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This isn't exactly as famous or well known as Who's Next is, but I've still got to say that this album ROCKS!!!!!!!!! When I first bought this I was completely blown away by "The Ox", "Instant Party (Circles)", "Out In The Street", "The Kids Are Alright", "It's Not True", and "My Generation". This is my favorite Who album. Who's Next is second. This is truly an awesome album. Buy it, you'll see what I mean!

In 1965 there was no group who could meet the rawness of the Who and I expect that when this was released everyone had high expectations for it. Its a good enough debut, but talk of it been better then the Beatles and Stones debuts are nonsense. This album has several weak cover tunes. For example, the James Brown song "Please Please Please" and early Pete Townsend compositions such as "Out In The Street". They just don't seem to quite connect with me. But wait, "My Generation" is on it. This simplistic song is pure Mod and its directed at youth. "I hope I Die Before I Get Old" is in my opinion one of the greatest lines in rock history. Surely they were to young to be thinking about death? No, not Mr. Townsend. Sadly, the reality of the phrase showed it ugly head 13 years later when Keith Moon lost his life. He was 32 years old. Another fine stand out is "The Kids Are Alright". I reckon this is the best song on the album. Again its forceful, directed at youth and hits home. The way Townsend's Rickenbacker just chops through all the early Who songs is superb. Evan on the ones I don't like. How it didn't reach the top ten, let alone the top twenty when released in the UK, I will never know. Unlike their counterparts, The Beatles, Stones, Kinks and so on, The Who never really sustained consistent chart success during their career. Perhaps I shouldn't neglect the fact that The Kinks lacked chart success in the late 60s, and in the 70s after they left Pye. This album also has several other good and half decent songs. You have "La La La La Lies" and a freak out instrumental jamming thing going on, on "The Ox" Mr. Moons rumbling on the drums is the driving forces behind this number. The album closes with another Townsend number, "A Legal Matter" This is okay I suppose, I think its Townsend doing the singing too. Again it deserved to be a top twenty hit. Though it would be a bit unjust if it cracked the top ten. All in all, The Who's debut is worth getting. Though id recommend starting off with something else like their second album "A Quick One". I bought this yesterday and I'm hooked already. Although I haven't yet heard it, I suppose I would have to recommend "Who's Next". "Won't Get Fooled Again" is pure rock mayhem and "Behind Blue Eyes" is considered to many to be the first power ballad. I don't know about that, but its a good song. Well, the Who are a good group, so what do you expect. Its just that this albums a bit rushed, and perhaps if more time was spent recording or getting together better songs, it would be a masterpiece. Just like the deserve.

For me as mod is that a great album. I bought it in America. My favourite songs are MY GENERATION, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, MUCH TOO MUCH, INSTANT PARTY and LA LA LA LIES. I think that all these songs are the best works of the Album. The best lyric, I think, is "I HOPE I DIE BEFORE I GET OLD" in my generation. Have a nice day.

Ok, so Pete stole a Kinks' groove when he wrote "I Can't Explain", but this album blows away anything The Kinks, The Beatles, or The Stones did up to this point. I think for a bands debut album this ranks up with if not above Led Zeppelin I or The Doors first album. "Out in the Streets" and "The Goods Gone" are total rockers. Remember at this point the Beatles were still singing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". Roger's vocals (which is my least favorite member) are nothing but angry and powerful on every song which he's on, plus "The Ox" which he is not on is angry enough without him. This is Roger's second best effort, besides Quadrophenia. I'm glad they made this album, because I couldn't live without it. "Keith wasn't a timekeeper", and I'm glad.

The Who Sings My Generation is unquestionably one of the greatest rock albums created up to the date of it's release, and arguably the best first release by any British rock band. The energy displayed here alone backs up the aforementioned statement, but what's just as evident is the talent exhibited for what were, at the time, a bunch of teenagers. This was high energy. Keith Moon alone makes this a juggernaut and Pete Townshend is right there, showing his instrumental prowess. Roger Daltrey does very well for someone that hasn't even yet developed his primal scream, but instead relys just on his natural voice abilitys. That a song is named after John Entwistle's nickname, and what a little track it is indeed, indicates that here is someone being given a tribute for his multi-instrumental prowess. The Ox alone, in my opinion, is worth the price of this disc. But you get so much more for your purchase.....The title track is a pure classic. When this song came out it immediately sealed its place in the history of rock music. That it is such a testament to youthful fustration makes it an anthem, and sums up the misunderstood youth movement that was so definative of the 60's. To make my point here, you could say that Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirt" was an attempt to be the "My Generation" of the 90's, whether or not Nirvana ever conciously tried to do that, but you get my point. The Who, to my recollection, are the only band in their day, that really showed their appreciation of James Brown. Most of their contemporaries were singing the praises of older blues pioneers like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, and there is nothing really significant in this observation, other than that James Brown had such immense talent and that The Who deserve credit for having the good taste to praise JB with their covering him. The Who were also big fans of Motown and Keith Moon was a big fan of surf music, most notably The Beach Boys. "The Ox" is proof of this, although this is not indicative of something they would have put out. When I listen to this album I think of how a band like The Who (actually there is only one band ever like The Who, and that's themselves) started what would be such an incredible career with such momentum. I mean, look at "The Kids Are Alright". This was a song for Mods.....the character in the song doesn't care that his friends are dancing with his girl, they're his mates. This is, shall I say, a happy song with a very lively tempo......just a good rock song that should have been a smash single. Classic in every sense. Alright, I could write about every song on the disc, but I won't because I'm recollecting the album without listening to it and don't remember all the tracks. I do however think that "Out In The Streets" could be my favorite.....the opening with Townshend strumming his guitar and the vibrato effect, with Daltrey yelling "Out".....and the feedback that Townshend creates during the break.....one more example why The Who will always remain one of the greatest groups of musicians ever assembled.