My Generation (album)

See also: My Generation

My Generation is the first album of the British rock group The Who left in 1965.

There in particular remained famous for its song-title My Generation , which launched the career of the group. It was classified by stores Rolling Stone 11th in its classification of the 500 greater songs of all times, behind What' D I Say of Ray Charles.

At its exit, the album reached the fifth place of the British charts. However, the American version, named The Who Sings My Generation , did not succeed in entering to the hit-parade.

According to the booklet of the edition deluxe of the album, the song I' m has Man was isolated version of the album intended for the the United States because of its contents sexual and replaced by Instant Party . This same American version, named The Who Sings My Generation , was truncated of a short solo of battery and guitar in feedback at the end of The Kids Are Alright , thus erasing a tendency of the group to the Pop sound art.

Many songs of the album left in individual. Except My Generation , which preceded the exit and reached the second place of the sales to the the United Kingdom, has Legal Matter , La-La it Lies and The Kids Are Alright also be left into individual, however without the commercial success of the song My Generation .

Artistic characteristics

The album was recorded during the first musical period of Who, known under the term of “Maximum R&B”. My Generation thus includes/understands many resumptions of groups of Rhythm and blues, like James Brown, in addition to compositions R&B written by the guitarist of the group Pete Townshend.

This album remains in the general mobility of the pop music of the time; however, one indicates certain characteristics which place this disc a little separately. The sound is a little more aggressive than the majority of the discs of the time, even if distortion is rather seldom heard. The rhythm section of Keith Moon and John Entwistle is well development; one can hear impressive parts of battery played by Moon (the topic example remains the song The OX ) and of the base lines showing the virtuosity of Entwistle ( My Generation ).

If My Generation and The Kids Are Alright remains among the most taken again songs of Who, My Generation is an aggressive piece and vintage which predicts the movements heavy metal and Punk. The Kids Are Alright , pop piece more sophisticated, with guitars claquantes, vocal harmonies and a merrily sung melody, guard however the general rate/rhythm of the titles of Who of the time.

The small pocket of the album

On the small pocket of My Generation figure a photograph of the group, posing beside some gasoline cans, looking to the top the objective. John Entwistle carries on his shoulders a jacket to the reason for the British flag. The small pocket of the version of the the United States differs from original English; on this one is a photograph of the group with the Big Ben in background.

List songs

All the songs are of Pete Townshend, except where mentioned.

Original album

  1. Out in the Street - 2:31
  2. I Don' T Mind (James Brown) - 2:36
  3. The Good' S Gone - 4:02
  4. La-La it Dregs - 2:17
  5. Much Too Much - 2:47
  6. My Generation - 3:18
  7. * (To listen to an extract of '' My Generation '')
  8. The Kids Are Alright - 3:10
  9. Please, Please, Please (James Brown/John Terry) - 2:45
  10. It' S Not True - 2:31
  11. I' m has Man (Bo Diddley) - 3:23
  12. * Renommée on the American version in Instant Party
  13. has Legal Matter - 2:48
  14. The OX (Pete Townshend/Keith Moon/John Entwistle/Nicky Hopkins) - 3:50

Edition deluxe

Disc 1

  1. Out in the Street - 2:31
  2. I Don' T Mind (James Brown) - 2:36
  3. The Good' S Gone - 4:02
  4. La-La it Dregs - 2:17
  5. Much Too Much - 2:47
  6. My Generation - 3:18
  7. The Kids Are Alright - 3:10
  8. Please, Please, Please (James Brown/John Terry) - 2:45
  9. It' S Not True - 2:31
  10. I' m has Man (Bo Diddley) - 3:23
  11. has Legal Matter - 2:48
  12. The OX (Pete Townshend/Keith Moon/John Entwistle/Nicky Hopkins) - 3:50
  13. Circles (Urgent Party) " " - 3:13
  14. I Can' T Explain - 2:04
  15. Bald Headed Woman (Traditional) - 2:32
  16. Daddy Rolling Stone (Otis Blackwell) - 2:55
  17. Leaving Young stag (taken alternate) (Eddie Holland) - 2:50
  18. Whim (Like Back Home) (Paul Revere/Lindsay Mark) - 3:40
  19. Shout and Shimmy (James Brown) - 3:20

Disc 2

  1. (Coils Is Like a) Heat Wave (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland) - 2:41
  2. Motoring (William Stephenson) - 2:51
  3. Anytime You Want Me (Jerry Ragavoy/Garnet Mimms) - 2:38
  4. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (taken alternate) (Roger Daltrey /Pete Townshend) - 2:43
  5. Instant Party Mixture - 3:24
  6. I Don' T Mind (full version) (James Brown) - 3:43
  7. The Good' S Gone (full version) - 4:29
  8. My Generation (version instrumental) - 3:27
  9. Anytime You Want Me (version has cappella) (Jerry Ragavoy/Garnet Mimms) - 2:29
  10. has Legal Matter - 2:49
  11. My Generation (taken alternate) - 3:18

Personnel

External bonds and sources

  • Words of the songs of the album
  • Fingering charts of the songs of the album
  • Information on the album and the songs

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