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Who?
My Generation 18%  18%  [ 6 ]
A Quick One (Happy Jack) 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Sell Out 12%  12%  [ 4 ]
Magic Bus 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Tommy 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Who's Next 45%  45%  [ 15 ]
Quadrophenia 15%  15%  [ 5 ]
By Numbers 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Who Are You 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Face Dances 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
It's Hard 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Two's Missing 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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The only one I own is Sell Out. It's great, so I'm wondering what I should get next.

I included it in the poll just to see where it winds up compared to the others, vote-wise.
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Who's Next is my favorite.

Actually, I'm gonna throw it on now, because I want to hear "My Wife".

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I'd say Live at Leeds, but that's not an option.

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I'd say Live at Leeds, but that's not an option.
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Definitely Who's Next.
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I'd say Live at Leeds, but that's not an option.


Agreed. Of the actual albums, I'd take Who's Next.

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Who's Next is the greatest album of all time, and my personal #2. The second-best Who album is definitely Live at Leeds. The Who By Numbers is the most underrated.

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I'd say Live at Leeds, but that's not an option.


Agreed. Of the actual albums, I'd take Who's Next.


I'll second that thought.

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While I generally like their earlier singles better, Who's Next is a great album.

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I've never liked Who's Next all that much. "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" are two songs I don't ever really need to hear again.

I love Sell Out, though, and My Generation is pretty awesome. I'm not gonna vote because those three are the only ones I've heard.
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The first one. "The Good's Gone" is the best song they ever recorded. "Legal Matter" would be the best song were it on any other album.
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i loved "who's next" when i was in high school, but i wouldn't mind if i never heard it again for the rest of my life.

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Who's Next and Quadrophenia are classic. But I voted for By Numbers because I think it's ridiculously under-rated.
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shmoo Wrote:
While I generally like their earlier singles better, Who's Next is a great album.


Not a politically correct, or good critical answer (Who's Next is one of 4-5 albums that are the greatest that rock ever produced, and Live at Leeds captures a kind of power only the Who had...) but I play Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy more than any... just pure joy.

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Not a politically correct, or good critical answer (Who's Next is one of 4-5 albums that are the greatest that rock ever produced, and Live at Leeds captures a kind of power only the Who had...) but I play Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy more than any... just pure joy.

Even though I have minimal interest in the Who - I'm not a fan of Who's Next ("Behind Blue Eyes" is a lame power ballad with lyrics that Bret Michaels would've been too ashamed to write), and Live At Leeds is a fossil of the sort of rock I despise - I agree with Harry about Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy. That's one of the most amazing (early) greatest hits collections ever.
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I'd say Live at Leeds, but that's not an option.

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The first one. "The Good's Gone" is the best song they ever recorded. "Legal Matter" would be the best song were it on any other album.


This is what I voted for.

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Not a politically correct, or good critical answer (Who's Next is one of 4-5 albums that are the greatest that rock ever produced, and Live at Leeds captures a kind of power only the Who had...) but I play Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy more than any... just pure joy.

Even though I have minimal interest in the Who - I'm not a fan of Who's Next ("Behind Blue Eyes" is a lame power ballad with lyrics that Bret Michaels would've been too ashamed to write), and Live At Leeds is a fossil of the sort of rock I despise - I agree with Harry about Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy. That's one of the most amazing (early) greatest hits collections ever.


Meaty, Beaty is what I listen to the most, too.

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Everyone's going to say Who's Next and that is a truly great album, but the ones I keep going back to years after kind-of sort-of wearing out WN is Quadrophenia and Sell Out. SO is such a beautifully crafted, fun album, it never gets old (well, okay, the "Rael" bits drag for me, but that first half . . . all killer, even the radio bits.) And Quad is just so well structured and intense, I don't know how anyone could get sick of it, either.

I might be one of the few to admit that I don't find Tommy all that fascinating - the key tracks are incredible, but as an album I find it hard to stomach.

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A Quick While He's Away.

Then Who's Next

after that, I like everything except Tommy, which I find endlessly pretentious and damned irritating.
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You mean, besides Who's Next?

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