The Who

piper · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:46 am

The Who
(1964-1982, 1989, 1996-present)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990

Pete Townshend (solo)
(1970-present)

boo boo · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:36 pm **Posts:** 10843

I can't really debate with anything here as far as the tier goes, except that A Quick One could be bolded.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19375

What's the rationale for making the latest in a ridiculously long line of hits collections bold?

piper · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:14 pm

ClashWho wrote:

What's the rationale for making the latest in a ridiculously long line of hits collections bold?

That's an artifact from when I bolded at least one greatest hits album for the lurkers who were going to buy a greatest hits album anyway. Might as well point them to a good one, I thought. I've stopped doing that and its being debolded now.

Georgi · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:37 pm **Posts:** 7274

I'm not convinced Who Sell Out should be red bold. I'm not doubting it's quality, or that it has a decent chunk of acclaim, but I think that Tommy-Who's Next-Quad run is on a tier above in terms of quality and being indispensible to a budding Who fan.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19375

Georgi wrote:

I'm not convinced Who Sell Out should be red bold. I'm not doubting it's quality, or that it has a decent chunk of acclaim, but I think that Tommy-Who's Next-Quad run is on a tier above in terms of quality and being indispensible to a budding Who fan.

Many major rock critics think The Who Sell Out is the single greatest Who album. Additionally, Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums poll was by far the largest poll of musicians and music industry types that Rolling Stone ever did and The Who Sell Out just missed the top 100 and outperformed every other Who album with the sole exceptions of Who's Next and Tommy. It's a lock for red, imo.

timewarne404 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:32 pm **Posts:** 553

Georgi wrote:

I'm not convinced Who Sell Out should be red bold. I'm not doubting it's quality, or that it has a decent chunk of acclaim, but I think that Tommy-Who's Next-Quad run is on a tier above in terms of quality and being indispensible to a budding Who fan.

personally, the who sell out is the album that made me think that the who were actually good, and i listened to it after quadrophenia, tommy, and who's next, and it's also still my favorite.

Not saying this should affect the tiers, just giving a personal anecdote

Jess · **Joined:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:22 pm **Posts:** 3833

regular bold for a quick one? i always thought it carried more acclaim than a non-bolding would suggest.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19375

Pat C wrote:

regular bold for a quick one? i always thought it carried more acclaim than a non-bolding would suggest.

Yeah.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19375

Orange bold for Who's Next, Tommy, Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy and Live at Leeds.

Quixote · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:40 am

Favourite Band , sure I have Eddie's mug as avatar but don't let that fool you.

Another vote for TWSO deserving more. Certainly deserves being bolded

:durr:

A Quick One i mean.

The Man · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:58 am

Love seeing By Numbers bolded

Quixote · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:35 am

What are your thoughts on Endless Wire? Does it live up to the Who name? I'm a bit hesitant to getting it.

Squeeze Box alone is good enough reason to bold By Numbers :biggrin:

The Man · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:06 pm

I enjoyed Endless Wire a lot when I first listened to it, but I haven't heard it in a few years. That may have changed.

It's definitely worth having for any Who fan though.

piper · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:14 pm

IMO, Endless Wire is their best album since Who By Numbers. Of course, it didn't have to do much to achieve that.

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