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  • Issued : 20 Jun 1995

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Item Details

Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 11268
Format : CD Label : Mca
Issued : 20 Jun 1995 Item sourced from : Canada
Original Release Year : 1967   
Number of Discs : 1

Sell Out -New Versionremaster

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Pete Townshend originally planned The Who Sell Out as a concept album of sorts that would simultaneously mock and pay tribute to pirate radio stations, complete with fake jingles and commercials linking the tracks. For reasons that remain somewhat ill defined, the concept wasn't quite driven to completion, breaking down around the middle of side two (on the original vinyl configuration). Nonetheless, on strictly musical merits, it's a terrific set of songs that ultimately stands as one of the group's greatest achievements. I Can See for Miles (a Top Ten hit) is the Who at their most thunderous; tinges of psychedelia add a rush to Armenia City in the Sky and Relax; I Can't Reach You finds Townshend beginning to stretch himself into quasi-spiritual territory; and Tattoo and the acoustic Sunrise show introspective, vulnerable sides to the singer/songwriter that had previously been hidden. Rael was another mini-opera, with musical motifs that reappeared in Tommy. The album is as perfect a balance between melodic mod pop and powerful instrumentation as the Who (or any other group) would achieve; psychedelic pop was never as jubilant, not to say funny (the fake commercials and jingles interspersed between the songs are a hoot). The 1995 CD reissue has over half a dozen interesting outtakes from the time of the sessions, as well as unused commercials, the B-side Someone's Coming, and an alternate version of Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Credits

Al Kooper(Organ),  John Entwistle(Bass),  John Entwistle(Guitar (Bass)),  John Entwistle(Keyboards),  John Entwistle(Trumpet),  John Entwistle(Vocals),  Keith Moon(Drums),  Keith Moon(Vocals),  Pete Townshend(Guitar),  Pete Townshend(Keyboards),  Pete Townshend(Piano),  Pete Townshend(Vocals),  Roger Daltrey(Vocals),  Roger Daltrey(Harmonica),  Chris Huston(Engineer),  Jon Astley(Producer),  Kit Lambert(Producer),  Andy MacPherson(Remastering),  Andy MacPherson(Remixing),  Bill Curbishley(Executive Producer),  Chris Charlesworth(Executive Producer),  Dave Marsh(Liner Notes),  David King(Cover Design),  David Montgomery(Photography),  John Keene(Composer),  Jon Astley(Remastering),  Jon Astley(Remixing),  Richard Evans(Art Direction),  Richard Evans(Design),  Robert Rosenberg(Executive Producer),  Roger Law(Cover Design)

Songs

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    1
    Armenia City in the Sky  (03:48)
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    2
    Heinz Baked Beans  (01:00)
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    3
    Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand  (02:28)
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    4
    Odorono  (02:34)
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    5
    Tattoo  (02:51)
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    6
    Our Love Was  (03:23)
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    7
    I Can See for Miles  (04:44)
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    8
    I Can't Reach You  (03:03)
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    9
    Medac
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    10
    Relax  (02:41)
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    11
    Silas Stingy  (03:07)
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    12
    Sunrise  (03:06)
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    13
    Rael 1  (05:44)
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    14
    Rael 2  (01:29)
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    15
    Glittering Girl - (previously unreleased)  (03:59)
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    16
    Melancholia  (03:22)
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    17
    Someone's Coming  (02:40)
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    18
    Jaguar  (03:01)
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    19
    Early Morning Cold Taxi  (03:25)
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    20
    Hall of the Mountain King  (04:19)
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    21
    Girl's Eyes  (03:50)
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    22
    Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand - (alternate take, Alternate Version)  (03:21)
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    23
    Glow Girl  (02:42)

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    ネオテルミン  |  京都  |  不明  |  04/June/2008

    WHOの魅力って元祖punkといわれる破壊的なライブパフォーマンスだけじゃなく、何といってもこの素晴らしくチャーミングなメロディーメイキングなんだよネ! レノン・マッカートニーやブライアン・ウィルソンに余裕で肩を並べる若き(20才そこそこ)ピートの才能炸裂! もっと評価されるべきブリティッシュパワーポップの歴史的大名盤です!

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    じみぃ  |  愛知  |  不明  |  06/April/2008

    ロックの権化の3rdアルバム。ビートルズ・ムーブメントの影響がちらつくパワーポップと呼べる素晴らしい佳曲が並んでいる。キース・ムーンのドラムがロック側へ引きずりこんでいる感もあり最高!THE WHOを聴くならこのアルバムも必聴です。

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    Take  |  東京都  |  不明  |  14/March/2002

    フーの最もPOPな時代の名曲揃いの一枚!架空のラジオ局の ジングルを挟んだ構成もお見事! 特にA面(CDだと前半)の楽曲 の粒揃いの芳醇なメロディが、最高の一枚! みんな聴いて!!

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