"Unlike many of their 60’s contemporaries, compiling a “best of” list for The Who is about as simple as cold fusion. Keeping in mind that this is a band that revolutionized rock music during British Invasion of the mid 1960’s, laid the ground work for punk and invented the rock-opera, we see that such a task is- at best, daunting, (and at worst, riotous). Should one rely on the band’s explosive Mod-scene roots? Or would you want to focus on Townsend’s genius during the peak song-writing years- say, from "Tommy" to "Quadrophenia"? Would it be singles-oriented? How would you preserve the flow of the concept albums? And what to do with the late 70’s material?" (Sputnikmusic)
