I mostly listened to the mono version since that's the one that's linked, and quick search suggests it's the authentic version. It's weird, there are some songs here that hardly feel like "rock" because I'm poisoned by being aware of really hard rock. But when I look for a genre to label this, I definitely feel like it's quintessential rock. Definitely interesting that "My Generation" is from their first album. Definitely a song that's so famous I can sing it just from hearing the title. The album is a lot cleaner and jazz/blues-ier than I assume when I think of The Who. It could almost be confused with a Beatles album for a few bits - just with a little more guitar solos. I feel like the drum set The Who uses is very iconic - idk what it is about the drums, maybe they're flatter than normal, or have less bass drum or something? But compared to some newer music, it's nice for the drums to be busy, but not noisy - you can hear what's happening still. There's a lot more "Beach Boys" harmony than I would have expected - although there is some in the most famous Who songs so I should expect it. I don't hear a lot of this harmony in the music I typically listen to, but I really like it. It gets slightly noisy at certain parts, but not in a bad way. (Eventually it got to be a bit too noisy.) The Ox is pretty neat - seems like no lyrics, basically like a jam session. The end of the album got a little bit noisy to me, but might have been related to my mood rather than the actual music. Actually it's the horns, like the mellophones or some thing, they're not great imo.