Who's Next

Who's Next is an album by The Who. It was released on August 2, 1971 in the United States and August 25, 1971 in the United Kingdom.

Cover

The album cover shows a photograph of the band having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a heap of mining refuse; the photo is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film , which had been released only about three years earlier. The featured structure was actually at the Easington District Collliery in County Durham. In 2003, the United States cable television channel VH1 named Who's Nexts front cover the 2nd greatest album cover of all time (see VH1 All Time Album Top 100).

Related Topics:
Collliery - County Durham - 2003 - United States - Cable television - VH1 - VH1 All Time Album Top 100

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An earlier cover design had featured photos of grotesquely obese nude females and has been published elsewhere, but never actually appeared on the album. An alternate cover featured drummer Keith Moon dressed in black lingerie, holding a leather whip, and wearing a blonde wig (this image can be found behind the CD tray in the remastered version).

Related Topics:
Keith Moon - Lingerie - Whip - Wig

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