Who’s Next | Life House (super deluxe edition)

~ Release by The Who (see all versions of this release, 70 available)

Annotation

The multi-tracks for Bargain were not available so the Dolby Atmos, 5.1, and 2022 mixes of Bargain are upmixes and are therefore associated with the original recording.

Annotation last modified on 2023-09-18 19:42 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Who’s Next

2▶CD: Pete Townshend’s Life House Demos 1970–1971 – Part 1

3▶CD: Pete Townshend’s Life House Demos 1970–1971 – Part 2

4▶CD: Record Plant, New York Sessions, March 1971

5▶CD: Olympic Sound Studios, London Sessions 1970–1972

6▶CD: Singles & Sessions 1970–1972

7▶CD: Live at the Young Vic, London 1971 - Part 1

8▶CD: Live at the Young Vic, London 1971 - Part 2

9▶CD: Live at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 1971 - Part 1

10▼CD: Live at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 1971 - Part 2
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Introduction to Tommy engineer: Glyn Johns spoken vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13)		2:11
2	Overture engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live recording of: Overture (Tommy) (on 1971-12-12) orchestrator: Wil Malone lyricist: Pete Townshend (of The Who) composer: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969) publisher: Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) medley of: 1921 medley of: See Me, Feel Me medley of: Eyesight to the Blind medley of: We’re Not Gonna Take It medley of: Go to the Mirror! medley of: See Me, Feel Me medley of: Go to the Mirror! medley of: See Me, Feel Me medley of: Go to the Mirror! medley of: We’re Not Gonna Take It medley of: Pinball Wizard		6:28
3	Amazing Journey engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live recording of: Amazing Journey (on 1971-12-12) lyricist: Pete Townshend (of The Who) composer: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969) publisher: Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!)		6:31
4	Sparks engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live recording of: Sparks (on 1971-12-12) composer: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969) publisher: ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!), Songs of Windswept Pacific and Towser Tunes, Inc.		5:24
5	Pinball Wizard engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live recording of: Pinball Wizard (on 1971-12-12) lyricist: Pete Townshend (of The Who) composer: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969) publisher: ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Eel Pie Publishing Ltd., Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) and Towser Tunes, Inc.		3:08
6	See Me, Feel Me engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live recording of: See Me, Feel Me (on 1971-12-12) lyricist: Pete Townshend (of The Who) composer: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969) publisher: Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) part of: We’re Not Gonna Take It		7:40
7	My Generation engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live recording of: My Generation (on 1971-12-12) lyricist and composer: Pete Townshend (of The Who) publisher: Devon Music Inc., Essex Music of Australia P/L, Essex Musikvertrieb GmbH and Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) sub-publisher: ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)	1	8:58
8	Naked Eye engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live recording of: Naked Eye (on 1971-12-12) lyricist and composer: Pete Townshend (of The Who) publisher: ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) and Towser Tunes, Inc.		7:09
9	Going Down engineer: Glyn Johns bass: John Entwistle (on 1971-12-13) drums (drum set): Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1971-12-13) guitar: Pete Townshend (of The Who) (on 1971-12-13) lead vocals: Roger Daltrey (on 1971-12-13) recorded at: Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1971-12-13) live cover recording of: Going Down (on 1971-12-12) lyricist and composer: Don Nix publisher: Irving Music (BMI) sub-publisher: Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!)		4:33

11▶Blu-ray: The Original Album & Bonus Tracks

Credits

Release

art direction:	Richard Evans (Art Direction & Design)
photography:	Leonard Bisgrove (photographer) Donald Cooper (photographer) Ethan A. Russell Philippe Gras Gijsbert Hanekroot Graham Hughes (designer, photographer) Mark Webster (British journalist and broadcaster.) Michael Lyndsay-Hogg Chris Morphet Peter "Dougal" Butler (Peter "Dougal" Butler, author and retired roadie) Barry Plummer Michael Putland Shutterstock Paul Sommer (photographer) Richard Stanley (cameraman) Pete Townshend (of The Who)
liner notes:	Matt Kent (photographer) Andy Neill Pete Townshend (of The Who) Richard Whittaker Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
miscellaneous support:	Dan Berger (comic artist and writer) (task: Life House graphic novel production editor) Johnny Chandler (task: product management) Steve Hammonds (task: prroduct management) James Harvey (Scottish writer/animator) (task: Life House graphic novel story) David Hine (author) (task: Life House graphic novel story and script) Jeff Krelitz (task: Life House graphic novel publisher) Hannah Means-Shannon (task: Life House graphic novel project manager and editor) Andy Neill (task: research and compilation) Rich Osborn (task: Blu-ray disc authoring) John Pidgeon (task: conducted interviews from which quotes were taken)
mixer:	Andy MacPherson Bob Pridden (English audio engineer and producer) Richard Whittaker
engineer:	Jamie Haworth (engineer) (task: plangent processing) Richard Whittaker
executive producer:	Bill Curbishley Robert Rosenberg
additional mastering:	Layla Astley (mastering engineer)
remastering:	Jon Astley
design:	Richard Evans (Art Direction & Design) (task: 2023 Super Deluxe Edition design) John Kosh (UK art director) (task: original album design)
artwork:	James Harvey (Scottish writer/animator) (task: Life House graphic novel art) Mick Gray (inker, cover artist) (task: Life House graphic novel inker) Micah Myers (comic book letterer) (task: Life House graphic novel letterer) Max Prentis (artist) (task: Life House graphic novel art)

mixed at:	FX London in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom Revolution Studios in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
mastered at:	Close to the Edge in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
remastered at:	Close to the Edge in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/28268602 [info]
ASIN:	US: B0CB91MQBY [info]
purchase for mail-order:	https://shop.thewho.com/products/whos-next-life-house-super-deluxe-edition-10cd-blu-ray [info]

Release group

included in:	The Studio Albums Two Originals

part of:

Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (number: 15) (order: 15)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 28) (order: 28)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 28) (order: 28)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 58) (order: 58)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 75)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 77) (order: 77)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 77) (order: 77)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 210) (order: 210)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/68469 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/The-who/Whos-next [info]
reviews:	https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-who-whos-next-life-house-super-deluxe/ [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/98zf [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-who/whos-next/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/the-who/whos-next [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/4740/ [info] https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-12635 [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=16064 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Who's_Next/814 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000022790 [info]
Wikidata:	Q729387 [info]

Play on ListenBrainz

Release information

Barcode:: 602435873077
Format:: 10×CD + Blu-ray
Length:: 15:59:39

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Box
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Universal Music Recordings
006024 3587307 7
Polydor
3587307

Release events

[Worldwide]
2023-09-15

Release group rating

4.4 (see all ratings)

Release group reviews

There’s 1 review on CritiqueBrainz. You can also write your own.

External links

Release group external links

Editing

Collections

Found in 0 user collections

Last updated on 2026-05-05 10:00 UTC