The Best Who Album
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Topic: The Best Who Album
Posted By: Michael678
Subject: The Best Who Album
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 12:38
| since there's already a discussion on this one, and one said y shouldnt this be a poll, ill make it true. which is the best album from The Who?? you decide! |
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 12:48
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Easiest poll yet. Quadrophenia by leaps and bounds ahead of Who's Next and Tommy. Everything else does nothing for me except a few songs here and there. But Quadrophenia is one of my favorite albums of all time by anyone. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 13:06
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Who's Next is my fav ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 13:09
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I don't think i'll ever be able to choose my favorite from their "Big Three" Though i know what i play the most: Tommy (Live at Leeds Version) ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 14:05
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Tommy, followed by Who's Next and Quadrophenia. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 14:21
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My favourite The Who songs are from BY NUMBERS, so I voted that one. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 14:51
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1. Quad
2. Tom 3. My Gen ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 15:03
Who's Better Who's Best. Or maybe Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy. The Who are a band that I prefer to listen to their greatest hits albums. 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 15:18
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I'd say Meaty Beaty surely deserves mention among the greats. About half of those songs were non-album singles, and made up most of their best early material. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: October 05 2013 at 15:47
Definitely Quadrophenia, then Who's Next then Tommy. Typical order 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 06 2013 at 02:03
This, with Who Are You coming after. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Xonty wrote:Posted By: frankbostick
Date Posted: October 06 2013 at 10:56
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1° Who's Next 2° Quadrophenia 3° Tommy THE HOLY TRINITY |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: October 06 2013 at 14:30
Quad...but if the expanded "Live at Leeds" release (including "A Quick One...") had been an option it would've gotten my vote instead  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Progfan1958
Date Posted: October 06 2013 at 17:20
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Definitely "Who's Next" , but it's a crime they didn't include "Pure And Easy" on it. ------------- Progfan1958 "Peace to you all" "La paix est avec vous" "Pax vobiscum" "Al salaam a'alaykum" "Vrede zij met u allen" "Shalom aleichem" |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 06 2013 at 17:44
its on the 1995 reissue though
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 03:17
| Quadrophenia |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 06:42
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Tommy...or Who's Next...or Quad ------------- |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 04:17
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Whos Next!! Tho I loved the movie soundtrack of Tommy and still think about these versions ------------- 
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Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 10:21
| Who are you |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 10:26
| Who's Next |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 10:38
Tommy oh and moved to the proto prog and related sections ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 10:53
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Who's next for me
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 12:00
Had the album Who is Doctor Who?been included, then I would have voted for it, but I do love various The Who albums. I guess Tommy just over Quadrophenia. It's Hard was the first cassette I ever bought. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 02:50
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While it's probably not going to get to number 1 on the pop charts here thought I'd mention the super expanded Odds and Sods. Once a single quite good out takes LP, it's now a 2 LP (or 1 CD) expanded issue and really worthwhile. Should be on this list too... As mentioned Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy is one of those compilations (like Tull's Living In The Past) that is a compilation of non-album material aka bonus tracks. Don't let record company bureaucracy put you off. Topic - Quadrophenia may be the best Who album ever, but when faced with the best of Tommy and the wall to wall quality of Who's Next... I pick - the album with Goin' Mobile on it. The best song The Who never performed live. Plus it works like a charm at cheering me up. Sell Out may be the best album of the 1960s (which IS saying something). Probably the best concept album and most likely the most fun. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 14 2013 at 20:26
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Isn't there another best of Who thread that's still active...?
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=76871" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=76871 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 15 2013 at 06:54
| For a band that's been around since the 60s, they don't have a lot of real classic albums. Who's Next and Quadrophenia stand out a mile. |
Posted By: schizoidman
Date Posted: October 15 2013 at 12:50
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My fav's in order:
Who's Next
Quadrophenia
Tommy
Live at Leeds ------------- Making the useless useful 24/7. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: October 15 2013 at 16:00
True. But of what they have, most are fantastic. There are not too many bands or solo artists that have seismic type efforts, a good set of tunes is the most anyone can reasonably expect. I think most rock bands are effective for roughly 5 years or so, sometimes this can be extended as certain live albums and compilations fill out time. The Who were most effective from 1964 - 1978. Anyone rate Who's Last (1982)     over Live At Leeds...?      Still there have been other archive releases that are very good. |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: October 16 2013 at 15:19
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Another band that wore down heaps of needles on my turntable over the years. I played the "operas", Who's Next, Leeds, the early albums (anyone remember the "twofer" albums My Generation/Magic Bus and A Quick One/Who Sell Out?)....played their classics to death. Great story....got caught shoplifting the Meaty, Beaty album when I was 11 'cause I had to have it but had no dosh. Thought I'd just tuck it under my arm and walk out of the shop.....ass still red from that debacle.
Now, when it's time to put the Who on, I love By Numbers....first heard it as a wee lad but, of course, could never understand where Townshend was coming from. Also, the expanded Odds and Sods renders a 3 star record a 5 star....great Who stuff without having to dig into the bootleg bins. I've even softened on Who Are You and Face Dances, but Daltrey (and weak material) kills It's Hard (though Cry If You Want was a gas). Endless Wire was a nice surprise....not a classic but nice stuff. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |