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My Generation: The Very Best of the Who,The Who

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The Who
Released 1996

Baba O'Riley
05:07
60,809 plays

Magic Bus
03:15
51,595 plays

Squeeze Box
02:40
49,337 plays

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songs

- 1
- I Can't Explain
- 02:04
- 26,554 plays

- 2
- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
- 02:40
- 16,742 plays

- 3
- My Generation
- 03:18
- 33,932 plays

- 4
- Substitute
- 03:47
- 18,957 plays

- 5
- I'm a Boy
- 02:36
- 15,605 plays

- 6
- Boris the Spider
- 02:27
- 23,967 plays

- 7
- Happy Jack
- 02:11
- 20,333 plays

- 8
- Pictures of Lily
- 02:45
- 14,975 plays

- 9
- I Can See for Miles
- 04:21
- 31,735 plays

- 10
- Magic Bus
- 03:15
- 51,595 plays

- 11
- Pinball Wizard
- 03:00
- 37,577 plays

- 12
- The Seeker
- 03:22
- 29,882 plays

- 13
- Baba O'Riley
- 05:07
- 60,809 plays

- 14
- Won't Get Fooled Again [Full Length Version]
- 08:32
- 40,066 plays

- 15
- Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything)
- 04:02
- 15,106 plays

- 16
- 5:15
- 04:49
- 19,510 plays

- 17
- Join Together
- 04:22
- 27,801 plays

- 18
- Squeeze Box
- 02:40
- 49,337 plays

- 19
- Who Are You [Single Edit Version]
- 05:02
- 121,499 plays

- 20
- You Better You Bet [Full Length Version]
- 05:37
- 37,684 plays

album review

The Who have issued more greatest-hits collections than any other major artist, releasing a vast array of compilations while they were together and in the years following their breakup. Released in 1996, My Generation: The Very Best of the Who was intended to be the definitive single-disc collection, replacing all the others that preceded it. While it is a very good collection, it just misses being a definitive sampler. Essentially, My Generation is a replica of Who's Better, Who's Best that adds four tracks that were missing from the previous compilation, including the seminal post-Tommy single "The Seeker" and the original single mix of "Magic Bus." My Generation isn't strictly a singles collection, since it contains such album rock staples as "Baba O'Riley" and the full-length version of "Won't Get Fooled Again." It also spans the group's entire career, so it has a bit of a scattershot feel to it -- "You Better You Bet" sounds a little odd next to tense early singles like "Substitute" and "I Can See for Miles." The career-spanning approach doesn't make for as cohesive a collection as Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy, but it does mean that My Generation is an excellent -- even necessary -- introduction. There's a lot more in the Who's catalog that needs to be heard, but My Generation does boil down the most essential items (even though the abominable "Squeeze Box" is included) to a fine single-disc set. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide