General Article name: Who Sings My Generation
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Polydor UK Number of tracks: 12 Tracklist LP - 1 1. The Who - Out In The Street 2. The Who - I Don't Mind 3. The Who - Good's Gone 4. The Who - La-La-La-Lies 5. The Who - Much Too Much 6. The Who - My Generation 7. The Who - Kids Are Alright 8. The Who - Please, Please, Please 9. The Who - It's Not True 10. The Who - I'm A Man 11. The Who - Legal Matter 12. The Who - Ox   Description Description

An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone. At the time of its release, it also had the most ferociously powerful guitars and drums yet captured on a rock record. Pete Townshend's exhilarating chord crunches and guitar distortions threaten to leap off the grooves on "My Generation" and "Out in the Street"; Keith Moon attacks the drums with a lightning, ruthless finesse throughout. Some "Maximum R&B" influence lingered in the two James Brown covers, but much of Townshend's original material fused Beatlesque hooks and power chords with anthemic mod lyrics, with "The Good's Gone," "Much Too Much," "La La La Lies," and especially "The Kids Are Alright" being highlights. "A Legal Matter" hinted at more ambitious lyrical concerns, and "The Ox" was instrumental mayhem that pushed the envelope of 1965 amplification with its guitar feedback and nonstop crashing drum rolls. While the execution was sometimes crude, and the songwriting not as sophisticated as it would shortly become, the Who never surpassed the pure energy level of this record. [A remastered LP was re-released in 2015.] ~ Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger

Contributors Artist: The Who Record Label: Polydor Guest Artist: Jimmy Page Guest Artist: Nicky Hopkins