Joe Musella leads a performance of one of the all-time great classic rock albums, Who's Next. Who's Next is the fifth studio album by English rock band The Who. It developed from the aborted Lifehouse Project, a multimedia rock opera written by the group's Pete Townshend as a follow-up to the band's 1969 album Tommy. Who's Next was an immediate success when it was released on August 14,1971. It has since been viewed by critics as the Who's best record and one of the greatest albums of all time.