The UK mono album was briefly reissued in Britain in 1979 by Virgin Records, during the height of the country's Mod revival. In 1974, The Who Sings My Generation was re-issued by MCA Records in the US and Canada as part of a budget priced double album set which also included the 1968 compilation album Magic Bus: The Who on Tour. For the US release, this was replaced with a portrait of the band standing beneath Big Ben. Pete Townshend was wearing his school scarf. The UK release featured a cover image of the band standing beside some oil drums and looking upward to the camera, with splashes of colour added by the red and blue stencilled letters of the title and a jacket patterned after the Union Flag thrown over John Entwistle's shoulders. The cover version has found some notice after its inclusion on Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969. "Circles" was notably covered by contemporaries of the group, British freakbeat outfit Les Fleur de Lys. The album is considered an important forerunner of the " power pop" movement. "My Generation" and "The Kids Are Alright" in particular remain two of the group's most-covered songs while "My Generation" is a raw, aggressive number that presaged the heavy metal and punk rock movements, "The Kids Are Alright" is a more sophisticated pop number, with chiming guitars, three-part harmonies, and a lilting vocal melody, though still retaining the driving rhythm of other Who songs of the period. "The Kids Are Alright" was however a top 10 single in Sweden, peaking at No. As they were not promoted by the band, they were not as commercially successful as "My Generation" or the Reaction singles. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, "A Legal Matter", "La-La-La Lies", and "The Kids Are Alright" were also released as domestic singles by Brunswick after the band had started releasing new material on the Reaction label in 1966. Aside from " My Generation", which preceded the album's release and reached No. Many of the songs on the album saw release as singles. The US album also used the edited UK single version of "The Kids Are Alright", which cut a brief instrumental section laden with manic drum rolls and guitar feedback before the final verse. Nine tracks were recorded, but several of them were rejected for Townshend originals made at new sessions that began in October.Īccording to the booklet in the Deluxe Edition, "I'm a Man" was eliminated from the US release due to its sexual content. In the spring of 1965, the album was started during the Who's early "Maximum R&B" period and features cover versions of the popular R&B songs " I Don't Mind" and " Please, Please, Please", both originally by James Brown, in addition to the R&B leanings of the tracks written by the band's guitarist Pete Townshend. 5 on the UK charts and failing to chart in the US, critics have since retrospectively rated it as one of the best rock albums of all time, especially noting its hard sound unusual for the time, and presaging various hard rock styles such as punk and heavy metal.īy 1965, the Who were all set after recruiting drummer Keith Moon, and saw their former band name change from the Detours to the Who, after briefly being called the High Numbers. While it didn't sell as well as later albums, peaking at No. The album was made immediately after the Who got their first singles on the charts and, according to the booklet in the Deluxe Edition, it was later dismissed by the band as something of a rush job that did not accurately represent their stage performance of the time. Besides the members of the Who, being Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass) and Keith Moon (drums), the album features contributions by session musician Nicky Hopkins (piano). In the United States, it was released on 25 April 1966 by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation, with a different cover and a slightly altered track listing. My Generation is the debut studio album by English rock band the Who, released on 3 December 1965 by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom, and Festival Records in Australia.
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