Who's Next (studio album) by The Who

Who's Next by The Who
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 40th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,481 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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Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 2,481 votes)
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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 86.3/100, a mean average of 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 01/29/2024 09:58
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
"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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80/100
From 09/07/2022 23:44
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
Great album
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70/100
From 04/25/2022 19:27
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
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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From 03/11/2022 10:37
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
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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60/100
From 01/14/2022 13:21
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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From 12/27/2021 18:26
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. Meddle by Pink Floyd
8. Tago Mago by Can
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. Imagine by John Lennon
16. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
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20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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