Who's Next is the fifth
studio album by English rock band
The Who. It developed from the aborted
Lifehouse project, a multi-media
rock opera written by the group's
Pete Townshend as a follow-up to the band's 1969 album
Tommy. The project was cancelled due to its complexity and conflicts with
Kit Lambert, the band's manager, but Townshend was persuaded to record the songs as a straightforward studio album.