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Who's Next by The Who

Who's Next

The Who

1971
3.88
Rating
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Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Hard Rock

Reviews (page 12 of 15)

Arguably the best album by one of the greatest rock bands of all time. It was interesting learning that this was essentially half if a discarded concept album called Lifehouse, mixed with one off songs. A revolutionary of an arpeggiating synthesizer. Perhaps above all, Pete Townsend was masterful on this album.

This album could have just been straightforward rock & roll, but it was that and experimental, with great drum and synth parts. Iconic songs.

pretty good - baba o'riley is a cracker and My Wife was decent too

This album is even better than I remembered. At first I was thinking of it as being Baba O'Reilly and Won't Get Fooled Again with a load of filler in the middle. But I forgot how great My Wife and The Song is Over are. The only negative I would have about it is that sometimes Pete Townsend's lyrics are a bit uninspiring. Especially on Getting in Tune and Behind Blue Eyes. I've salaams found the lyrics of the later pretty cringe, but musically it's a great song. Overall its a 9/10 for me.

I LOOOOOOOOVE THIS ALBUM!!!!

Stratosferico, nulla da dire, grande classico, l'ho riascoltato molto volentieri

Classic Who.

The best I ever had!!!!!!!! I never listened to this record front to back before. I've heard a lot of the songs before but God damn... This album rips. To this day it still holds true. I've never been a huge Who fan. Never had a problem with them but I just didn't gravitate towards them. I look at bands who try to rip off old bands, Greta Van Fleet - > Led Zeppelin; The Struts - > Aerosmith or Def Leppard; Airborne - > AC/DC. But they always come up short. They try too hard to be like their inspiration. And that sucks. It's ironically uninspiring. But if bands tried to be more like The Who, not emulate or rip off... But take notes from The Who.. I think success would follow modern day rock bands. I guess GVF is popular... But are widely critiqued and probably lost a lot of interest due to sounding like a cover band. No band has resurrected rock music. As a fan of the genre, that saddens me. But I find inspiration and love in other guitar driven music. What I'm saying is, this album is so well written. The ideas. The riffs. The voice. The lyrics. THE DRUMS! The compositions. The production! This album really has it all. This album is experimental gone right in all the right places. I am going to dive into the Who and check out other records. I hear Tommy is a masterpiece. I can't say anything bad about this album. Notable songs: My Wife - excellent horns. Love the ending refrain. Behind Blue Eyes - great slow jam... That turns out pretty rockin. Good contrast. Good lyrics. Baba O' Riley - quite the Magnus opus Song is over - lyrics are great. Vocals are awesome! Guitar solo is perfect and compliments the song. It's not showy. It is notes played where they need to be. Piano pieces are beautiful.

just for baba oriley

Disco cargante y aburrido excepto por un par de canciones.

I too, am an air conditioned gypsy.

csi good. rest ok

Some iconic songs but a lot of filler for me...

All of the songs felt very familiar, pretty good album. Feel like it would be better with multiple listens

It’s a great record. Listened on new headphones but prior to amp and Dac. This one takes me back to about 13 years old when my uncles got it for me for my birthday.

A landmark in rock. When Townshend's high-minded concepts and his sharpest songwriting chops were at their zenith.

The more the listened the more I loved

fucking a. seriously, this is epic

71/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 This album has some great songs on it, but a lot of the other songs feel like filler. The Who has never put out an album of the same caliber as the likes of Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd, as far as I'm concerned. Still overall a very good album.

Solid 2 opening songs, rest were easy to listen to but didn't jump out. Behind Blue Eyes seems way overrated, and Won't Get Fooled Again was a nice capstone to play out the album.

Never having listened to The Who I am surprised at how many song I knew. It was banger after banger. The album really flowed well, with the exception of Going Mobile, which I think is a rad cheesy compared to the rest of the album. I will definitely listen to this album again.

Amazing and timeless!

Baba and Won't get fooled? Yes please

Yeah, it's actually nicer than all that 60s-Rock/Pop stuff. At least more interesting in general, maybe because it's more uptempo (in general, or at least in the first couple of songs). Behind Blue Eyes gets stuck in your head, but I think, there's other songs on this album that are better.

Zwischen Art Pop und Hard Rock angesiedelt, sind The Who eine der bekanntesten Vertreter der britischen Mod-Bewegung der 60er und 70er. Der zweite Teil des Albums hat mir deutlich besser gefallen als der erste; anfangs dachte ich, es wäre ein farbloses Durchschnittsrock-Album. Besonders The Song is Over und Getting in Tune sind durchaus sog. „Banger“.

Skip tracks 4, 6 Well arranged songs. More epic than I typically like to listen to, but the quality is undeniable. Would not go out of my way to listen to this band. Good work, just not something I would put on a mix. Exhausted and bored after the first few tracks.

Some classic hits and good classic rock, but am not overly enthusiastic

Amazing album!

Starts and ends great. Middle is good enough

Baba O Riley pulls you straight into it. Manages to keep a good level for a while but completly drops the ball on Getting In Tune and Going Mobile. Redeems itself on the last two tunes. Great album, could have been a bit better

Couple strong songs, but mostly kinda boring. I guess i would listen again. 2.5

Is famous person said. There is no two thoughts

Beautiful 😍🥹

Lots of their big songs. But over all I didn't like it

Got them after led zeppelin and I thank that ruined the experience a bit. The drums don’t hit as hard, the vocals aren’t as raw and the production is a bit cleaner. I didn’t click with it. Favs - baba o’Riley ofc it’s a classic, the song is over is fantastic, behind blue eyes has some great harmonies, getting in tune is great as well. The album closes strong with won’t get fooled again. The rest are okay. It’s a light 3.

Just a fantastic album from front to back.

Baba O'Riley - 4.3/5 yeah no this is one of those songs i "lost" at some point cause i've heard it a lot but not in a very long time. Bargain - 4/5 Love Ain't for Keeping - 4.1/5 why is this the shortest one on the album and why am i begging an album from the 1970's to have a longer song for the first time?!? My Wife - 3.5/5 should have beat his wife honestly fumbling this hard The Song is Over - 2.8/5 i was in fact, hoping he wasn't lying when saying the song was over Getting in Tune - 4/5 Going Mobile - 4.2/5 "BEEP BEEP!" 🗣️🗣️🗣️ This one just kept getting better Behind Blue Eyes - 4.4/5 Holy shit i actually fucking love the Eagles sound radiating out of this one Won't Get Fooled Again - 4.25/5 the very end gets so good with the scream Remastered version once again does a significant justice to each track, bumping the overall scores compared to the originals. As an album this is like exactly a 4.5/5 for me, even if the scores don't average to that, very surprised at this one.

Is the Who cheesy? I don't think they aged as well as some. For such a loud band, they have a lot of acoustic

Such a classic album. Not much else to say

Great album. Favs: "Baba O'Riley" - what an opening, "Getting in Tune", "Going Mobile" & "Water" **Side note: Another band of men.

Another example of a great musical experiments. In 1971 not a lot of artist tried to match elelctronical components, rock or even violins. Also there are 2 pure rock bangers on the album.

RIP Keith Moon, he especially carried this album.

Loved the hits, rest seemed like fillees

ok old music sounds like old music genre is good

I love Baba O'Riley and Behind Blue Eyes but haven't ever rlly listened to anything else on this album. Classic opening on the first track, I love it. Lovely album, easy listen, timeless and will listen again. Really like The Who when it comes down to it.

3.5 stars

To be honest, when I first listened to this album a long time ago, I may have had way too high expectation. An album with such a legendary lore, born out of the remains of an ambitious plan to create a epos about the unity Rock brings, it almost sounds like you're in for a Prog Rock Masterpiece. It doesn't help that Baba O'Reily is such an all time classic track, with a Philip Glass-esque synth line underpinning the entire track, effortlessly rocking with melancholy as Roger Daltry sings about the teenage wasteland, eventually ending with a violinlike guitar and an actual guitar. It's such a great opening track taking you to so many places in five minutes... ...and it's probably unfair to the rest of the album that it creates such high expectations of ambition that many of other tracks don't really want to strive for in the first place. But perhaps listening to a bit more Who albums as a reminder that they simply make Great Rock and the rest of the album reveals itself as simply the work of a very confident band, bringing songs that swing between rocking and melancholia effortlessly. Strong to YEAAHHHHHHHHH 4

klassiker

Not really by vibe but I can understand that theres some clever music going on

Fine. Groovy.

It's ok but I probably would not listen again

Bangers after bangers. Never knew I liked The Who but already knew most of the album. Nice.

Good if not a bit cheesy in place, but im not sure if the cheese is due to me hearing these songs within different contexts. Think this would be great live, but on headphones it doesn't impress.

Baba O'Riley- 5/5 Bargain- 4.6/5 Love Ain't for Keeping- 4.3/5 My Wife- 4.5/5 Song Is Over- 5/5 Getting in Tune- 5/5 Going Mobile- 4.8/5 Behind Blue Eyes- 5/5 Won't Get Fooled Again- 4.5/5 Total- 4.7/5

Baba O'Riley is a classic. The rest of the tracks have never stood out in the same way and I'll forget them before the night is over.

Packed with hits and even the non-hits are really good. This might just be the best Who album.

Absolute banger of an album ! Need to listen to it again

Stone cold classic. My Wife is the worst song, and even that's pretty good. Over five just absolute all-timers. Way to go, The Who.

A Great Album.

didn’t listen to all but listened to a solid hour. pretty good. reminds me of the kind of music my dad used to play when i was a kid.

No way I got this lucky. This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I own this on vinyl and had the pleasure of listening to it twice. Every song is fantastic and about half of the album is comprised of some ofu favorite songs ever. Baba O Reily, Behind Blue Eyes, AND Getting in Tune? What a treat, what an album!

Meh dad rock

Summary: The Who have mastered the craft of early-70s hard rock through this unquestionably great work of art. A solid lineup of songs and three particularly strong ones bookending the rest. The instruments are all played excellently, including the drums, guitar, and synth (when it appears). Also, one of my favourite-ever album covers. Baba O'Riley: Incredible intro - one of the stadium-filling, immortal moments in rock history. Simple bass, drums, and guitar back some brilliant singing. A thrilling masterpiece. Seamless movement between the sections, showcasing variations on the iconic synth+guitar strums combo from the intro. Exciting, semi-climactic ending. Bargain: Some excellent drumming (Keith Moon!) leads us into a driving rock beat with a mean melody. Again, a well-constructed mood change at 1:50, with some noticeably good playing on the bass. More mood changes later. Consistently engaging, and a variety of fairly memorable riffs and licks. A lengthy synth-guitar tradeoff solo section ends the song. Love Ain't For Keeping: The acoustic guitar and soft backing vocals are most impressive here. Classic blues chords and a laid-back drumbeat. Quite a short track, which fades into the next one. My Wife: Different vocalist. Simple melody (I feel like there's something missing here in the verses; we know this vocalist can hit some higher notes ("yeaah!"), so incorporate those into the melody!). Some slightly more adventurous chord progressions, still keeping in the heavily bluesy rock style of the previous tracks. Nice meshing of brass and synth at 1:35. The Song Is Over: Piano intro sounds familiar. Nice chords and a wistful atmosphere. Great drop (with a strange tempo change) at 1:15. Bass fills are strong, and the song's feel gets really adventurous leading up to the 2-minute mark. Build-ups and drop-offs are used frequently, to great effect. Brilliant. Build-up similar to Baba O'Riley towards the end, for a nice climactic end to side 1. Getting In Tune: Sounds in tune to me. Unexpected chords in the chorus create some seriously cool vibes. "Right in on you"-"ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᶦⁿ ᵒⁿ ʸᵒᵘ" makes a good back-and-forth. Harmony in the left channel at 2:15 - nifty. Long outro with the "getting in tune with the straight and narrow" line repeated over an energetic rhythm section. Note the high piano at the end; very cool. Going Mobile: Gosh, that drum part is so fun. An almost country-ish feel at times. The selective drum breaks, acoustic guitar, and vocals (quality/melody) remind me of Fleetwood Mac. Fast and bluesy. Behind Blue Eyes: Pretty. I can see myself listening to this a lot. The lyrics speak to me, even though I'm not nearly successful or admirable enough to relate to them. Exciting drumming and guitar work just before the final chorus. Great vocal harmonies throughout. Won't Get Fooled Again: The synths return, and they're mesmerising. An epic to conclude an epic. The rock section hits hard and possibly overstays its welcome, but this can easily be forgiven. I'll probably change my mind through relistens. The outro, with the bare-bones synth followed by the reintroduction of other instruments, is great.

Simply put, some of the finest song writing and performances ever given by four members of The Who. The album is bookended with two of their greatest tracks ever, “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” But unlike other albums with a similar structure (*cough* Toto IV *cough*), the seven songs between all range from good to excellent. In particular, “Bargain,” and “Behind Blue Eyes,” are also stellar tracks. Each member gets their moments to show off. This album just feels big. And it sports their best album cover as well!

Reminds me of my mom.

I scarily had to contemplate whether or not I only like Baba O’Riley because of One Direction. This record honestly didn’t excite me very much, even though there wasn’t much specifically that I found negative. The music and how it made me feel reminds me of The Eagles: none of the lyrics felt very special and the tracks came and went. Very solid and well put together, but not something that stands out to me. 5.5/10

El mejor álbum de The Who. Canción tras canción muestran su espectacular talento para componer algunas de las pistas de rock más sólidas de todo el género. Clásicos como Baba O'Railey o Won't Get Fooled Again siguen sonando igual de frescas y poderosas que cuando se estrenaron, cimentando el lugar de la banda como uno de los actos más importantes e influyentes de Inglaterra.

Good record, proper journey of an album with some great songs on it

Love the Who but not their best one.

Yep - all the monster tracks are present and correct so it's hard to think of this as anything other than a 5. Shame Daltrey is so insufferable.

Such an amazing album. Never listened to it before but over half of the songs are all time classics

Listened at work 10/27/2023. Great album, saw them in concert last October. 4/5

Three legendary hits, and 7 grandiose but forgettable songs

Classic rock with a progressive twist - I like it!

It was okay. Kinda zooned out... Behind blue eyes is still a banger.

Very good, but I'm a bigger fan of their kitschy stuff

I recognize The Who, but never before i listened to the whole album. Interesting, catchy.

Pretty decent

What an amazing album, opening with what many consider the greatest who song isn't a bad way to get things going. Definitely one of the greats and solid throughout. Best song - Won't get fooled again

Rating: 6.5/10 Mixed bag album. Singles are all fantastic as well as Love Ain't For Keeping. Bargain and My Wife are good. The rest of the album is incredibly mediocre, Daltrey and company are not good singers which is made obvious by these songs, which are also severely lacking in melody and memorable riffs/moments.

Good album, got some classics on it too

great music. A classic of the rock genre

Wow. Didn't realize how many hits the who crammed into one album.

Niet mijn muziek, erg saai en zeurderig. Heb niet het hele album geluisterd.

album is close to perfect baba is transcendent also rating do work Byrjun is a 4/5 for me im easy to please actually Funeral is one of the best all time

Klasik album, kad sam krenija u 2023. nisam ima toliki attention span za poslušat ovaj album kako triba, al sićan se da je čista petica, vjerojatno ću ga jednom opet poslušat.

Meeh...not that good. Like the opening track.

A classic

Guter alter Rock, einige Hits

Couple of bangers to top and tail, with some total dross filler

Best song - Behind Blue Eyes

What an intro, rest was MID

A clockwork orange music

Longgg as hell but I liked it. Favourite songs Water and Behind Blue Eyes probably. Starting back after a year so ratings might be a bit iffy for a while. It would be easier to avoid falling off if I quit writing notes but rereading the old ones made me want to try.

Easily the best Who album imo. Never listened to it with headphones before. The guitar work is sublime ;-)

8.5/10 Fun album, one or two tracks are forgettable but the rest are very fun to listen to. Amazing playing by all members as expected.

Don’t have any emotional connection outside 2 hits but could be worse

YEAAAAAAAAAH meme is from Won't Get Fooled Again

i mean its good i guess but not my cup of tea ?

Classic, heard all these songs 80 times but they still hit

This is the dawn of the arena rock sound that would take over the 70s. Who's Next has lots of experiments with sounds and production within fairly conventional rock song structures- from the synths of Baba O'Riley to the weird squirty fuzz guitar sounds and panning phaser lazer sounds on Going Mobile, to the recurrent pairing of big overdriven riffs with a bass-layer of folksy strumming acoustic guitars like on Behind Blue Eyes to the alternating close-harmonies and wailing vocal leads. Because so much of this has become classic rock radio cliche it's hard to listen with fresh ears, but Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again are still grab your attention demand you turn up the volume.

Some nice songs that I've definitely heard, nothing special for a who album

A familiar UK pop rock sound with some memorable hits.

What a banger

Very good, classic album

Excellent all around! Iconic instrumentation, both for its time now and now, and I love the gritty vocals on the opener and closing track. Everything you want and more from an album your dad still talks about.

Classic radio tunes. Not bad music but I've heard it 1 million times.

Easily the Who’s best album. Most will know the massive hits Baba O’reily, Behind Blue Eyes, and Won’t Get Fooled Again. Bargain and Getting in Tune are also great

very mid, only two or three standout songs.

quite a few well known hits on this album, plus a few I hwasn't as familiar with. Great early use of synths.

I already new Baba O'Riley and, after listening to the whole album, it's still probably the only song I'm coming back to. Bargain is good too, but not as great, and some songs have really nice moments, but even after a good amount of listens, I can't even say wich song is wich. From a technical point, it's clear all the band members are very talented and it's clear where the success came from, but personally the songs weren't memorable, the lyrics and the pace didn't do it for me, and overall just did not enjoy the album.

My first introduction to The Who was watching CSI as a kid and I never looked back XD Really though, I've always liked a lot of The Who, but realized I never actually sat down and listened to an album or paid attention to the song titles. This was nice to do. Favorites include: Baba O'Riley, Bargain, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again-- can't forget that one ;)

cannot bring myself to care

Boring Babo o recycled at the end Nothing surprising

album starts with Baba O'Reilly so ya know it's starting at a high high point. we'll see where the rest of the Who takes us most of the album was super mid. average lame dad rock stuff and then the baba oriley noises again in the last song for a gyatdang 8 minute build up to the csi miami sound. overall like a 3 outta 10 on a scale with 1001 other albums, maybe even a 2. this album sucks they made a freaking impossibly good song (baba o'riley) and the rest of the album sounds like they were trying to replicate that. then by the last song they said whateva do the baba o'riley noises YOWWWWWWW 😎😎😎

Baba and Blue Eyes and Won’t Get Fooled all great. Just because I’ve heard them more? Are they radio played because they’re better, or do we think they’re better bc they’re radio played and familiar? The Who are an undeniably great band. Daltry Moon Entwistle Townshend. They rock. But seventies cock rock kind of sucks. Lyrics are bland and dumb. The Who seem committed to this juvenile shit like oh we all peed on the wall, we’re bathing in baked beans. Guess it made the greatest generation angry which must have felt good but it ages poorly.

A stone cold classic. So many great songs. Baba O'Reilly is an 11/10 right off the jump. 🦘 'The song is over' is strangely sweet. I'm not sure I've heard that song before. And going mobile I didn't know was a Who song! Crazy And Won't Get Fooled Again... what a damn bar burner. All 8:31.

Liked the classics, the songs I knew. Maybe the other ones would grow on me with repeat listens

I was surprised by how many songs on the album I knew, but had no idea it was the who!

Of course opener and closer are some of the best songs ever, but these drums in general are all insane, some chord progressions like Getting In Tune and Bargain are so interesting, and synths and everything sounds so good, they make this stand above other The Who material I've heard

Obviously this is a classic, but relistening for the first time in a while, I’m intrigued at the amount of songs that are about the craft of songwriting itself. It has an almost Cohenesque sense of the deconstruction of songwriting as an art form. I like The Who a lot, but I’m not a big enough fan to have looked up Lifehouse to know what the plot would have been. I don’t know how the theme of songwriting would have fit into the story of the concept album, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t now intrigued. Pete Townshend seems to have been having a bit of a mid-fame crisis about his role as lead songwriter, which leads to a really fascinating listen. Coming off the back of the first great Concept Album with another, more complex Concept Album would have been predictable. Coming off the back of the first great Concept Album with an album of abandoned songs from another concept album that ultimately has no direct theme is, fascinating. It certainly helps that The Who were hot shit. I’d place money on the idea that anything they’d have released following Tommy would have been amazing. That it ended up being Who’s Next, which is just a fantastic set of songs, irregardless of theme or connection is just proof of how good they were. I’m not gonna go ahead and say it’s their best album yet, I’ve not listened to a lot of their stuff in a while. But to say it’s one of the best collections of music of all time is undeniable

10/10. This is the best The Who have ever sounded, though I still like Quadrophenia better for its rock opera concept. I can only imagine what this would have been like if this had all been successfully folded into Life House.

This is perhaps the best summer road trip album ever. 10/10

Classic. 5/5

So many greats in one album, great

Oooooh boy. This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Many of The Who’s best songs. Great production and performance. I just now fully get the title pun. Also seen this cover for decades and just realized the pee gag. Never paid attention, I guess! This is top of the top!

Es realmente bueno este disco. Una calidad impresionante.

Great Album

This album has many of their greatest hits

10/10 got Great thrift finds BANGER ALBUM

This one was a chore to listen. I never understood The Who. In High-school I remember I had a friend who liked the who and we would drive around listening to this album. It was fine but seemed dated to me then and uninspired and now another 25 years later seems less relevant than it did then to me. I absolutely understand people like this band and album, for some reason I just can’t get into the music, even their hits from this album. On the plus side…the album cover is great. God I hope “Tommy” is not on this list!

A lot of these songs have really cool musical ideas but I think some of them go in a direction I’m not really a fan of. Overall I think I liked the album, though. My favorite songs were Baba O’Riley and The Song is Over.

I've always enjoyed The Who on the radio, I never listened to an entire album with exception to Tommy. Glad to have this chance to listen to a full album. Every track is pretty great, I should listen to the Who more.

The middle was a bit forgettable but still catchy.

Despite the barnstormer of an opener of Baba O'Reilly, the poignancy of Behind Blue Eyes, and being beautifully well produced, Who's Next strikes me as being lyrically uninspired and lacks a certain substance through most of its tracks.

Iha jepa!

Ja jälleen ukot rokkaa. Brittiukot yleensä paremmin :D

Did not know Limp Bizkit was behind the CSI theme as well!

I don’t think I’m arsed about The Who. I’m not sure how much of that is driven by one of them being a nonce (where’s the book?!) and one being a Brexiter. Either way they’re obviously very good but do little for me. Never realised Baba O’Riley was The Who. I like the intro but the rest of the song is shit. It borders on the novelty. I’m guessing The Who fans hate it too? Just doesnt sound like them. There’s a few good songs on this, but then there’s a tonne of filler / shite. Ditch half the album and itll be much better. Some sound theatrical, particularly The Song is Over / Love aint for keeping. Is this intentional? Who knows. I dont, and I dont care to find out. Not for me. Wont be back. P.S. Hate the kerning used for the album title on the album cover.

Well it wasn't as long or offensive as Tommy I guess, so they made some progress. First track is okay, the best example of the repetitive approach throughout the whole album. I checked the amount of time left on a song half a dozen times because they were over 4 minutes long and nothing had happened. There was one called the song won't end or something so I'm pretty sure they knew what they were doing. Painful but fairly short, 1.5.

A really solid 4 stars, based on the presence of Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, and Won't Get Fooled Again. The middle stuff is decent and inoffensive.

I think this album has great openers and ending, with Baba O'Riley being an absolute banger. The middle is a bit of a slog to get through. However, the fantastic bookends means I'm definitely going to revist this. Far better than previous Tommy album we had. Highlights: Baba O'Riley Bargain Behind Blue Eyes Won't Get Fooled Again

Considerably better than Tommy. Although this still kinda felt a bit theatrical?? Some really good tracks here but somehow I feel I should've enjoyed it more than I did Highlights: Baba o Reilly Behind blue eyes Naked eye Won't get fooled again It's very dad rock. Didn't dislike it by any means, just not sure how bothered I am about going back to any of it. Think this style of rock just isn't quite my thing

Well it's a classic isn't it! The start of Baba O'Riley gives me chills every time. What a song! They're legends for a reason. Just really really great perfectly structured rock songs

One of the best. Just brilliant.

Solid album with some classics

this album really does hit different. baba & behind blue are just too fucking good. won’t get fooled again! are you kidding me! almost a 5 tbh

The Who have never been my favorite, I don’t know why.

Great songs

I'm beginning to lose faith in this experiment.

Who’s Next has some great tracks but stays just consistently good all the way through. Definitely could be worse for sure, because it’s still good

guilty but i wasn’t blown away 😭 needs a few more deep listens.

Too long

Couple of tracks on here that I know and enjoy. But most of the songs definitely sound the same. Solid album.

This is a Who album I can actually see myself coming back to on a regular basis, doesn't really sound much their other stuff I've heard so far tbh. Cool use of synth, definitely some banger songs too.

In my all time Top Ten albums, my favourite group of all time, i don't need to say how great this is, it's enough just knowing it.

Hugo, si t’a un album à écouter dans la liste, c’est LUI. Le drummer est une bête et toute les tounes sont de l’excellent rock & roll.

Iconic album. Huge anthems in Baba and Won’t be Fooled again, but the rest of the album provides so much. Absolutely adore ‘Behind Blue Eyes’, and ‘Bargain’ keeps the energy up after the opener. I’ve watched the documentary on the making of this album before and was blown away about some of the pioneering recording techniques and the innovation of Townshend. So much musical depth here. Love love love it

Great album, the spine chilling Behind Blue Eyes is such a beautiful/ugly song and probably their best. The rest is excellent too. A low 4.

Whilst Sell Out is the best Who album in the "pop" field, this is their best "rock" album. Roger Daltry provided some of his most powerful vocal performances (heck the whole band do) on an album chock full of great songs with meaningful lyrics that are in turns witty, spiritual and philosophical, without ever sounding pretentious. Stand outs are the ones you'll find on any good Who Compilation: 'Won't Get Fooled Again', 'Baba O'Reilly' and 'Behind Blue Eyes'.

Pretty average maybe expected more, maybe its on me I dont know? All I know is I always get excited by the who but they seldom deliver. Kinda reminds me of when I deliviered fridges for a white goods retailer back in the 90s. All the way down in Marsille with the crazy med temperatures and the warped knife crimes rampant of the time. Always exptant that the next drop would be easy that time would be made and early afternoon beers would be enjoyed. The reality was cobbled streets and standoffs between rival gangs and the gendarme! Still enougth time to maybe consider the train thats cancelled without bitterness, or maybe time for a beer?

Favourite Who album. Awesome cover art too

Enjoyable. I liked the hits and the other stuff was fi-ine-ish. For once having the 2.5 hour extended edition with live concerts and such added to my enjoyment. But it was mostly background music as I got in with my day. Maybe if have been a mod if I were born at the right time.

Baba O'Reilly is one of the best opening songs of any album of all time. This album is a classic rock hall of famer.

One of my first albums. I really attribute it to getting me into classic rock. Love it!

This is the best album by the Who that we've gotten thus far. "Baba O'Riley" is my favorite song of theirs, and "Bargain," "Behind Blue Eyes," and "Won't Get Fooled Again" are classics (although the latter overstays its welcome a bit). I suspect this'll end up being my favorite Who album.

This is better of The Who albums we've listened two with a couple of classics, but they are my least favorite of the big British bands of the time.

I like The Who. Just stuff all the songs I do like into one spot so I can skip all the stuff I don't care for.

The who ist einfach nicht mein Ding

Classic rock. Good but nothing special for today's times.

One of the best

the ones you know are the stand outs here, but the rest is pretty good too!

Not everything is quite on the masterful level of sonic scope and ambition shown in the opener, but every song has incomparable songwriting and unmatched emotional honesty for the era. The album's formula has been oft-replicated but never quite matched. A superb effort.

For my first experience with The Who, and the first album of 1001, I think I started off on a strong note. I can feel when listening to this that it was meant to be performed and heard live in a large arena format. Which is probably where it gets it’s arena rock tag from. The highlight of this record is definitely Keith Moon. I was well aware of who he was before hearing this, but getting to experience him at full display was pretty interesting. If you took the wild uncontrolled flying over the kit of Animal from The Muppets and made it sound like some of the best rock drumming of our time, that would be Moon. He was an animal. Favorite song for me is Bargain. Least favorite would be Behind Blue Eyes.

Baba O'Riley is iconic and Behind Blue Eyes is the other hit. First track of side 2 (Getting in Tune) stood out.

I don't dislike The Who, just never taken the time to listen to anything other than their best known singles. I did quite like this though, some of it quite a lot. Another to maybe follow up if I remember or re-read my reviews.

I tip my hat to the Who here. Great stuff. Baba O'Riley, Bargain, Going Mobile, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again all classics. The others aren't bad either. Drums and bass guitar are highlights for me. 5/5 even though they stole a couple of songs from that CSI show.

I love this album. Had it at school after buying it blind. I think they hit the mark with every track here. Baba O Riley is my standout but This Song is Over and Won't Get Fooled again both up there as well. I like the early synths. I've not really ever explored The Who outside of this album but I think I might now.

Better than average dad-rock

Obv it’s a classic record but these songs have been so overplayed in my lifetime it’s hard to feel anything about them. They’ve just always been omnipresent. Idk, it’s fine but AOR is not my thing and the who is the weakest of the 60s bands.

The good: The big tracks on this album are wildly ahead of their time, with the huge synth/organ lines and kind of prog-adjacent feel to them mixing in with the rockin’ sections. Really cool stuff when you contextualize it. The cuts are hit and miss (we love making fun of Bargain, and it’s not like I’ll ever listen to Going Mobile on my own), but overall cool stuff going on and it’s fun to listen to. The bad: This is a record which is really infected by how much Pete and Roger just…suck as people. They’re so lame. This is a band which made their name in the wave of youth rebellion with tracks like My Generation laying the foundation for proto-punk and the like. The two most enduring tracks that bookend the album (Baba and Won’t Get Fooled) are sardonic condemnations of the youth movements they were just a part of, saying these kids are wasting their time trying to change the world and declaring basically “we tried to change things, but nothing actually changed, so just shut up and go back to work like us”. These guys are 27 making this album and they’ve got the attitude of middle aged men already (helped by the fact that Roger has sang like an old man since he first came to prominence), and especially seeing this is a true sellout on their part just makes it such a bummer. Pete does so much talking about the spiritual journey and his shaman and it just led him to be an old grouch at a young age. All that having been said though, the album still rocks. There’s been so much derivativeness stemming from this sound over the years, but it still sounds fairly unique on its own. I can shut out the vapidness of their lyrics and appreciate the songs as they are structured, and it ends up being a solid listen.

It’s a classic for a reason

Some great songs and flow to this album, I think my favorite part of The Who is the more adventurous sonic textures and sounds they sprinkled throughout the album. It’s funny to me that this was considered “Hard Rock” but it makes sense for the times.

This was one of my favorite albums when I was about 16 years old. John Entwhistle and Keith Moon were big influences for me. A brooding, bluesy, hard rock n roll album with art-rock leanings that eventually exposed me to prog and more experimental music. Go give 'Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air & Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band'. I'm actually glad the Tommy sequel didn't quite work out for this album because what happened instead is a tighter and more focused set of songs. There is a spiritual theme going on fueled by the influence of Meher Baba from Townsend as part of the original Lifehouse project. You need to dig for it a little but when it pops up it's encredibly heartfelt. I really enjoy the ballads, The Song Is Over and Getting In Tune, which make great use of piano. The latter gets into gospel territory by the climax. Behind Blue Eyes seems to be a cry for help (all the band members at this point were in terrible emotional states) and really hits hard. If I have to fault this album, then I wish they had decided to use another Lifehouse song in place of Going Mobile. Overall though, I had a lot fun coming back to this. 4.5

Me like the who

Bad bad start to this. Just can't stand The Who.

Contains multiple all-time classic radio play hits with obviously amazing drumming from Moon. Vocals also a highlight as is the songwriting

An excellent rock album by one of the best rock bands. I wouldn't say I'm a Who *fan* - but they do have some hits I really enjoy and their artistry and longevity can't be denied. Definitely recommended even if only for the opening tune (Baba O'Riley) and the last tune (Won't Get Fooled Again).

Dad rock. Not my dad, just generic dad

First time I’ve heard this, borders 5 as a reminder to listen again

So many hits. Not my tempo but appreciate it for what it is.

Lekker album, meteen een geweldige opener, en daarna meer topnummers.

boomer rock yayyyy. it’s okay. british people just think they’re so bloody brilliant lol. there’s some cute ideas in here but it’s definitely overrated. maybe outstanding for its time but in the grand scheme of music it’s not that great. the production is great; i love the way the guitars are blended and how they compliment the keyboard. the lyrics and vocals are okay but not spine tingling. lmao you british people think so highly of yourselves lol!!!!!!!!!! you really think you’re the fucking greatest BUT YOU’RE NOT CALM TF DOWN

Well, well, well. I went through a bit of a journey with this album. First comes the doubt, then the stubborn certainty that what I was listening to was mid, and finally the genuine surprise towards the end. What I am starting to notice with this challenge is that I'll listen to an album, find one or two songs I enjoy, and the rest are forgotten. It is very rare to find an album so consistent that all songs are enjoyed and remembered. With this album, the pattern remains. There are two brilliant songs in this album: Baba O Riley (already familiar with this one), and Won't Get Fooled again (new song for me, and a real pleasant surprise. Aside from the fact it goes on too long, really liked this). Behind blue eyes is quite decent as well, the lyrics caught my attention. What I'd advise listeners is that those three tracks are worth your time, and don't bother with the rest. They aren't all that.

Forgot how good this album is. every song a banger. Keith Moon's drumming is unique and amazing.

This is probably the Who's single best album. Moon was still alive. Their compositions were solid. The band cohesion was tight. 5 absolute classics.

I think this is a 5 album. Pretty much perfect rock alum and incredibly iconic

I liked the energy of early Who, but this is straying into Pomp Rock.

This project has a lot of rejects from their previous album, “Tommy” but it doesn’t show. The songs are all great. Each one a “The Who” classic and are all fun to listen to. Great vocals and instrumentation as well. I have no praises or complaints with the production. 5/5

A strong contender for greatest opener to an album ever A strong contender for greatest closer to an album ever It's then a bit of a shame that the rest of the album between the two titans of Baba and Fooled is a bit pedestrian A 3 that really, really should be a 4 if not a 5

Some classics on this album

Joe Pera made Baba O’Riley a 5 but the rest of the album sadly does not make me wanna ring bells and eat ice cream

The rest of the songs couldn’t really compete with the gloriousness of Baba O Reilly 2.7/5

Will forever be grateful for Baba O Reilly inspiring one of the greatest Joe Pera episodes of all time. It’s a shame they panicked and added that violin solo at the end

Classic album. I didn't realize it had some many songs that I knew. They really set a bar when it came to verity and what sounds you could use in order to produce a truly exceptional album.

m duerme un poco the who

Perfection

I know I'm probably taking my own history with this band into my opinion. The first rock CD I owned was The Who's best of album, and this album soon followed. They've always been my favorite classic rock band. Even though some of these songs were supposed to be part of a rock opera, I don't think there is a dull moment or a song that seems out of place. The cultural influence of this album gives it classic status on its own.

In my memory, indeed the best Who album, but today I could not fully appreciate it despite multiple listens. Several 5 star songs but also several songs midway like The Song is Over that are less special.

Not a punishment to hear this a couple of times. Behind blue eyes is the highlight.

This was a hard album for me to rate. It’s incredibly bookended; Baba O’Reilly is iconic but slightly overplayed, Bargain is underrated and a great song, and Behind Blue Eyes and Won’t Get Fooled Again are absolute classics of the hard rock genre. Everything in between is just ok with some decent moments. But overall I can’t give this less than 4.

Incredible album from an incredible band. Everything about it is perfect. Favorite track: Won't Get Fooled Again

Gave it another listen just to be sure. At that time I seem to remember Pete Townsend was one of the first to use the newly invented synthesiser and it wasn’t easy like with all the digital wizardry the producers have today and who are creating music soup.

Baba O‘riley. What an opener. The rest was ok to be honest.

Good, not great buy really good. Some good classic rock. 3*

-baba o’riley is just so iconic -apparently this is my first the who album!!!! -i do like the singing -i really do like this better than a lot of the rock i’ve listened to -baba o’riley is sadly the only real banger on this albim methinks -if that weren’t the case i’d give it four stars

My favorite Who album (up there with Live at Leeds). Roger Daltrey in prime form and Townsend wailing.

Really really cool album, it was a sweet listen start to finish. Some really well known and good songs. I liked the vocals as well and the overall vibe. Sounds led Zepply but less intense at times. I think that was my first time listening to a The Who album and that was a great discovery. Favorite Tracks : Baba O riley, The Song is Over, Behing Blue Eyes. Overall the whole album. Rating : 4.5 / 5

Some good classic rock sandwiched between 3 iconic excellent tracks. Can't go past 'Baba O'Riley' for my top pick, but I also enjoyed 'Love Ain't For Keeping' of the ones that were new to me.

fav songs: baba o’riley, my wife, behind blue eyes not what i expected. is it blasphemous to say i thought it was alright but i wouldn’t listen to it again?

no soporto a los who

As an album standing on its own: It has a strong start, strong finish, and a whole lot of good in between. This may be the essential rock album. As an album in my own life: This is what really opened my eyes to classic rock. This is what got me into bands, into artists, into music as art. Who's Next solidly earns this list's first 5-star rating.

Personal Enjoyability (out of 40): 21 Consistency of Quality (out of 25): 8 Keeps Interest (out of 25): 11 Album Flow (out of 10): 7 Overall 47/100 ★★★ Quick Review: Bookended by two of the best rock songs ever written, the quality of the songs in between isn't consistent enough to justify some of the praise this album gets. Maybe it just hasn't aged that well?

No skips. Perfection

Every song’s a hit?????

3/5 Best: Behind Blue Eyes Worst: My Wife

a fabulous album.

Not a bad album. Other than Baba O’Riley and Won’t Get Fooled Again, the album didn’t catch my interest. Three for now and may try another time.

6/9, 67%

Great singles obviously but I've never been really fond of that band as a whole. I always found Roger's vocals to be kind of weak, especially on the slower songs, his generic tone makes his meleodies hard to remember sometimes. Drumming's incredible though, maybe too good for that band.

Probably their best work. A masterclass in the classic hard rock field!

One of my favorite hard rock album ever. All the members of The Who are exceptional musicians and it is on this album that we feel it the most. It's also the best performance by Roger Daltrey ever. I don't know how someone can listen to Won't Get Fooled Again and not feel a crazy urge to scream and go crazy.

Good album.

Not for me but overall cool

With an unstoppable display of power and the most solid rhythm section in (the now-coined) classic rock, The Who brings what most people (me included) consider their magnum opus: "Who's Next." This album is legendary. From the cover (mocking Kubrick's 2001 Obelisk) to the song list (all killer, no filler), every piece has stood the test of time. Musically, the album is a roller coaster with epic ups (Baba o'Riley, Won't Be Fooled Again) and dramatic downs (Love Ain't for Keeping, Behind Blue Eyes), with energetic vocals and fierce guitar licks. I can definitely see many bands drinking from this well during the 70s and 80s. Personally, I do not have many stories to tell. Not a lot of bonding with it. I guess it is one of those albums that make a solid impact during adolescence, and I listened to it later in my life.

Bit of nostalgia here.

More dull than I remember The Who being... one of these stars is probably only because of Baba O'Riley

Well, I liked this better than "Tommy" but that's a low bar. I'm really glad they abandoned the whole rock opera format and just released songs they thought were particularly good from the project. That paid off, I think. There are some really great tracks here. But it still comes across as pretentious nonsense and that, I'm learning, is just what The Who do. It's unfortunate given the level of talent here.

An album with a couple of big bangers on. Really interesting story behind how the synth on Baba O' Riley came into being, Won't Get Fooled Again is probably one of their evergreen calling cards. But overall, this is an album of recovered songs from an aborted previous attempt. Not their best work, but solid material for the most ardent fans.

(only listened to the original version, not all of the nonsense repeats on Spotify)

It was good, but who needs over 2 hours of the who in one sitting?

Didn't need it three times but enjoyed the music the first time.

The Who, one of the original groups that could thoroughly entertain an audience for a full gig, they were great showmen and great musicians. This album has a couple of strong anthems to start and finish with, and a splattering of above average mediocrity in the middle, but all delivered with a rocking beat from Keith Moon on drums. Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't get Fooled Again, we're already on my Spotify playlists that I still play today, and I think that's the key thing to The Who, they produced music with longevity, 50 years later and people still choose to listen.

A classic album, great sound

Baba is goat, BBY what a surprise But still sometimes feels like it’s 70s But baba is immortal 4.5/5

Took me back to high schools days - still a great album

Best Song: Behind Blue Eyes. This one ekes out the victory only because of the absolutely perfect way that Roger Daltry sings the line, "And if I swallow anything evil, stick your finger down my throat. Worst Song: My Wife. Bit of a dud in an otherwise stacked album. Overall: The best Who album by a mile. Feels like the prototypical "classic rock" album. Absolutely chock full of hits, all with a unique and characteristic style. All the band members are also flying high here, giving the sense that you're listening to four musicians at the peak of their abilities.

This album hits you hard with baba o'reilly. But then it Is wains again Till you get to behind blue eyes. All I know it's a great record

Yllätyin kuinka paljon pidän tästä! Toisaalta mitäpä muuta voisi odottaa 70-luvun alkupuolen musiikilta: vyörytystä, kiippareita ja isojen areenojen, nautintoelämän tunnelmaa. Aika esteettistä musiikkia muttei lainkaan tyhjää. Baba O'Riley klassikko toimiva avausbiisi.

Tyylillisistä puutteista huolimatta tämä kutsuu kuuntelemaan itseään useammin kuin kerran ja jättää pohtimaan miksi. Lisäksi Behind Blue Eyes saattaa olla yksi kaikkien aikojen melodioista, eivätkä edes Daltreyn maneerit latista sitä.

08.06.2023

Great album, haven’t listened to it the whole way through in a while

First time listening to this album and the Baba O'Riley - Remix, Behind Blue Eyes and Won't Get Fooled Again - Remix made the album

Third album by The Who that I've gotten so far. Best one yet. Turns out I know a bunch of Who songs. Like 4 or 5 tracks off this album, I just didn't realize they were by them. This was a good album though. Felt like they were creating on this one, rather than the earlier albums I got sounded kinda off the shelf.

Meet the new boss etc etc

For me, listening to this album is like catch up with an old friend over some beers. Such great tunes from top to bottom. Roger, Pete, John and Keith are expert musicians that compliment each other. Try to isolate every individual musician for a song or two. I could listen to this one every day. I’d give it 6 stars if I could. Definitely one of my “stuck on a desert island” albums.

All the reviews that said this album is one of the best lied to you. Same with the people who said it was absolute garbage. This album is good, not amazing, not terrible, good. I hate that I'm giving this four stars because it deserves 3.5, a 7/10. It's better than a 3, but worse than a 4. All the songs were good, and I like they were willing to try different, even if the end result wasn't great in my opinion. This is an album that everyone must listen to, but it will not be an album everyone will enjoy.

Good fun, I need to listen again for sure

The Who's album Who's Next is one of the best rock albums ever produced. With classic songs like Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again, it's one of the most influential albums of the century.

Absolutely one of my favourite albums of all time. I would listen to this album forever on repeat.

Classic!

Four of the best rock songs ever written, surrounding four songs that are just pretty good.

Only rating 4 for Behind Blue Eyes and Baba O'Riley. The whole middle of the album is meh.

I'd play songs from it. I would not buy the album

At this point, I'm convinced that "Behind Blue Eyes" is the only Who song that I enjoy. Maybe "Baba O'Riley" too. The rest, while I appreciate for being such an energetic and unique brand of rock, is pretty annoying and generic to me.

One of my favorites. Almost every single song on this album is a banger.

Kinda over it, but this is excellent stuff and the best Who album

A wonderful rock album by any measure: play it end to end, and there's absolutely no filler - all tracks have energy and great narrative voice. The first and last tracks deservedly attract most attention and iconic status.

ATEMPORAL

Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes and Won't get Fooled Again are all from the same album?!? Sign me up! Classic rock at its best.

I quite enjoyed this album. I was really surprised that I recognized so many songs on this album. Despite missing out of the opportunity to really see them live earlier in life, (due to a paper doll obsession), I got to make connections to all the songs I didn't even know were theirs this time around.

I had to listen to this more than once and I'm still not 100% sure of my rating. This album starts great and has some real moments in it. It's well performed and I did enjoy it so I'm go to stick with my gut and give it a 4.

Kind of the quintessential Who album. Joe Pera would be proud

Yeah. Pretty good album. I mean, I've heard The Who before and their classic tracks, and those are the highlights here. The songs in the middle are neither here nor there. They're ok. Less... I dunno... punchy? But not terrible. In summation; I've never enjoyed The Who and this maybe only slightly makes me think better of them. They're not bad or anything, it's just not my style.

Oh hell yes

Excellent album, no bad tracks, all just flows through. Ends on one of my favourite Who tracks (Don't get fooled again)

Love The Who and though I think Tommy vastly eclipses this album due to the overarching concept, the songs here are super solid and stand up on their own.