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The Who need no excuse to release a new compilation -- since 1994, a new collection has appeared roughly at the rate of one every three years -- but the band's 50th anniversary does provide the opportunity for a splashy new compilation, the first since 2009's Greatest Hits. Snappily titled The Who Hits 50!, by virtue of spanning two full CDs the set does cast a wider net than either Greatest Hits or 2004's Then & Now, beginning with the stiff R&B of the High Numbers' "Zoot Suit" and concluding with the brand-new "Be Lucky," a delirious revival of Pete Townshend's purple, overwritten '80s midlife crisis. In between those two songs come 40 tracks, including some genuine surprises -- the bonkers mod anthem "Dogs" and its Beach Boys-aping flip "Call Me Lightning," the band's cover of the Stones' "The Last Time," the first appearance of "Relay" in a comp in ages, John Entwistle's paranoid "Trick of the Light" -- but for the most part, this serves up the same songs that have popped up again and again on Who compilations over the years. This may be predictable but as a collection of basics, either for fair-weather fans or newcomers, it does its job well and it has nice artwork to boot. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Zoot Suit
2 - I Can't Explain
3 - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
4 - My Generation
5 - Substitute
6 - I'm a Boy
7 - Happy Jack
8 - Pictures of Lily
9 - I Can See for Miles
10 - Magic Bus
11 - Pinball Wizard
Disc 2:
1 - Seeker [Edit]
2 - Won't Get Fooled Again [Single Edit]
3 - Baba O'Riley
4 - Bargain
5 - Join Together
6 - 5:15
7 - Squeeze Box
8 - Who Are You [Single Edit]
9 - Real Good Looking Boy [Radio Edit]
10 - Be Lucky
1 - Zoot Suit
2 - I Can't Explain
3 - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
4 - My Generation
5 - Substitute
6 - I'm a Boy
7 - Happy Jack
8 - Pictures of Lily
9 - I Can See for Miles
10 - Magic Bus
11 - Pinball Wizard
Disc 2:
1 - Seeker [Edit]
2 - Won't Get Fooled Again [Single Edit]
3 - Baba O'Riley
4 - Bargain
5 - Join Together
6 - 5:15
7 - Squeeze Box
8 - Who Are You [Single Edit]
9 - Real Good Looking Boy [Radio Edit]
10 - Be Lucky