- hard rock, rock, classic rock, art rock
- 43 min
- 9 tracks
- MCA Records
Who's Next is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 2 August 1971, by Track Records in the United Kingdom and by Decca Records in the United States. It developed from the aborted Lifehouse project, a multi-media rock opera conceived by the group's guitarist Pete Townshend as a follow-up to the band's 1969 album Tommy.
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Spare, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock5/5
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebA+
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Tracks
- 1Baba O’Riley4:59
- 2Bargain5:33
- 3Love Ain’t for Keeping2:11
- 4My Wife3:35
- 5The Song Is Over6:16
- 6Getting in Tune4:49
- 7Going Mobile3:40
- 8Behind Blue Eyes3:40
- 9Won’t Get Fooled Again8:31
9 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Who
- Label
- MCA Records
- Released
- 1971
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- CA
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