Who's Next
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Who's Next
Who's Next is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Who. It developed from the aborted Lifehouse project, a multi-media rock opera written by the group's Pete Townshend as a follow-up to the band's 1969 album Tommy. The project was cancelled owing to its complexity and to conflicts with Kit Lambert, the band's manager, but Townshend was persuaded the group should record the songs as a straightforward studio album.- Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Sept. 1971 An old fashioned long-player containing intelligently-conceived, superbly-performed, brilliantly-produced, and sometimes even exciting rock and roll.
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BBC
2002 It still sounds ablaze. Who’s Next is The Who’s best.
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All Music
Who's Next is truer than Tommy or the abandoned Lifehouse. Those were art -- this, even with its pretensions, is rock & roll.
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50Third and3rd
March 2016 This is The Who at their best, coming together after a period of deep frustration and letting it rip.
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Pop Matters
April 2003 Arguably the Who's finest effort, the album came at a time when the group was at its creative peak. The group was at its pinnacle of greatness.
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Classic Rock Review
Feb 2011 What started out as a “plan B” after a frustrating, failed project was spun into pure gold by the band that never shied away from taking chances on this album.
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Sound Blab
Dec. 2017 not only the greatest The Who have ever released, but it’s also one of the ten best in the history of rock and roll music, and will likely remain so long after “the song is over” for me.
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Albumism
Aug. 2016 It doesn’t get much more real than this. Still stands as one of their crowning achievements.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
They made an album of pure rock 'n' roll power. There was a time when the Who were one of music's greatest and most important bands. Who's Next proves why.
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Sputnik Music
Aug. 2005 One of the greatest albums in the history of rock n roll.
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Puluche
Jan 2013 Thankfully, albums such as Who’s Next carry the torch of what impeccable hard rock truly embodies.
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Gold Mine Magazine
May 2011 The Who’s finest album because it opens with one of the greatest performances they ever created.
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The Critical Listener
May 2013 All in all, it remains one of my favorite albums. But regardless of my opinion, this record has deserved its place in the heart and minds of the rock community.
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Get Into This UK
March 2016 Contains some of the best material the band ever produced and is a solid reminder of how they became one of the most enduring and celebrated rock acts that Britain has produced.
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Common Sense Media
Possibly The Who's best album; essential to the rock canon.
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The Young Folks
Aug 2016 The album that immortalized the band. Overall, Who’s Next is an album that solidified The Who’s dominance in rock music. The Who can easily be labelled as a legendary band that will remain relevant in this era and others to come.
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Super Seventies
Dec. 1977 There is nothing about rock & roll that Peter Townshend doesn't understand.
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Musicbox
July 2003 Who’s Next suddenly springs to life after decades of the mind-numbing slow death bestowed upon it by classic rock radio.
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Starling
Art-rock at its best.
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Warr
They promptly produced their one truly great album.
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FYE
An invigorating record, not just because Keith Moon runs rampant or because Roger Daltrey has never sung better or because John Entwistle spins out manic basslines
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Slacker
Aug. 1995 This is invigorating because it has all of that, plus Townshend laying his soul bare in ways that are funny, painful, and utterly life-affirming.
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Keno
2000 In all, a great band's best ever album. If you love rock music, this one is a must!
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Firewater
March 2018 But, today, this is still one of my favorite rock albums of all time. Track-by-track. It’s a good record, man.
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Timlee Songs
Dec 2017 Combining ethereal synthesisers, face-melting guitar riffs, the most intricate rhythm section and emotional vocal delivery, Who’s Next is one of the best bands in British history at their peak.
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Not Your Dad's Vinyl
March 2017 The sound quality is fantastic.
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Backseat Mafia
Aug. 2017 Who’s Next is a great rock and roll album and the best album to start with for a newcomer to the band.
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Best Classic Bands
Triumphs through songcraft and performance.
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Steve Hoffman
March 2003 Despite it's flaws, in my opinion this is the best Who reissue to come out in a long time.
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Musicko
Sept. 2009 The result was an album that went down in history as The Who’s undisputed masterpiece.
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Acoustic Sounds
The Who's most acclaimed work and one of the most important albums in the history of rock. Springing out of Pete Townshend's never-fully realized Lifehouse Project, it revolutionized popular music by introducing the use of pre-programmed synthesizers and sequencing.
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Head Fi
Aug 2001 More than enough reason to get it. ironically, with the advent of high-resolution digital sound i believe redbook mastering techniques have hit an all-time peak, as remasters like this one are released.
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The Epic
Sept 2016 I recommend this album to any person, even if they haven’t listened to rock or mod music.
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Sputnik Music
Oct. 2006 This album was one of the many ground breaking ones in rock history. This certainly is a great pickup. If you get this that I do believe that you are buying one of 1971’s top ten albums.
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Ultimate Guitar
Jan. 2008 I love the album, I hate it's length, it is too short, so I got one with bonus tracks. I would get it again, and so should everybody.
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Course Hero
The Who shoved all of their best feet forward on this one of a kind, rock-opera album.
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Artesuono
Sept. 2018 Who has never listened to it, will have the chance to hear the quintessence of rock. Legendary!
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Enjoy the Music
This is the best version of this album (on CD) my ears have ever heard. It is so clean and clear as to be scary!
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