good but unexceptional.

Solid and straightforward. I listened to the mono version, which isn't often these days.

Pretty good debut album from a group who would go on to greatness with later work. I personally like their later work rather than this, and it reminds me a ton of The Beatles where their early work was very pop rock and jingle jangle. Simple stuff to sell records. This album closes with The Ox, however and man, that is a jam! Way more blues-influence overall on this album than anything The Beatles were doing at this time. 3.08/5 stars

Was not expecting this album to be what it is. Couple of good songs, lot of different sounding Who songs. Not bad at all, just different.

J - 3/5 Best Track - "My Generation" F - DNL

A pretty good album, I liked Much Too Much, Please Please Please and It's Not True the most.

I like a couple songs, but it’s repetitive and I don’t love early rock

sympa

It's a perfectly fine album, was probably amazing in its time. I enjoyed my generation and it's not true. Lots of variety but mixed in with that quiet a few chaff songs. I think if I were to have listened to this album in a different setting I would have enjoyed it more. I'll probs register at some point but for now it's a 3.

Good

I get its significance in music history, but its fine. Nothing I'd like to hear again.

Yeah. Decent. Apparently you have to like Beatles or The Who. So far there’s more Beatles songs I dislike than The Who. I don’t mind was fantastic.

A pretty good album, a good introduction to The Who, but not their best work, nor is it something that everyone needs to listen to (unless your only knowledge of The Who is the theme songs of the CSI series of shows, they're capable of more than just Won't Get Fooled Again and Teenage Wasteland) Solid 3/5

1. My Generation 2. The Ox 3. The Kids Are Alright

I really wanna love The Who but I dont find the music very exciting, I love the individual performances but not the finished work.

7/10

I guess this was the sound of the times, beatlesy, rolling stonesy music with some who flavour sprinkled over it. It is ok but by no means as interesting as came later

Whilst the album title track is definitely the outstanding track on the album, it's The Who, one of the grandfathers of rock n roll, a mixture of popping classic rock, bluesy tunes and even a few slower acoustic tracks. Easily one of the most influential albums of its time - MTW Personally, I do think all MODS are pretentious and the music follows suit. However, a very iconic album that I did in fact NOT hate. Objectively too long but some okay tracks in there - HF x

always a fun musical era

It's surprising (to me at least) how poppy, Beatles-like and American early Who was. It's good, probably quite jmportant, but I'm not particularly excited by it.

i like the who when they're more rocking

Showed potential, and The Kids Are All Right is a definite stand out, but doesn't live up to their best

Reminded me a lot of The Beatles, not a bad album considering, but nothing special either

I liked it! Not my favorite, but I still enjoyed it!!!

Just mid sixties rock, nothing more. 3 stars

-woooww ok this really surpassed expectations for me, considering i was rather underwhelmed by Who’s Next. i liked this one way more honestly -i’d like to give this a relisten, it wasn’t perfect but could probably make its way up to 4 stars territory at least. soo fucking catchy -Favorites are Out In The Street, The Good’s Gone, My Generation, and The Ox

antes de eles se voltarem pro rock de arena pra fazer papais se mijarem, eles tentavam fazer um rockzinho honesto hein. bem normal, mas achei que seria bem pior

The debut album was...fine.. a bit all over the place, mostly generic 60's rock sound with a few flashes townshend and moon sprinkled in there to tease just who they would become, looking forward to later stuff more.

Good 60s album but nothing that really stuck for me

It's good but I prefer all of the five that followed it.

The Who are definitely a band that like The Stones suffer from greatest hits itis, this debut shows their blues pub rock style, and the Ox at the end shows Keith Moons ability to drive the band and cause chaos. Not as good as the later stuff

Before this album, all I knew of The Who was Pinball Wizard, My Generation and Pete Townshend's dubious legal defence. It was turns out that the Who (or at least their early years) is more pleasant than I had envisaged. It's a rockier sound than their Beatles contemporaries, and most of the songs hold up in terms of their instrumentation, vocals and overall sound. But the songwriting isn't so good. With only limited disrespect to Sir Richard, this is like a whole album of Ringo songs. And Ringo songs aren't bad, but I'm also going to tire of them before too long.

Meh/good

A couple bangers but not as good as their later stuff like who’s next and quadrohenia. Entwhistles bass is brilliant tho

This is well before The Who came into their own, this era sounds more or less like any other rock group of the 60's, maybe a little better

This album has a lot of energy but I guess I was expecting more from The Who. Really on one huge hit here, the title track. There are some other good deep tracks here, and the closer is a great drum-driven track. But not sure this stands up as well as their later albums. Kind of just shows them in their early development. 3/5

Pretty good but underwhelming for British Invasion

This is the fourth Who album I've gotten and it doesn't seem any more interesting than the others.

This did very little for me. Maybe it’s just overexposed and not remastered but the title track sounded stale. I know it’s influential and I had an ok time with it but just not feeling it. High 3.

Pretty solid record with strong, hard-hitting percussion. Some of the melodies and pieces of the production are a bit grating. “I Don’t Mind” is a heavenly song and the best I’ve ever heard from the Who.

En 1965, le paysage musical britannique est en pleine ébullition. Au milieu de la Beatlemania et de l'élégance bluesy des Rolling Stones, un quatuor londonien fait exploser les conventions avec une fureur et une arrogance jusqu'alors inédites. The Who, avec son premier album "My Generation", ne se contente pas de jouer de la musique ; il la pulvérise, la déchire et la jette à la figure d'une société qu'il ne comprend plus. Cet album est un cri primal du mouvement Mod et l'acte de naissance du proto-punk. Pourtant, malgré son importance historique capitale et son énergie volcanique, "My Generation" est un disque qu'il est plus facile d'admirer que d'aimer dans son intégralité. Le génie, parlons-en. Il est concentré, presque entièrement, dans une poignée de titres qui ont à juste titre changé la face du rock. La chanson-titre, "My Generation", est un hymne, un manifeste. Dès les premières notes de basse ronflantes et prédatrices de John Entwistle, on sent que quelque chose de différent se passe. La guitare de Pete Townshend crache des accords puissants, la batterie de Keith Moon est un chaos contrôlé, une tempête de roulements et de cymbales fracassées. Et puis il y a la voix de Roger Daltrey. Ce bégaiement feint ("Why don't you all f-f-f-fade away") n'est pas un gimmick ; c'est le son de la frustration, de la colère d'une jeunesse qui ne trouve pas ses mots face à l'establishment. La phrase finale, "Hope I die before I get old", est d'une violence symbolique inouïe. Ce seul titre justifie l'existence de l'album et la place du groupe au panthéon du rock. Dans la même veine, "The Kids Are Alright" offre une facette légèrement plus mélodique mais tout aussi affirmée de l'identité du groupe. C'est une célébration de la culture jeune, un instantané de la vie Mod où l'insouciance se mêle à un sentiment de communauté. La chanson est portée par des harmonies vocales qui montrent déjà la finesse d'écriture de Pete Townshend, capable de marier l'agressivité à une certaine forme de poésie pop. On peut également citer "A Legal Matter", où Pete Townshend prend le micro pour un titre rock'n'roll efficace qui aborde le thème du mariage avec une impertinence juvénile. Ces morceaux originaux sont la véritable force de l'album ; ils montrent un groupe qui a déjà une voix, un son et un message. Cependant, là où le bât blesse, c'est dans la structure même de l'album. "My Generation" sonne comme une compilation de singles prometteurs et de reprises obligatoires. À l'époque, il était courant pour les groupes britanniques de rendre hommage à leurs héros du R&B américain, et The Who ne fait pas exception. Le problème est que leurs interprétations de James Brown ("I Don't Mind", "Please, Please, Please") manquent cruellement de l'âme et du groove de l'original. Si l'énergie est là, l'interprétation semble forcée, presque scolaire. On sent un groupe qui coche des cases, qui montre ses influences, mais qui perd au passage la singularité explosive de ses propres compositions. Ces reprises, bien qu'honorables, agissent comme des freins, diluant l'impact des morceaux originaux et donnant à l'ensemble un aspect de "remplissage". Au-delà des reprises, certaines des compositions originales de Pete Townshend peinent à se hisser au niveau des classiques. Des titres comme "La-La-La-Lies" ou "The Good's Gone" sont de bons morceaux Mod, efficaces et énergiques, mais ils manquent de l'étincelle qui rend "My Generation" immortel. L'album oscille ainsi constamment entre le révolutionnaire et le conventionnel, créant une expérience d'écoute frustrante. On passe d'un sommet vertigineux à une vallée beaucoup plus ordinaire en l'espace de quelques minutes. La production de Shel Talmy, si elle a le mérite de capturer la brutalité sonore du groupe, montre aussi ses limites. Le son est parfois mince, manquant de la profondeur et de la puissance que le groupe développera sur des albums ultérieurs comme "Who's Next". C'est le son d'un groupe enregistré à la va-vite, un document sonore brut qui privilégie l'instant à la perfection. En conclusion, "My Generation" est un album paradoxal. C'est une œuvre essentielle, un passage obligé pour quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire du rock. L'énergie brute, l'attitude provocatrice et l'innovation sonore (le solo de basse, la batterie frénétique, les prémices du feedback) sont indéniables. Mais en tant qu'album à écouter d'une traite, il souffre de ses faiblesses : une construction hétéroclite, des reprises peu inspirées et des compositions inégales. C'est le son d'un groupe qui a déjà trouvé sa fureur, mais pas encore sa pleine maturité artistique. Un 3 sur 5 semble donc juste : un pour l'importance historique, un pour l'énergie pure et un pour le génie fulgurant de la chanson-titre. Les deux points manquants représentent l'incohérence et le remplissage qui empêchent ce premier essai d'être le chef-d'œuvre total qu'il aurait pu être.

This is still early for them, so they haven't quite hit their stride yet, but you can see it start with My Generation and The Ox. The Who are at their best when Keith Moon was let loose and drumming like Animal from The Muppets.

Pretty good! Not the best Who record, but for the era this must’ve felt pretty revolutionary. Good stuff.

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3.75

FACTORING IN THE FACT IT'S FROM 1965 - 60 YEARS AGO - IT'S NOT HALF BAD. NOT MY FAVORITE AND A LITTLE LONG LOL BUT ALL IN ALL THERE WAS A LOT WORSE MUSIC FROM THAT TIME PERIOD.

I enjoyed this but don't understand why it is a must listen to before you die. Beattles and the kinks did it better in this era. The who came into their own later in their career

Yeah look it was okay, i understand the importance of this record in the genre but the vocalist basically stealing blues vocal style put me off. Im sure it was edgy at the time and it still has good hooks but just whatever to me

My Generation serves as a musical insight into the life and times of 60s youth and a burgeoning UK invasion. This album has early forms of British mod rock mixed with bluesy tones, and some elements of hard rock that would define later punk movements. A fun and rebellious batch of tracks that define a generation in a fast-changing world. Fave Tracks: I Don't Mind, The Good's Gone, My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, It's Not True Worst Track: La-La-La Lies

I don't know how to feel about this. I really expect to enjoy this more not that it's bad. The songs range from great just ok and two I thought were bad. Still overall it's alright.

A nice debut album. They have the classic sound from the British Invasion, and there are some great tracks on this record. I think it is very inconsistent though, and there are quite some Beatles rip offs on it, but it's fine. I enjoyed listening to it quite a bit. This album also kind of bridges the gap between the classic sound of the British Invasion with bands like the Beatles, and the sound of The Who on records such as 'Who's Next'. There really are some glimpses of what's to come on this record.

Not exactly the most earth shattering, profound lyrics. Inoffensive to listen to but pretty unremarkable.

Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: My Generation, The Kids Are Alright I don't yet have a ton of experience with The Who yet. This being their debut album, and smack dab right in the middle of the 60s, mind you, they are all over the place musically. There's a smattering of early 60s songs about girls and lovey-dovey shit (Much Too Much, Please Please Please) mixed in with late 60's psychedelic rock. Sometimes they sound like the early Beatles (La-La-La-Lies, The Kids Are Alright) , sometimes folksy Bob Dylan (The Good's Gone), sometimes they are going ape shit like in The Ox. Again, I don't have much experience with The Who, but i kind of seems like in later albums their "The Ox" won out and that's the direction they went with. 3

Early the who... not their best, but everything's already there: the voice, the nois, the anger. There are moments of innocent early beatles rock'n roll, even some blues, but when "people try to put us down" sounds, popular music is no longer what it used to be. The best song however still is "I can't explain" 3/5

lovely stuff

Super classic stuff, I just always find myself going back to the live performances of these songs (especially My Generation). They have such an energy to them that doesn’t translate as well in the studio recordings. At least that’s my preference!

A raw and rowdy debut, My Generation captures The Who still finding their footing, leaning heavily into a bluesy, garage-rock sound that mirrors the early Stones more than the sonic innovators they'd soon become. The production is rough around the edges—gritty, even—but there's a certain charm in the chaos. "The Good's Gone" pairs jangly guitar lines with a haunting vocal drone, while "My Generation" and "The Kids Are Alright" hint at the band's explosive potential and knack for teenage anthems. "A Legal Matter" delivers a power-pop punch, and "Much Too Much" surprises with verses that veer into Lou Reed territory. The sparks are there, but they’re still buried beneath distortion and derivative riffs—promise in search of polish.

The Who is just okay for me and this album sounded like Oldies.

Very much 60s rock, I can close my eyes and I'm at a backyard BBQ with all the dads vibing to this. Fine but not for me

This guy has a stuttering problem

1 banger, some decent stuff but nothing that'll make me super eager to return

It aight

The Who on the brink of coolness...

A bluesy, playful romp through history. Kinda funny to hear white people making black soul music, but I guess that's where rock n' roll came from - soul, gospel, rhythm & blues, and jazz. I like where they went from here more than where they were when this came out.

It was okay!

Good, not great--some of the less-played ones were better than the hits for my money.

It’s fine. It sounds nice. It’s rock music. I am underwhelmed. Honestly, I expected more. Lots of The Beatles influence in there. I think I’ll just listen to them, though. They get better, right?

Debut album by The Who. Great start to a career supplying soundtrack songs for CSI shows. Just kidding.

ok

Back when I was in college, I considered myself a fan of The Who, but I’ve never listened to this whole album before. This will be my fourth album of theirs to review, and I’m excited to listen to this debut. I’m more familiar with The Who’s later music, but I’m always down to listen to these gentlemen. My Generation isn’t going to dethrone Who’s Next as my favorite album by The Who, but I really enjoyed this glimpse into their early career. There’s a rawness and an edge to The Who’s sound that I enjoyed. The first side of the album was a bit hit-or-miss with me. I loved “The Good’s Gone” and the title track, but I really wasn’t into “I Don’t Mind,” “La-La-La Lies,” or “I Don’t Mind.” “The Good’s Gone” had some excellent guitar playing and drumming, and I enjoyed the drone of Roger Daltrey’s voice, which was really unexpected. “My Generation” is easily the best song on the album though. Everything absolutely clicks here: Daltrey’s vocal stutters, Entwistle’s bass line, Moon’s manic drumming, and Townsend’s guitar are all perfect here, and everyone gets a chance to shine. This song is quintessentially sixties to me, and I absolutely love it. “The Kids Are Alright” is fantastic too. I love how it manages to blend mod and blues sounds. I loved the piano playing on “It’s Not True,” and I wish there had been more piano playing included in this album. I really loved “A Legal Matter” too; the guitar hook in the intro was excellent, and the guitar and piano playing throughout the rest of the song were great as well. Overall, this album was pretty good, but some of the songs were duds to me. I think that if I had never heard The Stooges or The Sonics, I might have felt more favorable towards this album, but some of it just felt a bit bland to me. Even though some of this album wasn’t really in line with my tastes, I think it’s objectively good, and certainly a major influence on rock music.

It’s fine! Has some good songs! Enough of The Who, though!!

Pleasant but not rushing to listen again.

Contrary to everyone else on this website, I actually like all the British Rock. This was was just alright though

Looks like this was their debut album. Glad I was able to give it a listen.

Enjoyed The title song

3/5, pretty good but not amazing

3.5/5 My Generation and The Ox the two stand out tracks. The rest is enjoyable but forgettable

Boppy Dad rock. Good, not great.

Funny how I've listened to their hits my entire life, and based my expectations on that. in fact, I was sure that I had listened to this entire album at some point but I was wrong. This album has a lot more of a "60s popular music" sound than I expected. So much so, that sometimes they even sound like a Rolling Stones clone. But this all collapses into the accretion disk of the black hole that is My Generation, a song breaking so far afield of the standard 60's rock as to behave as a Singularity, opening up a new universe for rock, AND for this band to move on to craft their defining future sound. Genre impact: Huge Decade impact: High Absolute impact: Low Listenability: High Relistenability: Low (except My Generation: Very High)

A solid album that’s more of an amalgamation of other artists than a proper Who album. The title track and “The Ox” sound like a band confident in their own sound, but the rest, while good, is just an imitation.

I like a lot of The Who’s music, and really love a handful of their tunes. I think Pete Townshend is one of the best guitarists and songwriters in rock history. Love his voice, too. Roger, John, and their drummers and keyboardists, are all excellent. That being said, this is not an album I've listened to a lot. I do get its importance in rock history, and it has some fun mid-60’s “mod rock” songs, but overall I like their later stuff a lot better. 3⭐️