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1.StopMy Generation – The Who 04:29
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2.StopI Can't Explain – The Who 02:01
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3.StopHappy Jack – The Who 02:11
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4.StopI Can See for Miles – The Who 04:15
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5.StopMagic Bus – The Who 03:22
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6.StopLong Live Rock – The Who 03:56
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7.StopAnyway, Anyhow, Anywhere – The Who 02:49
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8.StopYoung Man Blues – The Who 05:44
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9.StopMy Wife – The Who 05:58
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10.StopBaba O'Riley [Live at Shepperton Film Studios] – The Who 05:25
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11.StopA Quick One, While He's Away – The Who 07:23
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12.StopTommy, Can You Hear Me? [Standard Version] – The Who 01:45
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13.StopSparks [Live at Woodstock] – The Who 03:00
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14.StopPinball Wizard [Live at Woodstock] – The Who 02:47
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15.StopSee Me, Feel Me [Live at Woodstock] – The Who 05:19
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16.StopJoin Together/Roadrunner/My Generation Blues [Live at Silver Dome, Pon] – The Who 09:50
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17.StopWon't Get Fooled Again [Live at Shepperton Film Studios] – The Who 09:21
Like the film itself, the soundtrack to the Who's Kids Are Alright documentary is frustrating even as it pleases, since it falls short of being definitive. If the film was supposed to explain the excitement and history of the Who, tracing their evolution from mod superstars to arena rock gods, it somehow failed by just not quite gelling. Similarly, the soundtrack attempts to gather a bunch of live rarities, thereby capturing the band at the peak of their powers, but it falls a little bit short of the mark by hopping all over the place chronologically, adding a couple of studio cuts (including live-in-the-studio tracks), along the way. So, you can view this as a missed opportunity or treasure what's here -- and, really, the latter is the preferred method of listening to this album, since there is a lot to treasure here. There's the epochal performance of "My Generation" from the 1967 Smothers Brothers show, three performances from Woodstock, terrific television performances of "Magic Bus" and "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere," a blistering "Young Man Blues," and the definitive performance of "A Quick One, While He's Away," the version they played at the Rolling Stones' Rock Roll Circus -- a performance so good that, according to legend, it's the reason why the Stones shelved the show for 20 years, since the Who just left them in the dust (even if it's not true, it sure sounds plausible, based on this performance). Then, there are some really fine latter-day versions of "My Wife," "Baba O'Riley," and "Won't Get Fooled Again," along with a medley of "Join Together/Roadrunner/My Generation Blues" from 1975, that may not be era-defining, like those mentioned above, but they're pretty ****** great all the same (as is "Long Live Rock," Townshend's best Chuck Berry homage and one of the few songs to capture what rock was all about in the '70s and beyond). So, it's a bit too haphazard to really be definitive, but the Who were always a bit haphazard, and if you love them, that's something you love about them. And, in turn, it's hard not to love this album, if you love them. (At the very least, you have to love the cover, which is not just the best portrait of the Who, it's one of the iconic images of rock history.) Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Genre: Rock
- Subgenre: Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll/Roots, British Invasion
- Category British Invasion, Album Rock, Mod, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock
- Release Date: April 17, 2001
- Artist: Who
- Additional Artist: Roger Daltrey (Vocals), John Entwistle (Vocals), Keith Moon (Vocals), Pete Townshend (Vocals)