Originally Posted by
Tomsk
I Can't Explain, although it's pretty much stolen goods from the Kinks :wink:, I Can See for Miles and Pictures of Lily from the early days. Also love their version of Heatwave.
There are loads of excellent songs on Tommy, but the rather tinny studio versions don't compare with later live outputs when Daltry's singing has really matured - talking about I'm Free, Amazing Journey, Sparks and Sensation.
Just about anything on Who's Next is outstanding but sticking out on an album of stick-outs are Bargain, Love Ain't for the Keeping and The Song is Over. By the way, compare Daltry's singing on W'sN to Tommy. Night and day.
From Quodrophenia, The Real Me stands out, and that's saying something on that album.
The Who by Numbers is an album that's grown on me over the years. Worth a listen if you don't know it. Townshend's songwriting, on stuff like Imagine a Man and Dreaming from the Waist is as good as anything he ever did.