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UncutNov 19, 2019It's spellbinding, shiver-down-the-spine stuff, and enough to have any self-respecting Quadropheniac dusting down their scooter for one last run down to Brighton. ... Their best since Quadrophenia, then. [Dec 2019, p.22]
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Dec 6, 2019This album could easily be meant to stand as the band’s collective last word, even while Townshend and Daltrey sound like they’re ready to bang out 10 more closing statements where this one came from.
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Dec 6, 2019It's the best album the Who have released since Who Are You in 1978.
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Dec 5, 2019Who feels like a Who album: The two still bring out the best in each other.
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Dec 5, 2019If this LP isn’t so groundbreaking as Tommy, it’s definitely a logical extension of The Who By Numbers and certain preferable to the forced and pedestrian It’s Hard.
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Dec 5, 2019As big and bold as any fan could hope for.
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Dec 2, 2019Half of the Who did get old, which means there’s a strong chance this might be their last album. If it is, then they’re going out the way they came in: as cussed and awkward and troubled as ever.
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Nov 26, 2019It takes something to stay true to the original ‘Who-ish’ sound after 50 years in the game, but unlike so many others, this time they’ve managed to do so with impeccable form.
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Nov 25, 2019There are only two major mis-steps – ‘Beads On One String’ is the kind of amorphous soft rock balladry that Sting used to make in the ‘90s and Townshend’s easy listening ‘I’ll be Back’ descends into a plain awful vocodered rant. ... But otherwise ‘WHO’ either recaptures the band’s root ferocity or explores new territory with style.
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MojoNov 19, 2019Musicians writing and singing about being in the seventies is a rare thing in the Peter Pan world of rock--but The Who do it exceptionally well. [Dec 2019, p.92]
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Classic Rock MagazineNov 19, 2019Potent yet poignant, bright if not blinding. [Dec 2019, p.81]
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Dec 5, 2019The band may be only half the Who they were when they formed, but Who is worthy of the Who name.
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Dec 2, 2019This album may not represent one of The Who’s strongest collections of songs, but it’s the rare case study of a legacy brand as a vehicle for plumbing new ideas and moving forward.
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Dec 5, 2019On the surface, Who sounds like a classic Who album. ... There are moments when Townshend stops questioning his own relevancy, but to dubious effect: “Beads on a String” is a limp metaphor for human connection, while “Hero Ground Zero” is just as clumsy.
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Q MagazineNov 19, 2019A vigorous, if patchy comeback. [Jan 2020, p.114]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 30
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Mixed: 3 out of 30
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Negative: 4 out of 30
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Dec 7, 2019
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Dec 12, 2019Could have been way better. I dont know them much and haven't listened to their previous work but this could be way way better
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Dec 6, 2019