The Who
by The Who

The Who by The Who
(Compilation album)
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 27,530th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 17 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1966 (158th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,666th)
Award Best albums of all time (27,530th)

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The Who bestography

The Who is ranked 22nd best out of 51 albums by The Who on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Who is Who's Next which is ranked number 40 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,695.

The Who album bestography « Higher ranked (21,490th)
Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970
This album (27,530th)
The Who
Lower ranked (45,800th) »
Who's Better, Who's Best

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Overall rank: 27,530th | 1960s rank: 1,666th | 1966 rank: 158th

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72/100 (from 17 votes)
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12/26/2025 22:49 DJStuart79  Ratings distribution  5,98059/100
 
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12/17/2025 16:17 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,57582/100
 
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09/13/2025 18:31 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,02069/100
 
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03/25/2023 10:46 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,78763/100
 
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11/10/2022 04:29 Arthurknight  Ratings distribution  9,59172/100

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From 07/17/2018 15:28 | #218390
This was the bands follow up in mainland Europe to their debut album ‘My Generation’ instead of ‘A Quick One’ which was the bands official 2nd Album in the U.K. The 4 tracks here that don’t appear on A Quick One are...Circles, Disguises, I’m A Boy (all brilliant) and In The City (decent).
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