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What's everyone's favourite album by The Who?

BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,408
in Other Music
Live at Leeds?
Who's Next?
Tommy?
Quadrophenia?
Sell Out?

What's your favourite!?
Melbourne #1 '98
Melbourne #2 '03
Melbourne #3 '03
Melbourne #1 '06
Melbourne #3 '06
Melbourne '09
Melbourne '14
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  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    What's that movie that had a young Sting?

    Oh, and the criminally underrated by numbers is 2nd.
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    who's Next and Quadrophenia
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,057
    I like Who are You.

    underrated? Face Dances
    Bristow 05132010 to Amsterdam 2 06132018
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Quadrophenia....it's the only Who album I really like. Who's Next has plenty of classic tracks, but I just pick random tracks from the rest of their catalog.
  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    Who's Next.
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/21/9 -Vancouver,B.C-Rogers Arena-12/4/13 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/6/24
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,365
    Who's Next, but it's tough to pick a favorite
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Depends on the mood I'm in. Who's Next, Live at Leeds, Quad. InHiding is spot on--By Numbers is great. I've been listening to it a lot lately. Still love Tommy after all these years.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    RobbyD462 said:

    Who's Next.

    Yup.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,442
    Live at Leeds..one of the greatest live ever IMO..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • WhatYouTaughtMeWhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    23scidoo said:

    Live at Leeds..one of the greatest live ever IMO..

    yes.
  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,408
    Live at Leeds was the first Who album I bought besides a best of. Recently bought Who's Next which I'm really digging! I love 'My Wife' and 'The Song is Over'.

    Looking at getting Quadrophenia next. Saw a really good documentary about it recently.
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Quadrophenia - by far
    Who's next is great too
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

    "THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015

    "Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
  • EdsonNascimentoEdsonNascimento Posts: 5,523
    Quadrophonia is greatest album ever so I guess that would make it the best album by The Who
    Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
  • ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,057
    Empty Glass is pretty amazing.
    Bristow 05132010 to Amsterdam 2 06132018
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    the tiki bomb said:

    Empty Glass is pretty amazing.

    I agree, it's a great album. But it's a Pete Townshend solo album, not a Who album.

    Now if you're talking about the guy who posts here . . .
    :wink:
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
    edited September 2015
    Lifehouse would have been one the greatest albums of all time if Pete didn't have a nervous breakdown and abort it. Instead we got Who's Next which is about 1\3rd of the music that would have made up Lifehouse.
  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    the tiki bomb said:

    Empty Glass is pretty amazing.

    I agree
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

    "THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015

    "Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,384
    Yeah Quad for me everything else follows ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    qontheboard said:

    Lifehouse would have been one the greatest albums of all time if Pete didn't have a nervous breakdown and abort it. Instead we got Who's Next which is about 1\3rd of the music that would have made up Lifehouse.

    Who's Next is one of the most popular Who albums but many people aren't aware that it started out as another double concept album. Pete abandoned the complicated story of Lifehouse and followed up with the straightforward one of Quad.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,051
    edited September 2015
    The one with Baba O'Reilly on it I suppose, whichever that is, since that's the only Who song I can name off the top of my head that I like (not a fan of The Who).
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    PJ_Soul said:

    The one with Baba O'Reilly on it I suppose, whichever that is, since that's the only Who song I can name off the top of my head that I like (not a fan of The Who).

    At least you didn't call it Teenage Wasteland. :lol:
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • rollingsrollings unknown Posts: 7,125
    edited September 2015
    child, please

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IEaobS9O4A

    laying on my bed
    in the newly morning grass
    rain's coming down
    but i know the clouds will pass

    you bring me tea
    say the babes are sleeping
    lay down beside me
    love ain't for keeping

    black ash from the foundry
    hangs like a hood
    but the air is perfumed
    by the burning firewood

    the seeds are bursting
    the springs are seeping

    lay down my darling
    love ain't for keeping
    lay down beside me
    love ain't for keeping
    (solo)
    lay down beside me
    love ain't for keeping
    lay down my darling
    love ain't for keeping

    Post edited by rollings on
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    Quad and I love that Pete DVD called "Music From Lighthouse"
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,566
    Depends on what day you ask but definitely:

    A Quick One
    Sell Out
    Live at Leeds
    "Don't give in to the lies.  Don't give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth.  And to hope."
    -Jim Acosta











  • iwasatpj20iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,425
    Quadrophenia
    Who's Next
    2000 - Chicago, IL
    2003 - Champaign, IL
    2006 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2007 - Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
    2009 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2010 - St. Louis, MO
    2011 - East Troy, WI 1 & 2 (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
    2012 - Atlanta, GA, Missoula, MT
    2013 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City, OK
    2014 - St. Louis, MO, Tulsa, OK, Moline, IL (No Code, IL), Saint Paul, MN, Milwaukee, WI (Yield, WI)
    2016 - Greenville, SC (Vs, SC), Raleigh, NC, Columbia, SC, Boston, MA (Fenway Park 1), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
    2018 - Seattle, WA (Safeco Field 2), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2), Boston, MA (Fenway Park 2)
    2020 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, ??
    2022 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV
    2023 - St. Paul, MN 2, Fort Worth, TX 2, Austin, TX 1, and Austin, TX 2
    2024 - Portland, OR and Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
    2025 - Pittsburgh, PA1 & Pittsburgh PA2


    2012 - Temple of the Dog East Troy, WI (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
    2014 - Soundgarden Tinley Park, IL (with Nine Inch Nails)
    2014 - Alice in Chains Davenport, IA
    2016 - Chris Cornell Solo Madison, WI and Peoria, IL (official hometown show)
    2016 - Temple of the Dog San Francisco, CA (both shows)
    2017 - Soundgarden Dallas (cancelled) RIP Chris Cornell
    2018 - Smashing Pumpkins Chicago, IL (first show)
    2019 - Alice in Chains Milwaukee, WI
    2022 - Jerry Cantrell Chicago, IL
    2023 - Jerry Cantrell Milwaukee, WI

    RIP Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, and Chris Cornell

    RIP Mom (may your star shine the brightest in the sky, our family loves and misses you very much, we'll meet again)

  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Which is better, Tommy or Quadrophenia?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Quadrophenia 
  • bflynn1bflynn1 Posts: 1,394
    I'm pretty partial to the Isle of Wight 1970 material. My favorite versions of My Generation and Water are on there. I just liked the vibe of that show. 
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    Live at Leeds
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

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    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore

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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    LukinFan said:
    Live at Leeds
    Awesome album. They are so different live.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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