Home / Music / Who's Next came out on August 2, 1971Music linernotes album music the-whoWho's Next came out on August 2, 1971The Who’s Who’s Next was released on August 2, 1971, by Track Records in the UK and Decca Records in the US. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesQuadrophenia's fractured structure mirrors its protagonist's mindTommy was one of the longest rock albums of the 1960sQuadrophenia was adapted into a 1979 film directed by Franc RoddamTommy was the first rock opera — and it's still the benchmarkQuadrophenia is a play on schizophrenia for The Who's four-sided protagonistExploreMariza's Fado em Mim was recorded at Pé de Vento in PortugalFaust IV was recorded at Virgin's residential country manorFear of a Black Planet was recorded across three New York studiosFear of Music was recorded in a Long Island City loft and three NYC studiosFiona Apple recorded Fetch the Bolt Cutters at her Venice Beach home over five yearsPrevious Who's Next rose from the ashes of Townshend's Lifehouse projectNext UNKLE's Psyence Fiction was a Lavelle-and-Shadow collaboration