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Poll Question: Their two best (arguably) and hightest rated go head to head.
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Quadrophenia for me, Who's magnum opus: the musicianship is as good as in Who's Next, but the rock-opera story-line with instrumentals and all makes it by far Who's most accomplished effort alongside Tommy in my opinion. Entwistle's bass is to die for, Roger's vocals can be extremely powerful to heart-ripping, Keith as always a blast and Pete does a very fine job on the guitars.
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Points: 16914 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2010 at 16:05
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Quadrophenia for me, Who's magnum opus: the musicianship is as good as in Who's Next, but the rock-opera story-line with instrumentals and all makes it by far Who's most accomplished effort alongside Tommy in my opinion. Entwistle's bass is to die for, Roger's vocals can be extremely powerful to heart-ripping, Keith as always a blast and Pete does a very fine job on the guitars.


Well said Pablo.  The repeating motifs and the room they allowed themselves really give the album a special feel that WN lacks.  Plus this album doesn't have "My Wife" on it.  LOL
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Musically, Who's Next turely does it for me, while Quad lacks that, its lyrics are awesomeness.  BUT...i prefer the songs overall in Who's Next, so thats my vote :D

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QUAD is my favorite album of all time. I could mention the complexity of composition or the phenomenal vocals, but for me, among many other factors already elaborated upon above, I believe that this is the album on which both Keith and John peaked, and for both drumming and bass--alone and together--I would stack this album up against any other in the genre.
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Quadrophenia has one more disc to love.
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Was never fully sold on Who's Next. Some great tracks on there though.

Quadrophenia however is awesome.
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Just bought these albums recently and felt in love with the band! I'm completely sold!

BTW, voted for Quadrophenia.
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Quadrophenia. More Prog than Who's Next. Both masterpieces in my book though.
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"Who's Next." Nearly every song is a rock epic. Even the album cover is an epic middle-finger.
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