My Generation
by The Who

I love this album. One of the best of 65, though a bit late to the British Invasion. The Kids are Alright is one of my favorite songs, and My Generation is arguably the first punk rock song. Pete Townshend is a great song writer. A great album with great playing from all 3 musicians. Keith Moons drumming is next level. (Edited)

The Who's debut has a youthful energy about it, as you would expect, but unfortunately it's not as good as it should have been. There are only two great songs here, but they are two of the most iconic of all Who songs. The kids are alright, is a lovely melodic number, reminiscent of The Beatles, but the best is undoubtedly the era defining title track. My generation, is one of the most important rock songs ever, along with, satisfaction(also released in 1965), it's one of those songs that defined it's time and place, finally, the youth had something to say, and the way Roger Daltrey sneers and stutters those lyrics, while that powerhouse of a band explodes around him, you can imagine how a disaffected youth must have finally had something that was about how they felt, brilliant. Off the rest, the good's gone, is the best, la-la-la-lies, is enjoyable, and, a legal matter, is also good. Daltrey tries out his best John Lee Hooker voice on, I'm a man, and instrumental, the ox, closes proceedings. As I said, it could have been better, and even Pete Townshend wasn't happy with it, The Who were more of a singles band at this time, and album's would have to wait a little longer before the band nailed it, but, my generation, is a half decent start.

Well...hard to know where to start. I loved "I Can't Explain" and "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" as singles, and was a Who fan from early '65. However, "My Generation" stills causes the hairs on my neck to jump to attention....probably the best rock single ever, and caused many bands fore decades to come to want to play music. The LP is a mixture of Townshend penned work and covers of R&B and Blues numbers, with varying success, but this was The Who at the time "Maximum R&B". Highlights for me: "My Generation" and "The Goods Gone", in fact the Townshend stuff was a hint of the song writing excellence that was to come. As debuts go, it is amazing and vibrant and powerful stuff.

Fun but very uneven debut album from The Who. Lots of excellent stuff (title track, The Kids Are Alright, Out in the Street, The Ox, A Legal Matter), but also lots of boring blues cover and so-so pop tunes. They would achieve better stuff later on, but this was a fine start. (Edited)

For some reason The Who took a little longer to grow on me than the other British Invasion bands, but once they caught hold they are great. This is an impressive debut that was apparently considered rebellious at the the time. The title track is an obvious anthem. (Edited)