Artist of the Month, August 2020, The Who, Results!

[Holden]

Dang, who knew I could get Artist of the Month results out this fast?

75 | It's Not True | 1965 | 29.653 / 3 Votes
74 | I Don't Even Know Myself | 1971 | 30.238 / 3 Votes
73 | Tommy Can You Hear Me? | 1969 | 30.589 / 2 Votes
72 | 1921 | 1969 | 30.752 / 3 Votes
71 | Relay | 1972 | 31.115 / 3 Votes
70 | How Many Friends | 1975 | 32.432 / 2 Votes
69 | Long Live Rock | 1974 | 33.986 / 3 Votes
68 | Sensation | 1969 | 34.017 / 2 Votes
67 | Shakin' All Over | 1970 | 34.808 / 3 Votes
66 | Silas Stingy | 1967 | 34.934 / 2 Votes
65 | Trick of the Light | 1978 | 36.370 / 4 Votes
64 | I'm One | 1973 | 36.555 / 2 Votes
63 | Rael (1 and 2) | 1967 | 37.637 / 3 Votes
62 | Amazing Journey | 1969 | 38.782 / 3 Votes
61 | The Acid Queen | 1969 | 39.592 / 4 Votes
60 | Underture | 1969 | 40.223 / 3 Votes
59 | Dreaming from the Waist | 1975 | 40.994 / 2 Votes
58 | Heaven and Hell | 1970 | 41.204 / 3 Votes
57 | However Much I Booze | 1975 | 41.804 / 3 Votes
56 | Go to the Mirror! | 1969 | 43.499 / 3 Votes
55 | I've Had Enough | 1973 | 45.425 / 4 Votes
54 | Odorono | 1967 | 48.745 / 3 Votes
53 | Summertime Blues | 1970 | 50.494 / 4 Votes
52 | Sparks | 1969 | 51.136 / 4 Votes
51 | So Sad About Us | 1966 | 53.418 / 4 Votes
50 | I Can't Reach You | 1967 | 53.661 / 4 Votes
49 | Slip Kid | 1975 | 53.794 / 4 Votes
48 | Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand | 1967 | 53.934 / 3 Votes
47 | Doctor Jimmy | 1973 | 54.802 / 4 Votes
46 | Tattoo | 1967 | 58.632 / 4 Votes
45 | Our Love Was | 1967 | 66.609 / 4 Votes
44 | Quadrophenia | 1973 | 67.792 / 5 Votes
43 | Sunrise | 1967 | 71.965 / 5 Votes
42 | Getting in Tune | 1971 | 73.950 / 6 Votes
41 | I'm a Boy | 1966 | 74.395 / 5 Votes
40 | Love Ain't For Keeping | 1971 | 76.053 / 6 Votes
39 | The Punk and the Godfather | 1973 | 76.097 / 4 Votes
38 | A Legal Matter | 1965 | 76.484 / 7 Votes
37 | Young Man Blues | 1969 | 79.366 / 4 Votes
36 | Christmas | 1969 | 80.837 / 6 Votes
35 | Squeeze Box | 1975 | 81.946 / 7 Votes
34 | See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You | 1969 | 84.888 / 5 Votes
33 | Pure and Easy | 1974 | 86.039 / 5 Votes
32 | La-La-La-Lies | 1965 | 92.440 / 6 Votes
31 | Join Together | 1972 | 93.003 / 7 Votes

[Holden]

30. A Quick One, While He's Away (1966)
93.450 | 5 Votes
AM Rank: Bubbling Under
Biggest Fans: sonofsamiam (#1)

29. Blue, Red and Grey (1975)
94.446 | 5 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: Honorio (#5)

28. Armenia City in the Sky (1967)
94.721 | 5 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: Miguel (#2)

27. Boris the Spider (1966)
98.708 | 8 Votes
AM Rank: 22 (5897)
Biggest Fans: bonnielaurel (#9)

26. The Song Is Over (1971)
105.494 | 5 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: Henry (#2), Live in Phoenix (#9)

25. My Wife (1971)
108.784 | 8 Votes
AM Rank: Bubbling Under
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#17)

24. Pictures of Lily (1967)
110.722 | 8 Votes
AM Rank: 14 (2248)
Biggest Fans: Neil (#15)

23. Overture/It's a Boy (1969)
111.733 | 6 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: sonofsamiam (#6)

22. I'm Free (1969)
111.990 | 9 Votes
AM Rank: 18 (3752)
Biggest Fans: antonius (#17)

21. Happy Jack (1966)
112.461 | 9 Votes
AM Rank: 26 (8001)
Biggest Fans: Live in Phoenix (#14)

[Holden]

20. We're Not Gonna Take It (1969)
122.229 | 6 Votes
AM Rank: 10 (1775)
Biggest Fans: Henry (#4)

19. Eminence Front (1982)
124.789 | 8 Votes
AM Rank: 23 (6824)
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#6)

18. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (1965)
144.514 | 8 Votes
AM Rank: 16 (2844)
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#8), Honorio (#9)

17. The Seeker (1970)
152.667 | 8 Votes
AM Rank: 21 (5834)
Biggest Fans: antonius (#1), andyd1010 (#4)

16. 05:15 (1973)
158.134 | 8 Votes
AM Rank: 15 (2278)
Biggest Fans: Honorio (#2), aalamar (#7)

15. You Better You Bet (1981)
165.654 | 9 Votes
AM Rank: 20 (4926)
Biggest Fans: bonnielaurel (#8), Neil, antonius, aalamar (#9)

14. The Real Me (1973)
177.873 | 10 Votes
AM Rank: 19 (4070)
Biggest Fans: Henry (#8)

13. Magic Bus (1968)
192.683 | 9 Votes
AM Rank: 12 (1839)
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#2), LunarPiper (#6), andyd1010 (#8), mileswide (#10)

12. Bargain (1971)
203.855 | 11 Votes
AM Rank: 25 (7965)
Biggest Fans: Live in Phoenix (#8), LunarPiper (#9), Henry (#10)

11. Who Are You (1978)
227.878 | 11 Votes
AM Rank: 9 (1333)
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#4), antonius (#6), madzong (#8)

[Holden]

I need to get back home to cool, cool rain
I can't sleep and I lay and I think
The night is hot and black as ink
Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain

10. Love, Reign O'er Me (1973)
236.477 | 11 Votes
AM Rank: 11 (1821)
Biggest Fans: Live in Phoenix (#4), Henry (#6), LunarPiper (#7), madzong (#9)

Substitute your lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mac
I look all white, but my dad was black
My fine-looking suit is really made out of sack

9. Substitute (1966)
277.560 | 11 Votes
AM Rank: 6 (620)
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#1), mileswide (#2), Neil, madzong (#7), antonius (#8)

Sometimes, I feel I gotta get away
Bells chime, I know I gotta get away
And I know if I don't, I'll go out of my mind
Better leave her behind with the kids, they're alright
The kids are alright

8. The Kids are Alright (1965)
318.834 | 13 Votes
AM Rank: 8 (1244)
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#3), Honorio (#4), Live in Phoenix (#5), sonofsamiam (#7), LunarPiper, bonnielaurel (#10)

Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling bad
The things you've said have got me real mad
I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again
I know what it means but

7. I Can't Explain (1964)
348.679 | 11 Votes
AM Rank: 5 (297)
Biggest Fans: Miguel (#1), LunarPiper (#2), aalamar (#3), madzong, mileswide (#4), Neil, andyd1010 (#6)

He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Feeling all the bumpers
Always playing clean
He plays by intuition
The digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

6. Pinball Wizard (1969)
370.414 | 12 Votes
AM Rank: 7 (711)
Biggest Fans: madzong (#2), Henry (#3), LunarPiper (#4), bonnielaurel, antonius (#5), Honorio, Live in Phoenix, andyd1010 (#7), Neil (#8)

But my dreams, they aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance that's never free

5. Behind Blue Eyes (1971)
382.951 | 13 Votes
AM Rank: 13 (1863)
Biggest Fans: Henry (#1), bonnielaurel (#2), Live in Phoenix (#3), antonius (#4), LunarPiper (#5), aalamar (#6), Honorio, MIguel (#8), Neil (#10)

People try to put us d-down (talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we g-g-get around (talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (talkin' 'bout my generation)
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (talkin' 'bout my generation)

4. My Generation (1965)
389.619 | 13 Votes
AM Rank: 1 (10)
Biggest Fans: Neil, antonius (#2), Honorio, andyd1010 (#3), madzong, aalamar (#5), bonnielaurel (#7)

You took advantage of my trust in you when I was so far away
I saw you holding lots of other guys and now you've got the nerve to say
That you still want me
Well, that's as may be
But you gotta stand trial
Because all the while

3. I Can See for Miles (1967)
407.613 | 12 Votes
AM Rank: 4 (278)
Biggest Fans: Honorio, mileswide, Neil (#1), sonofsamiam (#2), madzong (#6), Henry (#7), LunarPiper (#8), antonius, aalamar (#10)

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

2. Won't Get Fooled Again (1971)
511.190 | 13 Votes
AM Rank: 2 (133)
Biggest Fans: madzong, bonnielaurel (#1), Live in Phoenix, andyd1010 (#2), LunarPiper, antonius (#3), Henry, mileswide, Neil (#5), sonofsamiam (#8)

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven

1. Baba O'Riley (1971)
512.198 | 13 Votes
AM Rank: 3 (152
Biggest Fans: LunarPiper, Live in Phoenix, andyd1010 (#1), madzong (#3), Neil, sonofsamiam (#4), Honorio, bonnielaurel, Miguel (#6), antonius (#7), aalamar (#8), Henry (#9)

[Henry]

Thanks Holden. As usual you've provided us with a wonderful poll.

Who's Next does shine here with 8 of the 9 songs in the top 42.

I wonder if there is a consensus view that Goin' Mobile is the weakest song on the album.

[Live in Phoenix]

Well, I could hardly be more satisfied with the results. As for the relatively low placement of "My Generation," I feel like some musicians have an Official Best Song that listeners have moved on from a bit.

[Holden]

Well, I could hardly be more satisfied with the results. As for the relatively low placement of "My Generation," I feel like some musicians have an Official Best Song that listeners have moved on from a bit.

On this note, a comparison of the winners to the highest on AM
Beatles - Day in the Life for both
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone for both
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter vs. Satisfaction
David Bowie - Life on Mars? vs. Heroes
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run for both
Radiohead - Paranoid Android for both
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven for both
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush vs. Heart of Gold
Who - Baba O’Riley vs. My Generation

[Madzong]

Hi Holden,

What were the album placings?

[Holden]

12. It's Hard (1982)
57.966 | 4 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: None


11. Who (2019)
58.437 | 4 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: None


10. Faces Dances (1981)
69.224 | 4 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: None


9. Endless Wire (2006)
74.644 | 5 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: None


8. The Who By Numbers (1975)
219.920 | 10 Votes
AM Rank: 7 (2812)
Biggest Fans: carlos74, Henry, Honorio (#4)


7. Who Are You (1978)
251.256 | 11 Votes
AM Rank: Unranked
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#1)


6. A Quick One/Happy Jack (1966)
258.367 | 12 Votes
AM Rank: 6 (1693)
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#4)


5. The Who Sell Out (1967)
477.837 | 15 Votes
AM Rank: 4 (319)
Biggest Fans: Honorio, Miguel, sonofsamiam (#1), PlasticRam, mileswide (#2)


4. Tommy (1969)
489.202 | 15 Votes
AM Rank: 2 (123
Biggest Fans: Rocky Raccoon, Henry, Live at Phoenix, antonius, andyd1010 (#2), madzong, Edre Peraza, LunarPiper, bonnielaurel (#3)


3. Quadrophenia (1973)
498.621 | 15 Votes
AM Rank: 5 (428)
Biggest Fans: Edre Peraza (#1), carlos74, LunarPiper, sonofsamiam (#2), Henry, PlasticRam, Live at Phoenix, antonius (#3)


2. My Generation/The Who Sings My Generation (1965)
514.728 | 15 Votes
AM Rank: 3 (239)
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#1), madzong, bonnielaurel, aalamar (#2), carlos74, Rocky Raccoon, Honorio, Miguel, andyd1010 (#3)


1. Who's Next (1971)
843.588 | 16 Votes
AM Rank: 1 (32)
Biggest Fans: madzong, carlos74, Rocky Raccoon, Henry, PlasticRam, LunarPiper, bonnielaurel, Live at Phoenix, antonius, andyd1010 (#1), Edre Peraza, Honorio, Miguel (#2), mileswide, sonofsamiam, aalamar (#3)

[Rocky Raccoon]

A landslide, and Roger Daltrey sure has had some bad haircuts over the years.