It was fifty years ago today … and the world looks just the same
What eventually was released as a single studio album developed from a double-album rock opera concept by Pete Townshend called Lifehouse, which you can read more about in my Album of the Year 1971 blog. Despite the difficult gestation, it has emerged as probably the band’s best album, and features in the top 50 of many Best Albums of All Time lists – including mine.
Album: Who’s Next
Artist: The Who
Released: 14th August 1971
Weeks in UK Album Chart: 18
Number of Weeks at No.1: 1
