10 PERFECT Classic Rock Albums With No Bad Songs

10. Who's Next - The Who

The Who had become the newest titans of the rock scene by the end of the 60's. Even though "My Generation" put them one notch above their Mod contemporaries, the band split open the entire rock genre thanks to the success of the rock opera Tommy. Pete Townshend eventually had an idea for an even more daring concept album, but instead opted for a standard album of the greatest tunes the band would ever release.

Who's Next, originally entitled Lifehouse, was supposed to follow the theme of Tommy, with the plot being about the invention of utopia through rock music. As time went on though, the story continued to get more and more complex to the point where the band just ended up releasing the best tunes on their own. Once the rock world got the record, some of the band's greatest musical cuts like "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" quickly made their way up the ranks of the greatest rock songs ever made.

Even lowlights on the record like the John Entiwistle-fronted "My Wife" and the Lifehouse-exposition track "Getting in Tune" still stand as some of the most beautiful melodies Townshend would ever write. The more lofty ambitions didn't pan out, but it's rare when you're supposed "failure" for greatness results in something better than you intended.