The Who – Who’s Next / Life House: Super Deluxe (10CD + Blu-ray + Book Box Set) * * *

The Who’s Who’s Next / Life House: Super Deluxe Box Set Includes 155 Tracks, Demos, Singles, Studio Sessions, 2 Complete Concerts. Plus, a 100-page Hardback Book with New Liner Notes and Imagery, a 170-page Life House Graphic Novel, 2 Gig Posters, 2 Concert Programs, 4 Buttons and a Band Photo with Printed Autographs.  

Super Deluxe Edition contains 10 CDs (all remastered from original tapes) and a Blu-ray Audio disc with new Atmos & 5.1 surround mixes of the original album and 14 bonus tracks. 155 total tracks with 89 tracks previously unreleased and another 57 tracks with a fresh remix. Included are demos, singles, studio sessions, and 2 complete concerts. Plus, a 100-page hardback book with new liner notes and imagery, a 170-page Life House graphic novel, 2 gig posters, 2 concert programs, 4 buttons and a band photo with printed autographs.

From the anthemic opener “Baba O’Riley” to the crackling closer “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” Who’s Next takes its place as a start-to-finish triumph of rock ingenuity, purposeful boldness, and direct swagger that never lets up. Pete Townshend and Co. roar through the nine songs with fervent might and thrilling vitality, checking in with what’s arguably the band’s greatest record. Indeed, Rolling Stone ranked the 1971 effort #28 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Pitchfork included it in the Top 20 of its Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. Who’s Next has even been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for its “last qualitative or historical significance.” Sophisticated, exciting, intelligent, and flawlessly performed and produced, Who’s Next revels in tremendous dynamics, mammoth hooks, and a straight-forward attack that have lost none of their appeal more than 40 years later.