My Generation cover

My Generation

Released

The Who’s 1965 debut is them at their angriest, full of rough edges with a production that is harsh, tinny and overpowering. They run through a mix of covers of R’n’B from artists like Bo Diddly and James Brown and Townshend originals including the seminal title track, and mod classic ‘The Kids Are Alright’. Moon’s drums thunder, Townshend’s guitar snarls and the whole album sounds like it was recorded going into the red. Capturing the energy and frustration of every UK teenager in 1965, rougher than the Stones, harder than the Beatles, The Who had arrived.

Harold Heath

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