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My Generation ­ The Very Best Of The Who
The Who:  My Generation ­ The Very Best Of The Who

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Released: 1996
Label: MCA
Selection #: 115793
Over 70 minutes! Won't Get Fooled Again, Pinball Wizard, I Can See For Miles, title cut, Happy Jack, Magic Bus, Who Are You, more.
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1 I Can't Explain
2 Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
3 My Generation
4 Substitute
5 I'm a Boy
6 Boris the Spider
7 Happy Jack
8 Pictures of Lily
9 I Can See for Miles
10 Magic Bus
11 Pinball Wizard
12 The Seeker
13 Baba O'Riley
14 Won't Get Fooled Again [Full Length Version]
15 Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything)
16 5:15
17 Join Together
18 Squeeze Box
19 Who Are You [Single Edit Version]
20 You Better You Bet [Full Length Version]
  
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The Who have issued more greatest hits collections than any other major artist, releasing a vast array of compilations while they were together and in the years following their breakup. Released in 1996, "My Generation: The Very Best of the Who" was intended to be the definitive single-disc collection, replacing all the others that preceded it. While it is a very good collection, it just misses being a definitive sampler. Essentially, "My Generation" is a replica of "Who's Better, Who's Best" that adds four tracks that were missing from the previous compilation, including the seminal post-"Tommy" single "The Seeker" and the original single mix of "Magic Bus." "My Generation" isn't strictly a singles collection, since it contains such album rock staples as "Baba O'Riley" and the full-length version of "Won't Get Fooled Again." It also spans the group's entire career, so it has a bit of a scatter-shot feel to it -- "You Better You Bet" sounds a little odd next to tense early singles like "Substitute" and "I Can See For Miles." The career-spanning approach doesn't make for as cohesive a collection as "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy", but it does mean that "My Generation" is an excellent -- even necessary -- introduction. There's a lot more in the Who's catalog that needs to be heard, but "My Generation" does boil down the most essential items (even though the abominable "Squeeze Box" is included) to a fine single-disc set. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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