The Who: The Ultimate Collection | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Who
Label: Mca
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  209 reviews
Sales Rank: 219
Format: Extra Tracks, Limited Edition, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 008811287726
UPC: 008811287726
EAN: 0008811287726
ASIN: B000065UFD
Release Date: June 11, 2002
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I Can't Explain | | • | Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere | | • | My Generation | | • | The Kids Are Alright | | • | A Legal Matter | | • | Substitute | | • | I'm A Boy | | • | Boris The Spider | | • | Happy Jack | | • | Pictures Of Lily | | • | I Can See For Miles | | • | Call Me Lightning | | • | Magic Bus | | • | Pinball Wizard | | • | I'm Free | | • | See Me, Feel Me | | • | The Seeker | | • | Summertime Blues (Live) | | • | My Wife | | • | Baba O'Riley | | • | Bargain |
Disc 2
| • | Behind Blue Eyes | | • | Won't Get Fooled Again | | • | Let's See Action | | • | Pure & Easy | | • | Join Together | | • | Long Live Rock | | • | The Real Me | | • | 5:15 | | • | Love Reign O'er Me | | • | Squeeze Box | | • | Who Are You | | • | Sister Disco | | • | You Better You Bet | | • | Eminence Front |
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The Who's mighty catalog of beautiful, poignant, and often silly pop songs bashed out with Cassius Clay finesse has suffered in the past at the hands of multiple, butcher-shop best-ofs and horrible packaging. But this thrilling band--undeniably one of ye classicke rocke's greatest--gets the career-spanning entry-point compilation it deserves with the double-disc Ultimate Collection. The songs included here are no-brainers, for the most part--if they aren't huge hits like "My Generation," "I Can See for Miles," or "Baba O'Riley," they're long-standing fan favorites such as "Boris the Spider," "Pure and Easy," and "Squeeze Box." And while this reviewer wishes different songs were chosen from Tommy, and more than one tune was gathered from their arguably finest (and definitely silliest) album, The Who Sell Out, this record really isn't for fans (aside from the total trainspotter types) but for newcomers. --Mike McGonigal
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 Marvelous August 15, 2008
Very nice album and very nice to have in the collection
Guy
Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
Awesome CD July 26, 2008
The Who were such a great band!!! And this CD is a great collection of their songs.
The essence of Who excitement. Essential! July 24, 2008
I've been a fan of theirs since the mid 60's and always felt their earlier recordings to be the most exuberant, spontaneous and whimsically creative. After their peak with Who's Next (1971), they took themselves way too seriously with Quadrophenia and then after that they sounded angry and lost their youthful innocence, which was so charmingly foppish to begin with. To me, the first CD is the best, it features early quirky gems like: The Kids Are Allright, Happy Jack, Boris The Spider, I'm a Boy, Pictures of Lilly, I Can See For Miles, Substitute, I Can't Explain and others through the Tommy opera and parts of Who's next. CD 2 picks up with some of Who's Next then finishes through Quadrophenia, By Numbers, and Who Are You. I hardly listen to CD 2. For me, early Who is the best. Keith Moon was a very original drummer. I could never understand however, why they would destroy their instruments. If someone put a smudge on my guitar, I couldn't sleep at night. Yet, Townsend would smash his Les Paul or Strat to bits for effect. Maybe back then, it was for rebellious shock value, but today it looks stupid, senseless, violent and wasteful. The music is still very cool however. In my opinion, the three Who CDs to own are this one, The Who Sell Out (1968) and Who's Next (1971). Live at Leeds (1970) is also highly recommened if you'd like to catch their live jamming at their peak too. This collection however is ESSENTIAL for any rock fan or historian.
TIMELESS CLASSIC'S May 25, 2008
This has to be the greatest collection of songs from The Who , a lot of classic's like who are you and the rest of your favorites , great collection , highly recommended.
A worthy collection of The Who's best April 12, 2008
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Recently, what's left of The Who (Daltrey and Townshend) showed that they could still produce interesting music, with their "Endless Wire." A great album? No, but a solid one. And this collection of 35 cuts in all provides a terrific introduction to The Who's oeuvre. There can be questions about why certain cuts were included and others were excluded, but this is not one of those flawed compendia with idiosyncratic selections. The 2 CD set begins with "I Can't Explain" and ends with "Eminence Front," with a lot of music in between.
A sampler:
"My Generation." An anthem of the 60s generation for many. A certain poignancy in this phrase:
"Talkin' bout my generation,
Hope I die before I get old."
Two of The Who did die before their time (Keith Moon and John Entwistle). The instrumental work is raw and pulsating. Roger Daltrey's vocal work is an exemplar of rock and roll. One of their earliest hits--and it still sounds good today!
"Boris the Spider." Come on, how could I leave this quirky song off this brief description of my reaction to a few cuts! An odd little number (one of the few not written by Townshend--in this case Entwistle did the job). The focus is on Boris the Spider, "crawling up the wall." Nice guitar work and cool singing.
Then, "Pinball Wizard." This is from the rock opera, "Tommy." What a toe tapper! Daltrey's singing is excellent; he shows a lot of growth as a singer from the early days of the group. This is about a character who "sure plays a mean pinball." Didn't Elton John later have a hit with a cover of this song? I recall his version being fine, but this is the real deal.
"Baba O'Riley." I used to think that the name of this song was "Teenage Wasteland," for references to that phrase in the latter part of this 5 minute piece of great music. The sound shows a maturing of The Who as a group. The keyboard in this song adds a delicious element t5o the music. The guitar work is neat, Moon's drumming is great, and Daltrey's singing measures up. Again, a great 5 minutes of rock and roll.
And on it goes. . . . "Won't Get Fooled Again," "The Kids Are Alright," "Happy Jack," "I Can See for Miles," "Summertime Blues," "Long Live Rock," "Squeeze Box," "You Better You Bet," "Who Are You?," and so on.
Who could resist such a plenitude of The Who?
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