My Generation
by The Who
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My Generation is ranked 5th 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 20,474.
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My Generation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 14:30 | xhitmanx | 1,449 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:37 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 13:10 | Jonboy | 107 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 08:12 | ASOARE | 2,325 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 07:38 | AledJames | 1,628 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Personally, I think its a fantastic debut...
HoldenM 08/01/2025 14:40 | #310371
For an album that sounds like ass, even for 1965, it's so well-written and performed that it basically doesn't matter.
A couple of Who classics but let down by the covers in particular Please, Please, Please
Great debut album, it's not perfect and honestly there is only a couple songs here that I really like and probably my favorite is The Kids Are Alright.
IlMala 02/03/2022 15:41 | #280547
I'd say not my favourite from The Who (at least 4 better than this...), anyway, spread in the album, there are some good, and to be developed, themes
jwammo12 07/05/2021 05:18 | #271354
I always forget how influential the Who were in creating a heavier sound. My Generation has an almost punk vibe to it.
2nd-Impressions 10/04/2020 00:05 | #258973
62/100
Best tracks: My Generation, The Kids Are Alright
Worst tracks: La La La Lies, Much Too Much, It's Not True, A Legal Matter
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.
teague 06/29/2020 23:02 | #254775
These guys were absolutely deafening for the time. Keith Moon is a monster on those drums. Nobody was hitting as hard as he was in 1965. Unfortunately, that's really the only thing that sticks out on this album, aside from a couple highlights (Out in the Street, title track, The Kids Are Alright, The Ox). But I can always head bang along to Moon's drumming.
The Kids Are Alright and My Generation do stand heads and shoulders above the rest, but the rest is still good, so...
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