The Who: Who’s Next (Deluxe Edition) HR

Anyone who saw the trailer for the movie American Beauty will have been struck by the brilliance of ‘Baba O’Riley’, the track chosen to accompany it and which effectively doubled the impact of the clip. That track is the opener from Who’s Next from 1971, an album that proved massively successful for the band thanks in no small part to the song ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. The high quality of songwriting, composition and playing across the nine tracks on Who’s Next has never been in doubt but the sound of the recording has never really lived up to expectations. So …