Album · Compilation
Greatest Hits
The Who's Greatest Hits is a compilation issued by Geffen on 22 December 2009. It gathers the band's best-known material into a single collection, and it sits alongside a catalogue of studio albums that runs from My Generation in 1965 through to Endless Wire in 2006.
Several weeks after the first release, the set came out again as Greatest Hits & More. That edition added a second disc of live songs, taken from Greatest Hits Live (2010). For anyone wanting a compact way into the band's story, or a version with some concert recordings alongside the studio staples, it offers both routes in one place.
Greatest Hits: tracklist and credits
19 tracks · 1:18:29Tracklist
- 1I Can’t ExplainPete Townshend2:07
- 2My GenerationPete Townshend3:19
- 3The Kids Are AlrightPete Townshend3:07
- 4SubstitutePete Townshend3:48
- 5Happy JackPete Townshend2:12
- 6Pictures of LilyPete Townshend2:44
- 7I Can See for MilesPete Townshend4:08
- 8Magic BusPete Townshend3:18
- 9Pinball WizardPete Townshend3:04
- 10Behind Blue EyesPete Townshend3:43
- 11Baba O’RileyPete Townshend5:03
- 12Won’t Get Fooled AgainPete Townshend8:35
- 13Love Reign O’er MePete Townshend5:55
- 14Squeeze BoxPete Townshend2:44
- 15Who Are YouPete Townshend3:29
- 16You Better You BetPete Townshend5:40
- 17Eminence FrontPete Townshend5:43
- 18Real Good Looking BoyCreatore, Peretti, Townshend, Weiss5:44
- 19It’s Not EnoughRachel Fuller and Pete Townshend4:05
- Produced by
- Shel Talmy, The Who, Kit Lambert, Glyn Johns, Keith Moon, Jon Astley, Bill Szymczyk, Simon Townshend, Billy Nicholls, Bob Pridden, Pete Townshend
- Executive producer
- Chris Stamp, Pete Kameron, Kit Lambert
- Recorded at
- Pye Studios, IBC Studios, Olympic Sound Studios, Regent Sound Studios, CBS Studios, Talent Masters Studios, Gold Star Studios, Morgan Studios, Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Ramport Studios, Shepperton Studios, Odyssey Studio, Turn Up-Down Studios, Eel Pie Studios
- Recorded
- 1964–2006
- Mixed by
- Kit Lambert, Glyn Johns, Pete Townshend, Chris Lord‐Alge
- Mixed at
- Gold Star Studios, Basing Street Studios, Bayshore Recording Studios, Resonate Music
- Engineered by
- Damon Lyon-Shaw, Glyn Johns, Pete Townshend, Allan Blazek, Bill Szymczyk, Myles Clarke, Bob Pridden
- Label
- Geffen
- Length
- 1:18:29
Line-up
- John Entwistle · bass, vocals, electric bass guitar, background vocals, French horn, bass guitar, brass, horn
- Perry Ford · piano · guest
- Keith Moon · percussion, drums (drum set), background vocals
- Jimmy Page · guitar · guest
- Pete Townshend · guitar, vocals, cello, electric guitar, background vocals, lead vocals, synthesizer, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, accordion, banjo
- Roger Daltrey · lead vocals, guitar, background vocals, vocals
- The Ivy League · background vocals · guest
- Nicky Hopkins · piano · guest
- The Who · guest
- Dave Arbus · violin · guest
- Kenney Jones · drums (drum set) · guest
- Tim Gorman · electric piano, keyboard · guest
- John “Rabbit” Bundrick · piano · guest
- Greg Lake · bass · guest
- Zak Starkey · drums (drum set) · guest
- Simon Townshend · guitar, keyboard · guest
- Jolyon Dixon · acoustic guitar · guest
- Rachel Fuller · keyboard · guest
- Peter Huntington · drums (drum set) · guest
- Stuart Ross · bass · guest
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1975
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1975
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1976
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1976
Who Are You
1978
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1979
Face Dances
1981
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1981
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1982
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1983
The Singles
1984
Who’s Last
1984
Who’s Missing
1985
Two’s Missing
1987
This Is My Generation
1988
Who’s Better, Who’s Best
1988
Won’t Get Fooled Again
1988
Join Together
1990
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1994
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1996
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1996
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Who
1999
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2000
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2000
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2001
The Ultimate Collection
2002
Then and Now
2004
Live From Toronto
2006
Endless Wire
2006
Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who
2008
Greatest Hits Live
2010
Live at Hull 1970
2012
Quadrophenia: Live in London
2014
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2014
Live at Shea Stadium 1982
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2009-12-22; musicbrainz + wikidata 2009-12-21 (1 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 21 December 2009 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 22 December 2009 | |
| Wikidata | 21 December 2009 | |
| US release | 21 December 2009 | earliest US date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | BR | Geffen | 602527274683 | other |
| 2009 | CA | Geffen | 602527274683 | other |
| 21 December 2009 | US | Geffen | 602527274683 | original |
| 5 February 2010 | AU | Polydor | 600753252024 | other |
| 22 February 2010 | FR | Polydor | 600753252024 | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 512×512 | upscaled |