Who (The) (View Discography)

Release Info

The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar); Roger Daltrey (vocals); John Entwistle (bass); Keith Moon, Kenney Jones (drums).
Recorded between 1964 & 1991. Includes 64-page booklet.
The compilers of MAXIMUM R&B deserve credit for squeezing the collected works of the Who onto these four CDs. The Who's transition from singles band to something more ambitious is well chronicled on disc one. It contains early singles like "Zoot Suit" and "I'm the Face," classics like "My Generation" and "I Can't Explain," near-classics like "I'm a Boy" and early rarities like their take on the Stones' "The Last Time." The second disc charts the band's transition toward conceptual rock and opera, beginning with a selection from THE WHO SELL OUT and moving into their seminal rock opera "TOMMY." The band is also captured at their blistering best in cuts from legendary LIVE AT LEEDS.
Disc three covers the early '70s, when the band was at a creative peak, turning out state-of-the-art rock with QUADROPHENIA and WHO'S NEXT. Songs like "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" still explode like Thor's hammer. The final disc has a little of everything, rare live versions, radio-only oddities, and the best of their late-'70s and early-'80s output. The later works demonstrate that the Who continued make great music even in the twilight of their career.

Tracks

1. I'm The Face
2. Here 'tis
3. Zoot Suit
4. Leaving Here
5. I Can't Explain
6. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
7. Daddy Rollin' Stone
8. My Generation
9. Kids Are Alright
10. Ox
11. Legal Matter
12. Substitute
13. I'm A Boy
14. Disguises
15. Happy Jack
16. Boris The Spider
17. So Sad About Us
18. Quick One
19. Pictures Of Lily
20. Early Morning Cold Taxi
21. Last Time
22. I Can't Reach You
23. Girl's Eyes
24. Bag O' Nails
25. Call Me Lightning
26. I Can See For Miles
27. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
28. Armenia City In The Sky
29. Tattoo
30. Our Love Was
31. Rael 1
32. Rael 2
33. Sunrise
34. Jaguar
35. Melancholia
36. Fortune Teller
37. Magic Bus
38. Little Billy
39. Dogs
40. Overture
41. Acid Queen
42. Underture
43. Pinball Wizard
44. I'm Free
45. See Me Feel Me
46. Heaven And Hell
47. Young Man Blues
48. Summertime Blues
49. Shakin' All Over
50. Baba O'Riley
51. Bargain
52. Pure And Easy
53. Song Is Over
54. Behind Blue Eyes
55. Won't Get Fooled Again
56. Seeker
57. Bony Moronie
58. Let's See Action
59. Join Together
60. Replay
61. Real Me
62. 5.15
63. Bell Boy
64. Love Reign O'er Me
65. Long Live Rock
66. Naked Eye
67. Slip Kid
68. Dreaming From The Waist
69. Blue Red And Grey
70. Squeeze Box
71. My Wife
72. Who Are You
73. Music Must Change
74. Sister Disco
75. Guitar And Pen
76. You Better You Bet
77. Eminence Front
78. Twist And Shout
79. I'm A Man
80. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)