The Who : Who's Next
Genre: Rock	Dates: 1971

A true classic of hard rock, in which everything comes together: musicianship, songwriting, singing, sequencing, thematic coherence, dynamics, emotional range, even the album cover. Also, if you come at it with the punk attitude that it's a '70s dinosaur that needs to be destroyed, it'll cave your teeth in. Every song is great in its own way—a far rarer occurrence than is touted-but rather than comment on each, I'd rather recognize a few of my favorite things: the tension and balance between the acoustic and electric guitars, between humor and seriousness, between anger and acceptance; Keith Moon's drumming (this is his last great, sustained performance); and the unmitigated triumph of Roger Daltrey. Never the most naturally gifted of rock singers, and always embodying a blue-collar resistance to Pete Townshend's artier ambitions, he sings with intelligence, power, even delicacy here...and unleashes two screams that rank with his old mod idol James Brown's. Advice: turn up the volume.

Track Listing:

1. Baba O'Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain't For Keeping
4. My Wife
5. Song Is Over, The
6. Getting In Tune
7. Going Mobile
8. Behind Blue Eyes
9. Won't Get Fooled Again