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Now you know who was next...



The Who's "Who's Next" (1971)

Tracklisting:
01 | Baba O'Riley
02 | Bargain
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
04 | My Wife
05 | Song Is Over
06 | Getting in Tune
07 | Going Mobile
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again

I think I can hear a murmur...
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"When I smile, tell me some bad news before I laugh and act like a fool."

01 | Baba O’Riley
02 | Behind Blue Eyes
03 | Won’t Get Fooled Again
04 | Bargain
05 | Getting in Tune
06 | Going Mobile
07 | The Song is Over
08 | Love Ain’t for Keeping
09 | My Wife
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Won't Get Fooled Again
Baba O'Riley

(the best bookends in music history)

Bargain
My Wife
Love Ain't For Keeping
Behind Blue Eyes
Going Mobile
Song is Over
Getting in Tune

Over fifty years of listening to music, Who's Next is probably the album I would have called my number one most often, although as an old man, its flaws (minor, like the repetitive use of quiet-loud-quiet structure through the middle of the album) drop it just out of the first tier for now.
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My second favorite album of all time. All 9 songs are in my top 1250!

1 - Behind Blue Eyes (my all-time 2nd favorite song)
2 - The Song Is Over (14)
3 - Won't Get Fooled Again (37)
4 - Baba O'Riley (225)
5 - Bargain (356)
6 - Getting In Tune (709)
7 - Going Mobile (738)
8 - My Wife (1060)
9 - Love Ain't For Keeping (1245)
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01 | Baba O'Riley
07 | Going Mobile
02 | Bargain
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
04 | My Wife
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
05 | The Song Is Over
06 | Getting in Tune
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Also, Honorio, track 7 is "Song is Over", not "The Song is Over". I could argue that it is a very subtle distinction, but Daltrey clearly says "The song is over" in the first verse and "this song is over" in the last. I think Townshend meant to omit "The"; that like his love, all song is over, then he reminds himself of all the power of song, and in the end it is only this song that has ended, while song in general remains.

Regardless, I'm going with the record jacket.
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OK, DocBrown, I edited the song list removing the "The", even if in my copy (the 1995 reissue CD with bonus tracks) the song is credited as "The Song Is Over." It seems that the original vinyl release (according not only to you but also to Rateyourmusic) credit it as "Song Is Over."
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01 | Baba O'Riley (favorite Who song)
02 | Won't Get Fooled Again
03 | Behind Blue Eyes
04 | The Song Is Over
05 | Bargain
06 | Love Ain’t for Keeping
07 | My Wife
08 | Going Mobile
09 | Getting in Tune

Favorite Who album by a wide margin.
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01. Won't Get Fooled Again
02. Baba O'Riley
03. Behind Blue Eyes
04. Song Is Over
05. Bargain
06. Love Ain't For Keeping
07. My Wife
08. Getting In Tune
09. Going Mobile
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01. "Won't Get Fooled Again"
02. "Baba O'Riley"
03. "Bargain"
04. "Behind Blue Eyes"
05. "Song Is Over"
06. "Getting In Tune"
07. "Love Ain't For Keeping"
08. "My Wife"
09. "Going Mobile"
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"Love Ain't For Keeping" is an overlooked gem, hope to boost its placement.

1. Baba O'Riley
2. Love Ain't For Keeping
3. Won't Get Fooled Again
4. The Song Is Over
5. Behind Blue Eyes
6. Bargain
7. My Wife
8. Getting In Tune
9. Going Mobile
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01 | Baba O'Riley
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
02 | Bargain
04 | My Wife
06 | Getting in Tune
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
07 | Going Mobile
05 | Song Is Over
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08 | Behind Blue Eyes*
01 | Baba O'Riley*
02 | Bargain
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
05 | Song Is Over
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
07 | Going Mobile
06 | Getting in Tune
04 | My Wife

Personal favorites *
Overall album rating: 6.50 (Good)
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01 | Baba O'Riley
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
02 | Bargain
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
05 | Song Is Over
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
06 | Getting in Tune
07 | Going Mobile
04 | My Wife
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01. Won't Get Fooled Again
02. Baba O'Riley
03. Behind Blue Eyes
04. Song Is Over
05. Bargain
06. Love Ain't For Keeping
07. My Wife
08. Getting In Tune
09. Going Mobile
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01 | Baba O'Riley
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
02 | Bargain
04 | My Wife
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
06 | Getting in Tune
05 | Song Is Over
07 | Going Mobile
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01 | Baba O'Riley
05 | Song Is Over
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
04 | My Wife
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
02 | Bargain
06 | Getting in Tune
07 | Going Mobile
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Results after the first week of voting:

01 | Baba O'Riley | 1,6 points
02 | Won't Get Fooled Again | 2,5 points
03 | Behind Blue Eyes | 3,3 points
04 | Bargain | 4,3 points
05 | Song Is Over | 5,4 points
06 | Love Ain't for Keeping | 6,2 points
07 | My Wife | 6,7 points
08 | Getting in Tune | 7,4 points
09 | Going Mobile | 7,6 points
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01 | Baba O'Riley
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
02 | Bargain
07 | Going Mobile
06 | Getting in Tune
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
04 | My Wife
05 | Song Is Over
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01 | Baba O'Riley
02 | Bargain
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
04 | My Wife
05 | Song Is Over
07 | Going Mobile
06 | Getting in Tune
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Great:

Very good:
05 | Song Is Over
08 | Behind Blue Eyes

Good:
01 | Baba O'Riley
09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
06 | Getting in Tune

Descent:
04 | My Wife
02 | Bargain
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping

Not for me:
07 | Going Mobile


I did not remember that it flirted so much with mainstream rock.
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1. Baba O'Riley
2. Won't get fooled again
3. Behind blue eyes
4. Bargain
5. Love ain't for keeping
6. Getting in tune
7. Going mobile
8. My wife
9. The song is over
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1. Baba O'Riley
2. Behind blue eyes
3. Won't get fooled again
4. Bargain
5. My wife
6. Going mobile
7. Getting in tune
8. Love ain't for keeping
9. The song is over
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09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
01 | Baba O'Riley
06 | Getting in Tune
02 | Bargain
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
05 | Song Is Over
04 | My Wife
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09 | Won't Get Fooled Again
08 | Behind Blue Eyes
01 | Baba O'Riley
02 | Bargain
07 | Going Mobile
06 | Getting in Tune
03 | Love Ain't for Keeping
05 | Song Is Over
04 | My Wife
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1) Baba O'Riley
2) Behind Blue Eyes
3) My Wife
4) Won't Get Fooled Again
5) Getting In Tune
6) Love Ain't For Keeping
7) Song Is Over
8) Bargain
9) Going Mobile
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09| Won't Get Fooled Again
04| My Wife
01| Baba O'Riley
08| Behind Blue Eyes
02| Bargain
03| Love Ain't for Keeping
07| Going Mobile
06| Getting in Tune
05| Song is Over
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1. Baba O'riley
2. Behind Blue Eyes
3. Wont Get Fooled Again
4. Going Mobile
5. Bargain
6. My Wife
7. Getting In Tune
8. Love Aint For Keeping
9. The Song Is Over

The Who is by far my favorite classic rock band from the 60s and 70s and while I am more of a Quadrophenia fan myself, this si the quintessential WHO album.
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01 |Won't Get Fooled Again
02 | Baba O'Riley
03 | Behind Blue Eyes
04 |Bargain
05 | Getting in Tune
06 | Going Mobile
07 | My Wife
08 | Song Is Over (for a ballad as beautiful as this to be my second least favorite shows what an amazing album this is)
09 | Love Ain't for Keeping
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01| Behind Blue Eyes
02| Baba O'Riley
03| Won't Get Fooled Again
04| My Wife
05| Love Ain't for Keeping
06| Getting in Tune
07| Bargain
08| Song is Over
09| Going Mobile

But you could make >10 permutations of 9 and all of them would be allright :-P :-P :-P
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1. Won't Get Fooled Again
2. Baba O' Riley
3. Behind Blue Eyes
4. Bargain
5. Getting in Tune
6. The Song is Over
7. My Wife
8. Going Mobile
9. Love Ain't for Keeping
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