My Generation: The Very Best of The Who


My Generation: The Very Best of The Who is one of the Who's many greatest hits collections, released by Polydor Records internationally and MCA Records in the United States in 1996. Its release coincided with the release of the remastered original albums and thus contained the newly remastered versions of the songs, and some also remixed.

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.
  1. "I Can't Explain" – 2:04
  2. *1964 single
  3. *Producer: Shel Talmy
  4. "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" – 2:40
  5. *1965 single
  6. *Producer: Shel Talmy
  7. "My Generation" – 3:18
  8. *1965 single then on My Generation, 1965
  9. *Producer: Shel Talmy
  10. "Substitute" – 3:47
  11. *1966 single
  12. *Producer: Pete Townshend
  13. "I'm a Boy" – 2:36
  14. *1966 single
  15. *Producer: Kit Lambert
  16. "Boris the Spider" – 2:27
  17. *from A Quick One, 1966
  18. *Producer: Kit Lambert
  19. "Happy Jack" – 2:11
  20. *1966 single then on the U.S. release of A Quick One called Happy Jack, 1966
  21. *Producer: Kit Lambert
  22. "Pictures of Lily" – 2:45
  23. *1967 single
  24. *Producer: Kit Lambert
  25. "I Can See for Miles" – 4:21
  26. *1967 single then on The Who Sell Out, 1967
  27. *Producer: Kit Lambert
  28. "Magic Bus" – 3:15
  29. *1968 UK single; from the U.S. compilation Magic Bus: The Who on Tour, 1968
  30. *Producer: Kit Lambert
  31. "Pinball Wizard" – 3:00
  32. *from Tommy, 1969
  33. *Producer: Kit Lambert
  34. "The Seeker" – 3:22
  35. *1970 single
  36. *Producer: Kit Lambert, The Who
  37. "Baba O'Riley" – 5:07
  38. *from Who's Next, 1971
  39. *Producer: The Who, Glyn Johns
  40. "Won't Get Fooled Again" – 8:32
  41. *from Who's Next
  42. *Producer: The Who, Glyn Johns
  43. "Let's See Action" – 4:02
  44. *1971 single
  45. *Produced by The Who; Associate Producer: Glyn Johns
  46. "5:15" – 4:49
  47. *from Quadrophenia, 1973
  48. *Producer: The Who, Kit Lambert & Glyn Johns
  49. "Join Together" – 4:22
  50. *1972 single
  51. *Produced by The Who, Associate Producer: Glyn Johns
  52. "Squeeze Box" – 2:40
  53. *from The Who by Numbers, 1975
  54. *Producer: Glyn Johns
  55. "Who Are You" – 5:02
  56. *from Who Are You, 1978
  57. *Producer: Glyn Johns & Jon Astley
  58. "You Better You Bet" – 5:37
  59. *from Face Dances, 1981
  60. *Producer: Bill Szymczyk

Personnel

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