WHO'S NEXT v. LIFEHOUSE

The Who's best album is 1971's "Who's Next," which emerged from the ashes of a much longer rock opera, "Lifehouse." Pete Townshend has revisited "Lifehouse" numerous times since the release of "Who's Next," and many of its tracks have seen release... but finding the best versions takes some detective work. Here's my choices, which also span what could have been the followup to "Who's Next," the canceled 1972 album "Rock Is Dead - Long Live Rock."

WHO'S NEXT deluxe CD (1995 or 2003):

I Don't Even Know Myself

Baby Don't You Do It

Naked Eye

Water

30 YEARS OF MAXIMUM R&B box:

Let's See Action (Nothing is Everything)

Join Together/The Relay (segued together on the box)

ODDS & SODS (1974):

Too Much of Anything

Pure and Easy

Long Live Rock

Put the Money Down

Time Is Passing (only on 1998 reissue; also on 2003 "Who's Next" reissue)

LIFEHOUSE CHRONICLES (2000):

Teenage Wasteland

Greyhound Girl (Possibly recorded by the Who in 1971)

SCOOP (1983):

Mary (Possibly recorded by the Who in 1971)

WHO'S MISSING:

When I Was a Boy