Friday Poll Thread #4 - Best Who album

[Heston]

This is the first in my series of "big hitters from the 60s" polls. I left out their last LP "Endless Wire" because it wouldn't fit and it's shit.

[Heston]

I voted "Who Sell Out", I love those weird little pop songs like Tattoo and Odorono. And Sunrise is just something wondrous.

[Flex]

Shit. Torn between the first three records, which capture my purest aesthetic love of The Who. Their stadium rocker records from Tommy onwards I also enjoy, but they don't resonate on as much of a personal level as those first three.

Shit. Gotta think about this one a bit. The rare non-terrible Heston poll.

[WestwayKid]

I can't vote for Endless Wire?

[WestwayKid]

I voted "Who Sell Out", I love those weird little pop songs like Tattoo and Odorono. And Sunrise is just something wondrous.

Me too. I've always loved that record. Odorono is a GREAT track as is Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand.

[Heston]

I can't vote for Endless Wire?

It was explained in my first post.

[Dr. Medulla]

My Generation has my favourite Who song, "The Kids Are Alright," but Sell Out blends Pete's conceptual ambition, fun songs, and a sense of humour. Gotta go with Sell Out.

[revbob]

I went with Who's Next however if I could make an album with my faves from the first 3 albums it would be no contest. However I haven't listened to those first 3 in their entirety in a long time.

[Wolter]

Sell Out. And for me it’s not even close.

[revbob]

I guess I need to listen to A Sell Out again. I no longer have a functioning turntable to go with my crates of records though. To Soulseek!!

[Flex]

I'm giving into peer pressure and going with Sell Out for the reasons stated: fully developed and realized album, et cetera.

But check this 65-66 fantasy LP out:

A side:
1. My Generation
2. I Can't Explain
3. Substitute
4. A Legal Matter
5. The Good's Gone
6. Happy Jack

B side:
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
9. I'm a Boy
10. Boris The Spider
11. So Sad About Us
12. Out in the Street

[coffeepotman]

The Who Sell Out is, for me, by far their greatest, and the reissue with all the extra tracks is fantastic. I hate Tommy and the rest is pretty hit and miss, mostly miss

[Wolter]

I'm giving into peer pressure and going with Sell Out for the reasons stated: fully developed and realized album, et cetera.

But check this 65-66 fantasy LP out:

A side:
1. My Generation
2. I Can't Explain
3. Substitute
4. A Legal Matter
5. The Good's Gone
6. Happy Jack

B side:
7. The Kids Are Alright
8. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
9. I'm a Boy
10. Boris The Spider
11. So Sad About Us
12. Out in the Street

That would be a dope compilation.

I think Who’s Next is a perfectly fine hard rock album, but I massively prefer their mod pop phase.

[BostonBeaneater]

I guess I need to listen to A Sell Out again. I no longer have a functioning turntable to go with my crates of records though. To Soulseek!!

I’ll drive up and get ‘em. I’ll keep an eye on em for you.

[Silent Majority]

Tommy's the album I'm most likely to put on, rather than individual tracks.