The Who – Who's Next / Polydor Audio CD 1995 / 527 760-2

Name: The Who – Who's Next / Polydor Audio CD 1995 / 527 760-2
SKU: 731452776020
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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 conceived by the group's guitarist 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 the group salvaged some of the songs, without the connecting story elements, to release as their next album. Eight of the nine songs on Who's Next were from Lifehouse, the lone exception being the John Entwistle-penned "My Wife". Ultimately, the remaining Lifehouse tracks would all be released on other albums throughout the next decade.

The Who recorded Who's Next with assistance from recording engineer Glyn Johns. After producing the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" in the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, they relocated to Olympic Studios to record and mix most of the album's remaining songs. They made prominent use of synthesizer on the album, particularly on "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley", which were both released as singles. The cover photo was shot by Ethan Russell; it made reference to the monolith in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, as it featured group members standing by a concrete piling protruding from a slag heap in Easington Colliery, County Durham, apparently having urinated against it.

The album was an immediate success when it was released on 14 August 1971. It has since been viewed by many critics as the Who's best album and one of the greatest albums of all time. It was reissued on CD several times, often with additional songs originally intended for Lifehouse included as bonus tracks.

Label:	Polydor – 527 760-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:
Released:	1995
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock

Tracklist:

Baba O'Riley

Piano, Written-By – Pete Townshend

Producer [Violin] – Keith Moon

Violin – Dave Arbus

5:08
2		Bargain Written-By – Pete Townshend

5:32
3		Love Ain't For Keeping Written-By – Pete Townshend

2:10
4		My Wife Piano, Written-By – John Entwistle

3:40
5		The Song Is Over Piano – Nicky Hopkins Written-By – Pete Townshend

6:13
6		Getting In Tune Piano – Nicky Hopkins Written-By – Pete Townshend

4:50
7		Going Mobile Written-By – Pete Townshend

3:42
8		Behind Blue Eyes Written-By – Pete Townshend

3:41
9		Won't Get Fooled Again Written-By – Pete Townshend

8:32
10		Pure And Easy Producer – Kit Lambert Written-By – Pete Townshend

4:19
11		Baby Don't You Do It Producer – Kit Lambert Written-By – Holland/Dozier/Holland

5:13
12		Naked Eye Written-By – Pete Townshend

5:22
13		Water Written-By – Pete Townshend

6:25
14		Too Much Of Anything Written-By – Pete Townshend

4:24
15		I Don't Even Know Myself Written-By – Pete Townshend

4:54
16		Behind Blue Eyes Organ – Al Kooper Producer – Kit Lambert Written-By – Pete Townshend

3:25

Bass, Brass, Vocals – John Entwistle
Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Glyn Johns (tracks: 1 to 10, 14)
Design [Original Sleeve] – Kosh
Design, Art Direction – Richard Evans (7)
Drums – Keith Moon
Executive-Producer – Chris Charlesworth, Robert Rosenberg
Executive-Producer [Original] – Chris Stamp, Kit Lambert, Pete Kameron
Executive-Producer, Management – Bill Curbishley
Guitar, Organ [Vcs3], Synthesizer, Vocals, Liner Notes – Pete Townshend
Liner Notes – John Atkins (7)
Photography By – Alec Byrne, Chris Walter, Ethan A. Russell, Harry Goodwin (2)
Producer [Original Recording] – The Who (tracks: 1 to 9, 12 to 15)
Remix, Remastered By – Andy MacPherson
Remix, Remastered By, Reissue Producer, Mastered By – Jon Astley
Vocals – Roger Daltrey