Music

The Who – The Ultimate Collection

DISC 1

  1. I CAN’T EXPLAIN
  2. ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE
  3. MY GENERATION
  4. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
  5. A LEGAL MATTER
  6. SUBSTITUTE
  7. I’M A BOY
  8. BORIS THE SPIDER
  9. HAPPY JACK
  10. PICTURES OF LILY
  11. I CAN SEE FOR MILES
  12. CALL ME LIGHTNING
  13. MAGIC BUS
  14. PINBALL WIZARD
  15. I’M FREE
  16. SEE ME, FEEL ME
  17. THE SEEKER
  18. SUMMERTIME BLUES (Live)
  19. MY WIFE
  20. BABA O’RILEY
  21. BARGAIN

DISC 2

  1. BEHIND BLUE EYES
  2. WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN
  3. LET’S SEE ACTION
  4. PURE AND EASY
  5. JOIN TOGETHER
  6. LONG LIVE ROCK
  7. THE REAL ME
  8. 5’15
  9. LOVE, REIGN O’ER ME
  10. SQUEEZE BOX
  11. WHO ARE YOU
  12. SISTER DISCO
  13. YOU BETTER YOU BET
  14. EMINENCE FRONT

Background

THE WHO – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, released in June 2002 (UK: CD Polydor 065 234-2 and 065 300-2, October 2002; US: CD MCA 088 112 877-2) was a very comprehensive Who compilation coincided with The Whos US tour that year. The above cover is the US version of THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION. In the UK Polydor issued their own version in a different gatefold package(Polydor 065 300-2). The UK version added five extra tracks: ‘Had Enough’, Don’t Let Go The Coat’, ‘The Quiet One’, Another Tricky Day’ and ‘Athena’ as well as a bonus enhanced CD containing ‘Substitute’ (Rare US Single Version), ‘I’m A Boy’ (Early Version), ‘Happy Jack’ (Acoustic Version), ‘Magic Bus’ (US Single Version) and videos of ‘Baba O’Riley’ and ‘Substitute’ from the BBCs 2nd House film of The Who at Charlton in 1974. A standard 2-disc set without the enhanced CD was also released (Polydor 065 234-2).
Design & art direction by Richard Evans.