WHO'S NEXT

The Who are legends of rock and deserve recognition as pioneers of British Mod rock and the art of smashing guitars. "Who's Next" is purportedly their masterpiece and sits at #13 in the VH1 100 greatest albums list. The songs are of course well known and have been played across radio airwaves for decades. Pete Townsend adored the album, even stating "it had humour, it had aggression, it had energy, it had colour, ad it was beautifully recorded."

The albums opens with the synthesizer soaked 'Baba O'Riley', one of the great Who compositions, Daltrey is stunning on this track as he is throughout the album, but it is the crunching windmill guitar blasts of Pete Townsend that get my adrenaline pumping. Songs like 'Bargain' are replete with high impact lead work and riffs and the thundering drums of Keith Moon. I had first heard this one covered by Rez and it's great in any format.

Other highlights are 'Behind Blue Eyes', the awesome power of 'Won't Get Fooled Again' and there are even a bunch of bonus tracks worth a listen including 'Naked Eye' , 'Water', 'Too Much Of Anything' and 'I Don't Even Know Myself'. Overall the album is a master work of sheer Who brilliance and rocks hard. As far as progressive, it does not deliver all that much in all reality, so on a Prog site I rank it down to a 4 star triumph.

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