Who Are You Super Deluxe
4.8 | 124 ratings
Price: 77.54
Last update: 03-19-2026
Product details
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 14.96 x 13.15 x 2.05 inches; 4.65 Pounds
- Manufacturer : Geffen
- Original Release Date : 2025
- Date First Available : September 5, 2025
- Label : Geffen
- ASIN : B0FMSB6YYP
- Number of discs : 8
- Best Sellers Rank:#22 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
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- Customer Reviews:4.84.8 out of 5 stars(120)
Top reviews from the United States
- Amazon CustomerExcellent deep-dive into a bittersweet period of Who history.One of the Who’s very best archival releases. The Shepperton rehearsals and 1979 live tracks (all spread across 4 of the 7 discs) are almost worth the price of the box all by themselves. The alternate mixes, demos, and remastered original album are like icing on the cake. I particularly enjoyed Entwistle’s demos and the alternate versions of albums tracks which featured Pete Townshend vocals in place of Daltrey’s.
This box is nearly as enjoyable and historically significant as the Who’s Next Super Deluxe Edition, but at 1/3 of the price. A great value for the serious Who fan.
The packaging and the included hardcover book with extensive liner notes and essays are also great. - Clive R. StaceyWonderful set, especially the live discsWho Are You is not generally regarded as their greatest album, and is more like a document of Keith Moon’s deterioration and Pete Townshend continuing to question his own relevance in the world of punk. The original album shows more Entwistle compositions than other albums and very notably the omitting of Keith’s drums on Music Must Change, as he struggled with the time signature. It’s a mixed album with real highs and one or two lows.
This very reasonably priced set is presented as a document of The Who before, during and after the album’s release, and it’s a real treat. As well as the original album (and a rejected mix) we hear the title track in embryo form during a jam on stage in 1976, demos, alternate takes and, more excitingly, some great live material.
It’s the live stuff that really sets this set apart. We get Keith’s final live recordings, but for me the real highlight is the very generous 2 discs of material from the 1979 US tour. On this tour tye band we’re on fire, with new drummer Kenney Jones easily proving his worth while added keyboards and occasional brass section raise the music to new levels while still allowing the core band plenty of room for improvisation. Fans tend to think of the Jenney Jones era as less exciting, and if you listen to their 1982 recordings you can see why, but on this 1979 tour they were at a peak. Highlights for me are the bass juggernaut of Trick aid The Light (featuring both John and Pete on an onslaught of dual bass guitar) and an astonishing ‘Music Must Change’ with the whole band lifting the song way above the much quieter studio version with an energy and freeform that blows the original into irrelevance.
Fans know the tragedy that occurred on this tour in Cincinnati, and its shadow is not far away as, several times, you hear the band pleading with the audience to step back, and Pete checking in directly with one fan to make sure they’re ok. Whether the tragedy made the band more aggressive in their music I don’t know, but the music is superb.
If I had one negative it is that I feel the Kilburn 1977 show should also have been included, but that is a very minor gripe (and maybe I’m asking too much) in an otherwise fantastic set. - PCExcellent Super Deluxe EditionThe album sounds much better and the Shepperton tracks with Moon are fun! I love the Kids Are Alright, Run,Run Run, I Saw Her Standing There and Drowned. The band is having fun and the sound is great. The only draw back to the 79 live disc's are the horn section which at times is to prominent in the mix but that a quibble really. To have multitrack live Who from Kenny's 1st tour is awesome. I always felt the only weakness of the original release was Guitar and Pen and Love is Coming Down but side 1 was always excellent and Entwistle contributed 3 great songs. Highly recommend this for Who fans.
- J. DonatoWho are You? AgainAnother fantastic Who box set. Lots of great alternate mixes and outtakes plus a live show from the 1979 tour.
- El Blanco ChocolatteEverything you want.Based on the Atmos alone, great set. The Glyns Johns mix is really good and the original album sounds great. The only fault I can find is that there may be some songs missing from the outtakes/sessions but I'm not extremely knowledgeable about their recording history so may be wrong.
This album was never a smash hit to me and I'm a big who fan. Listening to it now and reading about in the expansive book has made me reevaluate it and I place it up with their best (Who's Next, Sell Out, Tommy). - kevin mWHO ARE YOU super deluxe editionDisappointed that the bit rate is not 320; varies between 250 -275. Sounds OK though.
This is not mentioned on the website, otherwise I may have considered spending the extra $70 to buy the deluxe CD package which also includes a book, DVD and the associated packaging not included in this download.