Quadrophenia
by The Who
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Quadrophenia is ranked 2nd 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 21,025.
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Quadrophenia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 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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| ! | 01/22/2026 11:21 | kinginsomniac12 | 444 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 22:32 | phh | 140 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 22:17 | glebrus | 194 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 23:45 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 00:24 | subnam | 221 | 41/100 |
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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 83.4/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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I’m not a big fan of rock opera music but the story of Jimmy by Townshend was a great idea. Interesting sound effects throughout the album and great narrative in telling the story. Musically this album is very good but maybe a little too much for a double album.
I'd only ever really listened to Who's Next, which is great. This is good but it's waaaay too proggy for a normal human to enjoy. Prog Rock of this era is goddamn insufferable.
The album is very cohesive with some very funny and very original lyrics and masterful production, ultimately leading up to one of the greatest songs in popular music: "Love, Reign O'er Me."
The only weakness the album has is that some of the melodies are similar throughout without too much melodic development. However, this is made up for by stupendous playing that keeps the listener interested and makes the time fly by. The diversity of playing styles also helps to break up some of the melodic sameness.
Overall, an excellent album: 9.5/10!
Great record
The guitar work on this record is simply outstanding and it elevates this album to new heights. Every song has a brilliant performance from Townshend on here and it makes for a very consistent listen. Backing this up is some fantastic drum work which is energetic and provides a backbone that allows the rest of the group to build off. Then there is the vocal which is amazing and Daltrey gives us some engaging and fun to explore lyrics that demand you to look into them. The concept and storyline works very well and feels very cohesive which allows us to see the artists vision clearly. The second half of the record is definitely superior to the first with it ending on one of the bands best ever songs in Love Reign O'er Me. The first half I do find to be a little slow and it does have some filler in places which is also true with side 2. Also, it is a very bloated release and I think it definitely could be cut down. Overall, a great concept album by the Who that deserves a lot of praise for its story and guitar performance which is phenomenal.
Another great album experience by The Who that feels like an awesome movie. It's hard to make a good follow-up to album such great as Who's Next but they managed to do that very well. Instrumentals here are just amazing with great voice singing over them, I think the greatest tracks from here are Quadrophenia, Doctor Jimmy and the excellent closer Love Reign O'er Me that is standing amongst greatest songs of all time.
No weak spots in this excellent album.
Esta me parece la mejor ópera rock de la historia, muy superior a la, para mí, pretenciosa Tommy.
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/07/2021 19:39 | #274775
Quadrophenia is an excellent bunch of songs. Great flow. Much better than Tommy. Townshend is easily one of the greatest rhythm guitarists in history.
It's like they took the whole idea of Tommy, and improved upon it considerably
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