The Who Hits 50! Celebrates Five Decades of the Iconic Rock Band’s Output

As The Who celebrates the 50th anniversary of its recording career with a 2014-15 tour, it’s also releasing a greatest hits collection, The Who Hits 50!, as part of the celebration.

While the 2-CD set features work from late, great bassist John Entwistle (including “Boris the Spider” on which he also sings lead), it also features The Who’s first new single in eight years, called “Be Lucky.” The song features Pino Palladino – who stepped in on bass after Entwistle’s 2002 death – and drummer Zak Starkey (son of The Beatles’ Ringo Starr.) And of course, lead singer Roger Daltrey and primary songwriter/guitarist Pete Townshend always remain.

You can check out the new single (royalties for it go to Teen Cancer America, a charity founded by Daltrey and Townshend) here:

The Who’s tour begins Nov. 30 with dates in the U.K. and moves to North America in April 2015. You can find the whole list of tour dates on The Who’s website.

And the tour could be, as Roger Daltrey puts it, “the beginning of the long goodbye” for the band.

But, there’s always the music. The Who Hits 50! is available on CD and as digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).

The Who Hits 50! Track List:

1. Zoot Suit (as The High Numbers)
2. I Can’t Explain
3. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
4. My Generation
5. Substitute
6. The Kids Are Alright
7. I’m A Boy
8. Happy Jack
9. Boris The Spider
10. Pictures Of Lily
11. The Last Time
12. I Can See For Miles
13. Call Me Lightning
14. Dogs
15. Magic Bus
16. Pinball Wizard
17. I’m Free
18. The Seeker
19. Summertime Blues (live)
20. See Me, Feel Me
21. Won’t Get Fooled Again (single edit)
22. Let’s See Action
23. Bargain
24. Behind Blue Eyes
25. Baba O’ Riley
26. Join Together
27. Relay
28. 5:15
29. Love Reign O’er Me
30. Postcard
31. Squeeze Box
32. Slip Kid
33. Who Are You
34. Trick Of The Light
35. You Better You Bet
36. Don’t Let Go The Coat
37. Athena
38. Eminence Front
39. It’s Hard
40. Real Good Looking Boy
41. It’s Not Enough
42. Be Lucky