My Generation: The Very Best of the Who (1996)

About this title: The Who have issued more greatest-hits collections than any other major artist, releasing a vast array of compilations while they were together and in the years following their breakup. Released in 1996, My Generation: The Very Best of the Who was intended to be the definitive single-disc collection, replacing all the others that preceded it. While it is a very good collection, it just misses being a definitive sampler. Essentially, My Generation is a replica of Who's Better, Who's Best that adds four tracks that were missing from the previous compilation, including the seminal post-Tommy ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Can't Explain [Townshend]
2. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere [Townshend/Daltrey]
3. My Generation [Townshend]
4. Substitute [Townshend]
5. I'm a Boy [Townshend]
6. Boris the Spider [Entwistle]
7. Happy Jack [Townshend]
8. Pictures of Lily [Townshend]
9. I Can See for Miles [Townshend]
10. Magic Bus [Townshend]
11. Pinball Wizard [Townshend]
12. The Seeker [Townshend]
13. Baba O'Riley [Townshend]
14. Won't Get Fooled Again [Full Length Version] [Townshend]
15. Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything) [Townshend]
16. 5:15 [Townshend]
17. Join Together [Townshend]
18. Squeeze Box [Townshend]
19. Who Are You [Single Edit Version] [Townshend]
20. You Better You Bet [Full Length Version] [Townshend]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.