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.^[1] Its release coincided with the release of the remastered original albums (omitting My Generation for contractual reasons) and thus contained the newly remastered versions of the songs.

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.

1. "I Can't Explain" – 2:04
   • Single
   • Producer: Shel Talmy
2. "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (Townshend/Roger Daltrey) – 2:40
   • Single
   • Producer: Shel Talmy
3. "My Generation" – 3:18
   • From My Generation
   • Producer: Shel Talmy
4. "Substitute" – 3:47
   • Single
   • Producer: Pete Townshend
5. "I'm a Boy" – 2:36
   • Single
   • Producer: Kit Lambert
6. "Boris the Spider" (John Entwistle) – 2:27
   • From A Quick One
   • Producer: Kit Lambert
7. "Happy Jack" – 2:11
   • From A Quick One (included on the US release of A Quick One)
   • Producer: Kit Lambert
8. "Pictures of Lily" – 2:45
   • Single
   • Producer: Kit Lambert
9. "I Can See for Miles" – 4:21
   • From The Who Sell Out
   • Producer: Kit Lambert
10. "Magic Bus" – 3:15
    • From Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
    • Producer: Kit Lambert
11. "Pinball Wizard" – 3:00
    • From Tommy
    • Producer: Kit Lambert
12. "The Seeker" – 3:22
    • Single
    • Producer: Kit Lambert / The Who
13. "Baba O'Riley" – 5:07
    • From Who's Next
    • Producer: The Who; Glyn Johns
14. "Won't Get Fooled Again" – 8:32
    • From Who's Next
    • Producer: The Who; Glyn Johns
15. "Let's See Action" – 4:02
    • Single
    • Produced by The Who, Associate Producer: Glyn Johns
16. "5:15" – 4:49
    • From Quadrophenia
    • Producer: The Who, Kit Lambert & Glyn Johns
17. "Join Together" – 4:22
    • Single
    • Produced by The Who, Associate Producer: Glyn Johns
18. "Squeeze Box" – 2:40
    • From The Who by Numbers
    • Producer: Glyn Johns
19. "Who Are You" (Single Edit) – 5:02
    • From Who Are You
    • Producer: Glyn Johns & Jon Astley
20. "You Better You Bet" – 5:37
    • From Face Dances
    • Producer: Bill Szymczyk

Sales chart performance

Album

Sales certifications

Personnel

• Roger Daltrey – lead vocals
• John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals
• Kenney Jones – drums, percussion on "You Better You Bet"
• Keith Moon – Drums, percussion on all except "You Better You Bet"
• Pete Townshend – guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals

References