The Who discography

The Who discography
Studio albums12
Live albums18
Compilation albums36
Video albums25
Music videos12
EPs4
Singles58
Soundtrack albums4
For individual discographies, see entries on Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, and Pete Townshend.

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.

  1. ^ a b c "The Hypertext Who › History of The Who › 1965–1967". Thewho.net. 16 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. ^ "The Hypertext Who › History of The Who › 1971–1974". Thewho.net. 16 October 2007. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. ^ "The Hypertext Who › History of The Who › 1980–1983". Thewho.net. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.