| Song Listing |  |
Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Baba O'Riley ~ The Who |  | | 2. Bargain ~ The Who | | | 3. Love Ain't For Keeping ~ The Who | | | 4. My Wife ~ The Who | | | 5. Song Is Over, The ~ The Who | | | 6. Getting In Tune ~ The Who | | | 7. Going Mobile ~ The Who | | | 8. Behind Blue Eyes ~ The Who | | | 9. Won't Get Fooled Again ~ The Who | | | 10. Baby Don't You Do It ~ The Who | | | 11. Getting In Tune - (previously unreleased) ~ The Who | | | 12. Pure And Easy ~ The Who | | | 13. Love Ain't For Keeping ~ The Who | | | 14. Behind Blue Eyes ~ The Who | | | 15. Won't Get Fooled Again - (previously unreleased) ~ The Who | |
(P) 2003 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
(C) 2003 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Who: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, ARP synthesizer); John Entwistle (vocals, brass, piano, bass); Keith Moon (drums, percussion). | | Additional personnel: Leslie West (guitar); Dave Arbus (violin); Nicky Hopkins (piano); Al Kooper (organ). | | Producers: The Who, Kit Lambert, Keith Moon. | | Reissue producer: Jon Astley. | | Includes liner notes by Pete Townshend and John Atkins. | | The Who: Roger Daltrey (vocals); Pete Townshend (guitar, piano, organ, ARP synthesizer, background vocals); John Entwistle (horns, piano, bass, background vocals); Keith Moon (drums, percussion). | | Additional personnel: Leslie West (guitar); Nicky Hopkins (piano). | | Producers: The Who, Glyn Johns, Kit Lambert. | | Recorded between 1968 & 1971. Includes liner notes by Pete Townshend, John Atkins, and Chris Charlesworth. | | Personnel: Pete Townshend (vocals, guitar, piano, ARP synthesizer); John Entwistle (vocals, brass, piano); Roger Daltrey (vocals); Dave Arbus (violin); Nicky Hopkins (piano); Keith Moon (drums, percussion). | | Audio Remasterer: Jon Astley. | | Audio Remixers: Jon Astley; Andy MacPherson. | | Liner Note Authors: Chris Charlesworth; John Atkins; Pete Townshend; Andy Neill. | | Recording information: Olympic (03/17/1971-06/??/1971); Record Plant, NY (03/17/1971-06/??/1971); Stargroves (03/17/1971-06/??/1971); Young Vic Theatre, South London (03/17/1971-06/??/1971). | | Photographers: Ethan Russell; Chris Walter; Graham Hughes; Barry Plummer; Chris Morphet. | | Though Pete Townshend was originally unhappy with WHO'S NEXT, it was quickly welcomed by critics and fans, becoming one of the most celebrated titles in their enduring catalog. His frustrations boiled down to the album being a compromised version of a larger work he'd envisioned, LIFEHOUSE, which proved too unwieldy to be realized. Expanded to a two-disc set with essays by both Townshend and John Atkins, the original nine-song album is expanded with six additional studio tracks. | | These include earlier versions of the album's songs and a cover of Holland-Dozier-Holland's "Baby Don't You Do It." Recorded in New York during the spring of 1971 in the midst of a fraying relationship with producer Kit Lambert, the early cuts clearly don't have the sonic breadth and wallop of what the Who achieved back in England later in the year, but are fascinating nonetheless. The second disc was recorded live before an invited audience, and was originally part of the album's grand plan. Mixing new material with covers ("Road Runner;" Mose Allison's "Young Man Blues") and original tunes from their past (the anthem "My Generation"), the band plays with a palpable urgency and fire. This was the Who at the peak of its powers, a status the group would retain as a live act through the '70s. | | While both THE WHO SELL OUT and TOMMY have their passionate devotees, WHO'S NEXT is the Who's masterpiece. Originally, Pete Townshend intended these songs for an even larger-scale project than TOMMY, a massive multimedia extravaganza, called LIFEHOUSE, that the songwriter eventually abandoned. Townshend was initially keen to keep at least the basic structure of the story for the Who's next record, but associate producer Glyn Johns convinced him that a straightforward single disc of the project's best songs would make a stronger album. Wise counsel indeed, because WHO'S NEXT is by far the group's most focused and powerful effort. | | Bracketed by "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again," two classic rock epics that did more to advance the cause of synthesizers in mainstream rock than Kraftwerk's entire career, this album is basically flawless, ranging in mood from the heartbreaking "The Song Is Over" to John Entwistle's bitterly funny "My Wife." Although nearly every song on the record, barring only the bluesy acoustic interlude "Love Ain't for Keeping," is a saturation-level FM-rock-radio mainstay, WHO'S NEXT is that rarity--an intimately familiar album that never gets tiresome. | | The Who's catalog was revamped in the mid-'90s, with every title (except My Generation, due to legal entanglements with producer Shel Talmy) receiving new remastering and bonus tracks. Nearly eight years later, Who's Next, one of the group's most beloved albums, was given another remastered/expanded treatment as part of Universal Chronicles' Deluxe Edition series. Now it spans two discs, including a full disc devoted to their legendary show at the Young Vic on April 26, 1971. Reportedly, this is also the first time the original master tapes were used for a CD master as well, and while the difference isn't as dramatically different as it was from the 1984 CD to the 1995 CD, this is a richer, resonant mix, which may be reason enough for some fans to acquire it. Most collectors will focus on the bonus material, all of which ranges from very good to great, yet the set on the whole gets a qualified recommendation for one very simple reason: The greatest of the material here was already featured as bonus material on the 1995 reissue. True, some of the versions were present as single edits, but the greatest songs -- "Pure and Easy," a rollicking cover of "Baby Don't You Do It," the live set pieces "Naked Eye" and "Water," "Too Much of Anything," "I Don't Even Know Myself," the original take of "Behind Blue Eyes" -- were all bonus tracks on the previous edition (this is not counting the fact that the electric version of "Love Ain't for Keepin'," which is really good, is also on Odds & Sods). That said, there is some unreleased music here that is either fascinating (the first take of "Won't Get Fooled Again," which sounds as if it's on the verge of collapse) or excellent (the whole of the Young Vic show, where you can hear the band get its strength back; it's a truly fine concert). But no matter how good, or even revelatory, some of this is, the end result feels underwhelming because any Who fan has heard the most crucial music here before (and those who enjoy nitpicking will surely wonder why there wasn't more of an effort to present Lifehouse rejects and outtakes here instead of a full concert). If you're a fan, Who's Next: The Deluxe Edition is like paying a bill -- buying it is something that needs to be done, you're glad once it's done, but it's not something you're necessarily eager to do. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Musical Guests | | Nicky Hopkins | | Al Kooper | | Leslie West |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/25/2003 | | Original Release Date : 1971 | | Catalog ID : 113056 | | Label : MCA Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00008811305628 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.104)
- Ranked #28 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...An extraordinary cache of songs..."Rolling Stone (9/2/71, p.42)
- "...intelligently-conceived, superbly-performed, brilliantly produced, and sometimes even exciting rock'n'roll..." Rolling Stone (9/30/71, p.42)
- "...what they have given up in rawness and razzle-dazzle they have gained in depth of vision and musical maturity. Every cut on the album has something to offer..." Q (1/03, p.62)
- Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" Q (1/96, p.158)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "Considered by many to be the band's best, 1971's WHO'S NEXT was their only Number 1 album..." Mojo (Publisher)
(5/03, p.110)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "WHO'S NEXT is The Who's most polished album, its hook-ridden songs pioneering the use of rock synthesizers without diluting the power-quartet attack that had defined the group since the mid-60s..." NME (Magazine)
(9/18/93, p.19)
- Ranked #21 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of The '70s.' NME (Magazine)
(10/2/93, p.29)
- Ranked #99 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.' |
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