Which The Who album cover was photographed at Easington Colliery?

The Who album cover photographed at Easington Colliery was *Who's Next*.

The striking image shows the band standing beside a large concrete monolith on a slag heap at the County Durham coal mine. Photographer Ethan Russell created the scene in 1971, turning an industrial landscape into an image that echoed the mysterious monolith from *2001: A Space Odyssey*.

The apparent streams of urine running down the concrete were partly staged. Russell later explained that some band members could not produce the desired effect, so water was poured from a film canister. The photograph therefore became a visual joke as well as a science-fiction reference.

A common mix-up is confusing the cover with the album's recording history. *Who's Next* was recorded mainly at Olympic Studios in London, while the cover photograph was taken far away at Easington Colliery. The album was released in 1971 and became one of The Who's defining studio records.