My Generation [Import] by The Who (CD, 2012, Universal UK/Polydor) *NEW*

Description: My Generation by The Who [Reissue] [Import] [CD] Track Listing: 1 Out In The Street2 I Don't Mind3 The Good's Gone4 La-La-La Lies5 Much Too Much6 My Generation7 The Kids Are Alright8 Please, Please, Please9 It's Not True10 I'm A Man11 A Legal Matter12 The OxOriginally released at the end of 1965, My Generation is still a staggeringly confident and raucous collection of songs that shows the band were well out of the traps and on their way to becoming one of the all-time world-beating rock 'n' roll bands. Highlights include covers of James Brown's "Please, Please, Please", Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man", the self-penned classics "The Kids Are Alright", "Legal Matter" and "The Ox", plus of course the epoch-rattling title track. Not only has the album been re-mastered, it's also presented here in the Mono version, which is considered to be something of a holy grail for Who aficionados. This original Mono version is as close as possible to how the band envisaged it sounding in the studio, and contains many overdubs which were lost in previous Stereo masters. --- An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone. At the time of its release, it also had the most ferociously powerful guitars and drums yet captured on a rock record. Pete Townshend's exhilarating chord crunches and guitar distortions threaten to leap off the grooves on "My Generation" and "Out in the Street"; Keith Moon attacks the drums with a lightning, ruthless finesse throughout. Some "Maximum R&B" influence lingered in the two James Brown covers, but much of Townshend's original material fused Beatlesque hooks and power chords with anthemic mod lyrics, with "The Good's Gone," "Much Too Much," "La La La Lies," and especially "The Kids Are Alright" being highlights. "A Legal Matter" hinted at more ambitious lyrical concerns, and "The Ox" was instrumental mayhem that pushed the envelope of 1965 amplification with its guitar feedback and nonstop crashing drum rolls. While the execution was sometimes crude, and the songwriting not as sophisticated as it would shortly become, the Who never surpassed the pure energy level of this record. ~ Richie Unterberger, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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