Who's Next
by The Who

Who's Next by The Who
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-08-14
Overall rank: 41st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,595 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1971 (2nd)
Award Top 10 albums of the 1970s (10th)
Award Top 50 albums of all time (41st)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 41st | 1970s rank: 10th | 1971 rank: 2nd
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2026wizardalienTop 71 Music Albums of the 1970s4/7119
2026jlsfourthTop 70 Music Albums of the 1970s18/7015
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 19716/1005
2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Greatest Music Albums92/1009
2026fabm0Platinum decade 1970s88/100 -
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Greatest Music Albums31/10069
2026 HeliosTop 50 Music Albums of 197123/503
2026timosbuechereiTop 10 Music Albums of 19711/105
2026fabm0Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s7/10019
2026Marswolf68Top 100 Greatest Music Albums12/10086
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century24/100 -
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s41/10012
2026JohnnyoGuide to building a prog collection as Feat. on Metal Storm13/100 -
2026Marswolf68Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s8/10019
2026bjorndedrijTop 100 Greatest Music Albums37/10061
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s1/10020
2026 NowhereManTop 27 Music Albums of 19713/275
2026Garyf1972The Who Albums Rated2/10 -
2026machiajTop 40 Music Albums of the 1970s26/408
2026timosbuechereiTop 100 Greatest Music Albums13/10087
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 2,210
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 20,678
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Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,595 votes)
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06/09/2026 15:04 snailmail500  Ratings distribution  27883/100
 
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06/06/2026 10:12 lvillela  Ratings distribution  12293/100
 
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06/05/2026 20:22 Retsamr  Ratings distribution  5085/100
 
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06/05/2026 19:51 DrewHamster  Ratings distribution  2,02869/100
 
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06/03/2026 03:35 awesomness425  Ratings distribution  1,98777/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 86.1/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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From 06/05/2026 00:11 | #314793
Nunca he sido gran fan de The Who, me gustan sus canciones pero de forma más individual, me cuesta trabajo escuchar sus discos completos, pero este en particular, me encanta, es un disco corto, donde todas sus canciones son joyas por sí mismas, y tres clásicos absolutos de la banda están aquí: Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again y Behind Blue Eyes, ademas de otras canciones geniales como My Wife o Love Ain't For Keeping.
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90/100
From 05/08/2025 18:22 | #308892
End to end this is a masterful album superbly performed. Definitely belongs in my favorites which makes me realize that Townshend is in another world. Every song is my favorite on this album. Alright, Behind Blue Eyes is it. This is one of those albums that belongs in Rock and Roll History.
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From 01/29/2024 09:58 | #301562
Easily one of the best albums of all time, amazing from start to finish 10/10
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40/100
From 04/07/2023 04:53 | #295838
"Who's Next" presents a goofy, clumsy amalgamation of progressive rock synthesizers and arena-rock songwriting. Aside from the undoubtedly iconic singles, this record largely just reeks of a stale, once-influential band starting to lose touch.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/07/2022 23:44 | #289487
Killer opener. Killer closer. Half of what's in between bloody great. A couple wouldn't of sounded out of place on 'Tommy'. I found a couple of tracks just average but overall a decent album. Gotta love the bass. John Entwistle was a true legend
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85/100
From 08/31/2022 03:23 | #289070
Great album
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70/100
From 04/25/2022 19:27 | #284655
I absolutely detest the cover. Is this the best they could come up with at that immature time in their lives? However, that off my chest, the music makes up for the cover. Won’t Get Fooled Again is a personal favourite. My favourite album by The Who has to be the psychedelic one!
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85/100
From 04/13/2022 17:14 | #284195
A brilliant rock album that shows that the 1970s era of the band is going to be different from what preceded it and I firmly believe it is to the betterment of the band.
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85/100
From 03/11/2022 10:37 | #282695
The first album I ever bought from F.L.Moore in Luton. Still enjoy listening to it.
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95/100
From 01/30/2022 09:37 | #280293
Very good classic rock album, excellent tunes. I love Baba O'Riley especially at the end, of course Won't Get Fooled Again is great. Behind Blue Eyes is another beautiful one on the same level as The Song Is Over. Overall very good album.
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1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
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