Reviews (page 4 of 15)
Aside from the fact that at least two of these songs are CSI theme songs, it's a good album.
The worst of the boomer rock “classics”? The occasional monster riff, but otherwise terrible singing, sounds awful, why is Keith Moon supposed to be a great drummer?
I’ve heard of The Who, as in their name and particularly when they were being mentioned in regard for the British Invasion back in the 60s, with the Beatles leading the charge. Other than that, I’m not familiar with them and 2.5 hours of them as introduction just didn’t do it for me.
With the album beginning with Baba O’Riley and ending with Won’t Get Fooled Again, it almost doesn’t matter what the rest of the album is, but the fact that it also has Bargain and Behind Blue Eyes is just like a huge bonus. Fantastic record.
Really strong Who album. Probably their best. The beautiful Behind Blue Eyes and the superb Won’t Grt Fooled Again are amongst the best songs they ever did. Really enjoyed this album.
Some great classics on this album with the iconic cover. It does drop a bit in the middle, but this album is high as one of their best. For me this is a high 3 or 3.5/5.
Incredible album
This is better than I remembered The Who being. But I'm not going to listen to it again, with the exception perhaps of Going Mobile which I really enjoyed.
Banger!
amazing 🥰 beautiful masterpiece j love and I like how they switch up the vocalist but my favourite song is my wife on this album I like the blend of instruments. the only thing i would have to complain about is the dragging but that’s it
It's not bad, yet I was really tempted to put it off. Stand-outs - Baba O'Riley - Bargain
Starts and ends with a bang, with Baba, Behind Blue Eyes, and Won’t Get Fooled Again. Outside of those (admittedly great) tracks, I was not in love with the rest of the album. I understand that this is a seminal part of the 70s classic rock era, but The Who just isn’t my favorite band of that stretch, I guess.
Classic rock. Good recording is available. Fits my taste.
I had to listen to "Baba O'Riley" to like it because when I first listened to it, i thought it was boring and mid. I love the calm instruments throughout this album. "My wife" threw the album off. I like the shift from acoustic to rock ballad in "behind blue eyes" I love all the songs except for my wife, getting in tune, and going mobile.
A powerful rock album featuring some of the band's most iconic songs and groundbreaking synthesizer use, though a few lesser tracks prevent it from reaching a really perfect score.
Great Album, great rock Album, and undisputed classic
Mixed opinions on this but I’ll give it a 3
wierd, helt okej men inget speciellt
What a terrific album. So many classic Who sounds plus a song I’d never heard before but really liked (“The Song is Over.”) I’m wavering between 4 and 5 but that final Roger Daltrey yowl on “Won’t Get Fooled Again” sent me.
Best Tracks: Baba O'Riley The Song Is Over Won't Get Fooled Again
Listened to this sooo many times. Love it. Hard to rate given the familiarity.
I didn't go through the whole deluxe songs, just the original album plus the 1995 additions. It was good =)
Ja goed album. Kan je niet echt op haten. Zou het zelf niet vaak opzetten.
Knew a lot of songs, it was good! Some a little too long/ 70s for me
Erste song tuff
The lyrics “I don’t care about pollution” and “watch the police and the taxman miss me” from “Going Mobile” should have been enough of a clue that The Who - and Baby Boomers in general - were kind of shitty. Some are better than others and life is complicated but yeah, kind of just a shitty generation. This is a great album though.
Its a 3.5. The hits are great, the middle not so much. Pete Townshend is shady though.
Maso. No son malas canciones, pero tampoco es nada nuevo ni muy bueno. Eso si, para la época es interesante.
I will say that Who's Next is carried by two (maybe three) songs tops. I don't think it's an extraordinary album.
A great album some really big hitters, great stuff!
outstanding
Tämä on yksi bändin parhaista kokonaisuuksista Tommy:n ohella. Hyviä biisejä ja todella hyvä soundit. Täyden kympin levy! Kuuntelin vuonna 2023 Who’s Next: Life House (Super Deluxe)-version. Tuo boksi löytyy omasta levyhyllystä, muutaman aiemman version lisäksi. Demot ja ylijääneet raidat on todella hyviä.
This snuck up on me. What a cracking album
Yea, this album has some bangers / incredibly familiar songs since the band is so famous. Overall, it's fun, has a great energy and was innovative for its time. Probably familiarity bias, but it's also kind of boring and the lyrics can be pretty childish (no surprise, given the cover art...).
Idk if I like the singer
Enjoyed listening to this great compilation of songs!
Great album!
Tried to keep track of the songs that get repeated in this so i listen to them only once but there are probably a few i still haven’t heard. Really like the Who i think they’re pretty influential. Fav track might be “Getting in tune”.
Banger opening, otherwise sometimes mid, but some absolute gems for me. Requires patience I think.. just my style.
I never think of Pete Townsend as a great guitarist, but he did great work on this. Entwhistle!
Banging album Not exactly my type of music but I can see why this album made the list Some great instrumentals
i love 1975 - about you , just good
buen álbum, estilo bastante normal no arriesgan mucho pero tampoco fallan. destacó como empieza el primer tema
Прям якогось експресивного захоплення альбом у мене ее викликав, проте це все ж таки добре. 3,5
Great stuff. Best Who album so far. The singles are all great, and the rest of the songs are passable. Very impressive musicians though.
Rock puro. Un disco que va de menos a más pero que tiene uno de los mejores finales que le recuerdo a un álbum en toda mi vida La segunda mitad es temazo tras temazo, merecidas 5 estrellas
4/8
This is what it sounds like when a great band starts with two great songs, fiddles around for a bit, and closes with two great songs. If anything in the middle were as good as the bookends, this would be an all-timer.
Insane opener! Its such a good album that I can’t pick a favourite song but ‘Baba O’Reily’ , ‘Love ain’t for keeping’ and ‘Going Mobile’ Rating: 4/5 - GEMV (26.03.2026)
Top titres : Going mobile, behind blue eyes
Fine
zacny album chocuaz nie skupilam sie torche na sluchaniu sle fajnie sie sluchalo
Masterpiece. Own it - multiple copies.
No esta mal, pero no es mi estilo.
I should probably relisten to this at some point—didn't have time
Holy long. But good driving vibes.
I wanted to like this, but surprisingly found it just to be okay - I did like the first track a lot though.
A couple of bangers but at 2.5hrs a real slog 2 stars
2026.03.24
I've never the genre. Never really tried it, but i found this enjoyable to commute to work with. The first track was awful, but the rest were good. 'Bargain' and 'my wife' got added to my playlist.
The tracks that I already knew fit in well, but everything else felt like filler between those. It's almost a monotone album - not many highs or lows, just a lot of the same thing. Which isnt a bad, but it just all ran together. I think this is a rock opera? it sure felt like one, in that I dont really remember any amazing melodies, but the singer was trying to tell me something - a story? I dont know, I could barely understand what was being said. Maybe its not an album for running. The keyboards and drums were amazing though, there was a thickness to the low end of the album that felt unique.
Have not listen to a lot of The Who, but this album is fantastic!
It’s iconic. Just not my taste.
There were a couple of good songs over there I would say 4.5
Liked this a lot. Maybe I am a boomer.
In all likelihood, the best effort from The Who. Although, as is ever the case with British rock records of the 60s and 70s by bands I don't particularly care for, Nicky Hopkins is the star. He doesn't even do anything exceptional here. 2 As with the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s album we generated the other day I suspected, when Who’s Next reared its head, that I’d said pretty much everything I had to say about the band in my review of the first album of theirs that we encountered. I have just reread my thoughts on My Generation, which we had last June (isn’t time flying?) and again, yes I find my account of The Who as musicians and artists untroubled by Who’s Next. I’ll tell you what does trouble me though. At the end of what seems to me a very harsh review I handed My Generation 2 stars. It seems to me it should have been less given the force of the argument. Was I giving Pete Townshend extra credit for the courage and giving of his time over to Paedophile Research - surely a valuable service to our society, but not strictly relevant to his artistic misdemeanours? Perhaps if I take the trouble to analyse it I will find that I am handing out 1 star ratings with more enthusiasm than I used to. I hope not, but that’s my worry. That’s one of my worries rather, for I worry too that there are at least a couple more albums by this curséd bunch of squares on this list. Who’s Next is absolutely dreadful. There is no issue here of my personal friction with genre or era. 1971 was a good year. Sticky Fingers and Led Zepp IV came out in 1971 and I like those albums very much. I wear jeans (historically, it’s been a while now I think of it). I have long hair. I know all the words to Stairway. I know who Peter Green is. So when I hate The Who I feel assured it’s not from my unsuitability and, increasingly, not from my ignorance either. I tried to be fair to this shower yesterday. I listened to this bullshit half a dozen times, trying my heart out to give the tracks I was less familiar with a fair hearing and to listen to the big tracks with fresh ears. They’re just…rubbish. There is a general cleanliness and sober vigour to this album. It’s depressing. This is rock music to put on your shorts and get fit to. Who wants that from their rock music? Keith Moon, somehow. No, I can’t blame Keith for this, although I’ll stand by my previous description of him as a great drummer who never does great drumming. The problem is, plainly, Roger Daltrey‘s singing and Pete Townshend‘s lyrics (and singing). When I think of what was lost to the sheet metal industry when these lads went full time with The Who I could weep. Consider the lyric to Love Ain’t for Keeping - the extra syllable pulled in performance from ‘Tea’ or the extra three from ‚Firewood’. In fact let’s review that couplet: ‘Black ash from the foundry hangs like a hood/ But the air is perfumed by the burning firewood’ As Prince Hamlet observes, with more rhythmic awareness, which is to say any: ‘O, horrible! O, horrible! Most horrible!’ (I.v.818) And yet, Hamlet is mistaken, that isn’t even in the top five worst lyrics on this album. I wince to my arse at the first verse of Getting in Tune, every single time. Going Mobile is equally excruciating, all the way through. It is less baffling to me that many people love The Who than that everyone doesn’t hate The Who when I encounter lines like ‘I don't care about pollution/ I'm an air-conditioned gypsy/ That's my solution’ Townshend is no less gratingly pathetic and absurd when he is out in the Fiealds, fighting for his MieAl(d)s (save me, and hover o'er me with your wings/ you heavenly guards!) or when he’s ‚singing [his] heart out to the infinite sea’. It’s atrocity after atrocity and more than that it is the spirit in which these atrocities are committed - the sense of industrial, cold-blooded, factory product is pervasive. Where each bar, good or bad, that Mick Jagger or Robert Plant contribute to communicates their pleasure in performance, their joy in rock music, there is not for a second any sense that Daltrey feels anything. You need a 2̴0̴0̴0̴m̴m̴ x̴ 1̴2̴0̴0̴m̴m̴ s̴h̴e̴e̴t̴ o̴f̴ 3̴m̴m̴ g̴a̴l̴v̴a̴n̴i̴s̴e̴d̴ classic rock song? Fill out the order form before 3pm and he’ll have it for you next day. Daltrey’s pulse never gets above 85 even when he eats his own tongue (Behind Blue Eyes). Apparently I did have more to say about The Who. 1/5
The Who has always felt like a band in supposed to like. I try and try to get into them, understand them, but it just doesn't click. Some outstanding hits on here, but lots of the album drifted by without really having an impact on me.
Good
Just packed with hits.
Who's Next on todennäköisesti bändin paras julkaisu ja samalla yksi suurista rockin klassikkolevyistä. Yhtyeen jäsenten energinen ja dynaaminen soitto tekee levystä niin nautittavan. Biisilistalta löytyy kolme järkälettä; Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes ja Won't Get Fooled Again, mutta myös Bargain ja Song is Over ansaitsisivat tuon statuksen. Basisti John Entwistle laulaa humoristisen kappaleen My Wife.
8 - GOOD
Solid few tracks and some filler. But the solid tracks are truly top notch here, with Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled again.
Solid rock, can hear its influence but not my cup of tea
Franchement, incroyable. C'est pour moi une excellente surprise, et une très bonne expérience vis à vis des Who pour cet album, surtout en sachant que j'ai tendance à être moins fan de ce genre de groupes "Rockstars". Non, ici j'ai trouvé que l'album était vraiment entrainant, avec des classiques intemporels comme "Baba'O Riley", "Behind Blue Eyes" et "Won't get Fooled again", mais aussi des morceaux qui restent bien en tête et qui sont à mon sens assez sous côtés dans la discographie des Who comme "My Wife". De plus, l'album mélange bien le côté experimental et "futuriste" incarné par les synthés; avec des éléments propres à leur style comme les riffs bien compressés et les parties de batteries explosives. Enfin, la fin de l'album, avec un temps calme qui amorce une dernière explosion et un "Yeah" mythique est vraiment incroyable. D'un autre côté, on pourrait aussi parler de la pochette de l'album qui est elle aussi iconique et incroyablement bien choisie pour illustrer le projet. Vraiment bonne surprise
Good road trip music. idk, there's really nothing I can say about this album that hasn't already been said.
Classic
I will always think of Baba O’Riley as the video game theme song. Great stuff.
Fantastic album bookended by some of the greatest rock songs of all time. Fucking awesome way to kick off the day. Baba O'Riley was my fav song of the album with Won't Get Fooled Again and Behind Blue Eyes behind my other highlights. The Song Is Over was my fav first listen
I never listened to the who that much although I do know of this album. I thought it was pretty good, a classic a lot of people say, but no song really stood out as really special to me. Not to say it's bad but this is a perfectly neutral album in my opinion. My favorite song would probably be baba o'riley it was a good song.
Blue eyes...
I completely understand why this is considered a an important rock album. I would never put this on as I have heard most of this ad nauseam on rock radio for my whole life. I kind of wish I could have come across music like this and similar by choice or curiosity as opposed to it playing on the radio everywhere. It sucks that a whole era of important music is background music for grocery shopping and waiting on takeout orders in my mind.
3.75. Maybe the best opening/closing tracks on an album. They go so well together and are iconic. The rest of the album is fine.
Not one I put on often but when I do I'm reminded of how many great songs are on this album. One of the best rock bands of the 1970's
fun, stayed in the head
*Classic, other people's greatest hits Baba O'Reilly Bargain Won't get fooled again
the deluxe version is too much. the original was perfect
Pretty good, easy to listen to! Will probably come back to.
Great album. Classic. 5/5
Well, obviously it's 5 stars. The run they had with Tommy, Live at Leeds, Who's Next and Quadrophenia is jaw dropping. This ranges from huge anthems to goofy songs about your wife coming after you with a machine gun and caravanning. The huge anthems are breathtaking. The goofy songs are fun. In between are some sort of mystical songs about ... um... love and music and ... mystical things? It's all magnificent.
Hard to believe i never listened to this before. And frankly it lived up to the hype. I really loved the guitar tone and Roger's voice cuts through. But on top of that these songs are good. There's obviously the hits but songs like Love Ain't For Keeping and Getting In Tune are good AF. Bottom line is I need to listen to this more... And lastly, this cover art is badass.
I don't like The Who very much in comparison to other classic rock legends of their status. HOWEVER, I think this album is fantastic. Easily the best thing they ever did. It's just a perfect distillation of what "classic rock" is. Also gotta give it up for the CSI shows who introduced The Who to a whole bunch of kids like me.
absolutely no complaints
Caso estranho de total apatia. Sinto nada ouvindo este disco, apesar de todos os elementos serem bons ou até mesmo ótimos. Mas é uma combinação que não gera nenhuma reação pra mim. Inexplicável. A capa é muito boa, uma das melhores que já vi. A sonoridade não é ao todo ruim, há aquela pegada de “ressaca sessentista” que tem um doce sabor, a juventude do Hard Rock. Tanta ornamentação e tanto dramatismo… a troco de que? Não querendo ser cínico mas já sendo. O álbum possui um início e um final forte (ainda que saturado), mas seu meio é um tanto parado e sem incidentes. Não clicou pra mim. Queria ter mais a dizer, mas o disco fala por si mesmo. Credo, que frase ridícula. Eu poderia apagar ela, mas quero deixar exposto o quão estúpido fiquei tentando encabeçar algo pra escrever aqui. Enfim, mediano. Histórico, clássico, mas mediano. Pra mim. Ia ser 3 mas a capa merece meia estrela. 3.5
アルバム通して1枚聞くのは久しぶり。 山というより海の音がするアルバムに感じた。60年代を引き継いだ音。 Led Zeppelinと比べるとどうしても洗練されていない感じがする。ただパンクとも言われるように荒々しさが彼らの魅力なのだろう。キースはやっぱりバケモンで、バンドの格。
Great album, wonderful lyrics and musicianship. This could well have the best opening and closing tracks on any album.
It's all in the opener
didn't deep listen but enjoyed myself for sure and will definitely come back to it
ok
Standouts Baba O'Riley Bargain Love Ain't For Keeping Behind Blue Eyes Won't Get Fooled Again
Solid
This might be my favorite album by The Who. That said, I still think it's worse than many of its contemporaries. Baba O'Riley does slap though.
israeli ass album 🥀
From track one to the end, one of my prefered album listened so far.
3.25 - It's weird listening to an album like this where three of songs are very, very popular and familiar and the rest of the album is not familiar at all. It's also the case for me that I've heard those familiar songs more as covers or edited clips leading into episodes of CSI, so it's a strange listen. It's fine overall and occasionally epic.
Discazo 5/5
a classic. “Behind Blue Eyes” is an absolutely unserious song tbh
It's alrifht. The hits are the songs worth listening to.
moram priznati da me ovo razočaralo jer je stilski dosta drugačije od njihovog prvenca - my generation - premda uopće nije loše, štoviše. teško mi je ocijeniti zbog toga. no mislim da je sve u svemu, unatoč iznevjerenu očekivanju, dojam bio za četvorku. kako je odmicalo tako mi se više sviđalo, vjerojatno jer sam se počeo privikavati EDIT: eh... ne baš, ovo mi je trojka, sori dečki
I’ve heard of The Who and know famous songs (Baba O’Riley, My Generation) but I’ve never listened to a full album by them before.
this was actually pretty great. probably the best who album i've listened to. back to back bangers. good production, fun vocals. I enjoyed this more than i thought i would! 7/10
The hard rock just isn’t for me
The Who er egentlig litt kjedelig eller? "Abba i riket" er legendarisk, og de har noen andre hits & bops, men det er liksom ikke noe som drar meg tilbake.
Det er ganske vilt at dette albumet egentlig er rester fra et prosjekt som ikke ble noe av. Har aldri vært interessert i opera-delen av rockopera, så jeg har aldri orket å sette meg inn i Tommy og Quadrophenia var en helt meh film. Kanskje Lighthouse hadde vært noe helt annet, men det er ikke noe savn når jeg hører plata. Det er uten tvil den beste plata til The Who, med flere åpenbare klassikere. Hele bandet er i toppform. Åpenbart Townshend, men Keith Moon har en evne til å lage stemninger med trommingen sin. Den får meg til å føle jeg flyr over landskap på «Baba O’Riley», at noe er ute etter meg på «My Wife» og sinnet som kommer ut i slutten av «Behind Blue Eyes». Selvfølgelig godt hjulpet av resten av bandet, men det er fascinerende med akkurat trommene. Apropos «Behind Blue Eyes» så hadde jeg Limp Bizkit-versjonen på brenne-CD som barn. I dag orker jeg ikke høre på deres versjon, men The Who sin kan jeg sette på repeat. Jeg har spolt tilbake til den lille delen hvor elgitaren og resten av bandet kommer inn veldig mange ganger. En av de beste 3-4 sekundene og utrolig tilfredsstillende å høre på. Har ikke så mye å utsette på låtene, annet enn «My Wife» som er litt rar. Vokalen er merkelig produsert, som om den er produsert under helt andre omstendigheter enn bandet. Men så er «My Wife» den eneste låta som ikke er av Townshend også, og The Who er jo egentlig et Townshend-prosjekt.
Abba i riket er selvfølgelig en banger, men det er noe med the who som ikke helt svinger for meg. Låtskrivinga fester seg på en måte ikke. Vet ikke hvorfor. (Nå har jeg kjempet så hardt mot autokorrektur på iPhone at jeg bare lar det stå til)
RYM 2.5
Hit after hit
okay yeah it’s great but like why did pete townshend do that thing fifteen years ago. weird as fuck
This album just kinda washed over me. I know all these songs from hearing them a thousand times on rock radio in the 80s. I've transcended liking or hating them; they just are. Obviously Entwistle is one of the greatest ever to do it, but i can't stand Keith Moon, and the others guys are adequate at best. Never need to hear any of it again. top track: the live version of Young Man Blues on the deluxe edition
The more Who albums I revisit here, the more I realize that aside from the hits, I really only care for Maximum R&B era Who. The hits hit here, but otherwise doesn't do much for me. A solid 3.5⭐️
Good old Baba O'riley og Behind Blue eyes - der er nogle nostalgi-bangers på og noget episk over det
my question exactly.
They aren’t the worst dudes playing rock music, but it’s not impressive or particularly interesting? I say that like I finished the album lmao.
1. Baba O'Riley - 10/10. Amazing intro and classic track, 5 minutes of adventure. 2. Bargain - 9.5/10. Really enjoyed this song, reminded me of late stage capitalism. 3. Love Ain't For Keeping - 6.5/10. A little too short, but the magical forest / goblin vibes were amazing. 4. My Wife - 6/10. Borat but I wasn't feeling it that much. 5. The Song Is Over - 8.5/10. Very melancholic, and is a 6 minute ballad. 6. Getting In Tune - 7/10. Makes a man want things, I like the piano. 7. Going Mobile - 10/10 - Gives me the same feeling I get when I hear Ocean Man. The roadtrip / hippie sound is absolutely working. 8. Behind Blue Eyes - 10/10. Makes me want to sing at a concert for every second I listen to it. Extra points because of Limp Bizkit cover. 9. Won't Get Fooled Again - 10/10. You can sacrifice lambs to those synths and drum work. Holy ball knowledge. Overall : 8.5/10. I really want to give the album a 9 but the middle section was a little too lacking. Amazing start and finish tho. The Who get more respect in my book. Cover : 10/10. Future I was promised.
This is one of the all-time greatest albums by The Who. I have had this album in my collection of vinyl and compact discs since it was released in 1971. It is a classic and every track of this album is fanatastic.
classic. rock. standard. new grounds.
For as middling as some of The Who's stuff has been for me, this is excellent pretty well all the way through. It took a couple of extra listens to convince me in the middle of the album, but some of that could just be for that absolute pinnacle of quality of the bookend tracks that I was comparing them to.
Apparently I don’t really like The Who. I just love this album It’s damn near a greatest hits
One of those albums where you recognize every track you hear. This plays like The Who’s greatest hits. Loved it, and I’m not a big Who fan.
A pretty quintessential classic rock albums; loaded with a bunch of classic songs that are certainly must-hears.
Pretty enjoyable
#56/1001 🇬🇧 My 2nd Who record in 3. Starts off with the brilliant Baba O'Reilly but goes downhill, by the time you reach My Wife i'm a bit bored. Things pick up towards the end of side 2 with the other 2 singles really shining out here. The overall theme of the record seems to be a chauvanistic tale of a man who gets a "bargain" wife, then goes out on a 3 day bender, his wife leaves him and now he's remorseful for her dumping him. Best tracks: Baba O Reilly, Won't Get Fooled Again.
Very strong start and finish. The rest is ok, nowhere near the peaks. 3/5.
Love The Who in small doses, but their songs are so long.
МНЕ ПОНРАВИЛОСЬ очень вайб мой обожаю такое буду определенно слушать дальше!!!
Go DAWGS!
Some good songs
I knew the start, I knew the end. I really enjoyed everything in between. Those synths that were epically parodied in tv teenage shows set in the 70s and 80s were fairly iconic. Some great songwriting and performance. 5 stars (easily!).
This album is like being the prom king quarterback of the high school football team. Everything is great on the surface. Your team is 14-0 on the season, and you're on track for the state championship. You're dating Kimberly, the hottest girl on the cheerleading team. You own a drop top Chevy and you are the guy that everyone wants to be friends with. But then you get home from school, and are faced with the reality that your parents are in a loveless marriage. You call Kimberly, but she makes it pretty clear that she doesn't want to talk right now. All of a sudden you realise that she is only dating you for the status at school. You wonder if your friends hang out with you for the same reason. These are meant to be the best days of your life, but you are now seeing that as a bad thing. You feel hollow inside, and you know it is only going downhill from here.
Album starts strong with a cracker of an opener and carries on from there. Very much enjoyed this
Icónico (nunca lo había escuchado)
Terrific Album from an all-around great band. I was never too big of a fan of this album, actually, mostly because it felt a bit daunting when listening to it on streaming platforms. This is, of course, not really a fault of the album but instead of how most algorithms seem to push the deluxe edition of it instead of the original tracklist. In this particular case, the site recommended the Deluxe Edition from 2003. While writing this review I became aware of a most recent remaster from 2022 for the original tracks, and a 2023 remaster for the "Lifehouse" demos as well as a remaster for the rest of the deluxe tracks. These are the far superior versions, in my opinion. Not only because of the sound quality but also because they are far more clearly laid out for the listener to distinguish which tracks are from the original album and which aren't. Anyway, this time around, the album definitely clicked for me in all the right places, but I had to come at it with a different approach. I listened to it on two separate sessions, one focused on the original 9 tracks and another one focused on the New York Record Plant Sessions. Session 1: The Original 9 Tracks The opening track is a masterpiece and that's not really anything new. I understand that "Baba O'Riley", and much of this album, came out of a failed attempt to make a new Rock Opera album after "Tommy" and you can definitely tell from this song, and the end product is stronger for it, I think. I'm a big fan of mini rock operas and one of my favorites is The Who's very own "A Quick One While He's Away", so something like "Baba O'Riley" is right up my alley. Now, moving on to the rest of the original album tracks, I really clicked this time with pretty much all of them, though the standouts are: "Love Ain't For Keeping", "The Song is Over" (this one I think is now a new favorite of mine, I just love the buildup and its an incredible ending to Side 1 of the album), "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Won't Get Fooled Again". I also really enjoyed the old-school rock style of "Going Mobile". Session 2: The New York Record Plant Sessions I've become a big fan of jam bands these last couple of years, and while The Who are certainly not one, these sessions really clicked with me because of their raw nature and how clearly they depict the incredible musicianship of all the band members. My only other reference point for a live performance was their Rolling Stones Circus performance of "A Quick One...", so I was blown away while listening to these recordings, with all their crude improvisation, while also accomplishing a super clean sound. All of these tracks are great, but if I had to pick a favorite, I'd say it's "I'm In Tune". Specially because you can compare it to the final studio version of "Getting In Tune" and get a really different experience. Special mention to "Love Ain't For Keepin'" for the same reasons. I'm now intrigued enough to listen to the Lifehouse Demos that the 2023 remaster includes.
Really not my speed. Added a new York recording off behind blue eyes but that is it.
I’ll say it, I was never a Who fan. They are the classic rock band that everyone loves, but I just don’t get it. Sure, so tracks like ‘I can see for miles’ are excellent, but aside from that I’ve always been meh about them. Who’s Next turned out to really be a good one though. The only tracks that slowed this down were in the middle- that one about the car. Baba O, and Behind Blue Eyes. Ok, sure. I get it. Iconic cover, too.
The CSI band made an album? Good for them! I went through a bit of a Who phase when I was younger (well, I liked Tommy), and three of the tracks here are some of their best known songs. A decent album overall. Favourite track: Getting in tune
banger
Everything you've heard. Based on the doomed Lifehouse project,. We should all fail so well.
Not the theme for CSI Miami... This is real peak dad rock. I know the big three on this album for before. I don't think it has the appropriate nostalgia for me to keep in my library and play again, but I did enjoy myself
not my tempo. 2.5
One of the greatest bands. Vocals are great and musicality as well
So many classics. Honestly, I didn't know that I've already listened to this album in piecemeal
Ooo baba o'riley and behind blue eyes? Excited for this. I'm not ashamed to say I learned about behind blue eyes because of the limp bizkit version. Not every track is a banger, but very strong album, 4* Highlights: baba o'riley, behind blue eyes
i hate when an album has three versions of the same songs
Desconocido grupo para mi, pero muy bueno
I just recently bought a pair of those cowboy-like boots that used to be so in fashion in the 70's and a few days later I got this recommendation... I call it destiny. (I know they're British but I'm talking about vibes here)
Great album, all the way through. Also, 15th album, still not a single woman.
Good album.
rock album classic, a bit dry in the middle, but enjoyable all the way through Standout: behind blue eyes, baba
I have no real interest in the concept of a rock opera in itself, though I do appreciate a concept album, if we can allow them to be related. I don't rank The Who among my favorite bands, but I realized listening to this that I also rarely turn them off when they come on the radio, and that they've been a larger part of my inner soundscape than I give them credit for. This album is really strong and ambitious and showcases a band willing to explore the contours of rock itself, i.e., without adding other elements or veering into other genres like so many groups do. I don't*love* it or feel like it changes my life, but I'm also glad it's in my life.
When God was handing out talent to the Holy Triumverate, The Stones got all the swagger, The Beatles got all the artfulness, and The Who got all the self-seriousness. That "Who's Next" was created from the ashes of another rock opera is very revealing. The Who were very formative for me, but somewhere along the way, I lost interest. "Who's Next" is about as good as it gets, and there are plenty of songs that still get me all the way there. But there's just something missing. Maybe it's the demise of classic rock radio; individual Who songs are jolts of electricity. But after sitting with an album for an hour, I found myself wanting to skip to the next song or take a break to listen to something else. Still, Keith Moon and Pete Townshend's prodigiousness is the perfect time capsule for the era of big drum fills and bigger guitar solos.
This was okay. Again, I feel I say this a lot, I liked it but I see myself never coming back to it. I liked the use of early age synths, but for me, nothing in the songs really stuck, other than the first and last 2 tracks. The middle I found to be very samey and a little bland. May have to try again at some point.
This is probably my favorite album by The Who so far. Exquisite
One of the earliest experiences I remember with rock and roll in by God. It did not disappoint.
Amazing!
Dad rock, but bloody good dad rock
Really great first track, some other gems in there too
eh. behind blue eyes ok
Bangers, bangers and some more (more rather mid) bangers. The first and last songs are by far the best, the songs in the middle are ok, too. Not 5-star-level-good, but not 3-stars-mid either.
Good
Nicht wirklich ein Album für mich
This is my favorite band, and this I believe is their best album. So what do you think I’ll rate it?
it was mid
I want to like this album, it's bookended by great tracks but the middle section always leaves me uninspired.
Good sound, weird themes toward women? Love songs within the context of the album feel like just trying to get laid.
+Intro, -Mid, +Outro
How good, Keith Moon is so fun
I bet in their late 60s / early 70s heyday, The Who were a force to be reckoned with - Moon and Entwistle were an absolute powerhouse and it's a shame to see Daltrey and Townshend withering on the vine without them. This record's a belter though, and played loud, it still has its clout. 'Behind Blue Eyes' and 'Won't Get Fooled Again' are the obvious ones to call out but they really are great songs. Actually, the whole record, hangs together brilliantly - the only problem I have is whenever I start to lose myself in listening to The Who, I remember Roger Daltrey's aggressively ignorant and selfish stance on Brexit and I have to switch them off.
The Who seem to be my Alan Partridge band, by that I mean I think their best album is their Greatest Hits, the rest - this is a prime example, is fine but no more than fine to these ears.
There are some obvious classics on here, but a 9 track album should not have any filler. Definitely two or three tracks on here, where if played live, would be time for a bathroom break.
I got to see them live in 2016 and they still got it.
I'm a big Quadrophenia guy, but this sits nicely in the Who's discography as a moment of them just being a rock band in between the two big Rock Operas they did.
It was amazing, I am not such a big fan of rock and roll but i like some tracks of the spotify list!! ;)
love it! amazing discovery
I didn’t have high hopes but it was good
One of my dad’s favourite albums which, I mean yeah, it’s a dad album.
Unsurprisingly, a solid album, it starts and finishes strongly, I feel they knew which songs were weaker and relegated them to the middle. All in all, I really can't complain about half-decent boomer rock. 3/5
In the way that Nirvana's In Utero is the crowning achievement of punk, this album might be the highest achievement of Boomer Rock. Who's Next has great songs with amazing arrangement and performances. The production sounds terrific throughout the whole record.
Me gustó mucho Going Mobile y las canciones con el sonido eléctrico que no sé bien cómo describir
I wasn’t sure I would like this but then I was enjoying some of it- some of the instrumental arrangements were cool and unusual, and the vocals were great. And then Behind Blue Eyes came on and it’s just the absolute worst, self involved dreck. Bleh.
I almost gave it 4* but I could get into it enough. Bookended by epic amazing tracks, but I couldn’t really get into it. Was probabaly just me or something.
Enjoyed a few of them, but also its clear why baba orielly was the standout. The others really blend.
Beginning and end of this album can’t save it for me. At its core it is bland at best if not a bit grating. If this list has taught me anything that I didn’t know about my taste at this point it’s that I find most classic rock criminally uninteresting.
I have who albums but always thought them overrated…. Went to see them for the first time in 2023 at a half full stadium in St Helens, with a downpour throughout…. They were great! I now hear their albums differently. 1. Baba O' Riley 2. Behind Blue Eyes 3. Won't Get Fooled Again
Muito bom.
The Who isn't my favorite band, but I do like a lot of their songs. It's hard not to call this a great album. I've heard over half this album just listening to local radio. Baba O'Riley, Bargain, and Won't Get Fooled Again are amongst my favorite Who tracks.
I think what I enjoyed most about this album is that the songs dont simply end. Its a very extravagant exit each time...which plays well with how intricate the songs can be lyrically and/or instrumentally. Great album...The Who at their peak I think.
Baba O’Reilly is badass. And I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of that song. You know, I think The Who is why Best Of albums exist though. I think between all of The Who albums I’ve heard on this project, there is one incredible album between them. 7/10. An extra point cause Baba O’Reilly rules so hard.
For a band that may be best remembered for helping to define the rock opera form, it has always struck me as a bit funny that perhaps their most important rock opera never came to fruition. For me, the Lifehouse project remains one of rock's great "what-ifs", but if we can judge by Who's Next, which is almost entirely composed of individual tracks from the project, the finished vision would have been incredible. As it stands, Who's Next is one of the great albums of the classic rock era. In a way, diverging from the rock opera format allows a greater focus on the individual tracks of this album, and the Who excel at layered arrangements in several spots. For example, Baba O'Riley builds from it's synth-based intro with guitar, drums, bass, and finally Roger Daltrey's vocals joining to create one of rock's great anthems. This also comes into play on Getting In Tune, which initially sounds like a John Entwistle special, but again builds beautifully. Taken separately, each member of the band could threaten to overtake the others in any given song. But somehow Keith Moon's thundering drums, Entwistle's intricate bass-work, and Daltrey's over-the-top vocals come together without ever getting out of control. It feels like a musical version of the racecar driver careening around the track on the verge of a wreck. Credit goes to Townshend and his aversion to guitar solos. If anything keeps this album from perfection, the lack of the original rock opera structure robs some of the songs of their lyrical impact, with The Song Is Over being one example of this. Some manage to stand on their own though. Behind Blue Eyes, the erstwhile theme for Lifehouse's villain, still comes through as a near-perfect expression of isolation. Meanwhile, the album's closer, Won't Get Fooled Again, thrives outside the thematic strictures of a greater story. The song remains the greatest the Who ever recorded, and for my money the climax of the song - Moon's building drums leading out of the synth solo and into Daltrey's scream - is one of the quintessential rock n roll moments. In songs like these, Who’s Next features The Who at the top of their game musically. Not bad for the remnants of a discarded project.
Opening and closing tracks are all-timers, everything else is pretty meh
It's a nicely put together collection of mostly "cast-off" tracks, and despite that it adheres pretty well. There's really not too much of a clunker on this album. A few that I like less than others, but I don't hate -- or love -- any of them I guess that's it, it's nothing that resonates with me -- likewise for band in general, with some exceptions. When I got into bands from this era, The Who didn't hit for me like others did. Floyd, The Doors, Dylan, these all stuck with me, not The Who. I'm not sure why. The Who -- or this album -- suffers most for me by the fact that by the time I was more familiar with them, a huge chunk of the songs were over-familiar in the sense that they were in every TV commercial or show you'd see. I think this is why it's not a 3.5 that gets bumped to a 4. It's almost like it skipped the introduction phase to my ear and went straight to ubiquity.
Great album! So many hits. Could have done without the live tracks tho.
Classic album, starting with Baba O'Riley and ending with Won't Get Fooled Again. Come on. And the songs seem ahead of their time. This one is just slightly below the "all time great album" level for me, 4.75 stars. But you could probably convince me that it's a 5.
Great album
is this a repeat? I feel like we already had Who's Next - anyway, hard to rate since we grew up listening to them and this record + tommy in particular - our Dad was a huge Who fan - Mike and I went to see them in Giants stadium in the 80s! Good solid ass kicking rock and roll + I LOVE Pete and this record
Pretty much as perfect a record as you can make. This plays like a greatest hits compilation. Does not feel old or dated. Rock & Roll.
This is like going on world vacation - for a year. Epic. There are so many unique cities and each have their own tasty cuisines, rich culture, and eloquent language. One after another, you feel like you are traveling to other planets, which is equally overwhelming and inspiring. Wow.
How do you follow up a landmark double album rock opera and and one of the best live albums of all time? Go big or go home. To say this album is grandiose (to an almost Spinal Tap level) is an understatement. From the cover to the production to Daltrey's vocal histrionics - it's big bIG BIG. The keyboard noodling alludes less to a future path than a final dispelling of their R&B past - two and a half minute pop songs are a long forgotten memory. It would all be utterly pretentious if they didn't deliver. And deliver they do. PS - the fact that Sticky Fingers, LZIV, Hunky Dory and LA Woman all dropped the same year is preposterous.
Nothing more than thousand other rock albums, except of course two classics. 5/10
Baba O’Riley is truly one of one. This album was an huge fixture of my time as a teenager. Another album to add to the list of “this could be a Greatest Hits”. Every member of the band was so locked in here. The opening and closing are the big standouts here, but everything else pulls its weight. The outro of Won’t Get Fooled Again with the drum solo and the absolute scream is incredible.
Track 1: Baba O'Riley - 8 1/2 / 10. Amazing instrumental, lyrics didn't do too much, and that complimented the song perfectly-instrumental did the talking😌. I see why it's a hit. Track 2: Bargain - 9/10. Another track where the instrumental goes crazyy especially that guitar. They're GOOD men, Savanna! LOL😭. Cute rock, love song.... my man's gotta be like dissss🥴 Track 3: Love Ain't for Keeping - 8/10. GUITAR!! Love the lil guitar thing at the end. Track 4: My Wife - 9/10. Love love love the instrumental. The drums, trumpet, and everything are great, and the vocal part is fitting. Love the up-temponess. Now..... WEH YOU MEAN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HOME SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT?? No wonder Ms Wife is coming and these lyrics tell me she don't play dat😭. Track 5: The Song is Over - 10/10. The start of the song sounds very Adele-esque. I guess it's the piano. Also, THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL GET, Mrs Who shout out to you for leaving girl 😭. Nice variation in tempo feels like it encapsulates the emotion of the song. Nice instrumental, especially the thing that sounds like it's 'skewing', it sounds very high-pitched. I think it's a harmonica? Not sure tho'. The drum solo at the end-WOW, like beautiful ending! Track 6: Getting In Tune - 10/10. Great Blues & Psychedelic Rock track. Great chorus! Love the ruffness/gruff in the lead singer's voice! Amazing outro!!! That PIANO, the tempo, the vocal selection??? Amazingggg!!! Track 7: Going Mobile - 8/10. Cool thing with the guitar. Drummer was TEARING this track up! The slur throwing me off tho.... Track 8: Behind Blue Eyes - 8/10. Cool. Nice harmonies. The pick up in tempo?? Coolllllll! Once agin the variation in tempo is chef's kiss. Adds to the essence of the song.. Track 9: Won't Get Fooled Again - 10/10. The start sounds so contemporary, can see their influence. Cool pick up with the guitar! Lyrics seem so nice very progressive :). I wonder if this was during some political turmoil in England. These mfs can play tf out a guitar!!! Damn! No notes amazing rock track. This is and amazing body of work - from the themes, the production, the lyrics, the delivery, EVERYTHING. It also sounds very contemporary at times like it's influence is there. I can see why it's considered one of the greatest albums of all time! Great! Makes me fall in love all over again with rock music! RIP Keith Moon. Overall 9/10!🔥🔥
Much better than I thought. Really like the song "Behind Blue Eyes".
’m not sure I need to say much about this album. This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It’s got everything you need, including three of the greatest songs ever recorded in Baba O’Riiley, Behind Blue Eyes, and Won’t Get Fooled Again. The rest of the album could have all been singles as well, I feel. Bargain, for one, is an incredible rock song. Listen to this album and focus on John Entwistle’s bass as you listen. Then listen again and focus on Keith Moon’s drums as you listen. You’ve heard Pete Townsend’s guitar and piano work. Roger Daltry is a golden god and has one of the greatest rock and roll voices ever. Entwistle also dabbles in the French Horn. What made the Who special is that every band member is the lead instrument. Moon plays whatever the hell he wants to, and Entwistle as well. You become so used to the chaos that it sounds normal. When Moon died and the Who decided to record another album and tour, Townsend said they had to bring on more than one musician to make up for his loss. The same thing happened after Entwistle passed. The Who now tour with a huge collection of musicians, when all they needed in 1971 was the four of them. The songs on this album were supposed to be the next big rock opera Townsend wanted to write after Tommy. The project was named Lifehouse, and it was so complex that, in the end, it was cancelled. Townsend and the band had been recording songs for the project and decided to mine it of the best songs and release it as Who’s Next, their fifth album. You can tell there is a narrative running throughout the album, but it’s like you haven’t been given all of the story to see the full picture. It doesn’t matter because the songs are so good, you can use them to make up your own story. Who’s Next to me is almost a choose-your-own-adventure. What happened in between Bargain and Love Ain’t for Keeping? What do you think happened? There you go. This album has everything on it, rock, country, ballads, love songs, songs about the state of our world today, in fact. “Meet the new boss Same as the old boss.” It really does feel like that to me. All of us little scrubs are fighting over how our billionaires care about us more than yours, and he’s going to save us. Meanwhile, the billionaires are all off on private islands hanging out with each other and doing who knows what. “There's nothing in the street Looks any different to me And the slogans are effaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Is now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight." So, Pete Townsend felt the same back in 1970, as this earth keeps on turning and we keep on making the same dumb mistakes over and over again. Well, I know one mistake you can correct right now, if you've never heard this album. I do know music and rock and roll, and Who’s Next is a masterpiece, and I think everyone should hear it, now, like today.
Highlights: Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again Lowlights: -------------------------- One of the greatest opened and closed albums I've heard. Everything was great, but outside of the hits it was all a bit too samey to be perfect.
pretty fire already had 3 songs
This can be like background music in a old tavern or something dnd 🤓
bruh not for mee at all
Beautiful
Behind Blue Eyes saved this album for me, just got kind boring in the middle
While the album’s middle parts don’t have as much pull as the incredible start and finish, it’s not enough to bring down the overall quality of this album. Likes: Baba O’Riley, The Song is Over, Going Mobile, Behind Blue Eyes, Won’t Get Fooled Again
This album still sounds fresh, vibrant, and it's bursting with energy as much as it did the first time I heard it.
It’s really good music. It’s not what I like to listen to. But it’s undeniably good.
I never really understood the who. Who are they for. They just always seemed to exist outside of culture. Great singles, but what the fuck was the tune song? Did we run out of material??
This is good, no songs are better than the hits but cohesive enough and the hits are certified bangers even if they're a little over played at this point.
Gaining respect for the who, Moon kills the drums whole album
Listened Before?: Partially Pros: BABA O'RILEY! Cons: Did not super enjoy the rest of the album Songs Added to Playlist: Baba O'Riley
Now this The Who I was promised, really exciting and upbeat rock. Great start and finish but waned in the middle.
Fantastic album. The influence on later bands is there to be heard.
Forgettable tunes towards the middle of the album in general.. didn’t enjoy the full ride
So good
The effing Who!!
All good songs, but a few great songs.
65
All-time classic. Baba O'Riley remains my favorite track from it, it's just so iconic. Getting In Tune, Bargain, & Won't Get Fooled Again are standouts as well.
Two album set with both studio recordings (album 1) and live versions (album 2). For today’s listeners with a short attention span this may be a bit much with up to three versions of the same song (remasters). Over half the songs are hits and the album features a nice crescendo.
Baba O ´Riley ❤️
Who's Next was very enjoyable, despite not really being all that groundbreaking (in my opinion.) It's simply just a really solid classic rock album. That being said, it obviously spawned the immensely famous "Baba O'Reiley", that has been sampled to death and used in countless commercials, but for good reason. "Behind Blue Eyes" ended up being my favorite off of the album, I love its dramatic tone and the style they played the guitar in throughout the song. Favorite Song: "Behind Blue Eyes"
4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-who/whos-next/ Long line of 4/5 star albums and this one is no different. Never really listened to The Who aside their hits (of which this album has at least two), but I like this album quite a lot! Looking forward to the next Who albums.
An absolute classic, that’s why I’m here for this list.
got me feel like an american-dad, it was aight.
Love their melodies. Fun classic rock.
Peak classic rock with pure bangers that hold up today.
This was really great. A lot of really nice and recognizable songs. Put it on the 5 side of a 4.5
É um bom álbum. Embora não me fisgou de primeira acredito que mais algumas tentativas posso chegar a apreciar um pouco mais. Curti muito "Behind Blue Eyes"
Some songs were familiar bangers for me
My rating 4.2. Really an amazing album. Not a bad song and different throughout. Incredible to me this came out in the early 70s with its use of synthesizer and guitar.
There are some true classics on here both for the Who's discography and in the world of rock in general. Killer beginning and ending. I enjoyed it from front to back. 4.5/5
For about 20 years of my life I would have given this 5/5 no problem. Listening to it now, there is simply too much going on. It is jarring to me even though it is very familiar. If I didn't have memories of liking this album, I would give it 1/5. I'll give it 2/5 for the history.
I have don't really have any comments. It was okay. The intro was cool. 2.5/5
Traust gammel gubberock. Holder seg helt greit.
What is there to say. It's just a really good album back to front. Even the songs that aren't hits are good
Baba O’Riley slaps as always, and Won’t Get Fooled Again is a great ender. The rest of the album is samey and kinda just there. Good performing and good vibes, but dated and not really something I think I need to revisit.
Now this is a classic album! What a gem, haven't heard this in ages
On my list of 10 greatest Rock and Roll records.
The album with "Baba O'Reilly", "Behind Blue Eyes", and "Won't Get Fooled Again"" has long instrumentals but this is another epitome of what I think when I imagine "classic rock".
I liked this one. Good production, couple of good tracks, interesting overall.
The fact this was 71 is pretty crazy early and with an opener of one of the greatest rock songs in history!?! Feels like a totally different band than a few years ago and ahead of its time. The mid section is a little weaker but wow the bookends are incredible. Look, is it as groundbreaking as Tommy, prob not. Is it them at their best, i think so!
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Baba O'Riley, Bargain, Won't Get Fooled Again I suppose The Who's 'Who's Next' is the album I am most familiar with insofar as I recognize three or four of the songs, with Baba O'Riley being instantly recognizable song for its famous intro and people's habit of calling the song Teenage Wasteland. I am also pretty sure Won't Get Fooled Again is used in some capacity in one of the CSI TV shows. This is a good album. It's good album length. Memorable, distinct songs, excellent singing and instrumentation. An the album cover feels legendary. A very 2001: A Space Odyssey aesthetic.
I remember the first time I heard Baba O'Riley when I was i teen and i remember being shook by how good it is. very nostalgic album for me bcs it was one of the first albums i listened to at the beginning of developing my music taste.
Gute Unterhaltung.
Best Song: Behind Blue Eyes There are a couple songs on here I hadn't heard but overall, this could be side 1 of a The Who's Greatest Hits. Behind Blue Eyes, Baba O'Riley, Going Mobile, and Won't Get Fooled Again are basically Who staples. Great album from a great band. 5/5
added one point for behind blue eyes
Jäkla stark början! Kände länge att albumet låg på fyra mycket tack vare öppningen. Sen höll det på lite för länge o jag hann tröttna lite. Fortfarande bra men det blir bara en trea.
Stabilt men inte mycket mer. Introt är ju tyvärr rätt uttjatat för än men minns tydligt hur fett jag tyckte det var när jag tittade på CSI på Kanal 5 med Mamma.
Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss! Intro och outro är ju 5/5 och mycket däremellan är rätt fett också. Gillar Getting in Tune, Going Mobile och Behind Blue Eyes (som jag länge trodde var Limp Bizkit original haha). Rock! Når ändå 4an!
Nu snackar vi 4a. Det är inga konstigheter.
Själlöst 😬
Av dom största classic rock-banden är The Who dom jag gillat minst. Den här skivan måste jag ändå säga var lite bättre än vad jag förväntade mig. Kul synth, och stark avslutning. Njöt av "Behind blue eyes", vilket jag inte heller hade förväntat mig! Det sämsta var mixen men här kan jag blivit inceeptjad av Basil!
det känns bara så tomt
Vi har ju blivit lurade! Baba O'Rielly är bara förrätten, den fetaste låten är ju Won't get fooled again – Stones fast fetare? Trodde att Baba O'Rielly som förr skulle vara en utomkroppslig upplevelse men, något har gått förlorat. Sönderspelad, dåligt mixad eller är det bara en låt utan kärna? Stort plus för det smakfulla användandet av synth. Mjukare och mer akustiskt änjag trodde. Första lyssningen lutade det åt en fyra, andra lyssningen var tråkigare. Så det blir en gammal god:
Without baba oreily it would be a 4.... i dont like that song
Some good songs on this album! Some were a little on the nose, but a good album overall.
70’s Rock ⭐️Won’t Get Fooled Again
Surely this is peak The Who. Every song is pretty much a 5/5 isn’t it?
Swag ass album 8/10 classic rock asf
This is a classic. The Who's best.
the first and the last song are bangers, but the rest of the album is kind of a drag
Best Track - "Baba O'Riley"
"Who's Next" is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Who. Hard rock and arena rock are the Wiki-listed genres. The album was developed from the aborted "Lifehouse" project, a futuristic multi-media rock opera conceived by guitarist-vocalist Pete Townsend as a follow-up to their album "Tommy." The bandmembers included Roger Daltry (lead vocals), Peter Townsend (guitars, vocals, synthesizers, piano), John Entwistle (bass, vocals, brass, piano) and Keith Moon (drums, percussion). The album was widely praised and cited as one the Who's and hard rock's best albums. Commercially, it reached #1 in the UK and #4 on the US Billboard 200. An electronic organ held with a repeating marimba beat opens the album and "Baba O'Riley" (also called "Teenage Wasteland"). This leads to overlaying piano keys, drums and bass. Daltry enters with strong vocals in a song paying tribute to guru Meher Baba and minimalist composer Terry Riley and about youthful alienation and disillusionment. Loud guitar slashes and pounding drum fills throughout. Dave Arbus comes in with a violin near the end giving a more traditional vibe close. More Townsend guitar slashes and Moon drums fills continue to standout in "Bargain" although the songs starts with an acoustic guitar and droning synth. Daltrey on lead vocals in a song about sacrificing material possessions and ego for spiritual enlightenment. There's a nice softer interlude with Townsend delivering the vocals. The only song not connected to "Lifehouse" and with no guitar solo is "My Wife." Entwistle does it all here - lead vocals, bass, piano and horns. And an actual argument with his wife ignited the lyrical content. "Behind Blue Eyes" was written for and about the antagonist in "Lifehouse," Jumbo. The song does the soft-loud-soft dynamic with acoustic to electric back to acoustic. The song is highlighted by Daltrey's vocals and backing vocal harmonization. Townsend fed an organ through an ARP synthesizer to get that reverbing sound going in "Won't Get Fooled Again." Moon at maybe his finest moment tries to sync his drums with the synth leading some to call his drums the lead instrument. He is relentless throughout this song. Townsend with a unique guitar sound as he played a 1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins gifted to him by Joe Walsh. Daltry calling for a revolution as the new leaders are just as corrupt as the old leaders. This album is solid straight-forward hard rock songs with underlying and sometimes lead synths, organs and pianos. Moon's drumming and Townsend's guitar take this to another level. It is a collection of songs but there are some lyrical connections with spiritual and personal transitional tones to the "Lifehouse" project that I can hear. Every song on this album is a staple on the US classic rock stations. Even songs left off the original album but included on reissues, "Pure and Easy" and "Naked Eye" are recognizable to the most casual classic rock listener. A classic hard rock album if there ever was one and one of their best which sure sounded good today.
Very Ca-chi
This album makes me wanna say hell yeah brother. Which is something I don’t normally say but it feels warranted. These guys are just better than most of their contemporaries. At least at by this point in their career
One of my favorite bands and albums of all time! Fun to pay attention to one aspect, like the bass parts, or another that I haven't particularly before. Much more of a production than the captured sound of a raucous proto-punk band. Always love hearing Pete sing as much as he does here. Starts and finishes with all-timers!
Probably the best album I've listened to yet
Solid stuff.
Run of the mill classic rock. Some of it is pretty good when I'm in the mood, but mostly I just don't know what is supposed to be particularly good...besides Baba O Riley.
I've been up for three days listening to Baba O'Riley nonstop. In unrelated news, I tried Starbucks coffee the other day.
The first thing I want to say is that it's a cool album and the cover is just as cool. I was actually very surprised when I found out that the original song "Behind Blue Eyes" belongs to this group, lol but it's still cool. Here's my favourites from this album: love ain't for keeping (SUCH A COOL GUITAR, maybe it's my the most fav track from this album), Bargain, My wife (cool vocals), and the song is over
Goeie classic, met vele hitjes. Lang nier geluisterd.
Too long so only listened to disc 1 but some good tunes on there
This is one of those timeless albums. From start to finish it's incredible, made by incredible musicians. You can't help ending this album with that drum buildup and scream on Won't get fooled again. 5/5
Now this is a great classic rock album. A lot of really good songs here. Who knew I like The Who?
Very classic, not for me tho. baba o reily is still amazing.
Tasty
The Who are not my thing, but I do appreciate them not making this another rock opera. Overall it’s solid. Baba O’Riley is a classic and there was some good stuff in the back half.
A near perfect album that is definitely in contention for top 10 all time greatest rock records. Opens and closes with two of the greatest classic rockers. If My Wife wasn't here I wouldn't miss it, but still not a bad song.
Wish I could have heard this when It came out. The bookend tracks here are absolutely phenomenal pieces of rock and roll but ones I have no memory of hearing for the first time. Every member of the band shines throughout this. 4 of these songs are absolute classics (Baba O'Reily, Bargain, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again) and the rest is not bad either! Easy 5.
Overall okay but I massively prefer the parts where Townshend sings. Daltrey is just a bit too shouty for me. The synthy stuff is pretty cool but the album dint really do much for me
baba o’riley fells like such a distant memory. great album
Good album with some great songs. Bargain is a real revelation here
only liked maybe 1 or 2 songs the rest were not memorable 5/10
I was appreciating the raw unashamed use of synths - so much music from this time uses them to substitute for an orchestra or something. But ultimately it feels a little bit too much like old white guy rock to me. They seem to have lost that soul feel from the early record. I recognise that my aversion to this style is partly because this band (and maybe one or two like them) made it feel mainstream and unremarkable, but I struggle to listen to it with fresh ears
It’s a classic, classic rock album. Is it the most classic? I don’t know, but it’s got to be considered in the discussion of the most classic, classic rock albums of all time. So classic.