Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy

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Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy is a compilation album of singles by British rock band The Who, released in 1971 as Track 2406 006 in the UK and as Decca DL 79184 in the US. It entered the US Billboard 200 chart on 20 November 1971, peaking at number 11,^[7] and the UK chart on 3 December 1971, peaking at number 9.

Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy was compiled by Pete Townshend. The band's manager Kit Lambert attempted to have the track order changed but failed because too many copies had already been pressed. The UK release was held up because The Who and Bill Curbishley had failed to clear it with Lambert.

The album is named after the members of the band: "Meaty" is Daltrey, who was quite fit at the time; "Beaty" is Moon, for his drumming; "Big" is Entwistle, who was a large person, often referred to as "The Ox" (lending his nickname to the instrumental of the same name); and "Bouncy" was Townshend, who jumped about quite acrobatically during performances.

The album's original title was The Who Looks Back. Most of the tracks on this album would also appear on many subsequent compilations of Who material.

A1		I Can't Explain	2:05
A2		The Kids Are Alright	2:42
A3		Happy Jack	2:14
A4		I Can See For Miles	3:55
A5		Pictures Of Lily	2:37
A6		My Generation	3:15
A7		The Seeker	3:12
B1		Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere Written-By – Townshend*, Daltrey*
2:35
B2		Pinball Wizard	3:00
B3		A Legal Matter	2:47
B4		Boris The Spider Written-By – John Entwistle
2:26
B5		Magic Bus	4:28
B6		Substitute	3:47
B7		I'm A Boy	3:42