The Kids Are Alright
The Who | Artist Essentials
First released: 1965 (year verified)
Original full 1965 UK My Generation album version
MusicAtlas editorial note: The full original UK album performance gives the instrumental middle room to open out.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1965 (year verified)
The full recording appears on the original UK My Generation album in 1965. The official US album tracklist explicitly labels a later edited version, which is not selected.
Recording: Original full 1965 UK My Generation album version
Credit: The Who
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: My Generation
My Generation - The Who official original album history
Explicit original 1965 album release and original tracklist. Original regional releases are distinguished from later CD remixes, deluxe bonus material and live performances. The selected recording uses year precision; earlier singles are reviewed separately where needed. The Kids Are Alright is unedited on the original UK album; the later US tracklist explicitly labels an edited version. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About The Who
The Who moved between concise singles and larger connected album works. Tommy appeared in 1969, while Pete Townshend's Lifehouse project provided the starting point for Who's Next in 1971. The double album Quadrophenia followed in 1973. After Keith Moon's death, the group recorded Face Dances with Kenney Jones on drums. Roger Daltrey and Townshend continued the studio catalog with later musicians, including on WHO in 2019. The official discography distinguishes those group recordings from demos, member solo work and later concert versions.
Artist background sources
Tommy - The Who official original album history
Explicit original 1969 album release and original tracklist. Original regional releases are distinguished from later CD remixes, deluxe bonus material and live performances. The selected recording uses year precision; earlier singles are reviewed separately where needed. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Who's Next - The Who official original album history
Explicit original 1971 album release and original tracklist. Original regional releases are distinguished from later CD remixes, deluxe bonus material and live performances. The selected recording uses year precision; earlier singles are reviewed separately where needed. Separately identifies the original album, Record Plant alternate recordings and Young Vic live performances; describes the reduction of Townshend's Lifehouse concept to this album. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Quadrophenia - The Who official original album history
Explicit original 1973 album release and original tracklist. Original regional releases are distinguished from later CD remixes, deluxe bonus material and live performances. The selected recording uses year precision; earlier singles are reviewed separately where needed. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Face Dances - The Who official original album history
Explicit original 1981 album release and original tracklist. Original regional releases are distinguished from later CD remixes, deluxe bonus material and live performances. The selected recording uses year precision; earlier singles are reviewed separately where needed. Documents Kenney Jones joining after Keith Moon's death; the original album and later live bonuses are separate. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
WHO - The Who official original album history
Explicit original 2019 album release and original tracklist. Original regional releases are distinguished from later CD remixes, deluxe bonus material and live performances. The selected recording uses year precision; earlier singles are reviewed separately where needed. Documents the 2019 Roger Daltrey/Pete Townshend-led group recording and later 2020 live and remix additions. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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