The Who discography

The Who have been with several labels over the years. In the United Kingdom and elsewhere outside North America, they were signed originally to Brunswick Records. In 1966, they moved to Polydor Records[1] and took the rights to their Brunswick recordings with them. They created and moved to Track Records the following year[1] with distribution by Polydor. They left Track in 1974 and returned to Polydor directly,[2] remaining with the label ever since.

The Who discography
Studio albums12
Live albums14
Compilation albums26
EPs4
Singles58
Soundtrack albums4

In North America, they were originally on Decca Records. They moved to Atco Records for one single in 1966[1] before returning to Decca later that year. In 1972 the US Decca label was absorbed into MCA Records. The band changed North American labels again in 1981, to Warner Bros. Records.[3] The label released Face Dances and It's Hard and their singles, before the Who disbanded. In later years, MCA would acquire the US rights to the Warner Bros. albums. In 2003, MCA Records (now under common ownership with Polydor, under Universal Music Group) was folded into Geffen Records. Geffen now controls the US rights to the Who's catalogue up through It's Hard. Their 2006 comeback album, Endless Wire, was released through Universal Republic in the US.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK

[4]

AUS

[5]

AUT

[6]

CAN

[7]

FIN FRA

[8]

GER

[9]

IRE

[10]

NLD

[11]

NOR

[12]

SWE

[13]

SWI

[14]

US

[7]

US
Cash Box

[15]

Record World

[16]

My Generation (UK)

The Who Sings My Generation (US)

5 14
A Quick One (UK)

Happy Jack (US)

4 13 19 51 35 27
The Who Sell Out 13 8 3 48 48 17
Tommy
  • Released: 23 May 1969
  • Label: Decca and Track
2 8 6 2 50 5 4 5 1
Who's Next
  • Released: 14 August 1971 (UK); 25 August 1971 (US)
  • Label: Decca and Track
1 3 5 2 18 2 6 4 4 3
Quadrophenia
  • Released: 19 October 1973
  • Label: MCA Records, Polydor, and Track
2 35 8 2 4 7 87 2 3 3
The Who by Numbers
  • Released: 3 October 1975
  • Label: MCA and Polydor
7 29 9 3 8 9 11
Who Are You
  • Released: 18 August 1978
  • Label: MCA and Polydor
6 9 2 7 49 29 21 27 2 3 4
Face Dances
  • Released: 16 March 1981
  • Label: Polydor and Warner Bros. Records
2 9 1 12 29 16 19 17 4 3 3
It's Hard
  • Released: 4 September 1982
  • Label: Polydor and Warner Bros.
11 55 3 43 28 47 8 7
Endless Wire
  • Released: 30 October 2006
  • Label: Polydor and Republic
9 63 28 10 57 62 4 52 77 23 51 7
Who
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Label: Polydor
3 64 14 2
[24]
19
[25]
43
[26]
5 28
[27]
38 27
[28]
5 2
[29]

Live albums

The Who Unveil Their Leeds Civic Trust Blue Plaque for Live at Leeds
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK

[4]

AUS

[5]

CAN

[7]

GER

[7]

NLD

[11]

NOR

[12]

US

[7]

US Cash Box[15] Record World[16]
1970 Live at Leeds
  • Released: 1970-05-16
  • Label: MCA, Polydor, and Track
3 6 2 8 5 13 4 4 3
1984 Who's Last 48 56

[30]

81
1990 Join Together 59 188
1996 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 84 194
2000 BBC Sessions
  • Released: 2000-02-15
  • Label: MCA and Polydor
24 101
Blues to the Bush
  • Released: 2000-03-19
  • Label: MCA and Polydor
2003 Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 2003-12-05
  • Label: MCA and Polydor
72 43 95
2006 Live from Toronto
2007 View from a Backstage Pass
  • Released: 2007-11-05
  • Label: thewho.com
2010 Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 2010-01-18
  • Label: Polydor
2012 Live at Hull 1970
  • Released: 2012-11-19
  • Label: Polydor
68
2014 Quadrophenia Live in London
  • Released: 2014-06-10
  • Label: UMe
28 118
2015 Live in Hyde Park
2017 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004
2017 Tommy Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2018 Live at the Fillmore East 1968
  • Released: 2018-04-20
  • Label: Polydor
15 26
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

Compilations

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK

[4]

AUS

[5]

BEL

[31]

CAN

[7]

ESP

[32]

FRA

[8]

GER

[9]

IRE

[10]

NLD

[11]

NOR

[12]

SWE

[13]

SWI

[14]

US

[7]

US

Cash

Box

[15]

Record

World

[16]

1968 Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
  • Released: 1968-09
  • Label: Decca
39 31
Direct Hits
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Track
1971 Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
  • Released: 1971-10-30
  • Label: Decca
9 27 11 14 9
1974 Odds & Sods
  • Released: 1974-09-28
  • Label: MCA
10 47 15 8 14
1976 The Story of The Who
  • Released: 1976-09-23
  • Label: Polydor
2
1981 Phases
  • Released: 1981-05
  • Label: Polydor
Hooligans
  • Released: 1981-10
  • Label: MCA
52 73
1983 Who's Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1983-11-23
  • Label: MCA
39 13 94
  • US: 2× Platinum[19]
Rarities Volume I & Volume II
  • Released: 1983-08-14
  • Label: Decca
1984 The Singles
  • Released: 1984-10
  • Label: Polydor
1985 Who's Missing
  • Released: 1985-11-30
  • Label: MCA
44 116
The Who Collection
  • Released: 1985-12-10
  • Label: Polydor
44
1987 Two's Missing
  • Released: 1987-04-11
  • Label: MCA
1988 Who's Better, Who's Best
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: MCA
10 51 45
1994 Thirty Years of Maximum R&B
  • Released: 1994-07-05
  • Label: MCA
48 170
1996 My Generation: The Very Best of the Who
  • Released: 1996-08-27
  • Label: MCA
11
1999 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Who
2002 The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 2002-06-11
  • Label: MCA
17 65 11 31[33]
2004 Then and Now 5 67 21 21
The 1st Singles Box
  • Released: 2004-05-02
  • Label: Polydor
154 1
2009 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2009-12-21
  • Label: Geffen Records
12 69 19
2010 Greatest Hits & More
  • Released: 2010-02-13
  • Label: Polydor
20
2011 Icon
  • Released: 2011-04-05
  • Label: Geffen Records
Icon 2
  • Released: 2011-04-05
  • Label: Geffen Records
2012 Pinball Wizard: The Collection
  • Released: 2012-05-28
  • Label: Spectrum Music
2014 The Who Hits 50!
  • Released: 2014-10-27
  • Label: Geffen Records
11 44 95
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.

Extended plays

Year Album details Peak chart positions
UK

[4]

AUT

[6]

DK

[34]

ESP

[32]

NZ

[35]

SWI

[14]

US

[7]

1966 Ready Steady Who 1
1970 Tommy
1988 Won't Get Fooled Again 91[36]
2006 Wire & Glass 31 3 9 39 83

Soundtracks

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK

[4]

US

[7]

1975 Tommy
  • Released: 1975-03-19
  • Label: MCA and Polydor
21 2
1979 The Kids Are Alright
  • Released: 1979-06-24
  • Label: MCA and Polydor
26 8
Quadrophenia
  • Released: 1979-08-13
  • Label: Polydor
23 46
2008 Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
  • Released: 2008-03-24
  • Label: Polydor
"—" denotes albums that did not chart, or was not released in that country.

Singles and other charted songs

Singles

Year Song B-side Chart positions Album
UK AUS AUT CAN FRA[44] GER NLD NZ SWI US
Hot 100

[45]
US
Rock

[46]
US
Cash Box
[47]
1964 "Zoot Suit" "I'm the Face" non-album
1965 "I Can't Explain" "Bald Headed Woman" 8 87 14 93 57
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" "Daddy Rolling Stone" (UK)
"Anytime You Want Me" (US)
10 38 non-album
"My Generation" "Shout and Shimmy" (UK) (non-album track)
"Out in the Street" (US)
2 2 9 3 13 6 7 74 99 My Generation
1966 "Substitute" "Circles" or "Waltz for a Pig" or "Instant Party"(UK)
"Waltz for a Pig" (US)
5 5 24 13 2 3 non-album
"A Legal Matter" "Instant Party" (non-album track) 32 83 20 My Generation
"The Kids Are Alright" "The Ox" (UK)
"A Legal Matter" (US)
41 106 85
"I'm a Boy" "In the City" 2 11 23 14 10 6 2 non-album
"La-La-La-Lies" "The Good's Gone" My Generation
"Happy Jack" "I've Been Away" (UK)
"Whiskey Man" (US)
3 4 6 1 21 4 5 6 24 13 Happy Jack (US)
1967 "Pictures of Lily" "Doctor, Doctor" 4 7 9 36 27 5 5 14 51 60 non-album
"The Last Time" "Under My Thumb" 44 non-album
"I Can See for Miles" "Someone's Coming" (non-album track) (UK)
"Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" (US)
10 20 4 74 37 28 13 9 8 The Who Sell Out
1968 "Call Me Lightning" "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" 30 38 40 38 non-album
"Dogs" "Call Me Lightning" 25 93 78 40
"Magic Bus" "Someone's Coming" (US)
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (UK)
26 20 6 20 13 25 10 Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
1969 "Pinball Wizard" "Dogs, Pt. 2" (non-album track) 4 45 6 89 25 12 8 15 19 15 Tommy
"I'm Free" "We're Not Gonna Take It" 83 71 18 20 37 30
1970 "The Seeker" "Here for More" 19 15 21 34 18 15 44 30 non-album
"Summertime Blues" "Heaven and Hell" (non-album studio recording) 38 8 58 19 25 27 14 Live at Leeds
"See Me, Feel Me" "Overture" 70 4 2 16 12 8 Tommy
1971 "Won't Get Fooled Again" "I Don't Even Know Myself"(non-album track) 9 14 7 27 8 15 9 Who's Next
"Let's See Action" "When I Was a Boy" 16 59 33 43 25 non-album
"Behind Blue Eyes" "My Wife" 34 24 Who's Next
1972 "Baba O'Riley" 80 11
"Join Together" "Baby Don't You Do It" (live) 9 58 18 49 23 27 9 17 28 non-album
"Relay" "Waspman" 21 70 28 28 29 39 33
1973 "5:15" "Water" (non-album track) 20 46 Quadrophenia
"Love, Reign o'er Me" 76 54
1974 "The Real Me" "I'm One" 92 82
"Postcard" "Put the Money Down" 64 Odds & Sods
"Long Live Rock" "Pure and Easy"
1975 "Squeeze Box" "Success Story" 10 45 1 68 26 16 11 The Who by Numbers
1976 "Slip Kid" "Dreaming from the Waist" 72
"Substitute" "I'm a Boy"/"Pictures of Lily" (first UK 12" single release) 7 The Story of The Who
1978 "Who Are You"[48] "Had Enough" 18 23 7 44 23 14 9 Who Are You
"Trick of the Light" "905" 107
1979 "Long Live Rock" "I'm the Face"/"My Wife" (UK)
"My Wife" (US)
48 47 54 66 The Kids Are Alright
"5:15" "I'm One" 45 53 Quadrophenia Soundtrack
1981 "You Better You Bet" "The Quiet One" 9 21 4 61 12 38 18 1 15 Face Dances
"Don't Let Go the Coat" "You" 47 84 77
1982 "Athena" "A Man Is a Man" (UK)
"It's Your Turn" (US)
40 5 28 3 31 It's Hard
"Eminence Front" "One at a Time" 5 68 5
1983 "It's Hard" "Dangerous" 39
1984 "Twist and Shout" (live) "I Can't Explain" 87 Who's Last
1988 "My Generation" "Substitute"/"Baba O'Riley"/"Behind Blue Eyes" 68 88 Who's Better, Who's Best
"Won't Get Fooled Again" 91
"Join Together" (live) 100
1996 "My Generation" "Pinball Wizard (live)"/"Boris The Spider"/"My Generation (Deep Love Remix)" non-album
2004 "Real Good Looking Boy" "Old Red Wine" Then and Now
2006 "Wire & Glass" "Mirror Door" 31 9 58 39 83 Endless Wire
"It's Not Enough" "Tea & Theatre" 37
2012 "Baba O'Riley"/"See Me, Feel Me"/"My Generation" (live) "Early Morning Cold Taxi" (previously released on The Who Sell Out's deluxe edition) 55 A Symphony of British Music
2014 "Be Lucky" The Who Hits 50!
2019 "Ball and Chain" Who
"All This Music Must Fade"
"I Don't Wanna Get Wise" -
  • Note 1: "—" denotes albums that did not chart, blank spaces were not released in that country.
  • Note 2: The Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart did not exist until March 1981. Several album tracks from Face Dances and It's Hard entered the chart between 1981 and 1982 but are not listed here as they were not issued as retail singles. Instead, they are listed below.

Charted songs

List of charted songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Main
[46]
"Another Tricky Day" 1981 6 Face Dances
"Daily Records" 36
"Did You Steal My Money?" 38
"How Can You Do It Alone?" 50
"You" 51
"Cry If You Want" 1982 34 It's Hard
"Dangerous" 38
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Other appearances

Studio contributions

Year Song Album
1979 "Get Out and Stay Out", "Four Faces", and "Joker James" Quadrophenia (soundtrack)
1991 "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Live appearances

Year Songs Album
1981 "Baba O'Riley", "Sister Disco", "Behind Blue Eyes", and "See Me, Feel Me" Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
2001 "Who Are You", "Baba O'Riley", and "Won't Get Fooled Again" The Concert for New York City

Guest appearances

Videography

Film adaptations

1975 Tommy
1979 Quadrophenia

Documentaries

1979 The Kids Are Alright (UK – Platinum[17])
2000 Classic Albums: The Who – Who's Next
2008 Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
2013 Sensation: The Story of Tommy
2014 Lambert & Stamp

Concerts

Year Video/DVD details Certifications
1983 Who Rocks America
  • Released: 1983
  • Distribution: CBS/Fox
1988 Who's Better, Who's Best
  • Released: 1988
  • Distribution: Universal Music
1989 The Who Featuring Tommy
  • Released: 1989-10-14
  • Distribution: Capitol Home Video
1994 Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Live
  • Released: 1994-07-06
  • Distribution: MCA
Who's Tommy: The Amazing Journey
1998 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
2001 The Who & Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 2001-09-25
  • Distribution: Image
2003 The Who Special Edition EP
  • Released: 2003-03-25
  • Distribution: Classic Pictures
Live in Boston
2005 Tommy and Quadrophenia Live
Tangled Up in Who
  • Released: 2005
  • Distribution: Hiwatt
2006 In Their Own Words
  • Released: 2006-08-29
  • Distribution: Classic Rock Legends Ltd.
The Vegas Job
  • Released: 2006-10-7
  • Distribution: Passport Entertainment
Live from Toronto
  • Released: 2006
  • Distribution: Immortal
2008 Live at Glastonbury 2007
  • Released: 2008-06-6
  • Distribution: –
In Houston – Live
  • Released: 2008-06-6
  • Distribution: Intergroove
The Who At Kilburn: 1977
  • Released: 2008-10-17
  • Distribution: Image
2012 The Who Live In Texas '75
2014 Quadrophenia Live in London
  • Released: 2014-06-09
  • Distribution: Universal Music
2015 The Who Live at Shea Stadium 1982
2015 The Who Live in Hyde Park[53]
  • Theatrical release: 7 October 2015 in cinemas worldwide
  • Recorded in London's Hyde Park on 26 June 2015 (plus behind-the-scenes footage and interviews)
  • Distribution: Eagle Vision

Other appearances

1968 Monterey Pop
1969 Woodstock
1980 Concert for Kampuchea
1996 The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
2001 The Concert for New York City
2012 The Concert for Sandy Relief

See also

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