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Which "The Who" greastest Hits to get.

post #1 of 22
11/22/05 at 4:27am
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Just as the title says, I am looking for a good album or album set that has all the hits and then some with a good quality master.
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post #2 of 22
11/22/05 at 8:37am
MBB&B is the best collection of earlier material.The Who as a band went ****-up after Who's Next.If you want the lesser later material you will need a bigger collection.
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post #3 of 22
11/22/05 at 12:12pm
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The Who as a band went ****-up after Who's Next.
Yeah, Quadrophenia and Who By Numbers really sucked.

Check out the 2CD set Ultimate Collection. One CD alone won't do the band justice.
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post #4 of 22
11/22/05 at 1:05pm
I second the suggestion for the 2 disc Ultimate Collection. I have it and really love it. It definately gives everything a casual The Who fan as myself would want, and doesn't seem to leave anything else out. Unless I was going to get their entire catalog, I would be perfectly fine with this collection and maybe a live CD and DVD, which I plan to get. Any suggestions for live shows?
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post #5 of 22
11/22/05 at 2:10pm
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Originally Posted by MikeB06
I second the suggestion for the 2 disc Ultimate Collection. I have it and really love it. It definately gives everything a casual The Who fan as myself would want, and doesn't seem to leave anything else out. Unless I was going to get their entire catalog, I would be perfectly fine with this collection and maybe a live CD and DVD, which I plan to get. Any suggestions for live shows?

Live at Leeds and The Kids are Alright for live shows. Both are available cheap.
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post #6 of 22
11/22/05 at 2:33pm
Since a lot of their good stuff is very "album"-oriented, you'd be better off picking up one of their actual albums instead of a compilation imo. I started with Tommy and then went on to get leeds, quadro and who's next and in many ways, Tommy is still my favorite.
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post #7 of 22
11/22/05 at 4:04pm
3rd on the Ultimate Collection, mostly for the 2nd disk, and 'Bargain' on the first, as the older stuff still suffers from some wretched source tape (IMHO). I also have the digital remaster of 'Who's Next', which has a 2nd disk of live material from around the time the studio versions were cut, and some alternate takes.

Wierdly enough, I also really like the digital remaster of 'Who's Are You' as well.
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post #8 of 22
11/22/05 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by stolencar
Live at Leeds and The Kids are Alright for live shows. Both are available cheap.
There is also a 2cd set of Live at Leeds which is even better than the original release cos it has a lot more on it.

Ian
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post #9 of 22
11/22/05 at 10:11pm
I've got to agree that the "Ultimate Collection" is very good. The only other Who CD I have is "Tommy", which is fantastic.
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post #10 of 22
11/23/05 at 3:02am
"kids are alright" and "live at leeds deluxe" (which contains a lot of early "tommy" songs) for good live and early material. "quadraphenia" and "who's next" for later album stuff. "sparks" on "kids" is probably the hardest rocking song the who have on record. "leeds" is just essential, regardless if you are a who fan or not. it is a must-own recording, period.
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post #11 of 22
11/23/05 at 3:49am
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Thanks guys, just what I was looking for.
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post #12 of 22
11/23/05 at 5:12pm
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Originally Posted by markl
Yeah, Quadrophenia and Who By Numbers really sucked.

Check out the 2CD set Ultimate Collection. One CD alone won't do the band justice.
Quadrophenia is a fairly stong album but Who By Numbers does kind of suck.It is so melodically uninvolving.Still better than what came later.
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post #13 of 22
11/23/05 at 5:54pm
Who By Numbers is my second favorite Who album (next to Who's Next). No hits, but it's all about grown-up problems/life. It's not fantasy like the over-rated Tommy or nostalgia like Quadrophenia. Good stuff.
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post #14 of 22
11/23/05 at 7:22pm
To me, "How Many Friends' is probably Pete's most honest song - and damn near universal. Unfortunately, 'By Numbers' was so overshadowed by the Quadrophenia hangover, and VERY difficult at the time to transition into... and without the monstrous bookends from 'WN' or the sheer volume of 'Quad', it certainly plays better now (in my late 40s) than it did when I was 19 (when released).

Still, comparatively, Pete's variety of abuses at the time took a toll on his creative output.
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post #15 of 22
11/23/05 at 7:40pm
For a one disc sampler, you might try the good old fashioned "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" which was (I believe) their first attempt at a Greatest Hits. A lot ot The Who discs are available at www.yourmusic.com for $5.99 per disc to your door.
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