| Artist: | The Who |
| Studio: | 12 |
| Live: | 18 |
| Soundtrack: | 4 |
| Compilation: | 36 |
| Ep: | 4 |
| Singles: | 58 |
| Video: | 25 |
| Music Videos: | 12 |
The discography of the English rock band the Who consists of 12 studio albums, 18 live albums, four soundtrack albums, 36 compilation albums, four extended plays, 58 singles and 25 video albums.
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.
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.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] | AUS [5] | CAN [6] | FRA [7] | GER [8] | NLD [9] | NOR [10] | SWE [11] | SWI [12] | US [13] | ||||
| My Generation (UK)The Who Sings My Generation (US) | 5 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| A Quick One (UK)Happy Jack (US) |
| 4 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | 67 | ||
| The Who Sell Out |
| 13 | 8 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 48 | 48 |
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| Tommy |
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | ||
| Who's Next | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | — | 39 | 4 |
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| Quadrophenia | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 |
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| The Who by Numbers |
| 7 | 29 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
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| Who Are You |
| 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 29 | 21 | 27 | — | 2 |
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| Face Dances |
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 16 | 19 | 17 | — | 4 |
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| It's Hard |
| 11 | 55 | 3 | — | — | 43 | 28 | 47 | — | 8 |
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| Endless Wire |
| 9 | 63 | 10 | 62 | 34 | 77 | 23 | — | 51 | 7 |
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| Who |
| 3 | 64 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 38 | — | 27 | 5 | 2 |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | CAN | GER | NLD | NOR | US | US Cash Box [22] | Record World [23] | |||||||||||
| Live at Leeds |
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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| Who's Last |
| 48 | — | 56 [24] | — | — | — | 81 | — | — |
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| Join Together |
| 59 | — | — | — | — | — | 188 | — | — | |||||||||
| Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | 194 | — | — | ||||||||||
| BBC Sessions |
| 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 101 | — | — | |||||||||
| Blues to the Bush |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
| 72 | — | — | 43 | 95 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Live from Toronto |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| View from a Backstage Pass |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Greatest Hits Live |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Live at Hull 1970 |
| 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Quadrophenia Live in London |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | — | — | |||||||||
| Live in Hyde Park |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Tommy Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Live at the Fillmore East 1968 |
| 15 | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| The Who With Orchestra Live at Wembley |
| — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Live At Shea Stadium 1982 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy |
| 21 | 2 |
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| The Kids Are Alright |
| 26 | 8 |
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| Quadrophenia |
| 23 | 46 |
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| Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who |
| — | — | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart, or was not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | BEL [28] | CAN | ESP [29] | IRE [30] | NOR | US | US Cash Box | Record World | ||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 31 | |||||||||
| Direct Hits |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Backtrack 8: A Quick One (Part of Track Records' Backtrack series, reissue of A Quick One) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Backtrack 9: The Who Sell Out (Part of Track Records' Backtrack series, reissue of The Who Sell Out) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Backtrack 14: The Ox (Part of Track Records' Backtrack series, Who tracks written or co-written by John Entwistle) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy |
| 9 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 14 | 9 |
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| Tommy Part 1 (Reissue of Tommy LP1) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Tommy Part 2 (Reissue of Tommy LP2) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| A Quick One/The Who Sell Out (2×LP reissue) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Odds & Sods |
| 10 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | 14 |
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| Magic Bus: The Who On Tour/The Who Sings My Generation (2×LP reissue) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 185 | — | — | ||||||||
| The Story of The Who |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Phases |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Hooligans |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | 73 |
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| Who's Greatest Hits |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — |
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| Rarities Volume I & Volume II |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Singles |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| The Who Collection |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Who's Missing |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 116 | — | — | ||||||||
| Two's Missing |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Who's Better, Who's Best |
| 10 | 51 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Thirty Years of Maximum R&B |
| 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 170 | — | — |
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| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Who |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Ultimate Collection |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 65 | 11 | 31[32] | — | — |
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| Then and Now 1964—2004 |
| 5 | 96 | — | — | 67 | 21 | — | 57 | — | — |
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| The 1st Singles Box |
| 154 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Then and Now 1964—2007 |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Greatest Hits |
| 12 | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | ||||||||
| Greatest Hits & More |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Icon |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Icon 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Pinball Wizard: The Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Who Hits 50! |
| 11 | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Maximum A's & B's: The Complete Singles |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Essential |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUT [35] | DEN [36] | ESP | NZ [37] | SWI | |||
| Ready Steady Who |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tommy |
| 53 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Won't Get Fooled Again |
| 91[38] | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wire & Glass |
| — | 31 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 83 | |
| Year | Song | B-side | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | CAN [39] | FRA [40] | GER | NLD [41] | NZ [42] | SWI [43] | US Hot 100 [44] | US Cash Box [45] | |||||||
| 1964 | "Zoot Suit" (credited to The High Numbers) | "I'm the Face" (credited to The High Numbers) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album | |||
| "I Can't Explain" | "Bald Headed Woman" | 8 | 87 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | 93 | 57 | |||||
| 1965 | "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" | "Daddy Rolling Stone" (UK) "Anytime You Want Me" (US) | 10 | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "My Generation" | "Shout and Shimmy" (UK) (non-album track) "Out in the Street" (US) | 2 | 2 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | 24 | 13 | Happy Jack (US) | ||||
| 1967 | "Pictures of Lily" | "Doctor, Doctor" | 4 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 14 | — | 51 | 60 | non-album | |||
| "The Last Time" | "Under My Thumb" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "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 | 35 | — | — | 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 | 26 | 71 | 18 | 20 | — | — | 37 | 30 | |||||
| 1970 | "The Seeker" | "Here for More" | 19 | — | 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 | ||||
| "Young Man Blues" | "Substitute" | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "See Me, Feel Me" | "Overture" | — | 70 | 4 | — | — | 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" | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 24 |
| Who's Next | |||
| 1972 | "Baba O'Riley" | — | 80 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Join Together" | "Baby Don't You Do It" (live) | 9 | 58 | 18 | 49 | 23 | 27 | — | 9 | 17 | 28 | non-album | ||||
| "Relay" | "Waspman" | 21 | — | 50 | 28 | 28 | 29 | — | — | 39 | 33 | |||||
| 1973 | "5:15" | "Water" (non-album track) | 20 | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Quadrophenia | |||
| "Love, Reign o'er Me" | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | 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"[46] | "Had Enough" | 18 | 23 | 7 | — | — | 44 | 23 | — | 14 | 9 |
| Who Are You | ||
| "Trick of the Light" | "905" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1979 | "Long Live Rock" | "I'm the Face"/"My Wife" (UK) "My Wife" (US) | 48 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | 54 | 66 | The Kids Are Alright | |||
| "" | "I'm One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | 53 | Quadrophenia | ||||
| 1981 | "You Better You Bet" | "The Quiet One" | 9 | 21 | 4 | 61 | — | 12 | 38 | — | 18 | 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 | 31 | It's Hard | |||
| "Eminence Front" | "One at a Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | |||||
| 1983 | "It's Hard" | "Dangerous" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | "Twist and Shout" (live) | "I Can't Explain" | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Who's Last | |||
| 1988 | "My Generation" | "Substitute"/"Baba O'Riley" | 68 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Who's Better, Who's Best | |||
| "Won't Get Fooled Again" | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Join Together" (live) | "I Can See for Miles" (live)/"Behind Blue Eyes" (live) | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Join Together | ||||
| 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" | — | 51 | 9 | — | 58 | — | 39 | 83 | — | — | Endless Wire | |||
| "It's Not Enough" | "Tea & Theatre" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2012 | "Baba O'Riley"/"See Me, Feel Me"/"My Generation" (live) | "Early Morning Cold Taxi" (from 30 Years of Maximum R&B) | 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" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Main [47] | |||
| "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 |
| Year | Song | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Get Out and Stay Out", "Four Faces", and "Joker James" | Quadrophenia (soundtrack) | |
| 1991 | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" |
| 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 |
| Year | Video | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "I Can't Explain" | non-album | |
| 1966 | "Substitute" | ||
| "The Kids Are Alright" | My Generation | ||
| "Happy Jack" | Happy Jack (US) | ||
| 1968 | "Call Me Lightning" | non-album | |
| 1970 | "The Seeker" | ||
| 1972 | "Join Together" | ||
| 1978 | "Who Are You" | Who Are You | |
| 1981 | "You Better You Bet" | Face Dances | |
| "Don't Let Go the Coat" | |||
| "Another Tricky Day" | |||
| 1982 | "Eminence Front" | It's Hard |