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| My Favorite 10 Who Albums
Its hard to do a list like this for The Who, because you can't just confine yourself to studio albums -- they only ever released 11 of them -- and, on the other hand, many of their more popular early tracks were singles that were released for the first time on compilations. So, with that in mind, here's my list of my favorite 10 Who albums: | | 10 |  | The Who
A Quick One
This one makes the list with the American version released as "Happy Jack". It makes it mostly on the strength of "Happy Jack", "A Quick One" and "Boris the Spider". | | 9 |  | The Who
The Who Sell Out
"I Can See for Miles" is the best song here, but "I Can't Reach You", "Tattoo", "Mary Ann with the Shaky Hands", "Our Love Was" and "Rael" are also winners. | | 8 |  | The Who
Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
This is a much maligned album, but the first album appearances of "Pictures of Lily", and "Magic Bus", plus such lesser-known numbers as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "Someone's Coming" and "Disguises" put this album on the list for me. | | 7 |  | The Who
Odds & Sods
I especially love "Pure and Easy" on this one. It's also the first album appearance of "Long Live Rock", plus I've always had a special affection for "Glow Girl" and "Faith in Something Bigger". | | 6 |  | The Who
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
Another compilation with some important first album appearances, including the studio version of "Substitute", and "I Can't Explain" plus "The Seeker", and a personal favorite, "I'm a Boy". | | 5 |  | The Who
It's Hard
Another maligned album, but come on! "Eminence Front", "Athena", and "It's Hard", plus "A Man Is a Man" and "I've Known No War". I know there's no Keith Moon, but these are all strong songs. | | 4 |  | The Who
Face Dances
Yet another album without Moon, but it does have "You Better You Bet", "Don't Let Go the Coat", "The Quiet One", "Did You Steal My Money" ... this is a great album! | | 3 |  | The Who
Who's Next
The top three are all pretty obvious, and what order you put them in is just a matter of personal choice. This is one of the great rock albums of all time, but so are numbers 1 and 2. | | 2 |  | The Who
Tommy
I wore my original vinyl copy of this into the ground. Not only a great album, but one of the most important albums in rock history, one that inspired the bands of the seventies to try all kinds of ambitious projects. And two words: "Pinball Wizard". | | 1 |  | The Who
Quadrophenia
My second favorite rock album of all time (right after Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here".) Love, Reign O'er Me! | |
Divaman
11.21.16 | I know, I know, no "The Who By Numbers", no "My Generation" and especially no "Who Are You". What can I say? This is a favorites list, not a best of, and while each of those three have some good songs on them, they're not my favorites. | TwigTW
11.21.16 | I agree with 1, '5:15' is my fave--Didn't even realize that Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy was a compilation for the longest time.
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11.21.16 | 1 is right. Can't say i agree with the rest that much | sumyunguy
11.21.16 | Are we really gonna pretend The Who have ten albums worth listening to? | FullOfSounds
11.21.16 | Nice list, I've only ever heard 3 | Kalopsia
11.22.16 | Are we really gonna pretend The Who have ten albums worth listening to? [2]
Kudos for the Killface avatar... but yeah | Divaman
11.22.16 | Considering that The Who are probably the greatest band that ever existed, I'm going to say that's a yes. | Titan
11.22.16 | Odd ranking Diva bro, 1 is definitely 1 but damn 3 is so close for me......Tommy, Sell Out, By Numbers, and Who Are You are great as well
10 albums worth listening to? Probably not, but at least 7 or 8 of em. |
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