Who's Next
by The Who

Who's Next by The Who
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-08-14
Overall rank: 40th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,582 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 (40th)

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Who's Next is ranked as the best album by The Who.

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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: 40th | 1970s rank: 10th | 1971 rank: 2nd

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Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,582 votes)
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02/22/2026 05:06 Destro1k  Ratings distribution  3184/100
 
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02/21/2026 05:21 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  76896/100
 
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02/20/2026 19:08 Kronikal433  Ratings distribution  15493/100
 
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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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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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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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Rating:  
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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Rating:  
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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Rating:  
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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Rating:  
60/100
From 01/14/2022 13:21 | #279343
Surely one of the albums with the best opening and closing tracks ever? The other 8 tracks are nice but nothing too special. Highlights are Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, The Song is Over.
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95/100
From 12/27/2021 18:26 | #278084
Los Who crearon dos obras maestras en los 70, sus mejores trabajos, Who's Next y Quadrophenia.
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
16. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
17. Imagine by John Lennon
18. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
19. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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