The Who Sell Out
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13 (+10) |
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40:04 (71:34) |
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The Who Sell Out is the third album by the British rock group The Who . It was released on LP on December 16, 1967 and was released in both mono and stereo versions. The first 1000 copies of the British version of this album included a color poster.
The recordings for the album took place from May to November 1967. Produced The Who Sell Out of Kit Lambert .
The idea behind the album
Although The Who Sell Out cannot be called a real concept album due to the lack of a continuous story , the individual tracks are nevertheless connected to one another. The album tries to create the atmosphere of a running radio program. The listener has switched to Radio London, so to speak. There are jingles from the station, commercials and of course music tracks. The concept was also reflected on the cover, which depicted the members of the band in various promotional photos. Townshend posed for a deodorant called Odorono , Daltrey could be seen in a bathtub filled with Heinz Baked Beans , Moon extolled the benefits of the anti-acne cream Medac , and Entwistle , wearing a leopard skin, tried on the benefits of the Charles Atlas muscle building program convince. The album also had the corresponding promotional songs for these photos.
In retrospect, The Who Sell Out gives an insight into the everyday life of young people in the mid- 1960s , for whom radio was one of the most important media when it came to following the latest trends.
Others
Only the track I Can See for Miles was released as a single from the album . It reached number 10 on the English charts, a result with which Pete Townshend, who described the song as the "ultimate who record", was not satisfied. The album itself reached number 13 on the UK charts.
The cover was named fourth best of all time by British music magazine Q in 2001 .
Playlists
The album originally contained thirteen tracks, but the revised 1995 CD version was expanded to include ten tracks that were created during the recording for The Who Sell Out .
- Armenia City in the Sky (John Keene)
- Heinz Baked Beans ( John Entwistle )
- Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand ( Pete Townshend )
- Odorono (Pete Townshend)
- Tattoo (Pete Townshend)
- Our Love Was (Pete Townshend)
- I Can See for Miles (Pete Townshend)
- I Can't Reach You (Pete Townshend)
- Medac (John Entwistle)
- Relax (Pete Townshend)
- Silas Stingy (John Entwistle)
- Sunrise (Pete Townshend)
- Rael 1 (Pete Townshend)
Bonus title
- Rael 2 (Pete Townshend)
- Glittering Girl (Pete Townshend)
- Melancholia (Pete Townshend)
- Someone's Coming (John Entwistle)
- Jaguar (Pete Townshend)
- Early Morning Cold Taxi (D. Langston, Roger Daltrey)
- In the Hall of the Mountain King ( Edvard Grieg )
- Girl's Eyes ( Keith Moon )
- Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand (Alternate Version) (Pete Townshend)
- Glow Girl (Pete Townshend)
In 2009 a deluxe edition of the album was released, which was released as a double CD. CD 1 contains the album in a stereo mix and additional bonus tracks. CD 2 contains the album in the original mono mix from 1967 and additional bonus tracks.
Bonus title CD 1
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Bonus title CD 2
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Charlesworth and Ed Hanel: The Who - The Complete Guide to their Music . London: Omnibus Press, 2004. p. 29.
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly: London's Q magazine picked these; what are yours? . Accessed November 3, 2009.