My Generation

This article is about the album. For the title song, see My Generation (song).

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My Generation (1965) is The Who's first album. It was released in the USA under the title The Who Sings My Generation, with a different cover and a slightly different track list.

Related Topics:
1965 - The Who

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The album was made immediately after The Who got their first singles on the charts, and according to the booklet in the Deluxe Edition of the remastered CD it was later dismissed by the band as something of a rush job that did not accurately represent their stage performance of the time. On the other hand, critics often rated it as one of the best rock albums of all time in the 1970s and 1980s when such list-making was common.

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Rock - 1970s - 1980s

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The title song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and remains one of The Who's best known songs and, indeed, one of the most acclaimed songs in rock and roll history. For a detailed discussion of the song, see My Generation (song).

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Grammy Hall of Fame - 1999 - My Generation (song)

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The album was made during The Who's early "Maximum R&B" period and features several covers of popular R&B tunes, in addition to the R&B leanings of the tracks written by the band's guitarist Pete Townshend.

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R&B - Pete Townshend

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