The Who Albums Ranked From Worst to Best
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2020
- This week we take a look at the legendary rock band, The Who. From laying the groundwork for punk rock to inventing the rock opera, The Who are one of the most influential rock bands of all time. But which records are the best? Which ones aren't that great? Jason, Kram, and Joe are here to sort all of that out for you.
Albums Discussed:
My Generation
A Quick One
The Who Sells Out
Tommy
Who's Next
Quadrophenia
The Who By Numbers
Who Are You
Face Dances
It's Hard
Endless Wire
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Live at Leeds blows every Who studio album out of the park. It’s staggering played extremely loud.
'Can you imagine how awesome an album with "Substitute" and "Happy Jack" and "Magic Bus" on it would be? That album is called MEATY, BEATY, BIG & BOUNCY and it is, indeed, awesome.
1. Quadrophenia
"Quadrophenia" has to be up there. It's a brillant album.
12: Endless Wire (2006)
Jason looks like a John Entwistle impersonator.
My favourite channel of TH-cam right now, keep on doing great guys!!. Greetings from Spain.
Really, really enjoyed the discussion. Thanks gents!
They were at the Albert Hall, London, on the same bill with Chuck Berry, 1969. The same afternoon we saw The Stones in Hyde Park. What a day!
I realize it is not a real album but Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy is truly great.
As an old gen-xer Who fanatic I'm really surprised By Numbers is ranked so high by you guys. I agree it's very underrated. Also love throwing the hat when quadraphenia is ranked #6
Something i say about Tommy. Its one of the few double concept albums where i don't get bored getting through it ever. Its very easy to follow, its always interesting from track to track, and those musical themes that kinda bookend it really wrap everything up so well.
Another great panel discussion/ranking. I ranked my Who albums before I watched your post and I gotta say, Joe and I were pretty much eye to eye. Post-Keith albums are (naturally) hit or miss, but there always seems to be something I can connect with. Keep up the great work and I can’t wait to see your subscribers in the thousands!
I have a lot of good feelings about the It's Hard album. Kept me good company driving around in 1982, with powerful songs like It's Your Turn, Dangerous, Athena, and others. The album has a straightforward, unpretentious energy that I've always enjoyed. Kenney Jones' drumming fit in perfectly with everything else.
12. Who
Who’s Next. Still can’t believe how good it is when I hear it! Live at Leeds - great album.
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With regard to Face Dances,Pete Townshend had just released his highly acclaimed solo album Empty Glass a few months before Face Dances,and supposedly Roger Daltrey was furious that Townshend kept his best songs for his own album. Empty Glass is tremendous,and handily blows away Face Dances
Kram came to the rescue for me by ranking Who Are You higher in his list. I think every song on there is so strong- great lyrics, great performances, really unique compositions by way of key changes and instrumentation. I think the guitar tone on this album sounds amazing- it has this fuzz but still really cuts through, and I think it sits in well with the synthesizer parts. The bass tone is great too, and I think it's some of John's best playing. Quite honestly, Who Are You might rank #1 for me. I was actually surprised to hear both Jason and Joe didn't favor it.
Great show of appreciation for this original gangster of rock music.