Endless Wire
by The Who
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Endless Wire is ranked 17th 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 20,249.
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Endless Wire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Endless Wire rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1301-1400 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2006 Pt 2 | 2/8 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 77 Music Albums of 2006 | 26/77 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 95 Music Albums of 2006 | 86/95 | 1 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Top 22 Music Albums of 2006 | 9/22 | 3 |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 99 Music Albums of 2006 | 90/99 | 1 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 81 Music Albums of 2006 | 12/81 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: The Who | 13/13 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | The Who - Every album ranked by Mojo4music | 10/15 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
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Endless Wire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/20/2026 06:11 | PapaShiz86 | 11,746 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 19:37 |  MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2025 11:03 |  Fischman | 11,855 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.2/100, a mean average of 61.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Endless Wire forum mentions
Romanelli 07/14/2026 17:59 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 08/30/2024 13:33 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Ropin' The Wind Romanelli 11/01/2022 21:04 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayEndless Wire comments
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After John Entwistle's death it looked like the end for The Who, especially as a recording unit. In fact the band hadn't made an album since 1982's, it's hard, so it was with some surprise in 2006 when a new record, endless wire, was released. Down to just two official members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey reconvened with Zak Starkey on drums for an LP split into two parts. The first was nine standalone tracks, and the second part, yes, you've guessed it, a rock opera, albeit a mini one. Of the first part, there's nothing spectacular here, but it's just about passable. Fragments, kicks off the album which initially starts sounding like the intro to Baba O'Reilly. A man in a purple dress, is an acoustic anti-evangelical number, it's ok. For some reason on, in the ether, Townshend tries to sing like Tom Waits, very odd. The best of the first part is probably, it's not enough, which itself is just a pale imitation of a 'who's next' era track. The mini opera is alright, but it's nothing compared to, Tommy, or even, a quick one,while he's away. Nothing on here would be good enough to be included on any Who album up to, by numbers. Why the duo felt they had to make this record is a mystery, it's possibly their worst album. (Edited)
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