Greatest Hits (The Who album)
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Released | 22 December 2009 | |||
Recorded | 1964–2006 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 78:29 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
AltSounds | 81%[2] |
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British rock band The Who that was released on 21 December 2009.[3] The album was also re-released as Greatest Hits & More several weeks after the initial release, which featured a second disc of live songs culled from Greatest Hits Live.[4]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.
Disc one
[edit]- "I Can't Explain" – 2:05
- "My Generation" – 3:17
- "The Kids Are Alright" – 3:07
- "Substitute" – 3:48
- "Happy Jack" – 2:11
- "Pictures of Lily" – 2:44
- "I Can See for Miles" – 4:08
- "Magic Bus" – 3:16
- "Pinball Wizard" – 3:02
- "Behind Blue Eyes" – 3:43
- "Baba O'Riley" – 5:01
- "Won't Get Fooled Again" – 8:33
- "Love, Reign o'er Me" – 5:54
- "Squeeze Box" – 2:42
- "Who Are You" (United States single edit) – 3:27
- "You Better You Bet" – 5:38
- "Eminence Front" – 5:42
- "Real Good Looking Boy" (Townshend, Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) – 5:43
- "It's Not Enough" (Townshend, Rachel Fuller) – 4:04
Disc two
[edit]Source:[5]
- "I Can't Explain" (San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1971) – 2:32
- "Substitute" (San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1971) – 2:10
- "Happy Jack" (City Hall, Hull, England, 1970) – 2:12
- "I'm a Boy" (City Hall, Hull, England, 1970) – 2:42
- "Behind Blue Eyes" (San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1971) – 3:39
- "Pinball Wizard" (Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales, 1976) – 2:48
- "I'm Free" (Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales, 1976) – 1:44
- "Squeeze Box" (Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales, 1976) – 2:51
- "Naked Eye/Let's See Action/My Generation (Medley)" (Charlton Athletic Football Club, Charlton, London, England, 1974) – 14:19
- "5:15" (Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland, 1973) – 5:53*
- "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland, 1973) – 8:38*
- "Magic Bus" (University of Leeds Refectory, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1970) – 7:33
- "My Generation" (Aeolian Hall, London, England, 1965 – BBC recording) – 3:25
- "I Can See for Miles" (Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, 1989) – 3:45
- "Who Are You" (Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, 1989) – 6:22
- "A Man in a Purple Dress" (Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, 2007) – 4:28
+ 17. bonus track on the Japanese Universal edition only: "Dancing in the Street" (Spectrum, Philadelphia, 1979) – 3:43
*These 2 tracks from 1973 are mislabelled, the recording comes from a show in Philadelphia.
Credits (Disc 1)
[edit]- Roger Daltrey – lead vocals; harmonica (tracks 1–19)
- John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 1–17)
- Keith Moon – drums (tracks 1–15)
- Pete Townshend – guitars, vocals; keyboards (tracks 1–19); lead vocals (track 18)
- Kenney Jones – drums (tracks 16–17)
- John Bundrick – piano (track 18)
- Greg Lake – bass (track 18)
- Zak Starkey – drums (track 18)
- Simon Townshend – guitar, keyboards (track 18)
- Jolyon Dixon – acoustic guitars (track 19)
- Peter Huntington – drums (track 19)
- Stuart Ross – bass (track 19)
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "link". Archived from the original on 9 March 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ 'The Who Greatest Hits' Out On 21 December In U.S. And Canada, The Who Official Band Website, 2 December 2009
- ^ "THE WHO GREATEST HITS & MORE RELEASED". Thewho.com. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Only released as part of Greatest Hits & More, not the standard issue of the album.