Release Date: 1966. Label: Reaction. Genres: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, British Invasion, Pop/Rock, Mod. Number Of Tracks: 11. The Who's second album is a mite inconsistent, not least because all four members were encouraged by a business deal to churn out songs.

POSTED: 10/12/2006 - 03:42 am

Release Date: Feb 15, 2000. Label: MCA. Genres: Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Mod, British Invasion. Number Of Tracks: 25. The CD keeps all the radio-announcer introductions and short interview segments intact, with a few bonus, real-life Sell Out jingles for good effect.

POSTED: 09/14/2007 - 04:32 am

Release Date: Oct 31, 2006. Label: Universal/Republic. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock. Number Of Tracks: 19. Endless Wire by The Who is done in the best traditions of classic rock music, neglecting the modern influences.

POSTED: 11/20/2006 - 08:33 am

Release Date: Sep 18, 2001. Label: MCA. Genres: Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Proto-Punk, Hard Rock, Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, British Invasion, Mod. Number Of Tracks: 33. While impressive, that performance merely scratches the surface of the multifaceted sonic and visual improvements that exist on the Live at Leeds (Deluxe Edition).

POSTED: 09/12/2006 - 04:45 am

Release Date: Oct 29, 1996. Label: Columbia/Legacy. Genres: Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, British Invasion, Mod. Number Of Tracks: 30. This double CD is pretty similar in sound and content to the expanded Live at Leeds album, except there's much more from Tommy, and a few semi-obscure numbers.

POSTED: 07/14/2006 - 06:08 am

Release Date: Jul 22, 2003. Label: Steamhammer/SPV. Genres: British Invasion, Mod, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll. Number Of Tracks: 29. The Who's Live at the Royal Albert Hall captures a charity concert for a cancer organization the reunited group performed in November of 2000.

POSTED: 07/03/2006 - 07:21 am

Released: 1965. Genre: Rock. Styles: Rock & Roll, Mod, British Invasion. Number Of Tracks: 20. An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone.

POSTED: 05/30/2005 - 07:43 am

Release Date: 1973. Label: MCA. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Mod. Number Of Tracks: 17. An excellent and frequently astonishing album, Quadrophenia is both more ambitious and less accessible than Tommy, the first and most well known rock opera.

POSTED: 11/07/2005 - 06:59 am

Release Date: 1979. Label: MCA. Genres: British Invasion, Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Mod. Number Of Tracks: 17. Like the film itself, the soundtrack to the Who's The Kids Are Alright documentary is frustrating even as it pleases, since it falls short of being definitive.

POSTED: 07/12/2006 - 08:08 am

Release Date: 1975. Label: MCA. Genres: Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter. Number Of Tracks: 13. This 1975 collection excels in large part due to its modest goal. It stands as one of the linchpins in a great band's catalog.

POSTED: 10/10/2006 - 06:01 am

Released: 1967. Label: MCA. Genre: Rock. Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, British Invasion, Pop/Rock, Mod. Number Of Tracks: 23. The album is as perfect a balance between melodic mod pop and powerful instrumentation as the Who (or any other group) would achieve.

POSTED: 07/18/2005 - 08:07 am

Released: Mar 30, 2004. Genre: Rock. Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, British Invasion, Pop/Rock, Mod, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 20. This is not classic Who, it is the most interesting music either Townshend or Daltrey has made in nearly 20 years.

POSTED: 07/30/2004 - 04:36 am

Released: 1969. Genre: Rock. Styles: Mod, Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 24. Tommy had the dubious distinction of being the first-ever rock opera; however, it's none the worse for that, Ken Russell's adaptation notwithstanding.

POSTED: 06/02/2005 - 05:00 am

Release Date: 1978. Label: MCA. Genres: Mod, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. On the Who's final album with Keith Moon, their trademark honest power started to get diluted by fatigue and a sense that the group's collective vision was beginning to fade.

POSTED: 10/12/2006 - 03:50 am

Released: 1984. Label: MCA. Genre: Rock. Styles: Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, British Invasion, Mod. Number Of Tracks: 17. It may not be a graceful way to end the Who's career, but it's hard to imagine a better testament to why it was time for the band to come to an end.

POSTED: 08/04/2005 - 03:25 am

Released: 1971. Genre: Rock. Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 9. There's no discernable theme behind these songs, yet this album is stronger than Tommy.

POSTED: 06/02/2004 - 04:23 am

Release Date: Jul 24, 2006. Label: Universal/Polydor. Genres: Rock. Number Of Tracks: 6. "Wire & Glass" is an 11 minute "Mini-Opera" of six songs taken from a group of 10 that will be included on the now-duo's full length album to be released in October 2006.

POSTED: 08/30/2006 - 03:38 am